, 1870-12-08
NEW AIRLINE RAILROAD FROM
OMAHA TO NEW YORK.
a Proposition xssndc by 1kr~pon&tbfr
Parties to have 1t IN lkunukuE &lf.
bcr ir, FUN NSf.r.


Far.ic. to have i. IN lkunotuK Dr.
der in Two Icnr*.
From The Pittsburgh Commercial, yes. ..
For some weeks We have had IN our pasdes-
zion Information that negotiations vera in -e-
cfet and rapid prngress.. on tbs part Of re-
sponsible men. meaning Whist sles sad, look-
ing TO the immediate construction Ut an eu-
tttely new grand trunk railway from NV
York city to connect with tho Union p1c,tic
Railroad at CouIcil Bluffs, opposite Om lha.
The parties ipausuratihg this projscs bave
ample capital. and represent new coutiua-
had hard in The competition from New York
to the Weet- They have control Of tbs
franchise and charters Of Iuss di
Iectly xest from the mstropo-
yani. to Akron, Ohio, and also have simil.r
rights in Western OHIO, 1uaiAna, aud ll,nuts.
The unly lux NEEDED to complete the enser-
prize il from Akron to Tittio. Ohio, aud SUING
time since proportion Was made TO the
Akron Board Of Trade hy Mr. James E. At
etrrction Conratr, by which that gentleman
agreed to enter inio =, out. 700 bonds for the
completion in-ile OF two year.. Of connect
.,g link in through raitsay from Nes f',Ek
to Council Bluffs. through Akron, providing
this section would turn over to that enter-
price the 500, ,ODU stock nomiuall5 subscribed
to the Baltimore aud Ohio and Chicago exten-
riou. The Ak1oniAns could take no acsiuu,
being pledged to the baltimore and
Ohio authorities. but decided to
| time as the route OF tho Baltim ire. Pitts
buIgh l. Western Hallway was decided, when,
| il that il not secured to Akron, they will &C.
cept slr. Abbott y proposition.
| THIS ia ttrnfeh away route, lcayins Chi
| caeo, Toledo. and Clesefaud to The one hand,
and Pittsburgh on tho other, a. beneath, il,
| notice. 1t viii be the shor eel possible line
l from the commercial metropolis OF shs nati1n
10 the Pacific, and vi eave at !ea,t 2oa miles
over arg other line between New York aud San
tancieco, and thus will not on's 10 the great
central aE1ery VI this ratious traffic. but
| hiehway Of The world. and main chAhuel OF
the gigantic trace hetH cen the nasions Of Asia
| AID Europe. Fur local t.atfie, it would con-
troll tho oil regions Of Que STATE. the coal lsa
of three S'a'es. aud the rich agricultural
| repions Of four.
Ills il no ciap-trap scheme. hu. il hacked
l,y millions OF cauital. ,rd is Of immense in-
telest to 11t.rIuseh, for il it shaii be put
| through, it will drain awav from rs the trsia
| OF ereat regions. which can be made tributary
to .lr> II would te the moat direct ltne from
the oil reEioLs to New York. and that trade
| would 20 With il. 1t would be the moAt direct
line from the Mahoning aud Cnyahoga coal ra-
[ Elous Of Ohio to market. aud that tsAia would
so too. Whatever eau be done, either to head
It Of, or combine With It, and reap fair ehsra
of its advantages, will be we'll worth the whila
Of this city to attempt.
/ Greeley Am org tstc Cntacombs.
FROM the .sepr 1ork Hefatt.
When csuso must needs lind lts represeu-
tatlve4 in men de4d and nnned half cehtt.rY
ago it iY weak indeed. Tue trouble with ME.
Greeley is THAT, ~ . politician, he too ffe-
| quentlr llyea III the era OF 1920. he becAme .
rrotecuoriet when boy up in one Of the
never changed his mind, u, Indeed, he has
never cI,a1 Etd bis mind on my question.
Failing TO Win new followers. nothing IL left 10
The pFotecttouiets but to invoke dead memo
ties and Taka up the objects OF alteration in
the bones ard asier of the past. whoc.rea for
Simon Snyder now The old Fennas slvania Gov
einor has gene to pesce. ard is probably BY this
time an t'1ytized formation in eome iron
county Of the hesrtoue State. Who cArss for
Hsufy Clay7 We might as we'll seriously
quote bis opinions on internal improvements,
the wsr With Greece, or the removal OF the
tank deposits. At to regard him with patieUca
On question like revenue reform. These
men aEe the remuapts OF = pslHo2olo age, and
We may say Of them ~ Colsr1dge OK the good
knight
Their swords arc rust,
Their bodies are dust,
| And tnelt tUuls Al np1 Win Christ, We trUse.
Ii the famous come dy of " HIP Tau WlnE1e.
the old nau, With rheumatic JOINTS and white
flowing hair, aId trembling 1ulbs and rheumy
csta, stalks DOM aunong the villagers and
| eeeks come familiar face. - Does AuJ Jho ty
here know Dick vtdder or Jacob sseiu? '
why, they are dead twenty years- And he
goes On to ak, II they are cead who is lie, aud
why il be- af;res Tb1o il very much the posl-
| ton Of 3fr- Greeley "a le wanders through
the Tribune trt N dayto day asking il 1uyb4,uJ
has hea.d Of Forsa1u and afslios,: and su' 'der:
The men and the times have changed. We
have new North and new South. The
buAir ess iuserests..or the Northern 5tAtes food
Few channels. Tls South ia IN tho hands oi
new people In other 5Ara the industrial
people Of the South had no interest in tho de,
reiopment Of the county, TheT were bought
AID sold At 70 much head They weEe sim'
ply 10 much property, like 30 many oxen OF
horses or sheep. With them life was only bog
and bominS and tuolasses- Whether trade
VAS poor or thriving. vhether crops were full
canals or industries, WIS Of no vsluo. But
| now they lire and thinE- Ihe negro haa N
intarsAt IN every uunec ut les, every pound VI
suRar and tobacco Il representa- bus osn = . n.
xould prosper. To the South, therefore
| unestipts OF iA1aticn ard inp4 1t and revenue
| are vital and immediate
In the Wet the people need cheap iron
| lumber. and coal. Maxi TO sal. and air ilon il
OF more Leesseity to modern civilization, Il
| the comfor, and happiness Of mankind, thai
I any substance known In tcienee- The pric
! Of i1on aEecta nn ~ much II The price o
. xheat OF corn. Cheap iron meaus cheapnes
in TRANSFORMATION, IN household fuEnituTe, il
| 2&4hn1tQfe. Every new c0anIl3 ua6ds CnaA
:: | iron. Ore railway 10 Indiana and Kau+s
, ia Of more value to the couutty-A large
eontrit ution to ,ts wealth aud ru-pe.ity--
. twenty Iron mills in pe1nsylsanis- So a t.
upon pig iron, while aiding few ironr aaters
il virtually ta1 upon every bushel Of .hea 81
upon the 1akor Vt eEefy farmer IN tho "ess
: The Augment that the lAbur Of tho meu "n'
. make The 1rpn Is proteeted-thss *lthouf pso
q tecsicn the mill would stop and they star
E is abrurd Tor II th+y caanat puddle aton - VI
q At small wages tn III healthy mills. tnes uAs,
onlY to 70 ih.o the ches, verte1n counties ant
: iii The ground. For this r-ason tue ssxeno ss
= 1efolme1s, il demanding eheaR E. 1fon. s.nae q,
4 | cherd to which the W-htefn 1et''ioe'ee "o'