The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1861-04-06
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FREfCHTING TO DENVER.

Nessrs. bEoRGE Marshall anu y. SHEF
ARD have formed copartnershIp, under
the firm name of Csc. MARSHALL & Co.,
for the purpose of doing a general Freight
ing business from Council Bluffs to Denver.
They are well prepared for businsss,-havs
all new wag ons, manufactured expressly for
freigh,ers, by Austin & Tomlinson, at Jack
son, Mich.-their line is stocked through
out with mules, as better able to endure
the work on the plains than horses, and able
to make the trip in much less time than
oxen. Each team is driven by an expert
epeed driver, and one OF tho frm-Mr.
MARSHALL goes out with every train, to
personally superntend the business on the
road thus giving assurance to persons
shipping freight by their line, tina. the same
will be carried through in good order and
in the shortes: time possible. Mr.. NJ.
is an experienced freighter, having been
in the carrying business between this city
and Denver for the past two years, and
understands what is necessary to be done,
without being obliged to learn on the way,
and at the expense of shippers, as is gen.
orally the case with inexperienced hands,
These gentlemen intend to start train
from this city every two months, during
the present season, and expect, next year,
to be prepared to run q monthly train
Their first train, consisting Of six wagons,
with four mules each, left here this week,
and will reach Denver about the Goth inst.
Mr.. SHEPARD will remain in this city, for
the purpose of receiving freight for trans
portation, and attending to the Office bust
ness Of the company. Persons desiring to
have freight sent out to the mines by this
line, will, by application to Mr.. SHEPARD,
at the Express Office, have their business
properly attended to, and freight promptly
| forwarded.
This enterprise combines within itself the
elements Of prosperity, and is evidently
destined to prove not only source Of profit
to the company, but great public benefit,
and valuable addition to the trade of
Council Bluffs. Having their line we'll
stocked, and we'll manned, and combining
business tact with practical experience, and
both members of the firm giving their un-
divided attention to the enterprise, their
business cannot prove otherwise than profit
able to themselves and their patrons.
This is home enterprise-(both gen.
tlemen are citizens of this place, though
Mr.. SHEPARD might more properly be
called citizen of Iora, being known
throughout the State as General Agent of
the United States Express Company, which
position he still holds) -and we therefore
hope to see it prove successful, and meet
with such encouragement at the hands of
our people, as will enable the new firm to
constantly increase the freighting capacity
of their line, until, in a short time, Council
Bluffs can claim the honor and profit of
rs large business with the mining regions
West, as any town on the Missouri. We
have every natural advantage in our favor
having the shortest route, and the best
road to the Mines. of any town on the river
we can get goods from the East at rates
as low as any other point, and with our
advantages in the route, can take goods to
the Denver people at prices lower than they
can obtain the same from any other point.
All that is necessary is to extend liberal
encouragement to those entering the freight
ing business, and as their trade becomes
more profitable their facilities for carrying
will be steadily increased, and in the course
Of two or three years we will find Council
Bluffs has built up for herself trade with
the Gold Region, which must prove more
valuable than any other of her sources of
wealth.