Year: 1859




The Neosho Bridge Again.


TIE subject of . local character which
sha.,ld most interest the settlers of this sec
ton of country st the present time is the
;wsassSsass- construction of . bridge aeFese4
the Neosho river at some point near this
piace. The benefit and conseniencs of ]
good bridge over this stream you'd be M
ealculable to the whole country around
About oae-half of the time during the past
year It has been impossible to cross with
teams Of any kind. The merchants were
unable to get their goods. the mails could
Het cross, and large number OF settlers
on Dow, Allen, and other streams north OF
the Neosho, who come here to do their tre-
ding, and some to do their voting. were
completely cut of. It is true that teams
from, the river towns, and the mails, were
not detsined on account of the Neosho
alone, bat We ieiserste thaSthey have been
put to great inconveni ss by the high
water In that stream, when the other riv :
srs between here and the Missouri we're in
acFossing condition.. A good bridge could
be built without much outlay of CATH
There are about, we should think, two hun
dred and fifty or three hundred of our set
tiers Immediately interested in this matter,
on the north and south sides of rle stream,
and if they would but put their shoulders
to the wheel in earnest, the bridge would be
putup in double quick time Let them con-
tribute timber, hauling and work, and the bur-
den would be light on each one of them. Our
saw mills would doubtless do the saving free,
as their shares Those whose business will
not admit of their working On the enterprise.
sesn contribute small amount of money,
and in this way the requisite amount could
easily. be obtained; and We know that after
the bridge ia erected, no one will be sorry
that he has thus invested his money
-ofiabor. This matter should be taken hold
of immediately, because spring viii soon
be upon US, when the farmers will be too
busy, fencing their claims. and otherwise
preparing for crops, to give the matter their
attention. It is rendered pretty certain that
the Cottonwood will be bridged short dis
stsnce west of this sometime during the COM
ing spring or ssummer-at least We hear
strong talk of it. We ask those living along
the Neosho. where there is twice as much
demand for bridge as there is on the Cot
tonwood, if they are going to be behind their
neighbors in this matter? There is bridge
across the Neosho at Burlington, thirty miles
east of this place, and strong effort is now
being made to direct travel destined for the
Verdigris; Fall River, Walnut creek. and
other valleys to the south and Southwest of
this, through that place. We ask our mer-
chants and business men if they are thus
going to let the trade of the thousands who
will ennigrats to.these valleys next season,
alp from their hands without an effort to
obtain it? Emigrsnts will go out of their
way to cross these streams on a bridge, and
unless, something is done Immediately, no
sinconsiderable amount of money that would
otherwise be left to circulate here, will be
given to benefit those who have been more
active and more deserving.


''Strike while the iron is hot" Let us
have bridge, and have it nosO. Who says
amen. to this Put up the bridge, and then
see how We win all be benefited by it. Who
will set the ball in motion This is 2 mat
ter of the 6rst importance to all.


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