Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1865-11-09
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shss shsy sanaos aaswsr simple qusssion
.wlsAoss making an attempt ct va. Al
sssssnes ssriklegly illustrative o. ses
character ana oallbrs Il lss sashoE 10
ssusa IN ! isss issas o. the Nonparsii. =.
n appears that SONS person has been 70
laolish ~ 10 apply to the editor uf that
shssa fer inferusasioa relative 20 oar cikys
ana the sdlaos In al aborsive attempt Al
git writes an answer, whieh did We net
ssasidsr iss soarss, might be regarded -
an attempt 10 hurlasque oar city. Ia re-
wasd 10 Ina assssisn relative 10 the Alta
saasa IL the city and ito commercial ad-
ssassxss; the witty CD ansssFs = follows;
ssss Ia sasasass In sas esaasr u me world frsm
sssss sxsctv appaasss 10 China. And esaaa 10 ait
assaA ia evaamazSaai sassasassa sse % sasSas sa
ssyaiad =
Nov, re ASA, way eoald be net have
answered shis question more correctly and
satesligibiy by saying that Council Blaifa
10 situated On o beaasigal prairie On she
gsss bank of the Missouri River In hath
sads al IL degrees north, and In longi-
tuds Is degrees west from Washington
City, or % degrees wess fran Grsenwieh,
aad iss eommescial advantages are squal
~ sAosa Of any city On the Missouri Riv-
60 above S.. Loais.
such An answer would hare given the
distant readaR sons idea Of where COun-
Nil BluiEa il situated isa elimaaa and III
eommsfaial advantages.
In regard to the question % to the sizs
Of the city the why I'D editor aaawesl
as follows
ssFrega Big @adAy on the wsst 10 Bin Powers
saxm tas aass iaEiasivs, and ea tAa Easa u 81
"a the kouth se tbs pesE fzFm sAs ReFth, nst in
gtE awe, Tbis haweser has net al seen laid sai
aBss uts Only little oveE any thousand lea
BARS Is rel seen laid III plotted and rseersaa-
theae ars net Al eecupisd- Ths pxtFisiic and So
ssxpgising pTepEistees propose 10 ssii few ehees
aaaa to sesnaa settlers, 90 VERY reasonable tsrms
l@ss so@s are sss sale 10 speenlafers-"
We would like TO know what idea oil
Council Blalzs such an answer - the ..
AoEs eosvsys to the Inquirer
Why seuid not the sdisor have answsg'
eds Caunsil Bluffs contains little owe
S,0O0 inhabitants, and embraces within
Aas corporate limits about ninsssen SEQ,
eiaas Of land extending back fran Ia,
aaissouri river 10 the bluffs and including
shout ssven sections Of blnf lands tia
Ehs sisy In bails part % the bluffs anG
part Ga the prairie-that about i've thous-
asa lsss have been laid ous--abous On.
thousand al which are occupied and sh'
k&laaes are for sala % reasonable terms
in reply 10 the aaestion: "Whas ar
yssr Railroad fasiiisiesS'' the very snar
III editor answers:
'sFlsss Taas, whsa tas rsnA shst IL seen Ia b
ssm@encea and thFeee mere are mpIstea, "
sAaIi Aavs four ali probably aoing assEy huEi
smaas."
What idea does such an answer - th'
sAsvs sonvey2 II il conveys any idea .
all Of car Railroad prospects, il convey
.ths idea that%s have DO prospect OF m!
Railroad and that we are nov, and prob
ably will be for long time to eoms with
sss any Railroad facilities. Nov wh.
ceuld not the editor have stated tho facts
iass as easy IS to have made the abovt
absrtivs attempt At wiz Why did be no
state, sha& We have no Railroad eonplet
cd 20 this city; bat that there are tire
Railroads Bow In the coarse Of onstFuc
sieas whish aill make their terminus here
so-wis: The Chicago Northwest and Ne
hraska Railroad, which il nov eompiste'
70 DoensboTo, oae hundred and twentI
males sass Of this city and will probabl,
% saisAsd 20 this plaos in 1867. Th
Mississippi and Missouri Railroad, nos
sswpissed te Kellogg, enc hundred AM
afsy miles cast Of this city and which b,
ias charter has iss sssminus axed At thi
psiss ard Ia to be completed 10 two years
TAs CounGiI Blafs and ST. Joseph Rail
ssad, aoss IN esarss Of esassruesioa
sssiag forty niles graded soash from thi
ssay snd 70 bs completed within the mex
ysas and In all probability the ears vii
b runnisg from this city TO the Stat
ilns sa or before tbs arsI day Of mex
September.
We asked why The editor did not stat
these facts, and VIC can only answer on
isqaiSy by answering that hia great pen
sAans for exhibiting bis qualifications 70
wasgasy prevented him from doing so.
in asswsr 10 the qvestisB, 'FWhas ar
ys~r nail facilities S'' The wsuld
.aasy wag replies n follows:
ssssssr for maies in msaay weather ihau "a
fsmsgse. Ia aEy wRasAsr they are sbaak eaHaI :
I ams diasssn<s ths latter hare a."
TAsss may b. somsshiag sharp In sh
aabsvs aaswss, bat va think bis enquirin
ssSrysposdeas will not see IL. We thin
u weald have been jass ~ easy for ID
saisos TO hsss stated that ne have tw
Iaass ss daily stages vunaing sass fsos
sAis sasy. One rannisg via Des Noige
and sonneeaing with the ii. 4 Iii. Railros
sa Kellogg and tha other eonnsssin
with ths Chisago, Nosshwess j. ssbrssk
Raiiysad ~ Boonsboro. That ws has
q daily line Of four horse soaches rur
Risg VIA 0maha, Dsavez City, and Fsi
Lsssmss 10 Great Salt Lake City No
California That Ne bare daily Iina {
Seas boTss coaches Tunaiag South Vi
ssasawssd, Sidney and orsgoa City COS
sssaiag with shs Platte Cpsnsvy and Haa
sibAl 3 81. soseph Railroad Al sassnaas