Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1862-12-13
RAILROAD ExTENsYOu.

Railroad enterprises Of the West 10 being
successfully pushed forward 10 our own
immediate vicinity.
From W. W. Walker, Esq, Chief Eu-
gineer Of the Cedar Rapids and Missouri
River Railroad Company, We have learned
some facts in regard to the progress OF
that road, which are new to Us and will be
interesting to the public.
Forty miles OF the Road, westward from
this city 10 Otter Creek, in Tama County,
have been in operation tor some months.
On "Wednesday Of last week eleven miles
more were fully completed and opened for
business. A station has been established
at this point, and town laid off which is
called Iuka." 10 honor of the battlefield
in Mississippi, where our brave Iowa boys
did such splendid Sighting. Iuka is two
miles directly south Of Toledo, the county
ssst of TamA county, and is the nearest
point to lhn, place reached BY the railroad
A large grain warehouse has been COM
pleted there, two others are well under
way, and comodious freight and passen
ger depot is neary done, and other build.
ings are in progress. The great Califor,
mia telegraph line passes through the
place, and = telegraph office WAS opened
there last Friday, thus giving the citizens
instant communication with San Francis
co, and other civilized and some uncivil.
lied portions Of North America.
But the iron horse does not tarry at
lukS. The trscklayers ore already five or
six miles further west. and are laying the
iron at the rate of haf n mile per day
1t is expected that with good weather, the
track will be laid to point near Indian
town and eight miles west Of Iuka, by
next Saturday, the 22d inst aud that por.
ton Of The road opened for business the
latter part Of next week.
We believe it IS the policy OF the Com
pany to ballast the rnsi and fully com
pele it in all respects before opening it for
general business. The next eleven miles
which we learn it is the intention of the
Company to complete as soon MS possible
will reach Marshall. About tina, time We
propose TO pay visit to our friends at the
geographical centre OF the state"
BY the completion OF the road to Mar.
shail, the capitol Of the State will be
brought within fifty five miles Of railway
communication, and a vast area will be
added to the territory from which the road
now draws its business. Already this
line from the Mississippi River,-one
hundred and forty miles in Length
reaches a point farther west than any
other railroad in the State, the longest VI
which, We believe does not exceed one
hundred miles. The IRON. horse can now
start from Chicago and travel due ives, on
almost an air line. two hundred and seven
~. five miles before finding the jumping
off place" and the longest portion Of
this Inc 10 now west of the Mississippi
River.
For the energy. boldness, skill and good
management. displayed in the rapid ex.
tension of this line in these war times. the
officers and managers of the Cedar Rap,
ida and Missouri River Railroad Company
deserve the highest praise. But little
more than eighteen months have passed
sincs operations were FIRST CONNIE need at
this point. Less than two years will see
the seventy miles to Marshall completed.
But few other railroads in the country
have moved peg within the same time
1t shows to US that capitalists are conf.
dent that this will be the shortest, and
great central through route. due ives, from
Chicago to the Platte Valley and the
eastern terminus Of the Pacific Railroad,
AS it is already the line of the Pacific
telegraph, To the city of Chicago, this
line possesses more importance than any
other road ever built or projected in the
west 1t is the only one tina, can be bull,
between tina, city AID Platte Valley
which can never have any short cuts OF
cut off, avoiding Chicago and shorten
ing the distances to points further east -
Cedar Tdlley Times,
So we say, too much praise cannot be
bestowed upon the managers Of that Road
for extension of their line in these times,
and though we wish no i!lwll to them. We,
We would like to have those working Off
GERS and managers. transferred for sea
son to our Dubuque 4 Sioux City R r
and see If it could not be made to extend
west once more.
Our d. 4 s. c. r. r. is too much like
the Potomac army. becoming notorious
for its stand still quality, the only activity
displayed in either being in the change Of
officers.
1t appears to US as though the Northern
route was not regarding its true interests.
The Bill for the Pacific Railroad makes
Sioux City the eastern starting point OF
one of its branches, when Railroad is
completed across Iowa to thu, point. II the
Cedar Rapids and Mis-, OUR X X coni,nue
i" their we'll doing, if they do not sue.
coed in reaching the Missouri River at this
po'n. first, they will certainly extend their
line SO that their Road will be the easiest
reached from this section and will divert
to its Road both travel and freight from
ITS legitimate course, via Fort Dodge and
Dubuque. aud what is of still greater i'm =
P"r,ance the settlements instead of being
made along the line Of the d. 4 S. c. X. r.
will be found locating on the line Of live
Road. that Of the c. Il l. NJ. X. Road.
Julius. did you attend de last meeting
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