The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1865-03-11
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In my last I spoke ofths commercial
aPgaansess Of this point on the. Missouri,
and Of the probability Of = large city
sehhsr here or At 04nsha IN this com
manieatien | shall givs some reasons foe
s&Aaa nsmion. "a sss ii
l. This place -iszz 500 miles removed
from any othes hFss Cay. By refer,
ence to me erbwth of cur country, and
the location of its cities, it viii be seen
that this is about the distance at whieh
great distributing canter and com>
mereial metropolis regularly springs
upon the due eastsaRa west line. Take
first New York as ii starting point
: The nextgEsat eity as you 60 west on
the Northern route is Buffalo, next Chi
cagn each about 400 or 5l0 miles apart.
On the Southern fine or ssy from Phil
sdslpbia, svs have Pittsburg tsot qnite
500, | admit, next Cincinnati. next st.
Louis, each Of these 40 or 500 miles
west, and agout the same distance fFOu
each OF rs asi ghbors north Pursuing
the same line Of investigation still farS
Their west, and supposing The same re-
sult there would be, another great city
needed somewhere in this valley, and
not far fson.tAis point.
2, The war has thrown the trade and
travel which formerly wens through St.
Joe. ana Kansas upon this northern
route, and by as much as it has Grip
pied the prospects of the above named
City, BY SO much has it helped these.
3, The location Of the Pacific Rail
Road, the gryat main branch aud con-
Bections with the Fast, aud the dlscov
cry of gold in Idaho have still farther
contributed to eRhanc. the prospects of
these two places. And now II word or
two in regard to this last, Wig: the dis
eosery of new gold fields and the con-
seanen* increases Of trade thereup)n.
All other great towns in this country
have derived large share of their
trade from the East, or at least have
their market there These towns lind
their harvest at the West, 1t 10 at Dem
yer or Firginir City aud to Bannock.
and the eaantr represented by these
that our trade flows. Ant! must con
tinue to flow, consequently tire Jaw that
has usually governed the growth OF c't>
les in reference 10 their river locatlon
will not hold out here, but is reversed
Il as the east bank instead o. the west
that il the fortunate side and the 81 me
cause that bailt up Davenport and Du>
baaue On the wesl s,ie instead Of Rock
Island and nuBleith on Lhe east side
OF the Mississippi will here operate 10
build upa large town at Council BlnHs,
on the east bank Of the Missouri rather
than Omaha On The west. So say our
shrewdest operators and observers But
now say tdAt all these causes Of growth
fail. there still remain the same elements
Of size aud growth that build up Trey
aud Albany n Y, and the saIpe FeIs>
tive situation Of the twn towns. 4 bany
grew no hr the trade NJ New York State
weAt, thoas n oaly l5l miles fr III th,
great city below It, Troy grew to be Il
ane town, though only few mills
ahoVe GA the opposite SHE, by the trade
of the country east Of IT, and that III
spite of one Of the worst hills or
banks leading into IT any where to he
f. aud nd continued to flourish. The
rslstive sitaa ion OF Omaha aud Council
Bluffs is very similar. and then distance
apart the same AMI their distances frolu
any possible rivalon the south tn same