Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1866-05-12
SIOUX CITY BRANCH OF THE pa
ClFlC RAILROAD IN CONGRESS.

ClFlC RAILROAD IN CONGRESS.
Nm. ED:7on:-l see, By perusine the
Congress: nal G1"Ie, that discussion was
had on April 10th in the SenAe Of the
United States, which / conceive to be OF
great interest 10 This section Of country
not only Iowa, bu. Dakota and Nebraska
as we'll. propose, with your pe'n:;ssioD,
to make few comments on the hiec,
matter Of thu, debate. 1t appears tina,
the President Of the Uuiiel States did on
December c:;h, 1861, designate the
"soux City 4. Pacific r. Il. Company to
build the branch Of that road, provided
Tor BY amendment 10 the Pacific Railroad
bill passed July, 1864; ana that this
Company filed with the Secretary of the
Interior June, 1865, map Of road they
proposed to build.
THO Senate Committee On Pacific Rail-
road reported a bill (No 1907 to rescind
the order of the President, and during
the pendency OF this bill lie discussion
under consid Grafton WAS had, Mr.. Howard
who reported tAe bill, advocated its aaop-
i!on Oh the ground tha: it was not cou,-
potent for the President to designate any
Company until The lapse Of eighteen
months, aud until come Railroad should
be constructed to Sioux City from the
east, either through lows or Minnesota.
This be infers from the 18th section of
the amend nent passed in July, 1864, and
which /, presume most people in this
country have examined
Bat be fa, Their argues that the route
proposed by said Company is not such as
will fulfill The intentions Of the grant
made by Congssss. lie says:
I holi in my hand the map which was
furnished the eommittee by the Secretary
Of the Interior. The company in laying
down the route of their road commence
b, Sioux City on The Missouri river. Ia.
stead OF proceea:r, 20 The west, hawevsr,
they proceed to the southeast. They run
n.istance Of ahou! twenty miles nearly
snatheatt in The State Of Iowa. After
reaching tie MIST eastern point Of their
route, they proceed t. the south and then
10 the southwest, or Issng the Missouri
river, run thence alm0>. ia a Southwestern
~ direction. and terminate Il, the little
village OF Fremont, in Nebraska Terrific
ry, between the Platte river and the head
waters Ct the E.khoIn river, "A distance
il tie whole Of q: least nnety-Gve miles,
frrm,ng sor. Of ox-oow proceeding
first to the southeast, and AT Fremont they
torn cor uection with the Omaha branch
Of the Pacific railroad When they have
reached Fremont, they have made west
ing from the p"iht at which they started
that is siouy City, of not quite five miles
Wha. the Northwestern Safes van. nar.
.icularly is direct ntercummunicat.on
with the Pacific railroad rs is practicable.
Mr.. Grimes remarks in reply:
The Senator from Michigan is much
more familiar with The statutes ot the
United States Oh the suiirct of the Pa
eiiic railroad Han um but mus, claim
that am A~iittle more familiar With the
Typography Of the country through which
u IS proposed 10 build this branch road
than be is.
Ard states that the passage Of the bill
would be in violation Of the contract ex-
listing between the designated Company
sud tho United States, and refers to tho
Niobrara valley route. as follows:
A valley which every gentleman who
ever pasged through it, so far as know,
beginning with Lieutenant Warren, will
ndmi. tia: it is impossible that a rail-
road can be built through. It cannot be
built for the reason that there is no tim
Der it goes through what are called the
bad lands, One hall Of the country or n
large part Of the country through i. 10
what Is known as tho alkai land, sand
hills. as the Senntor from Missouri rMr.
Drown correctly suggests, who has been
through that country himself, / think
sand-hills on both sldes that never will
ADM. Of any population and to-day you
have not got twenty-five hundred people
in the whole Territory Of Dakots through
which it 10 proposed to build it.
/ presu mo that the majority Of those
Who care to be informed on the subject
know that this statemel. is incorrect
Nr. Grimes betrays great want Of infur-
NATION on the typographical feature Of
the Upper Missouri, aud if be displays no
more correctness in advocating our gen
eral interest: than be dues in his COM