Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1867-10-26

tried . f,v year. longer, aud tha. for,hear
s>te' iowa oagh. 70 patiently Wi, and hsps,
all right. II you are tired Of waiting aud
think ,h., our company will build the road
through, rs am sure they will. ycs can a.
ais, in wing hem chance 10 DO so.
The lease Of the Illinois Central hae moth
ing tod with the subject. . The Central yill
no doubt pu, the old read b Sr1sr. sod ,6st
will be a great blessing as far Is it gees.
Aud il a"o,her new parry will complete the
road, then everyholr will have good res son
to welcome the new parties As a great i'm
provement ovef the Old me. The .rg's'ture
car fix the route, and The conditions on which
Tho grant gill be siyen The road must b.
bail, - part Of d. shrcssh line from De-
buqas via Webr'er City and For, Dodge
will no doubt be looked upon a. a great
sinner hy those who have the control Of th,
Sioux CITY company, and who have had the
power to extend the road but have so often
| vrhe msn,ly refused to do it, for STARTING II
new company, with certainty Of success in
case the state will give encouragement, to
| the enterprise Bat it has already had the
effect 70 sc, dead carcass to kicking, aud
if the thing actually comes to life, | shall
claim the credit Of ssirs ,h- dead
1t is the in'rrton Of Mr. Ba, to 90 I"
| work forthwith !" prnc"r- the right e way
throughout, the entire line, and to pro-ecu'.
the work with u, aha'cd vigor until ts com.
pletion. II he an, his friends will d. Thu.
canno, TIL su'e we'll .tfo o give them tn.
land grant when tn work i,n"?
1t will re qnr- nh"", s. 900, 900 "f mon :,
TO make the Pacific c"nr.,Ii"n, inclu'inr
the part which Mr.. b air aud his f,i.na-
have already built. With ,h T. road partly
| built, with G0O 600 acres Of land which tho,
received by building the Cedar Rap;ds and
Missouri road, to lie g-a'sly benefited, and
with the remainder OF the land grant to be-
received from The state when the road shal'
he butt it is reason able 10 belle sc ,ha, they
would Ce as likely to build the road as the
Old company.
|. may do for che Of the old Sioux CITY
company, belonging to The party who h"v.
for years had the power to extend the road
aud have refused to do is, t. now propose to
take II contsset to extend the road. Blu,
some PEOPLE nil hs tLink the object was to
mislead the lrg stature; OF hers might think
shss Asfsw ,houssud collars might very prof
'ably be expended to save the land grant
Tor two years more, unit! the stock Of the
road could be so!d OF high figure But "A |
Will be lost by The state withou, inmed,a,.
| action, and the extension of the road Lrlp.
Irssly defeated by the doI.tul policy 0. pa.
lies who unfortunate have had the cuntrui
OF the 70 ,d tor some zine past.
Let he state by ,nst Ike possess on It he
land grant; let tie legislature n"-morat,xe
congress for all e1teusio" OF the grant; It.,
The law require the rad /, pa.s ,hruus b
Webster Gu. AID Font bod e, aud .uch
other r"str'r''ons AS may TO d.suAble; IT,.
he '"wg give Our company sn- gran, # W..
"p.'r .hs 70 ID TO For, DoJxe:hy Jan. | t,
AooS' 0"A W Tue .bs"o"il river within '~o
years sher."tter and provide ,ha, n ,a,I.r
oi either condition. shalt trt-it Nil s,gh, to i ,
aud Is' your people give them a'd 10y word
and deed 10 se. "tins u. he gam, ..d you
are ~ certain TO have The road to Fort
Dodge within the time, aud t. The M,ssourl
| river within the tune, aud TO be on a grea,
1 Ri H.,
Leave The matter IN the hands Of the ID
company a"d-you can judge for your
selves Respectfully YOURS, &c,
-:*.. rLA1T SMITH.
The resolutions referred 10 are II. fellows.
Whereas, The United States, in 1856,
granted to Iowa one million and n hnlfscr.s
Of valuable lads 70 build a railroad from
Dubuque to Sioux City sud
| Whereas, ii ssid road had been built &C.
cordi"g to tbs terms Of said grant, the la"d
would now be worth dvrbIe the cosI OF The
road and
| Whereas, The state prsp.ed these lands to
the Dubuque l. Pacific, now Dubuque 4
Sioux CITY railroad company, nearly ,wsh.
| years slug. 10 build SAID Rad. And that the y
have in re,urn made svxst number e tro.u
ises, aud h.iIt about Loo miles Of he road
since III. lrant Was made, which is now
States and
| Whereas, In honor aud good faith saiu
company agreed 10y IN. acc-pt.nte Of sad
grant 10 build .sid 70 ID, aud II they bad "a
done, tho came would have been Of Vac,
be IA. III 10 The state j" the incre.s. Of he,
| popu, alton aud nnierial wealth aud
| Wher rs, said company, b,t"se the peep,
aud ~ the !ekrla'ute, has. been eAt n1eo
every possible advantage, ano graDted .v-t y
possible favor, AID hive returned OH !,
pr"n's~s bruke" mi pledges u,.regsr1-h ~.
o the extenoio" Vi The aanr, unIil ~. have
| lost coiihdtHcs ~ their professions land
| Whereas, We X ow that those b ,y,np thu
mean. aud money to tu'1d said Eo.,, ~ i'd
company, have time and sgs,n, uotw,,h
standing the urgent solIe.tat,on, OF 4PI t.
Smith anu other, refused ~ eAtend the sam.
and r...-
| Whereas. We are informed from rsliahl.
authority, that John !. Blair snd other
have to,med u company called the "Iows
Falls and Seoux Cry H.ilso~d Company.
Tor the purpose OF building raid road, snc
are NOW ready I" contract 10 build sand rvar
ut the 'sis IT so miles per Hnuum ~ III,
M'.sour, river. and Commence The WORT
lo,tbwi,h; sid J " a5s"% e@.E 1F7E
| Whereas, We believe tia. said Blair ca,
aud viii perform his promises, and will i
permitted 70 10 do, build the said road i,
case he "a" secure the said land grant sl.e
the same il completed; therefore
| Resolved, TIA, Is +. CUE, C. c. Smel.zer