Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1862-02-05

20 the state, 10 I'D her In
be construction Of -FOUR Railroads. No :
ooner had tha grant besB made, shan tbs /,
slaok Republican Governor, called the /,
a@eral Assembly together 30 dispose Of .
hs grans. The members attended, and !
be Railgead sharks ataended "a j. their !
sout 10 do 1t tho meeting Of every legia- /.
aauss. 4 bin was gotten up, giving the :
ands to four certain Railroad companies,
md to secure the votes of the members |
from the Western Slope, promises wsss Z
nads 10 complete the roads within four !
years. Objections 10 the Bill were made
by member or two from the West, who
happsnEd not TO be in the interest Of the
corporations, because IS they believed, |
il the bill became q Law, the lands lying
On the Missouri slops, would be sold /
to build the Eastern portion of the
roads, and after they were disposed of,
there would be- no means left in the West
to secure she completion Of the roads
But tbs Railroad companies, the Govern
or and the members of ths Legislature In
the interest OF the corporations, all insist |
ed THAI the bill only proposed to give to
the companies the iands adjacent TO The
finished portions Of the roads, and that 20 |
lands would be eerufed TO the companies
beyond the terminus Of the finished por-
ton of the roads. With this UadsrstAad- |
ing the bill was passed. In the bill there
Was also clause requiring certain por.
tions to be finished by specified simss.
With these facts before our readers they
rnuss be surprised to learn, that notwith'
standing the companies have failed to
comply with the conditions imposed upon
them by the act, that Governors Love
and Kirkwood have both been certifying
landa to at least two of shs companies.-
according to recent report made By Gov.
kirkwood to the Legislature, go, 800
acres have been certified to the Mississip-
pi and Missouri Railroad Company. The
whole amount of lands granted TO thai
company Is less than $50, 900 acres, about
$4,000 Of which lies In the Missouri
Slope. From this Statement 1t will be
seen that all the lands east of the Ali sou
ri Slope have been certified to the COM
pany. Not ouly so, but about seventy
four Thousand sores have been eertif I'd on
this side Of the Slope. IN Short all
Of the lands east Of Cass County have
been certified to the company, anil the
road is not completed to a point within
: one hundred ard Gf1y miles of the east
line Of that county, and bsfore the road
is finished to Des Moines every aers Of
land viii be certified to the company.
= We ask the citizens of The Slope VIA
9 they think of Governor who viii esrtify
the lands Of the State 10 the company be-
). yond the point where the road is co'HpIas
;. ell, IN violation of the spirit, If not thr
n very letter Of the laH under which be acts
a and that teo, when the company, accord
!. ing 10 his osrn report, had not complies
"a with the requirements of the law makinl
IA the grant,
e The West Is not only swindled By hsy
], ing the lands certified and sold before tn
il road is completed, bus it is swindIed b
'' the act of the Legislature which exempt
these iauds from taxation. Now, whe
sy the taxes Of the people are qaairupled-
be now, when the farmers produce is CON
be paratiTely yalueless, how viii they rolis
a. the exemption from taxes the laads
BIT Eastern Railroad companies, which al
in making extraordinary profits In rannin
I'd the finished portions Of the roads who
r have been built By the hypotheeasioa I
in the very lands which are exempted fro
a. taxation.
ee How do the farmers Of the Slope, lib
I'D this partial and one-sided Black Rapabt
I'D San Legislation Our doctrine and u
to doctrine of the Democracy is, that al Pc
in sous, and all kinds OF property should
tn made to contribute shieF just proporsis
ed towards defraying the expenses Of u
IL Government.
l"i What will the presnt Black Republics
. Legislature do towards carrying oat t
'e' just principle of equal taxation-''Exa
- justice to all, exclusive privileges and e
ieo eInptions TO meme ?''
'P' Since writing the above we have reeei
'n' ed report showing the number of aer
III actually granted to each Railroad comp
81, ny which is as follow
Burlington Il Missouri Il. r. 230, 033.
I'@ Cedar Rapids 4 Missouri .---.
ATy Railroad. Cos, 667 :
his Dubuous h Pacific R.R 1,l47, 4Sl.
Of Missouri Mississippi
a Railroad. Ssl ,Auo.
nd Total Vs.. -s.s5. 2,43l, 502.
'te' From this report it will be seen that
ers Governor has certified 10 the AississiE
AFy and Missouri company 10 round nunabe
on n n0o acyea mora than ia contained IN
DC whole grant to that company. We -
DC pose however thai shs company will |
DIS no more lands than are contained Ii
ag- the grant; bat 1t will be seen that ev,
M acre contained ia the grant has alres
or been aegtiRed to the company and il ,
tne snps from taxation. The injustice d.
70 the Western Counties viii be made m.
apparent, when 1t is known that in
ney counties where the road h finished. a
II of 300 per mile Is levied upon the Eol