Nebraska advertiser., 1863-08-22

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prise.
Ten times as much Of the travel across
the plains. leaves the River from Omaha
and Nebraska City. as from Brownville
Tea times as many freigh,ers starr for
Denver, Julesburg. and the Forts from
Omaha and Nebraska City as from this
county. Our own citizens, when they
cross the plains, sometimes go via. Me-
braska City. These are unpleasant, hui
initiating admissions, when we reflect
that we are as near. if not nearer, to Fl.
Kearney than any other point on the
River. The route from here 10 Fort
Kearney is naturally better than any
other. In distance it is shorter than
most other routes; the road is compara@
lively level ; no large streams, except the
Nemaha to CROSSE plenty of good water
and pasture, and between here and the
Leavsnwolh road at Sandy, you are
never out Of sight of timber. Had about
iwo good bridges been built five years
ago, 8 large portion of the vast emigra-
ton to the mines would have passed over.
this route. But these bridges were not
built. We yainly hoped that Government
would see the importance of this route,
and would aid Us 10 making a good road,
meanwhile the tide Of travel, Influenced
BY interested parties, became fixed to
olher roads. s yc
& Two and three years ago the Ranch
Trade" mostly came to this place; but
as the road has gradually grown worse,
il has been transferred to Nebraska City
and Plattsmooth. The train of Messrs.
Crow and Barrett that arriAed from Fl.
Laramie on Monday. returned by way
Of Table Rock, several miles out of the
way, merely because the direct road
needed three or four new bridges. We
hsve heard several inquiring Cant we.
get the Government al Washington or.
the Legislature at Omaha to do some
thing for this Road 2" No! Not one
cent during the present hard tines
Hercules wont help US We must put
our own shoulder to the weeI, or remain
fast in the mud. 30 as
Some think it might be a nice thing
for Brownville to have . good road TO Fl
Kearney, but it would be of little or ~
real benefit to Farmers. The truth is
Farmers, far more than anybody else,
would be benefited. 1t would be of
advantage to all the citizens of Nemaha
and Richardson counties as well as those
west of us. The market for Farmers
produce is now west of us-in Colorado
and the Forts The thousands of Gold
Hunters in the mountains are fed from
the Missouri Valley. There is no county
in Nebraska that produces more Than
Nemaha; the surplus is gathered up by
freighters, but they do not pay as much
here BY twenty per cent. as in Nebraska
Cityj and why : Simply because phe
road from here needs a little mending.
Freighters payiwenty-fve cents a bushel.
for Corn at Nebraska City and only If
teen and twenty cents here. Give US
good bridges across the Nenaha and The
Blue. and every bushel of Corn in this
county will be raised in value five cents.
A Bridge or a good ord across the Blue
At or near Beatrice would be north thou.
sands annually to Nemaha, Richardson,
Pawnee, Johnson, Clay and Gage u
ties, and the citizens of these counties
should join together and have it done;
they should also have the small streams
in the vicinity of the Blue we'll bridged.
As we come this way from the Blue the
road divides and comes to various points
on the Missouri Each county and
neighborhOod should seelO bridging and
improving their Gown road. Longs
bridge, on the Nemaha. is now almost
impossible, and The road in its vicinity is
worse than anywhere else between here
and Kearney. This bridge is equi-
distant from Brownville. Peru and Ne
naha City. $4,000 or 50, 500 would.
make a good, passable road, well bridged
from here to the Blue, and would benefit.
this county $40, 600 the first year. Take
the increase in the price of Corn alone
We have not the means of ascertainlng
the amount raised in this County, but the
surplus is never less than 10000 bush
els. Five cents increase on each bushel
makes $4,000. VIII not our citizens
see that this much needed road is i'm
proved. Where there's a Will there's a
way.
DRowEED.-A boy ten or twelve years