White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1869-01-21
WHITE CLOUD, KANSAS:
rhursdays :: January Fl, 1869
Do Noe wa,te streneslA.

DO Not Waste Strength.
At the risk of giving offence to some
Of our friends. we must say thst the fact
is too plain to be disguised, that the
Denver Railroad Company is badly fool
ing somebody or other. Every year. for
the last four or Eve years. the FIRST Of Oc-
tober following has been set for commen-
cling to run the cars to Troy; and they
have not yet commenced. For eleven
years. the road has been building to that
point. Now that they have received
l25, 900 acres Of State lands, and will
soon receive an instalment of County
bonds. they are prospecting for route
to continue the road on; and the people
in three different directions are confident
that St. Joseph is going to push the
road out their way without delay. From
recent action of the Company. and decls-
rations Of the papers Of st. Joseph and
Manhattan, it is pretty certain that nego-
tiations are on foot to turn the road from
Troy in the direction of Manhattan. At
uiawaths and west of there. it is regard
ed as sn Insult if one expresses doubts as
to the road being built in that direction.
Some localities 10 Nebraska srs greatly
elstsd with the belief that the road is to
be turned up that way. to run up the
Nemshs Valley, in the direction of Lin
coin City; and they are even engaged in
throwing obstacles in the way of the At
Gibson and Nebraska Road.
Now. at least two of these routes will
be badly disappointed. St. Joseph msy
possibly build road on one Of them. bu,
she cannot do it gu more. 1t is well
enough for the people on the Hiawstha
and Manhattan routes to strive for the
road. for it is the only one they can ex
pect but it does seem very foolish poll
cy for the people of Nebraska to be was
ting their efforts in favor of a project
that will not succeed, and opposing
road that is bound to. be built. The At
Gibson and Nebraska Road is under con
tract, and is sure to be built. The Com.
psny do not holl out the inducemeni
that they intend to build it in any other
direction-the only thing in doubt being
as to the most practicable route in that
direction. within o very few miles Of the
river. They propose to build a road up
the Missouri River. to Nsbrasks City.
with connecting branch up the Nemsha
Valley. to Lincoln City. Public stteu.
ton is now directed to this road-it il
talked about throughout the country,
and is regarded as the great road Of
Northern KsnsasSnd Southern Nebras.
ks. All efforts Of the people Of Nebras-
ka in favor of this road, will tend to
strengthen it. and hasten it's completion.
Public attention and interest will thereby
be concentrated upon it: confidence will
be given that it is a fixed fact; and no
diversion can be made in favor of any
buucombe or opposition enterprise. On
the other hand. let parties and localities
in Nebraska take up the Eight for divers
rival routes. none of which will ever sue.
coed. and public attention abroad will be
divided. ideas confused, and interest con.
centrated nowhere; and thus all sdvan.
tage Of confidence. sympathy and encour-
agement from abroad will be lost for
those not acquainted with tbs facts. will
be unable to determine which projects
ars genuine. and which ones buncombe.
1t is to the interest. then, of the peo.
pls Of Northern Kansas and Southern
Nebraska. to concentrate their efforts up.
on the Atchison and Nebraska Road,
which is a fixed fact. We have no pro.
p6scies to venture in the matter. but it
is our private opinion that the Denver
Road. if it ever runs northward alter its
junction With the Atchison and Nebraska
Read, will run over the same track.