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

Sines eur last issue the Commissioners
sent eaS BIZ the President to examine th.
roats OF the Pacific Railroad and III,
Chief Engineer Of the Railroad Compan!
have visited ouE city, and we understand
gave an audience to some of our citizens
What their object was in doing SO, ]
as least some Of shem, who have a grca
penchant for associating With supposed
TO be great men, and who think that they
de themselves great honor by passipg
~"greasipg'' resolutions, expressing their
confidence in tho ability, integrity ant
moral worth Of men thar they krow moth,
Jag about, met them aud passed. u SCI OIL
withdrawing resolutions in regard to
the honesty, Integrity and ability Of these
strangers.
For cur part We do not profess to
know anything in relation to tLess gen.
tlenan, and therefore are not prepared
to say anything in relation 10 their hon
esty, integrity Or ability as Engineers,
and therefore We do not approve Of the
resolutions adopted at the meeting. We
hold that it will be time enough for our
eitlzsas to pass resolutions endorsing
Ren, whan they hare had sufficient ac-
a~aainsanee wish them to know that they
are worthy Of such endorsement.
In khcse remarks we do not intend to
east amy reflection upon the gentlemen
who visited our city and gave al audi
c to our citizens. Every man is pre-
suned to be q gentleman until the con-
tEary is shown; but every nan that is q
gentleman Is not an able Engineer, nor is
1t proper for men By resolution to en-
dorse men either as gentlemen or cnzi-
neers, until they know something about
them. Tins much for the resolutions.
We understand that SIr. Seymour, the
Engineer Of the Company, read With
many snecrs, an article from THG BCC-E,
in which We stated that the Ox.bow
route vas fifteen miles longer than the
straight route, and that be corrected eur
statement By giving as he said the exact
difference In the length Of the two rautas,
which was q fraction less than NINE miles.
We gave the distance from our kaowledee
Of the country, and from the route W.
supposed (never having seen it since the
road was iocased) the road would pursue
% the so-ealIed ox-boE route, aai We
are happy now to be ablo to correct "by
aushority'' our former statement. We
also made q statement THAI If the citizens
of Council Bluffs and Omaha would deed
a half of the real estate II the cities
to the Pacific Railroad Compaov.
we presumed that the straightroute would
be entirely practicable. To this the En-
giheeF of the Company dalnurred AMI ap-
pealed to Judge Bloomer, who, We ua-
dsrstand, sustained the demurrer, AID
decided that szch wore not The views o.
Of our citizens, bat only the "indlgiIgal
views of Cel. Babbitt." This vas all
very kind In Mr. BIooncr, and had his
statement been true, wouli have been
very gratifying to the Engineer /; lal un-
fortunately for both, Mr.. BloomaE's
statement was not tEuo. We believe,
and so does the people Of Council BIuG5
and Omaha, that mo3ey makes almost
anything practicable, and the lack or want
of money makes almost any public im-
proEement impractlcable. We believe
thal the Company are AFTER money and
THAI route which viii pat the most money
into It's treasury, is the most practicable
Youte for 1t TO construct the road upou,
and thia is the reason why ths company
proposes q change OF route. First: it
gives them nine miles more roai. Sec
0nd ft runs within two and q bali miles
Of BcllsYue, where he Company by con
.strueling q bridge over the Missouri,
might build up q town Of their OVID, and
thereby I'll their treasury With money;
and thirdly; there is no doubs bat the
road 90 the ex- bow route could be con
ssruased at less cost per mile than Cd
tbs straight route, and as the Company
receives pay per miIs they could make .
greater profit, than by building il on the
straight rouse. These are the consider
atoms, which, With the eoapauy deter
mines the practioability Of the two
tonses, and this the people Of Council
Bfufs and Omaha believe, hr. Bloouer
10 the contrary notwithstanding.
Now let us take q look 10 a financial
poias Of view ct the subject.
The Csapany Is to receive from The
GEN. Government $4,000 in interest
Bearfsg bonds, and 6 400 acres of land
for every mile of road that it construats.
Which, counting the Land ut 81 p per
scre, Il equal 70 $4,000 per mile. lit
eeassrsass the road on the OK bow Teuto
and increases the length Of the road ains
injirs xviii cost the Gsverrment Sl44,-
600 mass Haoasy, and $500 nose acres
Of had, than If constructed on the
sssasghs route. Counting land aud mon
sy fls ox.bow route viii cost the Gov
ssnznsal $4,000 more than the straight
xouzs- IL the Rad - constructed on the
a.s~z n ws3I eoas the Government
In bonds and lard for constructing II to
- eoias where tbs ox-boY route inEsr-
sasas Il ssss so0a Iii u constructed on
fks = -bew foatsr . the same point, il
n s0as ~ Nosernrnens Ia bonds aud in
AZ 400. This ID 40 item thai the