Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1865-07-13

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~silarasisa sha intaresta III tie city IL Rai
Rssa masssrs. Al this nsasing II Va.
s4ssersaiasa u aaassrues Two Railroad,
lnto and sAseugh Iowa. 0na az whisG
was meEtioued being an extension b
the Narsh Missouri Railroad up tha De-
-Moiasa Valley via Des Mainea 70 ths
North limo uf tie State. The other VI
hsvs no douhs was the pIaste country
Railroad, which II 10 pass from 81. Jo-
ssepA ap the vsiley of the Missouri Rlsel
60 the State liae. where II is intended q
connect With the Council Bluffs and ST,
Jasenh Railroad which IL partly cen
ssrssaea, asd which will eonnecs 81
Csuneil Rlnfs, Nth che Council Bluff
aud sioax City Railroad, a company ful
the construction Of which has been form
ed. The construction Of tAess two greaI
feeders 80 st. Louis trade are Of vita
Importance to ST. Louis, and gs arr
glad to notica that the citizens are wax.
Ing mp to snd looking altar their Interests,
Chieags Ia rapidly taking the trade oil
lara from St. Loais. Already We have
three regular freight lines or companies
roaming tennis to Boonsboro, 10 eonnec
siaa with the Chicago and North Western
Railroad, and daily sui almost hourly
may be seen their heavy wagons rolling
into the city loaded With e 0 IL purchased
"a Chicago. From Dea Muines, and al
the State East Of that point, bus little
If any trade nov goes 10 ST. Louis, while
oasy len or twelve years ago, almost the
sntirs trade Of the State Of Iowa was
wirh that city.
ST. Louis, may receiver again this
tFads ; but to do 50, sha must aid liner
ally in pushing forward Railroads, con.
meeting with Der iato this State. One
million Of dollars, which could easily be
raised 10 St. Louis. would complete her
sonneesion with this city, and would sa-
= to her many millions Of trade annu-
ally, for all time to come. Bat If she
slseps upon her interssss uBtil The Rail-
roads connecting With Chicago reaches
this city, the trade Of western Iowa, Na.
braska, Deeotah and Montana, is lost to
her forever.
Tram tbe s7irit manifested At the meet
fig before alluded to, ws tbiak 81. Louis
Is moving il he right direction and il
abe no7ss fast enough, viii accomplish
Der object.
Tbs Council BlrGs aud St. Joseph
Railroad company, have secured the right
OF war for their ROAD fran this city 10
the State line, and has ahoat thirty
thousand acres Of the b2st lands in Iowa,
all lying within hya miles Of he line of
the road, which will be worth at least
ten dollars per acre the day q connection
By Railroad is mada between tbis ctr
aud st. Louis. Ii has thirty milcs Of
sra5inz ennpI*taa, eighteen thousand
tsllars in Council Bluffs City Bonds.
about fifty thousand dollars private sab
~seripsions to iha stock OF las company
and tea thorsad dollars il cash, aa3aoas
ret owe = single dollar.
Now If the citizens Of 81. Louis de5ite
20 secure the trade Of thiy country, let
tbena push forward tie Platte country
Railroad II tie State line where it will
connect With the Council Bluffs and ST.
Joseph Railroad, tha contract for the
construction Of which is already let to a
responsible party who is bound to COM
plsts 1t within ninety days after the
Platte country Railroad is completed to
the State line.
We make this statement, fsem person
al knowledge, for she PURPOSE Of show.
Sng she citizens Of St. Louis, that onr
ayBpathies and feelings i'd q commercial
peint Of view are wiih theFa, and if they
shoe . proper amount OF iibsFalily AL
energy, that they may yet reroT er the
tsads which they have lost and retain
Mat which they have, but which they
viii ~eersaisly lose il thay DO not act
promptly In completing The Platte Coun
try Railroad to the State line.
The Platte Country Railroad viii be
completed during the present ssaso to
Forrest City, which viii leave but forty
miles to be built 10 order 10 eonnect With
err road al the stste line. This forty
miles ali lies in the Mis&onri bottom
lAnas- smonth prsirie and can be built
ct this time for $4,000. Thlssum can
easily be raiaea by the sale Of first mort
gaza bonds, and private subscription 10
the ssoek Of the company, If St. Louis
only wills IL. Her destiny Is Ia her own
hands. II she wills to have, and to bold.
tho trade of Iowa, and tbs States and
Territories NORTH aud Ressof II, sho car
have u. But IL she pursaes 3 misery
soarse,-if she refuses TO aid In the con
strussion Of shs roads abasa mentioned,
Cshisago, Der prosperous and energetic
sival will Secure 1t.
sATaogAL BLESSING
jay Cooke, the agent OF the Govern
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