The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1865-03-25
ouR RAILROADS.

1As pTcspest thatths war win be spec
sig sad SUCCESSFULLY terminated, and ths
s9aiss Il the oOentry reduced to q settled
pssas hssis, 10 causing revival of intar>
90 IN railroad matters IN all ssctionS Of
The MORT Many Of our projected roads,
which ware under full contract, and appa>
realty ID fair way to rapid completion,
we're breught to dead stand BY the
bTsaking ous Of the var. and the eoBse-
quess dsordcred state Of the fnanecs of
The OOuatry, and are to-day 30 nearer
completion than they we're four years ago,
Among this class We may sotiee the
pxcpossa line Of rsiirOad from CoaBeil
BasSa b Sc Joseph, composed of the c
= 49, J. SOl PlAtte Country railroads.
wAaa sAs was SonasHosd, o. rashsr
VIA EAa ssSaa:l Szisis at ST came up
90 -, he prOsp~Os Os Council Blua sOg
N aaxiy connection With St. joseph BY
raj, wAs promising. But from the fall Of
Of 81 70 The present time, comparatively,
OssAanx has been done upon either of
sAHss nasds, though there Is VOW pros.
peel that work will seoe be resumed upon
uOs or kaeA Of them. Rcceat friendly
isEsslstiea % the part Of the sFats et
Mlsaaari, toSsthsE VIII the improving
ccndissaa Of ths eouatry IS likely 10 ia,
daca resumption IS work uroa the
pl>s4s CSaatry roAd immediately, TuoN-
As MUxHax, Eq, Of Aehisoa, Nc,
sas Of the nlrecsors at this road, writes
% sns Of eur business mea ua8er dale q
MAgUh lob, IS iallews
sThs SagSAhaldsrs Of the Platte Cauu~
Try railroad, aaes ga "Wednesday hSl ssd
accepted the Provisions IF the bill recent,
y pSSaod b. the MlsSeart Legislature,
knewa a. the 'Cempromssp Bill sad ,hey
auaAOrised the fross,dsaE and Directors
- hevrew one raitloa Of dollars ard gave
wcstssge on the whole Nne a the road
FIR tie payment
This money sill hs eot Immediately
and il u the determination II the nirec>
tars 20 haiA the read 70 the Iowa hae Al
onec. and | trust that Iowa, sud especial.
" your city. gill see il "a your interest &c
build the Rad from the terminus ef the
Platte Country railroad to Council Bluff,
and that you will not wait uotA oGv road
- built to your State hue, hut bsSn the
ssEk tmmsdisteiy.'
The wish expressed by Mr. MCNruy
viii be unanimously seconded By our poo
PIE Our railroads uPoa the South have
been enjoying very protraoted season Of
rest, and il lie now high time that move
ef somc kind should be made 10 "sdvancc
the hns" As We remarked few days
ago, ST Louis used to he the point We
looked to IS our market, but ca account
Of inactivity on the part Of the railroads
on the South the course Of our trade has
been gradually changing, until now every
thing eeuters on ChicaSo--St Louis is
hardly ever thought Of Hoc, by cur
merchants, as place to buy or >ell,
While the Platte Country and {. Il
h ST. J. roads have been standing still.
powerful consolidation has bern effected
the east, and the Central road, coming
est from Lyons, which. up to the CONS
meneeuSeut Of the WAT had never been
thought Of by our people as means Of
communication With the east has been
rapidly pushed ahead by the Chicago and
Northwestern Railroad company, until it
now furnishes by many miles, our ne lrost
communication with the Mississippi river.
and the great bulk Of our trade, tia, for.
merly went Southwark, is now fairly turn.
ed to The Fast Al of this trade can
nevsr be rcgaipei By cur neighhors upon
The South, and whether a po~.ion Of it
can, depends entirely upon the energy
With which the rodds South Of us are
pushed forward
II 10 to our interest 10 have railroad
communication South as we'll as East and
since those having charge of the work
90 the Missouri side Of the State line
hans determined to 60 ahead with the
~sea npcn their cod Of the road, We
shCah take hold Of the matter in earnest,
upcu the Tcwa side, and let cur road meet
theirs AZ the hns.