Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1861-03-16

success. Who would have thought tha
from such small beginnings twelve new
counties would have been so soon settled
and organized in your vicinity, and upon
the river above.
If am not mistaken you have some
dozen or more first class warehouses, three
beautiful churches, three or four hotels,
lum Der and Touring mills, three good
school houses (ths best of which is a supe
rior brick house, first class weekly
newspaper, some seven OR eight religious
organizations, a Lodge each, of Masons
and Odd Fellows, County Agricultural
Society, city Lyceum, seve-a! Sabbath
Schools, "Sons ana Daughters OF Tempe
ance,' sewing circles, &C., &c.
l tnrn with pleasure to your mail facili
ties, because they cher the strongest evi.
dence Of your central and otherwise i'm =.
portant position. First, you have mail
to Nobrarah aad Fort Randall to the
Northwest; to Sioux Falls City, Il. the
uor h ; TO St Paul, Minnesota, in the north
east; to Dubuque, to the east ; to Wiacotta
lie the southeast. while your tri week!ies,
south on the Missouri bottom to Council
Bluffs and its alternate on the Nebraska
side to Omaha, give you daily mail six
DAYS each week in communication with
the east; and the west, by telegraph from
Council Bluffs and Omaha-only one hun
dred miles distant from your city. Well,
what is next in order? What almost in
variahiy follows great mail routes? Rail
Roads, to be sure. You have them-7our
Dubuque and Sioux City railroad one
hundred miles or one-third of which is
already completed, and over which the
cars run daily, with magnihcen. land
grant Of more than one million Of acres
Of the bes: lands in Iowa. which secures
the rapid completion Of the whole road -
THIN, your Sioux City and St. Paul Rail.
road, part Of the roal-bed Of which is
already graded, and a mrnifcer. land
grant for that portion Of it which is in the
State Of Minnesota. This road is to con.
meet with the 81. Pau! and Superior Rail.
road the two making the extension OF the
Northern branch Of tbs great Central
Pacific Railroad The simpa'fact that
the Sioux City and 81. Paul road is to sup
ply the whole valley Of the Missouri with
pine lumber from the pineriss of Mime.
sofa, when taken in connection ui.h the
land grant, viii assure all sensible .aen Of
the early cowp..,ion Of ;bis road
Then you have the Council Bluffs and
S'oux City Railroad to connect With Tie
Council Bluff, aud 81 Joseph Railroad-
the whole Of the latter bejag now un1er
contract for snsedy completion. When |
think Of the city Of ) log hooses OF 1853,
with the thousands Of wi,i Indians hover
ing around its vicinity, with hovling
wilderness At every pnint of the compass
when contrast that with its preeeu, DIN
wing condition and most hattering pros
poets, | must confess am carried back
TO the days Of childhood and fancy see
the magical effects Of AI!addin's wonder
ful lamb. Yet, all this Will OCCASION 10
surprise 10 any intelligent man who will
place before him true map Of the great
Northwest, and take a comprehensive view
of the signs which ever indicate with un-
erring certainly, the future greatness Of
every important locality. He will observe
that Sioux City is situated at the mouths
of two important rivers, (the Floyd and
the Big Sioux on the banks Of the Mighty
Missouri, with its 1000 miles of naviyn
Bile waters. In latitude i24, same as the
city Of Boston, and the direct route via
the South Pass from the waters of the At
lantic to those of the Pacihc. He will
notice the fertile valleys Of the Missouri,
Floyd and Big Sioux-the latter river said
TO be navigsble some 70 to loo miles, and
up which steamers with excursion parties
from your city have frequently navigated
from 30 to - or 80 miles He will notice
the beautiful aud fertile Territories Of Ne
braska on the one hand, and Dakota on
the other, now teeming with immigration
from all points. He will notice that for
some 200 miles above Sioux City, by the
banks Of the river. the Missouri does not
make over Is to 20 miles to the north
but pours its irresistible current By big
bend easter'y, until it reaches tho mouths
OF the Big Sioux and Floyd. when it sud
denly changes its course directly to the
South, which course it pursues some 500
miles in it's various windings until il reach
es the mouth of the Kansas, when it again
makes another great sweep to th. East
This fact settles tbs point. that all the
travel from most of the Atlantic States to
and from the Upper Missouri, will be via
Sioux City, Dubuque and Chicago. These
considerations all lead lead to one irresist-
ibIe conclusion-thatS Siour Ciiy Is to be
the great City Of the Missouri Slope.
Here will relate an incident, that will
illustrate the truth Of what | have Just
been saving. You will remember the i'm
promp,u celebration OF the 4,h of July,
1856 II was in tho grove . few rods
west Of where the great steam works of
Mossrs. Sanborn 4 follett are now located.
| learned subsequently that had we had =
public dinner with the customary teasts
OF such an occasion, we could have foand