Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1867-09-06
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The Yonkers NY. Statesman says;
There Is one man, however, on whom
the eyes of Republicans have for SOME
time been turned with intense inter
est, increases every day, the more bis
Character and his actions have been
scrutinized. This man is Schuyler
Colfax, of Indiana, AS Congressman
and Speaker of THE House he has made
his mark at once so palpably that none
can fall to seesit. fsts
There is d freshness of outspoken
honesty of principle and love of the
Union about him, Which has drawn
the hearts of hosts of sUnion men tow.
ards him. His head Is clear and his
heart Is sound. aud hesconcentfates the
powers of the ons and tire impulses OF
the other toward the one great object
the securing the legitimate results OF
the victory of the Union over rebellion.
AS Speaker of the House he has proved
that he is possessed of executive ability
of the highest order, and III all other
respects lie presents himself before the
country as one on whom the mantle of
Lincoln has fallen. For mastery SUM
mings up of the issues of the day, his
various short speeches, which have
been published, have never been sur
passed. Terse, pointed, yet never bit
ter, but with vein of kind feeling for
his opponents I'm error, they continual
ly remind us Of Abraham Lincoln.-
The Republican party can trust, with
unlimited confidence, Schuyler Colfax
to maintain their principles, in all
their integrity, at all hazards and ufl-
der all circumstances. Faithlessrless to
that Freedom, which he loves with 30
great love. and into the vindication
of which, from his first appearance in
public life, he has thrown all his heart
and soul with all, the vigor peculiarly
characteristic of his nature, is impossi-
BILE with Schuyler Colfax. Contempla-
ting his whole public course, we think
that all, even his political opponents,
must feel Instinctively that he would
make a good President. In that word,
good. is summed up what the nation
needs i'm a President, what it lost In
the death Of President Lincoln, but
would again recover with. Schuyler
Colfax in the Presidential chair. s, *
.G PROGRESS OF THE PACIFIC RAIL-
from San Francis
co give encouraging accounts OF the
progress and prospects of the Western
end of the Great Pacific Railroad. It
will be remembered that Congress
granted to the two pricipal companies
the right to build their respective
lines from opposite ends until they
meet and connect. The former hav-
ing nearly crossed the level plains of
Nebraska, is rapidly approaching the
range; while the latter, it appears, is
~, m l. c<,nnlIxv ~ x,fpp haoIxvox,
During this month It is expected the
last and greatest of the tunnels on the
Western line will be opened, aud the
crossing of the dreaded Sierra Nevada
Mountains be regularly made by the
locomotive into the Great Salt Lake
Basin. This achievement OF hewing
and blasting n pathway through prim-
eval granite barriers, although all in
cluded within $50 miles, Is equivalent
to more tran 600 miles of ordinary
i'm cost resistance overcome.
Upwards of $40, 100000 have been ex-
pended i'm the enterprise, which in
cludes, however, the equipment and
for 150 miles additional.
Eastward of the graded portion the
line has been surveyed and located for
600 miles, developing an. easy and
favorable route, and it Is believed that
fully half of the distance between the
Pacific Coast and Missouri River will
be built by the Central and Pacific
Company, as they are favored by hav-
ing their hardest work done, and by
the presence of large numbers and
Chinese laborers. 1t is
assuring to be informed, also, that the
business of the road is very large, the
earnings Of July being Sl75, 900 i'm gold;
while the operating expenses were less
than So, 900. ia F.a3 "' &sE 31yA 100
9 The company receives q large sub
sidy from the Government, and in
order to push on the work with even
greater energy, are offering their first
mortgage for sale, though Fisk &
Hatch, their financial agents In New
York, and our leading bankers, at
rates very tempting to capitalists.
The merits and advantages of the Cen
trail Pacific Railroad bonds are fully
set forth i'm our advertising columns.
Chicago Tribune. ...'.. l.H
STILL RUNNING ALoNG.-We learn
from one of the employees of the Chica-
go, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad,
that we mag see the construction en-
CINE Of that road on the bank of the
Des Moines on Thursday of this week
but that at farthest we'll hear its scream
Of triumph and see its lips of fire by
Saturday of this week. Either day will
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