Nebraska advertiser., 1869-03-04
NO 81.
NEBRASKA TRUNKRAMWAY.
NORTH MISSOURI RAILwAY Co, !
CHIEF ENeIEEEE' ; OFFICEs. 2

NORTH MISSOURI RArLwAY COL /
CHIEF ENGIEEERs 3 OFFICE,
ST. LOUIS, Feb. %, 1859. /
Hon. G. B. Graf. Prosidsnt Trunk Railroad
Company; Nebraska,
DEAR SIR:-A short time since I /
addressed YOU a letter on the impOr- I
tanee Of the early construction of your /
road along the right bank Of the Mis- /
souri, river, between the Kansas State /
line and Omaha, and its extentiOn /
above to Sioux City, which before long,
viii go on TO the rich mines of Mon /
tana, connection with the subject 0fthe /
importance ola direct route to the sea, /
on the shortest line, through Kansas, /
the Indian Territory and Texas, reach /
ing the Gulf of Mexico at Galveston, /
following nearly the line Of the 18th /
parallel Oflongitude. This great inte- |
rial line Of railroad VIII be not less
than 500 miles west of New York by /
the shortest rail line, while it viii /
reach the sea at Galveston, distant /
from Omaha not to exceed 800 miles, /
an advantage Of more than the entire /
distance to Chicago by over 100 miles. |
From Galveston you can supply the |
productions of Nebraska to the people |
on the shores of the Caribbean sea, |
and the coffee and sugar country south,
Rt q less price than New York can, |
because she will have q larger and !
more dangerous sea transportation |
than ships from the north shore of |
the Gulf Of Mexico, while you will get |
the tropical fruits and other prOdne-
tiOns without paying tribute TO the
Iowa State roads, the City of Chicago, |
and great mart of New York. Your
productions too, will find a good mar
ket i'm our own cotton and sugar grow
ing region. At Houston in Texas,
four railroads nova diverge and two
more I believe, in progress, giving
outlet along the Gulf east and west.
On the S5th and 32d parallel your
country will find an outlet both at the
head and foot of the Gulf of California
TO the Pacific, on roads sure to be sOOu
made because, first they viii pass
through q good country az the aDd.g,
and therefore one that will sustain 4
road by local trade; and second, be-
cause neither will run above the snow
line and can be used the whole twelve
months for traffic from ocean to ocean. /
All these great roads will be cut by
branches, giving you an outlet for
trade not dreamed of by those who
have not reflected properly on the
subiect-a mine of wealth to your
beautiful State not to be lost.
To show you that this picture is not
Overdrawn, and that you have no time
to loose in the construction Of the
Trunk, I will quote from an article
coming from Fort Smith, Ark, fore
shadOwing the speedy completion of
this north and south rail commune
cation. The writer says:
"The Lawrence and Galveston rail-
road is being pushed nOrthward from
Bryantin the direction of Preston and
Sherman, on Red river, and southwark
in the direction of Fort Gibson, until
it reaches the great Indian nations,
both on the north and south side; but
no provision or treaty has yet been
made to construct it through the
Indian country. The Incorporating
by Congress of a Central Indian Rail-
road Company for the purpose OfOrgan-
iZatiOn to build this rOad through the
nations isamOve in the right direction,
though It is not believed here that ali
the nations interested will be willing
to let their funds in the hands of the
Government be appropriated towards
this desirable purpose. The Choctaws,
and most likely the Chickasaws, if il |
should pass through ascOrnOr of their |
land, would prefer to give land. The |
railroad from Sedalia by Springfield !
and NeOshO WILL OfcOurse, beeXtended, |
as your rCfOvernor remarks and suggests /
to the Lawrence and Galveston Road. I
For the interest of st. Louis this road |
should run down the valley |
of the Grand river to the Arkansas, |
and down the Arkansas until ii reach /
es the mouth of the Canadian below I
Webber's Falls, and thence down the +
Arkansas on the north side and cross /
it at Fort Smith, or cross at the mouth |
of the Canadian and thence to Fort /
Smith, on the South side of the Arkan- |
sas. 1t will be seenthat this is almost |
in right line with Galveston. Thence |
from here to Preston, the great Pacific |
Railroad and the Lawrence and Gal |
weston Railroad would, for a distance |
of two hundred miles be one and the !
same.
Again. The LedUeIltCOrth COBIBt6r-
ciGL nearer home, mentions that.
stretching away TO the Rocky
Mountains is the Union Pacific Rail- |
way, Eastern Division and its branch
70 uANC SAlAA III UNI utlCCblOAlog NlAG
LeavenwOrtl, Lawrence and Calves
ton road, OskalOOsa and Topeka, and
the LeavenwOrth and AtchisOn road, |
the former of which as our readers |
know, is already completed, and the
remainder fixed realities only awaiting !
time for. their rapid completion. In |
addition to these roads, connection is /
afforded with st. Louis by the AIissOu- |
ri Pacific, the North Missouri, Hanni- |
BILE and st. Joseph and Platte Valley, /
and in very few weeks by the Wes-
Branch of the North Missouri road"
But your patience will tire in draw
ing this beautiful picture in your /
mind, and 1 will stop, with the re-
mark, that if your State loOses the /
construction of the trunk road at an 1
early date, she will lose a brilliant 1
jewel in her crown, difficult to replace. /
All sectional prejudice should be /
shut out from the minds of your hon |
Orable law givers on this important |
subject, and aid should be extended /
to foster such an enterprise as a State /
measure, to guard against paying trib- |
ute to those to whom tribute is not due. /
am sir your Ob't seIv't
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