The Red Cloud chief., 1875-12-30

cure Q c0-0peS9fI00 OF Ill ououe co1
cerued 10 the great enterprise. To thai
end the committee Issued . call for
Convention Of delegate. froa the eoun
ties pa~ssicolssiy interested il fhe NOV
neos. 70 be held in the CITY Of Liocoll
% the 6th dag Of January, 1876, 1t
O'Clock p. m. We leg leave TO offer Il
the public the following reasons for "a
immediate organisation snd hearty 90.
operation to secure the constructive
Of the proposed railway.
]. Nebraska, With its rich agricul.
tural resources uoexoe:l led, and Col.
orsdo With it mises Of coal, iron, Ill
yer ADD other m'nreal-, and sparse TO-
dueeucuts for agriculture, cause the
citizens Of esch to fully realize tia,
cheap transportation between the two
10 the great problem that seeks solu.
ton.
2. The distance from Lincoln to
Denver By the Uoion Pacific. il over
600 miles; BY the Kansas Pacific, over
700 miles. Direct by township lines,
up the rich valley Of the Republican
river, 44O miles, being . saving in
! distanc IF over l6O or 26O miles VI 26l
and 81 per cent.
3. The prsc,icabiliiy Of q rout
from Denver through southern Neb-
rasks is fully assured BY two surveys
made BY the b. l. N. railroad cowpsu
y. and b. travellers and freiRhters who
have frequently traversed the route.
The country is comparatively level. re
curing little grading and excavstine.
| aud 10 large bridging, fors railway.
II is thought that the roadbed with
bridges and c~ulverts. completed for
the ties and track, could be made for
$1,000 per mile over the route.
4 The cos: of ;he narrow gauge
railway, with the necessary rolling
stock. it is estimated, will not exceed
90, OOO per m,le, or 60 Der cent. Of the
cost of = broad gauge read.
S A narrow gauge road is preferred
to . broad gauge for the reason that
the former only costs sixty per cent Of
the later, and would be Of adequate
capacity Tor Ill the trade and travel
over it. The repairs Of road and rol
ling stock for narrow gauge is found 70
he less than SO per cent Of the broad
gauge. The average cost of carrying
. ton Of freight on the broad gauge is
two cents per mile 10 the west-nar-
row gauge, one and ous-6fth cents per
mile. Ano her argument for using
the latter Is, the railroad system Of
Colorado with its great area Of noun
tain rus mining districts-must neces-
sairily be narrow gauge 10 carry the
products Of Nebraska to the miners
and bring 10 return coal without break
Jog bulk on the rout, We must have
highways Vt trade like Colorado.
1t is to the west that We must look
for our market-we Lave looked in
vain to the east. A bountifll soil has
filled our cribs aud gransries. but corn
u hsr1ly vsassd u fifteen OF sightssn
cent? per bushel, snd wheat goes beg.
ginG atsixty and . vnty eents-that TOO.
while the miner Of Colorado. .nly $50
misss svsy. b psyins svslvs siyss
thsss prices for bare Substance. The
systematised robbery Of many grain
dealers IN Chicago, in the way of stor-
age commission, insurance aud low
grading. has driven many shippers to
other markets.
6. The mineral resources of our
sister State are inexhsustible. That
in which We feel . special interest is.
her vast fields Of coal, bitumiuoos and
anthracite, with veins frOm six to
twenty-five feet thick, which Gao be
uiued at q triding expense.
With them the cost of living il q
serious question. At Georgetown,
fefty miles northwest Of Denver,
the cost Of posstoes, -four. coFs aud
oats are from three and . half to sve
cents per pound ; hay t55 per ton.
The price Of coro, oats add potstoes in
in Nebrasks is shout ono third of .
cent pr pound hay. $4.OO and IS o.
per ton; other products being relative
y the same. the general average BE-
ing n to twelve.
The distance from Lincoln to Chi
,ngo is 53S miles. Corn is shipped
from tho former to tho latter fr thir.
y cents per 100 pounds. The regular
price per 100 pounds for cora and
,sbes prsdsrts from Lincoln TO Denver
$l,65. liver q direct nsrrow gauge.
,uch freight should be carried with .
rood profit 1t City cents per 100. be-
sG sixty-six per cent o than the
Price 70 Chicaeo-yet the millers Of
have found it to their interest
o ship over Eve hundred cars Of our
$4,000 barrels. to Denver
the last eight mouths, with
rate nov IF $l85 90 per ton.
The pas~ioeer fair from Eiocoln to
Denver is nov $751; 90 By either the U
?. ~ K. p. roads. S and 3-7ths and
! ceots per mile The cost OF travel To
;hicaso from LincOln il shout 81 cents