Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1867-08-10
"A NATTER or lMP sDkTaScr

fn uesire To 1tslT tue attention e o,,
sders u matter sof er,ss ,mp.r,s,c, r.
'h' N, as we'll as TO every citizen of morrill,
VT Stern loxa, and enc which should 10 q
cohsidsrable extent, coatrol ,h.,, ,,,;o, i,
'As choice Of member, Of the next lts,,la-
tive assembly u this State. We alluds to
tie Dubuque / Sioux City Railroad laud.
"'ncs the ietiremea, Of Plat, Smith from
us Company. and the disp sol Of b., ;.ter.
ct !" the road, all hope Of The further com.
p!e'ion under the present mar a eene,, In.
vanished. Plat Smith VA. the ONLY live
IA" IN the Company, and .be only one who
'N'y appreciated the impe,tarce of The
prompt completion Of the road to ito ves..r,
'era'nns, and the beuff,s which won,d
'"erehy accrue to the COMPANY. Hss.x
'""' the completion Of the read .ould neo.
lie and develop cne Of Ii, G.est a,,;, o,,,-
- and stock owing rortious Of Law.
'oe ROAD prog .sssud the business and
.~'''t ment which it would stimulate vpuld
- '"s'' Tie ruad with = re,u.e,.,;ve ,r.a;,
ana that when tbs western term,.,. v
F'arhed, and the road received ..
u" rs enterprise The vas. and lucrative traffic
81 The Upper Missouri it would BE- the mos,
"'p"''a"' and 'alcayle ,horouglfare 10 IT,.
~'"', AID add immensely TO ,ha sx.o,
P''"' o' the commerce Of Dubuque and
ago l. this rnd he directed h.. hes,
while he remained mlml,r f ,h..
"F'Ea"y. He was constan, A.,
""'ocate OF the extension Of tho road
4oehs'y visiting New York to urge The
w., q: 3ance Of his IDEAS ard secure tho co-
anon OF bis New York colleapues oh,
lie he controlling power in th. Coupanv.
''' lie only met with failure, frequently
WIN blunt re Bluffs from the nabobs who vera
"a shed with the large dividends the road
vas y'e'd'hg. Seeing that nothing could be
o""'' and dlsheartened and DISCOURAGED st
'he great wrong which was being done to
T. people OF northwestern Iowa. who b.d -.
s''' IN Vie" Of the mun:fce.. grant If
l"n1s 10 the Company, to demand the h.ne-
hts OF the road 10 accordance with lis obE-
Est'7n7, he resigned his position as Vice
President, disposed Of lis stock, and retired
II Ssust from The 81, W. IL etched, OLD forv
concern With his retirement, as We before
s'ated, all hope Of The conrletion &C N.
ioad nHder ITS present ma"age melt, NAV
rT.I be GbaulJned
NOW, Wat we set out to say is This: The
i'"2uqne d Sioux City Railroad COMPANY
'ete''ed. srom the State, through the general
COVE "mfE', gr"nt Ct upwards Of one
"'itEon i've hundred thousand acres Of laid
his grant was made in 1855, and upon con.
+tt'on that If The road vas no. compIe,ed
hcm Dubuque TO Sioux City in ten years ,h.
Jana was to revert to the government. Jus.
'Fr HE expiration Vi the ten years an act
WIS PASSED giving the Company Two more
Yeas IN which to complete the road. This
tz'Ea time will expire reM summer, and "A
! one halt ibr road isyet built, The Com.
Ia0y vii. next wiuter maze a strenuous
tt):t 10 secure another lease oC time, ar
hat t may held the Ia, d, Willie cheatir the
stsor'e Of the bened fits of the road. Now We
Id that the Dubuque & Sioux City Railroad
Company has fortified all rilh, to these
lsuds, ard Lat hey stoold be resumed by
the State, aud either transferred TO live
con- pany that viii LAid The road, or lie,
them revert 10 tie government, and be
opened to entry by homestead aud pre-.
emf ton settlers. At least four-fftbs of
these lands lie wea. OF the present terminus
u the road, and all over the plat books in
The goserume.t !anl otGees the le. .ers 'R,R'
s;et. the setter in the face when be yoes to
look fox a homestead. The country in v Which
this land lies has not been benz fitted to the
amount Of one far'hins by the railroad On
he contrary, its settlement has been greatly
retarded and its deye lopment seriously cr;p-
pied, by the Withdrawal !som market of the
best lard for the benefit Of the railroad
company, And this is not all. The price
ii tie valan, lands lying within six miles |
IN either side of tie line Of the road, is !.
raised to $50 Der acre, thus compelling the
settler to pay for the aen' fit Of railroad
" hich he may never realize. Would it not |
b. much better for tie country, for the pee
pc, and for the government that these |
laois should be taken from this cfete organ
,zaton, aud transferred to a company that
will boi'd The road? Or, even that the
shnu'd be thrown open for settlement, that
tbeE may he eecnpied by the thousands of
active farmers and st, ck-rsisers who are
ea4king homes in the west? w ~v
Ia view Of these facts, we claim that the
people Of northeastern Iowa. should make
tbs question the vital issue in the next cleo
ion for Members Of the State Legislature.
No man should be supported for the Office
Of representative or senator who il not pub
'ieiy pledged land in whose pledge the peo-
pic have confdence) to favor the resun ption
BY The Stats Of: TO Dull uaus { Sioux City
Railroad lands. Ne man should receive the
support of the people for eith,r of these
offices, who is not kaovn to be sound upon
this issne, or who has not sufficient honar to |
resis1 the blandishments and brides 0: the
railroad company. r-a .. ~
This il matter Of vital I'm ps rtance, and
should. receive the active consideration Of
the people. If the voters interested will !!
send 10 Des Moi0es delegation Of honest, |
able men, ihs incubus which now wriKhs |
do~a ihs. developnent and prosperity Of the
northwest viii be remoyd, and upon orr
fertile iaris. instead of the cabalislic r. r,