Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1864-08-06
Report Of the Dubuque T. SfOux City
~saaH4 RailrOad,@ d

Plat Smith, ESQ, President of the D.
i 5. G. r. r., hAs prepared Al interesting
report of twenty-five pages on the business,
progress and prospects OIL this Railroad.
It, is illustrated by two maps one show.
ing its line and connections w:lh other
lava railroads, ana the other it, connec.
tons and relation to the Central Pacific
Railroad and the western Territories. 1t
is especially intended to show The business
of the road for the frs, Fl We months Of
1864. Among The facts enumerated n il.
appears that the company now have nine
engines, seven passenger, two baggage,
one huadred and thirty two freight, and
fIty-slx truck and construction cars. The
common stock amounts to $l,Ol3,O19;
the preferred to 81 900, 900; the first IN ort
gage bonds to $780, 1000 1; the construction
fund, 500, 500. and uniiquidated claims
to only 1901 aud that 100 miles Of
road completed cost S34 900 per mile.
The net earnings ior 1868 amou nted to
$780, 1856 81, or four per ccat on the en-.
tire stock aud debt Of the company. Is.
timating by the frs: five months Of the
present year, the gross earnings for 1864
will be $3.50, 900. or over seven per cent.
on the bonded debt and preferred stock.
The second division of the road from
Cedar Falls to Iowa Falls, nearly fifty
miles, is now under contract.
The statistics of the counties on the lire
of the road in population, assessed value
aud products, az compared with eight
counties on the line of the Ga'ena l. Chi.
cago road, and the comparison Of the
earnings Of these roads, enables any one
to draw some very important intcrsnces
Of the future OF thai part of Iowa, which
is tributary to Dubuque aud the trade Of
the Mississippi as ne counties Of North.
ern Illinois are to Chicago.
One OF the connecting roads will be the
Cedar Fails l. Minnesota Railroad, now
uuder contract to be built from point
between Waterloo ani Cedar Falls to Wa.
verify, fourteen miles, by the first Of Jan
uary next.
Another connecting road is the Dubu.
que, Marion aud Western, now 10 opera.
,son i,om Farley to Spsingville, and i, is
expected to be completed :his year to &C.
dar Rapids, aud thus connect with the
Chicago, Iowa aud Nebrasla Railroad.
IEe connection with The Central Pacific
Railroad is expected to be accomplished
by a branch this side Of Sioux City TO
meet the former read at point west Of
Omaha, on Platte river, 10 Nebraska. 1t
is ioanu that there Will not he more than
five miles difference in distance as com.
pared with the shortest other route from
Chicago.
There remains unsold of the land grant
16l $40 acres. When the road is comPiet.
ed to Fort Dodge, the company will be
entitled to sell l53, 600 acres more OF land
Alusion is made to Idaho, Dakota and
Colorado gold miles and to the emigration
to those Territories, and to the necessity
that wall soon occur tor = railroad north.
westerly from Sioux City to the rich mines
Of Idaho.
Among the interesting topics Of the
report is reference to the climate Of Iowa
as compared with tia, OF New YORK;
Comparisons are made between Dubuque
aud six places in New York Tor six con-
secu,tve years Of ,ri-daiIy observations.
1t appears that Iowa has five inches less
rain per year, and at average OF three
degrees warmer temperature than New
lolk.
The average pumber Of cioddless days
for SIX years is 1877 for Iowa and l44 tor
New York. This contrast is.s,lIl greater
in The con- parison oil tie months Ut April
aud October for the SIX years, showing
that there are five more c!oudess days in
those months in Iowa, being an excess
over the monthly difference for the year.
As these are important months for agri-
cultural operations, il vii! be seen that
Iowa has Il great advantage in reference
10 raising either stock or gain.
Another table shows the elevations be-
tween the rivers on a line from Dubuque
10 the Missouri, river and the deseen. per
mile Ct tha rivers. The prairies are from
200 to 400 feet above the nine rivers
crossed. Water power occurs on each
river cross ed and the neighboring tributa-
ries. r" lhe long and geaie slopes Of
most Of the western counlies and the more
varied rolling character Of most of the
central counties, give such variety of
soil, .stdat,on and appearance as to make
the whole country ATTRACTIVE, and esperi
ally for few miles on each side Oh The
rivers"
The C. r. & NJ. r. r. viii soon develope
the resources of the counties Of Bremen,
Chlckasaw. Floyd and nitchell. through
which it will, pass, and materially teneh,
the counties Of Howard, Butler, Cerro
Gordo and Worth. = $3.50.
The extension Of the d. NJ h W. X, r..
will still further open the trade OF Linz
county with Dubuque. ,.: 90. ....~.....
The extension of the D. & s. C. Il. r.
will speedily enhance the value of al the
lands west Of its present terminus, That
part now under contract will pass through
Butler, Grundy, Franklin aud Hardin
counties, and will secure to a greater ex'
tent than a. PIE sent the trade Of HamiI
ton, Wight, Webster. Humboldt aud sew.
erAi other prosperous counties on the
upper Des Moines River. Il. i @.e. ~
When this road is completed TO. Fort
Dodge. as It ought to be il two years ten
other counties will have their commercial
relations established With the Mississippi
by this rpsd, and the eastern stockholders.
heretofore so slow in its construction, will
iud that the mineral and agricultural re.
sources Of Norihv essern Iowa, have long
been worthy of their consideration. II
they could see the cmigranis enter Iowa
by the more southern railroads. aud take