The Big blue union. [volume] (Marysville, Kan.) 1862-1866, 1862-06-28

opR MANUFACTURING INTERESTS.
The Bath (Me.) Times says company
has been formed and the means obtained
seiaam the Big Blue River, ID Kansas and
put up an extensive saw mill and stone
asusing mills, with room for other ma.
eAinery and constant power" ay'i q !
The above quoted extract was taken
hen an eastern psper in which ii was cir.
eulatiogss news item; and it is the frst
spprisal, apdcontains the only informa-
ton Of 50 seimportAnt movement that we
a. yet have been able to obtain. And we
presume IL is new to most Of the people of
the Big Blue, though tiey must have often
wished for the establishment among them
Of 80 great a blessing as Touring mill
sould abe.s We say wished for blessing,
lsying aside their actual demands for such
On institution. The Big Bite River travr.
erses the entire length Of SIX counties in
Kdhsas and Nebraska, besides bordering
and penetrating withsits various branches
many other adjoining counties. Rising
seoNebraska, some sixty miles northeast
Of Fort Kearaey, and pursuing south
'easterly course, for over two hundred
miles, when itempties into the Kansas, TO-
'gether~ithits tributaries, it presents a large
s5alIey, rich and extensive ia natural re-
sources for he establishment and gener
Gus pmaintsnAnce Of the m.nufacturing
eiperesis. n'sThe Valley, itself containing
: the best Of land, and surrounded on each
,side BY a. rich and arables soil, is, with the
Increased advantages which imechanicalla-
bsraaa'skih Or Improvement would lehd
>is, le'ofHcommanding the trade Of
mot only the half dozen coahtieswhich are
iinmedistely tributary 10 IT. bdt the traffic
ssfiaiarss scopeo of icounsry y adjoining them.
But the valley alone 'loadly calls for such
improvement, and would sustain now quite
ga impprianti ibus,aess, aod with growing
settlement would prodacea constantly in
,ereasing demand, and dwouid give to the
Reputation of the Blue. river valley the
rInore active duties belonging to the: sgri.
cultural and commercial relations Of the
northwestern country.si:. bsd edH a;rl
-, And in this connection. We, may ask, at
Ehat point onthe Big Blpe river is there
a better opening,or.a louder call for the
establishment Of extensive. machinery,
psrticulsrlYlhat for Aeurisg mill, than at
Aary.ville Some fifty miles dis
tant from Manhattan, Cat the mouth of the
Blue. where there is also q Touring mill,
We believe,) and situate at the crossing Of
the Blds BY the great Military Road lead
'ing from the Missouri river Il d. towns to the
Hss.efn Forts, the Gold Regions, Utah
'sn'i California, It is provided with mar
bet which offers to the producer and manu-.
Enthusiastically sale for their labor The
.agriculturah sdsan.agesI Of the place., Of
li,si immediate surroundings, the farms 'ly-
ing on theiforks asd main branch Of the
FermilIion and Little; Blue, and the re-
.s!'s sources = Of Washington hai and adjoining
4 seqyy.ptiss, 81. sitset 7to the prodpcivensss Of
4 ahs eosntry by which she is surrounded
and point 70 her advantages location and
future importance. We believe there is
not sp'Oint % the Big Blas thass' can lay /.
'bsttsr claim, Dr. offer better inducements
. shs capitisis. toa ssnblish Tie malufact-
ering enterprise than Marysville.. The
psopls caA forn it establiahment and the
Whols country ibsolutsly needs aid. de.
auSi,ds itieog .eid, .ssi al'i ii ..ssidi
o. The Atlantic Telegraph i sgain, ,a~ak.
spipg attention in this country. The new