Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1865-11-25

provision BY Congress recently obtained,
authorizing them to "change their line
between Fort Dodge and Sioux City, so
as to secure the best route between those
points, neglect to construct their roae at
all to this place, and lsave your railroad
connection with the east, to the inclina-
ton or caprice Of other explorations
bound by no law and under no obligations
of any kind to come here at all.
If such danger exists, / advise you to
look to your rights in this matter; the
property holders and business men Of
Sioux City, the people Of the entire val
ley Of the upper Missouri, have vital in
terest in a direct communication between
this point and Chicago, by railroad You
have suffered efficiently already from
the withdrawal Of their railroad lands
from market, the consequent Increase Of
the price Of adjoining public lands, ana
| the delay in the construction OF this road I.
Corporations are said to he souiiess; they
certainly are not destitute Of shrewaness,
aud it may be we'll for you to remember
that they are sometimes reached by Leg
isatures, irjnnctions and juries. that
with all their wealth ami power they are
not beyond nor above the power Of the
people who create them.
When will northwestern Iowa settle up
and contribute to your commercial i'm
portanco and prosperity if this railroad
is not built through the lands that were
given it to aid in its construction.
You may depend upon it, your town,
| and the towns above You on the river,
will soon be of sufficient importance TO
command a direct railroad communion.
| ton with Chicago, ana If the company
who have undertaken to furnish it. can
not or will not fulfil their contract. let
them leave the lands for company who
will
am not surprised to learn there are
| some faint hearts here who are tired Of
| waiting Tor the good time coming, when
they may realize their golden dreams ;
but you have, | trust, gone through with
your seeerest trials. The panic Of 1857,
and then the war suspended FOR tho time,
| all public works cxcep: those Of The d.
rest necessity. Our troubles however, are
nearly over. Daylight has come again
after long and gloomy night, and the
country, stronger than ever, rur2ed Of
the viper that has SO long preyed upon
its vita!s, is rousins itself Tor new and gi-
gantic improvements in every hing per-
tanning to the development Of its res ,ur-
ces- such efforts as the world has never
Witnessed, nor the mind Of man conceived.
The Pacific Rail Road is one Of these
vast undertakings which has been delay ed
BY the reb dillon.
The original Pacific Rail Road Bill,
passed by Con4ress III lSOl-2, provided
Tor thrae starting points upon the Mis$ou-
ri--kan"os City :or the South Branch ;
Sioux City for the NoEh Branch, the
Middle Branch to be designated by the
President, which has since been fxtl at
Omaha. These several branches were to
| uni g between the Republican Fo.A aud
the Plato river, and upon the one hun
dredth meridian of longitude, ~here me
Pacific Rail Road proper commences.
During tho session of ! 81 the origin
al bill was aended in several important
particulars. aud that portion Of the bill
relating to the branch from this place,
was amended 30 g TO read as follows:
"Such Rail Road company, now or
ganiZed or may be orga:ize1 under the
laws Of Iowa, Minnesota, Dakota or Ne
brasaa. as the President Of the United
States by it's request, may approve or dvs.
ignate for tina: p"rpose, shall construct
and operate line of railroad and 'ele-
graph from Sioux City, upon the most dl-
rect and practicable route 10 slch point
on, and SO as to connect with the Iowa
branch Of the Pacific Rail Road from
Omaha, or the Union Pacific Raj Road,
rs such company may select, and on the
| same terms and con litlnns a. are lr0,i-
! tel il the act to which this j. an amend
ment. Also, that IL the Eal company
shall not complete the said branch from
Sioux City to The Pacific Rail Road with :
In ten years from the passage Of this act,
the portion of the Road built &c, should
10 forfeited to the United States.'
The intention Of Congress in raSsin :
This amendment, was to provid a more
feasible route for tllis branch than the
original bill provided, that ha, ;ng been
ascertaincd to DO mpra cticahle.
The selection Of tLe'routs ty vhich the
North Branch of the Pacific Rail Road
shal. be constructed, is matter OF great
Importance, not DULY to the people of this
valley, but to the company who may con
s.ruct the road. Should the survey of
the Sawyer Wagon Road show favora-
bic Rail noal rout' through the Territory
of Dakota, up the Nj ,hrarah river. stri-
| king the Paci1i; Rail Road near Fort Lar
annie, the construction of this branch over
that line, would not only be of great ad-
vantage to the people Of Dakota, ldah q
and Montana, but in my Judgment, be of
great and superior benefit to this town
over any other proposed route, inasmuch
, as this being the natural point of trans
shipment Of the business of the Upper
Missouri river eastward most Of the whole
sale trade IF this valley would lnesitab. y
! center here, rs soon As a direct railroad
communication with Chicago is secured.
and YOU would also he placed upon much
the shortest through route from Chicago
to the Pacific, which fact of itself, woald
insure you speedy connection With Chi
| cago. Should it become necessary to con.
struct this branch down the river, to the
termination Of tho G. 4. N. W. road upon
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