The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1869-12-02

in this contemplated route and secur
their assistance in the construction am
their patronage when completed, the
would prefer to see something more {
an advantage IL the new route tina
merely competing road. This advai
tage exists in the distance saved, as tn
route by Clinton Is 25S miles, or a sas
ing between Pella and Chicago Of j
miles.
Continuing south west to Knoxville
the county seat of Marion county, and
growing city but with no railroad con
nectioll, and by the way most desira
bic point to make, the line would be di
rectly west to Indianola, the count,
seat of Warren-a rich county, thickl,
settled, with population Of $3.50 ant
without Il railroad connection. A roat
has been started from Indianola to Des
Moincs rs niles but even should it b.
completed, the route to Chicago will bt
20 miles further than by the line herein
suggested. Warren county Is among
the best settled and wealthiest counties
in the State, and her people would UNI
donbtedly engage with alacrity in fur.
thering an enterprise from which they
coHld reap so many advantages.
From lndianola west to Wintcrset
tile county seat of Madison county,
thence south west through Adair coun-
ty, thence in the same direction to Quin-
cy, the county seat Of Adams county,
thence through Montgomery, Page aud
Fremont counties to point OH the Mis-
souri, river opposite Nebraska completes
the project as f. 1. Is ti!e state Of Iowa is
route is without railroad connection,
and is through a section of country
probably ready ut any moment to lend
helping hand to a road SO practicable
and feasible as the line herein indicated,
especially if a company as reliable as
the North Western should take the
matter in charge. In fact, except at the
Of other roads, the entire
line will interfere with no contemplate
ed road in Iowa, except it might be the
western end of the Burlington Il Mis-.
souri, River II. II. aud it Is Il line which
would lie received with more enthusiasm
by the people along its entire length
from Clinton to Nebraska City, than
any road ever projected in the State. 1t
would pass through counties which
contain 2l3,927 inhabitants, or more
than one fifth of the population of the
State, and it would be the legitimate
channel for all these people to reach the
Chicago market, and there never could
be a shorter route from either of the
counties through which the road could
run, or from Nebraska City to Chicago.
The distance 10y this route from Ne
braska City to Chicago is 426 miles or
Whereabouts. From Nebraska City to
Chicago by the st. Joseph and Council
Bluffs road the distance is 542 miles or
ll6 miles shor.er by the new route.
Nebraska City contains about
8 900 inhabitants, its grain shipments
are not far from 1000, 600 bushels annu
ally. Quite recently the Burlington
and Missouri River railroad Co. agreed
to change its western terminus tn a
point opposite Nebraska City. This
road is now completed to Osccola about
los miles from proposed termnus.-
Should this latter project be carried out,
the new route from Nebraska City to
Chicago by Clinton, would be Is miles
the nearest-an item Of vast importance
to the enterprislng people of Nebraska
City, and one they would doubtless be
glad to take advantage of if presented
ID them before negotiations were con-
cluded with the Burlington road.
With this route completed in the ill.,
tercst Of the Nort., Western road, and
the line from Nebraska City to Council
Bluffs, controlled by the North West
ern, the distance f.Uln Oilunu " mi
cago by Nebraska City would be TWEEN
tv five miles less than the Rock Island
and Pacific Road, while the route now
run is but three miles less. Nor is this
all At Nebraska City connection
would be made with the Midland pacif-
ic Railroad, which i nearly completed
80 miles to Lincoln the capital of the
State. This line is laid out to New Fort
kcarncy, where it will connect with
the Union Pacific, l0l miles west from
Omaha and l6j miles from Nebraska
City--makiny the distance to Chicago
Do miles less by the route here suggested
than as now run. The advantage over
all other competing routes this 80 miles
would give to the North Western, can
be better estimated by your company
than by outside parties.
But the most important and valuable
feature Of this project has not yet been
alluded to. ! refer to the construction
Of Il road from Nebraska City to connect
with the Union Pacific hallway, f.. ID.
This road is now completed to Sheridan,
4o5 miles from Leavenworth and G9l
miles from st. Louis.
If Chicago or the North Western rail
road, secures any Of the itch trade OF
'7'hiliei IL IailSds, southern SolDFa, New
Mexico and Arizona it must be by a
route very much on the line marked out
in this communication. No effect has
been put forth by any railroad entering
Chicago to obtain any portion of this
trade, but st. Louis has been left free to
monopolze and control it, Brief eX-
animation of the geography of the coun-
Try VIII satisfy amy person that the most
direct, most 1easable most practicable
route from Chicago, Illinois to Santa
re, NeW Mexico Is AS herein indicated.
l have thus briefly called your atten-
ton to project, which if organized in
to shape at no, too late day, will be re-
cclved, | believe, with the most UNI
bounded popular favor along the entire
ilne. Such an enterprise must have at
Its mead men in whom the people have
confidence in their ability to push it
1t forward to Il speedy completion. Such
men now control and manage with I'm
paralleled tinancia! ability the extensive
business OF the North Western Road
The Company of which you arc presi-
dent Is directly interested in the con
struction Of this line, and if it shall Sig
Nifty its willingn ness to manage and di-
rect the movement, the people interest
ed would undoubtedly perform all that
should be asked of them.
Yours with respect.
EDITOR OF CLINTON AGE
After the first of December, the Pres