Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1866-05-12

not be o safe adviser as to where or how
Later ia the debate, Mr.. Howard, OF
Michigan, remarked:
In letter which Mr.. Sawyer wrote on.
~ short time since, remarhing Il pon the
character OF that valley, be says: II
should think from my observations and
from those Of my surveyors that rail
road cht be- constructed up the Mo-
brara to Laramie at a reasonable cos, per
mile there is no range OF rount4ins to
cross, and The excavations aud emnank-
ment would be about The sane as npon
roads ia Iowa and Illinois,
In reply to the question OF, has this
company designated by the President
made surveys a"1 located The road. Has
IL made any ir,c>iments?
Mr. GRIMES-"Yes, sir.'
Now this seems strange that the citiz-
ems here know nothing of such surveys
aud location. s. far as can be ascertain.
ed by inquiry amongst our citizens here
who ought to know CT 81 pubic a pro.
cecdins as a survey and location of q
Railroad ought to be--t,o sach survey or
location has been heard Of
Mr.. Grimes further states -" They
have corps Of engineers at this moment
in the field attempting better rou'o"--
1t is hard to believe but VIDA. Mr. Crimes
has been imposed on in this matter. If
any such explorations were being made 10
good faith. it would be a matter of know
ledge and discussion b, the people Of this
vicinity who are interested in the quss-
ton. 1t is probable that engineers may
be- engaged in surveying routes BY which
the Railroad now open TO Buousboro,
Iowa, expects to make conncction with
The Pacific road; bu, surely 10 party Of
engineers have been within Gry miles of
Sioux City whose avo"vl ohject was the
survey Of the Sioux City Bran b Of tie
Pacific Railroad.
Mr.. Grimes reierates in reply to
question Of Mr.. H,yard as to where hese
engineers are, and what they are ing at
this precise time:
They are attempting TO find route by
which they can tutd their road up.n the
neares, aud mos, practicab.e way from
Sioux City to strike Ihe Uuion Pacific
railroad. That is what they are trying
10 do. The Senator ha: alluded 20 he
fact tia. this road from Sioux Cry runs
IN an easterIy direction. 1t runs in an
easterIy dlrec'ton t,vn. the Simple t.cl--l
think Ay colleague has been to Sioux
City AID knows the topography OF III At
coun'ry--that it is imp s,ihio to cross
the Missouri river AT Sioux City. There
Is u rise OF the bluff on The opposite side
OF several hundred feet, so that II i, up-
cessary for them TO cnt through the tluH
below Sioux City, AMI run in southeast
teflY direction for a few miles until they
strike the bottom of tn. Missouri, river.
Perhaps it is not known to the Senator
from Michigan that the only place where
The bluff comes to The Missouri river in
ihs whole State Of Iva Is al Sioux City.
On the opposite side are y h. are kuown
as the b!ack-hiIls, extending down sever
al miles, through which it would 10 in
possible to ever construct a railroad that
would be paying road as it would be to
construct one through the NAitc noun
talns
Nov Mr.. Grimes' ignorance With res
pect to the Typography Of the country
adjacent to Sioux City is so complete that
it is astonishing that he wall allow him
self to speak on the subject with so much
assumption Of authority. | can assure
Mr.. Grimes that no party Of engineers
ever commenced at Sioux City and sur
veyed a proposed railroad route in any
direction. Twice in the history of the
country. the Dubuque and Sioux
City railroad have made preliminary re
cennasance Of railroad line ha. this
was to begin at Dubuque and end a,
Sioux City. No other party Of railroad
engineers have been within forty miles OF
Sioux City--and the honorable Senator
tells rs that it is impossible to cross the
Missouri Il, Sioux City. For why? Be-
cause "thsre is a rise Of bluff on the
opposite side Of several hundred feet
Very sorry are We to be informed by
snch high authority, that bluff Of sew
eral huudred feet prscllles vs. from all
chance of a railroad crossing. 1t had
been the opinion Of people here that
bluff on one shore of stream to b.
crossed by q railroad, was of great adyan.
tage aud instead Of BENZ a hinlrance,
WAS very desirable and the bl.g 10 which
the Senator probably alluaes il relied on
by those as ignorant as many OF our citi,
Gems here are, as being a principal advan-
tage in constructing road westward
from this place AID further-the bluffs
are on the east side Of the river, and not
opposite. Opposite in Nebraska, there
is high, dry bottom from eight to ten
miles wide, dotted with farms and houses
And those Black Kilts! Really, i. is