Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1865-07-20

sos, 900 profit on what tho Government
pays them. This calculation is made es-
timating the lands q! 81 . per acre.
But suppose Ee estimate them at IS per
acre, which viii be very low When the
road IS completed. The Comparv
would then clear $4,000 On the
job Of building Is miles Of road
on the or bos rspte. Tbs company will
~realtza BY the change Of route So, O00ln
1t IS per acre amounts 70 S2S8, 600, 10
which add tie ST, 0a0 ia BOMBS aud we
have the nice lisle sun CT $4,000 re-
allied by tba company, as the clear ft
made upoa the nile additional miles
esused by the change Of the route.
$4,000 CT which GENES directly frcu
the Government, aud the balance Is .ao
result OF toe raise in The Price Of taa
lands. Tlis makes that route ssrzac.i-
cable; WLila to construct it on the
straight route would leave tha Company
but li,tla prof; and this makes The 4.I4 b.
route "impra.tisable."
But there arc o.hl. co1siI. r4tions,
which should be kcTs in yiaW beetles the
chcapuoss Of constructing this 4raat Ma
sional. thoroush'are. is probably con
needons with 0.ber roads, its Develop
ment Of the resources Of the eoult-v aud
the direchasss of the from Peiat to
point, from the starting poia! to tho ter
minus, are all to ba considered, All no
road should be changed from q disecl
route to q eircnitoQs one, merely fer the.
purPoseo Of enabling tie Company to make
money out Of its construction. Once
moro sc repeat that tue change Of routo
does no! decrease the 9rCde a single iyca
per mile; b.: enables the Compare to
aToil 4 ~miIIia cut On lie s.rafy5,
route c~out2iuiug 100000 yards Of dir.
So said the Commissioner arpoietal by
the President to examine the routes.
The very wise engineer told The people
when here, that it was expensive rua1tug
roads with haavv grades, aaIwcns or to
show the diE-rcaco ba.woen - feet
and 90 aud Is feet grades aa1 CT
tollaI the oz-bow route ca account G: its
low grade. This was all very proper for.
tho Engineer Of the COMPANY, and he
his due regard for its interests,
By onjuiag TO tl tue people, that, De.
fore reach y he Pct3l oJdiJ,e sioa GoHa
The Saaigh! route, the HsATE-sr GRADE
OK I'll SrEArC8s ROUTE VS. o~FEzco4r-
THERE WAS JUST AS HEAVY
GRADE ON TIE ROAD WITH, AS
WITHOUT THE ON-BOW CHANGE;
ana in emitting to state this fact, be
attempted 10 nisIoad Odd people
to the practical i,itv u lie two routes.
lhe Ensineer-Mr. Scvno1r, taoa2At
that be had gained a poias ever Tgs Be-
GLE, when ha exhibited lis Plal Il the
oz-bow roate, and stated that Bellevue
saa pot marked on the plat. Dill be-
tia. the people Of C0ascil Btag5I
aad Omaha, were such fools as not to
znow, thai sharpsrs and swind.ers never
announce THAR reai obiectNEh2n they as
to szindls the commusfsv9 Is be
sac1 4 fol as 70 bc.i-7o tia. aay pa-ty.
q swindle ia view, would ezpeseis
before aocomPlishiag their object P DoesI
be suppose that tie President woald
a change ia tho routc, it tie
COMPANY should announce their cfjsct
n asking it to be to. enable them to
in fact the starting paint Of the
road? We thiuk, Notwithstanding he
exhibited much weakness il 5ona part,e-
alaEs, that be Is not 50 great Z fool, as
3uch suppositIous would seem to imply;'
PET We don't know but he vas jastiasd in
believing that the exhibition OF hil map
or pEodleof the ox-bow routo With Belle
rue !ess Of Of il, would satisfy oar citi.
hat that place was 'aot thought Of
Or a change il fact et the starting point
Intended from tie fact tbatthey were
such aiantes, as to endorse him, md bis
associates, without knowing anything
them taem.
I
Although We have much mora to say on
ibis subject, we will close for this week,
BY remarking that tba pTasticability Of
he two routes is question IL MONEY
With the Company. That both routes
ire practicable, and that The Government
pays the Company enough o ra7 for the
construction Of the road over tae straight
route, even ii il does hare to remove
yards more dirt, than on tho 9th.
route. That the ox-bow will coal tue
Government $4,000 more than the
route, and that it would be bes-
ser for the Government and tia peopie,
i ibis extra sun Is to be expended, that
b expended IN cutting dorn the grade
ths straight route.
NorE.-Tha above retaayks in rslasion
tie adoption Of the resolutions aboye
referred 70, we're written aad pat in typsE
lfon report Of Others relalsss 10 abair
import; bot since tie above article was
type, va have been ptYmiife7 to read
me resolutions and fad thai they do NOT
.ally justify the remarks made In rsla-
ion thereto. We vii add however, that
hey ara entirely applicable 10 the a@esicn
I some Of cur citizens On fofneF ocoa-
ions, and We heps they mag serve the
furnaaa 4 azwn wnf,sn Sew1L, f~