, 1865-12-30
RAILROADS THROUGH IOWA.

EnCrEel1G E1epAIAkApAA$su ~ cVAAAIes " A>3A
tho Pacific Rat1road Mt Omasa-
The Prospects Of Council Bluds rs n
Railroad Centre.
tFrom the Council Bluffs No1pareb.1
Our railroad prospects are beginning to as
sume more settled and matter Of fact ap-
pea1uucc than they hare ever before done
The Cedar Rapids & Missouri River Railroad,
commonly known rs the Northwestern Rail-
road, has finally settled down upon Council
been let aud the contractors bound to COM
p1eta the work by the azst Of january, 1867
We think 1t will keep them busy, there being
some heavy grading between here and Boons-
boro. But If they can get laborers
the work can be completed as easily IN one
year as in three. There Is every Induce,
mcnt for the Company that Owls the road
to complete It at rs carly day possible. It
will be paying road from the start. And
should they succeed In reaching here In adj
vance Of the Council Bluff & st. Joe Road,
they would secure the transportation Of the
iron aud other materials for the Union Paeif1r
Road, which Is big inducement for the exer-
gy. The same fnducement Is prompting the
early completion Of the Council Bluffs s St.
Joe Road, aud there being no heavy grading
to 10 done between here and St. Joe, renders
1t probable that the latter road will succeed
in being the fEst to con sennset S, ut this this
these two roads arc completed, Council
Bluffs will be the terminus of three great
railways, It being made the eastern terminus
Of the Pacific Road BY the proclamation Of
| President Lincoln. We shall then have &
direct communication by rail with all the
| is travelling westward to the Pacific coast at
/ the rnte OF o mile day.
These, however, arc not all the railroads
that must terminate here: The Mississippi
& Missouri Road anG the Burlington &
Missouri R. Road Til sgeqPsqaly tSs Tsaen the
ing Council BlnfIs like Chicago great
| railroad centre.
TIE CEDAR RAp1Ds LINE.
| tFrom the Cedar Rsp1ds Ttmes-1
We lust learn that John !. Hla1r, Esq. in
| behalf Of this company, md ". 3. Ogden,
Esq. President Of the Chicago g. Northwes-
| tern Railroad Company, have executed con-
tract which tnsures the speedy compilation q
the 1lue from Boonsboro to connection with
thr Union Pacific Road In Nebraska.
This is indeed Elorious news for Central
Iowa, inducing, rs it Will speedily, the thick
settlement OF q large md rieh district, now
but sparsely populated, adding millions to the
wealth Of the State, and Efying us the great
highway to Ca1uorni1. To Chicago, also, 1t
insures commanding position Id the great
Inc, 10 the end Of time, for this route Il BY
fnr the most direct, being nearly on an mir
lire due west from that city, for more than
eleven hundred miles.
The Cedar Rapids & Missouri River Rail
road Company, we understand, have nnt yei
determined upon the exact lima rom Boons
boro, after crossing tha pesMoiDes river
This must be goYe.l some by the character
Of the lines Proposed BY the different inter
ests but as there arc three or more distinct
| and feasible routes through the western conn
ties, very much Will depend upon the di5po
silion ol the people On the proposed lines
Other things being equal, the Company viii
select and adopt that line. where the people
ofIcr the largesf Inducements.
A strong effort Is now being made TO direr1
the routc towards PaDora, thence taking ths
old line of the NJ. g. II. Road, down the re-
sion Of the 3Tusquito River to Council Bluffs
Another, aud favorable route. is due west OF
the Boy er or perhaps the Soldier valley
now being examined, and said to present mani
advantages, is from the North Coon Valley a
n nconvcnicnt point in Green County, bearing
| to the III. Il n. line via. Carrolton and Har
Ian, the counts-seat Of Carroll and shelb.
Counties. From conversation with Alr
bis associates had decided preference to on
OF the other OF the last-named routes; tha
thew desired to carry out In good faith th
original intentions OF the land grnnt, and no
interfere with other Companies' projectet
lines.
We hear also, that there Is d confidential
| understanding that q branch road is to b
constructed from Ames Station {near the Col
lcge Fnrn) to Dcs 3Ioines. This IS, however
subject to some more definite understand'n
with the Des Molnes Valley Road.
Little or nothing, as we learn, has yet bee
done by the people In the counties west {
| Boone, who arc mostly interested in this grea
enterprise. The provisional grant BY Cor
grcss In June. 1861. for Connection an
union of the Cedar Knpids and the d. &
roads may determine the final location of th
: line; and especially should tho conntit
north Of the old II. s. II. line evince
lack of proper effort to carry the roa
: through then. If those counties do NJ
get this road they will get no other, f
I many years at least to come. The stake IS
E large one for them. And what viii Cornc
; Bluffs md Omaha do to secure eonnect,o
made 1t these points. instead OF more nortl
ern connection In Nebraskas The final adol
:" tion Of the line will doubtless be made sool
1 md 1t Is high time the people Of Green, Ctnv
: ford, Carroll, Monona, Shelby and HaEiso
counties. and in Council Blutss and Omahi
we're wida awake cnd secure to themselVt
r They Gun well afford to pledge to this comps
| nv the right Of way free: to raise large sui
| scriptIons In money, lnud and labor as als'
, in corporate capacity, to vote donations
their swamp lands and funds. Some OF Il
counties nGe sparsely settled and poor. Fl
c | prbitant terms in these we do not believe vi
r be asked, while In others, being compar1tiV
: ly able, much doubtless will be expected