Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1868-01-11
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SIOUX CIcY, IOWA.
f;I RIsARD'S BILL.

The Tor, Dole Northwest Publishes
Hubbard 5 railroad bili-a synopsis Of which
we gave 10 the Register several weeks a..o
and con- mea,s IT lergth u1on its pto-
visions The following is the conc'u4inc
paragraph OF the AortAw. SIS rtivls:
The State can pow tuiij Tie ro"d in an,
way !, ckoo4cs. AID y,vr tn -cant I any
company that will Ctt.. the best socnrity for
the early com pie,io" of lie road. lh's Dill,
while fixing certain points TO which The road
mast be butt, ioH' u Il tx The rout" between
here and Sioux Cay vpon any p'r,icular line
but leaves it for the The com 1Any building,
or the Legislature 10 dr,r>,r're the exact
line. 1t shall cross tho Lit,la Sioux not
iursher south than ut or near The south line
OF Cherokee county. Whether five, ten,
Gf.een CIR twenty n.lrs IS ncUr, is nrt H.
,ermined by The bill. ana TIA road may run
up through Pocebontas, Bacra Vista and
Cherokee, or through Calhoun. Sac aud | la
coun'ics We t"us. that tbs bill will speed
H. become law aud that tie Legislature
will profanity resume possession OF IN" Ian!
Gram, and so rc-crant il as TO secure the
immediate extension Of TIE road
By this para graph i. will be seen that
Hubbard bill is construed by the friends
Of the new Iowa Falls L Sioux City Rail
road company Tor, in other words, the ad-
vscates of thu Nipple Valley rolt.,j to favor
their interests. According to their constrnc
non, Eat or near the soath liue OF Cherokee
Comfy" may be FIVE, ten, Fifteen or twenty
miles away II twenty ni'es is near,
then I've or ten miles further night easily
he claimed to be near enough. Twenty
miles would allos ,Ae road to cross the Little
Sioux ut Smnhland and if tha, is too near,
then it probably coul ba made to appear
that wherever he new company NAV ca Dose
to cross the river is lat or near" This
seems to he the construction placed upon
the bill by the members and advocates OF
the new Companv anl from 1Aia It .n1point
the Gang ,us:a.s Ct he NJ.Nus.t A!c Or i.
sdat.
The interests o. Sioux City demand a
more definite wording Of tn bi.l-a word
Jog wh;eh will etf>ct4 lily dcoar 81 hbe"G' a
Construction ~ i arrived at y the .tdlt2. Of
the No,A,rss'
1.-THE road is to b bnlt down the Maple
Valley acc :lins lie the programme o: the
new con,rany--,hen tie lands now he'll il
trust fur the Dubuqne 4 Sioux City road,
should certainly revert to the government.
and become subject to Homestead ind pre-
emp.on settlement, at 81 - per acre. Not
only this. but the settlers along thu 'is:naI
line of tho road, who hare been compelled
topay $3.50 per acre for their land, should
be refunded all they paid over the minimum
price, or receive, without paying thorcfor, at
amount Of laud equal to that for which they
paid Tie double minimum pic. This would
DO no thing more than just. Il vi"w Of tia
prospective benefits of tue road, settlers were
induced to locate within the limits Of the
land grant AMI pay two dollars and a halt
an acre for heir land. Now # the road is
to be allowed to change its route, and run
Gon Is to 100 miles distau; from The land
grant, then Of course Tie settlers are rerrv
cd Of the benefits for which they nad, and
the government, which now has conIo Of
this matter, should indemnify The seulers 20
The amount at least of The excess above the
minimum price. which they paid for their
land.