The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1868-10-02

aipCl SApOoulC, dit SpduAs uuuuCCt-
ed by the wash. Wells sunk any.
where along the Missouri slope, ev.
en- to the depth of one hundred feet,
are never curbed or stoned, anc
stand secure for years. Such is the
character Of the formation for near
three hundred feet in thickness
above the level of the river, west Of
Sioux City to the Valley Of the
Platte. Who, then, will say thai
a road cannot be excavated or built
on practicable and short route
through suoh material in any direc-
tion from the Missouri river, even
though the bluffs are three or foul
hundred feet high lmmediately J
opposite Sioux City there is bot.
tcm six or seven miles wide after
crossing this, if desirable to raise
the bluff, an inclined slope of easy
grade would be no difficult thing
along the face of he bluff to the
pain above ; or if thought better,
the valley Of the Niobrara, or some
lesser stream or tributary could be
followed to a summit elevation,
whence any direction could chosen
that circumstances would seem to
favor, reaching the main line of the
Union Pacific road anywhere east
of the one hundredth meridian, Civ
ing a short easy and direct connect
ion by way Of Sioux City, and reu-
dering northern Iowa Independent
of every rival line, and securing us
the advantages designed by the law.
Mr.. Allison and his confederate and
friend, John l. Blair, have stepped
in to frustrate this design. Their
purpose has been accomplished in
pcrversion Of law, and to the detri-
ment of this district in particular.
Can any candid or reasonable man
sanction the wrong? Can his re-
publican constituents afford to en-
dorse the outrage?
ANOTHER WRONG.
The Blair and Allison cutoff
puts them in position to perpetrate
a wrong of yet greater proportions
upon other roads Of the state. A
reference to the~map will show that
at the distance of about seventy
miles from sioux City they propose
to turn their road west, cross the
Missouri river and connect with the
main line of the Iowa branch of the
Pacific road at Fremont, in the val
ley of the Platte. The grading be-
tween the Missouri and Fremont is
already under contract !; Judge
Williams and N. Denton are the
contractors, and the work will not
lag in their hands. When COM
pleted, this road will afford short
line between Fremont, On the Union
Pacific railroad, west of the Missou-
ri, and Saint John, on the Cedar
Rapids, or as is commonly called,
the north western road, east of the
Missouri, passing the river some
thirty miles higher up than Omaha,
and taking the connection with the
direct line away from the Rock
Island and Pacific and the Burling-
ton and Missouri river railroads.
Thus frustrating the design of the
law in another important particular,
ard securing to one favored road all
tho connections provided for the
other leading roads of the state.
For this last piece of sharp prac-
tice the Blair and Allison conspira-
tors will claim and receive enough
more subsidy in government to raise
the whole amount to one million
six hundred thousand dollars, for
which the government will have no
security at all and the object Of
the law to secure connections to
these different roads will be entirely
defeated, and few enriched at the
expense Of the many. Mr.. Allison,
in all this, shows that he is the
AGENT of formidable railroad COM
bination, aud not the representative
of the people.
WHIsKEY RING.
Much credit is claimed for Mr..
Allison because it is alleged he is
opposed by the whisky ring. [ have
only to say in this connection that
two years ago he was the favorite
Of the whisky ring. and that at the
session of congress just closed he
was the earnest advocate of the re-
duction of the tax ON distilled spir-
it's, from two dollars per gallon to
fifty cents per gallon, and made an
elaborate speech in favor of tho re-
duction. His experience in congress
enables him to determine the COM
parative advantages and profits Of
whisky and railroad rings and if
he now serves the latter, in prefer
ence to the former, it is at no loss
to himself.
The writer, in common with many
others who oppose Mr.. Allison, are
by no means inclined to censure him
fer hostility or opposition to whisky
frauds, and while they would COM
mend him, and all others, for sery-
ing the government in good faith
against the fraudulent practices of
those who seek to evade the revenue,
they would likewise condemn those
who assist in perpetrating other
frands upon the government and
people, whether by whisky or rail
road combinations.
DUBUQUE BRIDGE.
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