White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1862-08-14
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(For the CbieE)

ted 70 notice Oh natifVeo -.
.nd lam a. . loss what to make of il. The!
mn. ths election of Railroad men % the Leg
;.l,.ur.. ..d the circulation of petitions ask'as
Congress % donate the sKiekapoo Reserve
when the United States shall have obtained sn'
title. As it Is no longer the policy Of the 20
vernment % purchase Indain lands 10 hanss
but only 70 hold them in trust. and seli thsa
for the benefit of the Indians. it is not probable
that it will soon obtain the title to the kicka
poo lands, especially as a recent treaty resesse
to the Atchison and Topeka Railroad the rign
of purchase at low figure, payable probably u
the bonds of the road.
If the object of electing Railroad men to tn
Legislature, is to obtain grant Of State Bond
to aid in the construction of said road, as ever.
other County would want help, the increases
taxes would require an assessor to every tax
payer, and the bonds would soon fall below q
cents, Stevens minimum. r e;ys;ag
II il is to obtain the consent Of Kansas to tn
connection with the road which strikes the wes
tern boundary of Iowa, it is simply moral i'm
possibility. Under the Pacific Railroad Bill
the Hannibal and st. Joseph Railroad Compa
ny may connect With the Southern or Kansa
branch ois Atchison, and receive the ten sec
tons of land and $1,000 per mile. for dis
tance of one hundred miles, and use any char
ter already granted. or that may be granted b.
the Legislature of Kansas; but if actual sur
veys render it desirable to construct their roat
on the most direct and practicable route ives
from st. Joseph, so as to connect with the roat
leading from the western boundary of Iowa, j
must have the consent Of the Kansas Legisla
ture. This consent would not be granted, be
cause, TO make that connection in a direc
course, would give Kansas but fifty miles in
stead Of one hundred miles of railroad, as th'
course is nearly northwest 10 connect with tha
road, and because all the balance Of the State
except the northern tier of Counties, would b
in favor of connection in the Kaw Valley, in
stead Of running into the Territory Of Nebraska
Not only do the pecuniary influences Of th'
Kickapoo Reserve and the town of Atchison
and the personal influence of Senator Pomero,
upon the Boston Directors Of the Hannibal ant
St. Joseph Railroad, all point to the extension
Of this branch pia Atchison, but the clause re
.quiring the consent of Kansas is a virtual pro
hibition of the Marysville route.
There is but one route that can compete viii
the Atchison route, under the Pacific Railroad
Bill. 1t is the route of the Nemaha Valley
connecting, via White Cloud, with the Oman,
and st. Joseph Railroad. at Forest City. i
needs NO charter from Kansas. for from tn.
town of White Cloud to its terminus, its rout,
is through the Indian lands of the Sacs anG
Iowas, or in the Territory of Nebraska. 1t ha.
choice Of connections. 1t NAV unite with the
Kansas branch on the Republican, at distance
of l25 miles, passing through the Sac and Otoe
Reservations; or is may connect with the Ne
braska branch at the famous Salt Springs, Oh
Kearney City, or the most feasible point, o.
make an independent road to the Tooth merid.
ian, which is about IS miles west of Fort Kear.
ney. 1t Is natural road bed, following the
Nemaha; and, following the general direction
of all the streams, the nearest and most direc.
route to the point Of junction. It saves fifty
miles of railroad.
Were it feasible to make the road as suppos.
ed by the managers of the Troy meeting, the
road must strike the Nemaha near White
cloud. thus usi,. 2 the donation of the Govern
ment for fifty miles. when the road on the Mis-
souri, side is completed to Savannah, and its
rapid completion to White Cloud guaranteed.
Besides, the facilities for constructing a rail.
road in the general direction of the streams.
north. west, are increased by having the valley
Of the Great Nemaha as natural route for the
entire distance, and the abundance of timber
f'r ties. as compared with a south west direc-
lion. over knobs destitute of timber The prin.
cipal arguments in favor of this route are, the
known fertility Of the country, the Importance
of its trade, the natural desire of White Cloud
and st. Joseph to share its trade, and the tenn
ling lands Of the Sacs and the Otoes, ready TO
be purchased upon such terms that, with the
ands granted BY the bill, would make this the
richest corporation in the United States.
There is no question but that If the Hannibal
Ind st. Joseph Railroad extend q branch road
,nder the Pacific Bill. it will be either by At
:hison or oia White Cloud and the Nemahs
Valley. 1t was the knowledge of the natural
advantages Of this route, aided BY the strenuous
'norts Of the Delegate Of Nebraska, that inser
ed the amendment at the eleventh hour, civ.
ng to the st. Joseph branch the privilege Of a
iirect route; otherwise, the route would have
'een liked uia Atchison, and the embryo rail.
Dad builders Of Troy would have been differ
'ntly employed.
Let the citizens Of Doniphan, Brown and Ne
naha Counties, the people of Northern Kansas
md Southern Nebraska, of that glorious coun-
~ vatered by the Wolf, w.lsut and Nemsbas.
mite their efforts upon the only available route
or this railroad, the Nemaha Valley, and not
ritter sway their e1ertions upon a route that
N examination Of the bill aud nomene,s re-
lection must tell them 10 worse than useless.
Will White Cloud wake up to her own inter.
sts, and take hold Of this feasible plan for q
peedy road to the Pacific, and BY every means
'iiase that information of the advantages Of
bic route, that need only dissemination to %.
ore the oo-operation of the CAPITALISTS of this
oadf RET
NATIONAL VOLUNTEER Llsr.-Mr. Geo.
). Smith. late Of the Chicago Tribune.
proposes to publish in few days. q com
'lete Army List of the Northwestern
States, showing the names. ranks. loc..