The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1861-12-14

fSs telegraph line y course o. eoessrae-
-. fren sss Mississippi 70 the Missosri,
swessiAis State, kpscgrsssiDg rapidly sov-
ard compilation. The question Of making
Is sppsepriasion By the city IN order 70
sseurs % oiSes q sbss place, Was Submitted
- tie voters d Des Aoipes,s short tims
since, and the proposition defeated. The
nssses uss then takes bold Of b iadsvido-
.ls. and tbs REQUESTS amouus-shrss ihou-
$50 do,iass-.oos raised By private sub
serip,ios. After sbi., the company deter
mined shas il would b better to submit
sbe question: Of making ~ appropriation 10
order 10 secure 80 once in this city, direct
!, 70 The property holders By way Of private
sabseripsion, rather than By vote Of the
city.
10 furtherauce Of this design An article Of
Agreement between tbs Illinois and Nissou-
81 River Telegraph Company, on the ono
part, and citizens Of Council Buff, on the
ether raYs, has been drawn ep and agreed
20 by Mr.. J. W. Maasz, on the part Of
Telegraph Company, and left With Mr.
yasss A. Jackson, to secure signers on the
pars Of the citizens Of Council Bluffs. The
conditions Of this agreement ssipulsts:
Fret That tbs parties Of the second part
agree to pay to the parties Of the frss part,
~ bonus. the sum Of Eight Hundred Dbl
lars, 10 cash or avsiIabls fsnds, to be paid
sAes the line 10 completed through to tho
Missouri, and an once properly fitted up for
the transaction Of business shall be opened
10 this city, and the parties Of the second
part further bind themselves to rdrrdnt
that the said omcs when established shall
not bs An expense 10 the Company; that's,
il tho receipts Of the Office are not sufficient
to meet the current expenses Of the same.
such deficit shall be made up by the said
parties Of the second part, and paid over to
ID. Company, as receipts Of the ofdos, At the
end Of every month.
Second The Telegraph Company, as
the parties VI the rstpari, in the agreement
biod themselves 10 open 40 Office in this
eisy,-f,,ed up 10 good style supplied with
all the necessary apparatus, &C., for the
traussc,iou Of business, and, in short, to
fsruish our citizens With oil the advantages
AFFORDED BY .elegraphio Communication
That the managemen. Of the Office shall be
10 accordance with the stric:ess economy,
aud oil reasonable caro- shall be taken that
the ofkce shall not be tax upon the citizens,
bu, make enough topay its own expenses.
And fsrthsr agree tina, whom the above men,
toned ssm Of eight hundred dollars shall b
paid over ~ citizens, forty per. cent. Of the
came shalt be refunded 10 "telesraph
scrip"
Thus il will be seen that the terms upon
which We can secure to this city atelegraphie
communication With the "rcst Of mankind
arc simply these: Tbatlae citizens OF thu
city or 90 many Of them - enter into the
agreement pay to the Telegraph
Company, asa bonus, sixty per. cent. oil
eight hundred dollars; the remainipg for,
per. cent. Of eight hundred dollars TO be
invested in te!esraphie scrip, and agree
that IL the ol6es here does not pay ex-
peu,es the citizens shall make good the de-
Gcis. .., .r-..
The agreement, IS We said above, may be
found wi,h Mr.. JACKSON, at the State Bank
10 our citizens are satisfied that the advan-
tages 10 be received will compensate for
she price asked ia order to secure an Office,
che agreement should be Immediately clos
cd; il not, Ne may conclude q: once to
receive our photographic dispatches" here
after as at present, BY "pony express"