Nebraska advertiser., 1869-02-11
Col BIomItOn on the Advanfa-
Res Offha Trunk


ges Of the Trunk r. R.
We take pleasure in LAYING before
our readers the following letter from ]
B. MOHltOn, Esq. Chief Engineerofthe
| North Missouri Railroad, to DR.. O.. B.
/ GTRt1, of this city, President Of the Ne
braska Trunk R. r.. Company, show
ing up in detail the important oOnnec-
tons with all parts Of the country
which the construction Of that road
win secure to Nebraska. This letter
should be read by every One:-O Omaha
Republican.
Rock BLUFF, NEB., Jan. 80, 1869.
GEORGE B. GRAFT,
President Trunk Railroad, Neb.:
DEAR SIR :-Since making a recon-
nOisanee Of your road from the Kansas
State line to this point, my attention
has been called to the fact that many
Of your citizens along the route do not
seem to understand, or, at least, fail to
appreciate the important ADVANTAGES
which will accrue to themselves and
the State by the railroad connections
il viii make to the north and east Of
Nebraska, Rs well as the stimulant the
construction viii have 10 push rail-
roads to the north Of Omaha, and the
increased value it will give to roads ex-
tending westward to the Missouri
river. The Trunk road must be re-
garded as but short IiIsk in the long
chains of railroads leading from Sc.
Louis to points both north and west
ofyOur State, as well as giving adirect
line of rail from these points to the
Gulf Of Mexico in several directions,
including the shortest line to the sea
by the Kansas City and Galveston
Railroad, now ia rapid progress Of
construction.
The st. Louis connection will for
the present be over the North Missouri
Railroad by its west branch to Kansas
City, in Kansas, and by the Missouri
Pacific, finished and in operation to
possible for you to complete your road
from the southern bOundry Of yonr
State along the Missouri river to Oma-
ha, the line from LeavenwOrth to the
S@ate line will be completed and inOp-
Grafton, which will give the people Of
Richardson county, near Rulo. direct
outlet south, by two lines, to st. Louis.
The Missouri Valley Railroad Is now
putting down its track from Q point
opposite Kansas City to point OppO-
site Atchison and LeavenWOrth city,
where bridges will be built soon, and
where it is now proposed to construct
transfer ferry similar to the one built
at st. Charles, on the North Missouri
Railroad, by which cars are rapidly
moved from one side of the river to
the other. The bridge at Kansas City
is now in forward state OF compile
ton, which when finished will give
an outlet over the North Missouri
Railroad, to Sc. Louis, and by the va
riOus roads from that point, both east
and south. At Kansas City two out
lets east will be had, one by the road
leading to Quincy, Ill, and the other
over the west branch Of the North
Missouri Railroad to Hannibal. and
thence east by roads which will soon
be completed. At st. Louis, the south
ern connection will soon be completed
over the. Iron Mountain Railroad,
which connects at Columbus with the
Mobile & Ohio Railroad, cutting the
whole southern system of railroads de
agOnally to the Gulf Of Mexico, from
the mouth of the Ohio river.
AS it is the aim of all interior cOun-
tries to communicate with the sea by
the shortest line, viii direct your at
tention to the pr 7gress of the roads be-
tween Kansas City, Missouri, and
Galveston on the Gulf. Track is now
being laid from Kansas City in the di-
rection of Fort Scott, one hundred
miles south, which it will roach this
wear; and will be pushed on to the
r. Il cnuuE1,rarv, h1rrr,-
Diary of Missouri without delay, with
the intention of a continuance until it
meets the lines Of roads coming north
from Galveston. The attention of the
legislatures of Missouri, Arkansas and
Texas is now being called to this great
question, and the opinion prevails
that the whole road to the sea on this
route will be speedily made and in Op-
Grafton. It is to be hoped that this
great question, so important to your
State, will receive proper attention at
the hands of yourself and directors by
calling on the State to grant such aid
as to enable you to secure such impor
tant advantages at an early date.
In connection with your trade in
the export of cereals, it Is proper to
mention that the North Missouri Rail-
road Company has extended its track
to the grain elevators in the city,
where grain can be shipped to New
Orleans, or to any part of Europe or
South America at the lowest possible
rates. The extensive barge system,
lately introduced, for the transporta-
ton of grain in bulk to the sea from
st. Louis, has greatly reduced the cost
of freight over the old plan, and saves
cost of sacks, large item heretofore
in the expenses Of the producer and
shipper.
1 will, as they occur to me, address
you on other important matters not
mentioned in this letter. In conclu-
sion, / will barely allude to the fact
that, as far as I have examined the
route proposed for your road, no enc
gineering difficulties are presented
which cannot be overcome at q mode
rate expense.
Respectfully, J. B. MOULTON.