Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1844-02-23

wearing cheerful, smiling cosn.enance. Ax-
cePt The Preachers, 'sqnircs, and The clerk of
the court, lw"e may comrlaia Of falling Of
in the amount Of bc>.sss m.,,;uon;.,.
| they have had revival in - church ) d.. ~
ion in the court which preclades rs,,,s.:a.
law from affecting Judgments obtaIned@ss, :,
aud a nrn frarfnd &C., -
court,) so they cannot reasonably compain.-r
To be brief, lake Bloomington, all in all, and
the ives. cannot produce her superior.
u We find The following communication,
signed "A Traveller in the Dubuque Trans
crip,, Of the 10th inst, to which we would
invite the attention of our citizens:
Ma. EDITOR 81 hold tito be the duty Of
every citizen to exert himself, at all times, for
the good Of the whole community. Acting
upon this principle, would call your attention
and the attention Of tho public generally, to
the subject; Of direct communication between
This place and the city Of Bloomington in Mus.
catine county. BY reference 10 map OF the
Territory, it will be observed that the distance
between The two places is li,ile, if any more.
than from Dubuque TO Davenport, but by the
travelled routes it is twenty or twenty-five
miles further. The relative positions Of the
two places, render it Tor the interest of both,
10 open such communication as soon as prac-
,cable. But can il be done? Most assured.
" ii can, and ,l,a, too at irifing expente.-
The route would lead out through the '.trish
settlement" crossing the South Fork OF the
Maquoketa at or near the farm Of Solomon
Pense, thence across the Wapsirinicon It
place known as " Denson's Ferry" thence d.
rect through :. McKinis,er's Grove" 10 the
Mills on Sugar Greek in Muscatine county
The only serious instructions to free COM
municalion now is between McKiniser's
Grove and Sugar Creek. The prncipa: braach
of Rock Creek is TO be crossed, which at the
point along the proposed route, subsidies into
slough twenty or thirty rods in width. Teams
at times now cross here, but to render it safe
and feasible it should be bridged; it would
however require but little expense; six men
with a team could do all that is required, in as
many days. Ispeak from personal inspec-
ton, having travelled through the whole dis
lance. wish you would touch UP cur friends
Of Bloomington, little on the Subject. This
travelling round "Tom Jones' cornfield'' 10
get TO our next door neghbor is no, an achev.
men, 10 be admired particularly in wet and
stormy day. Bloomington ought TO turn out
| and make this piece of road, rs it is on their
end Of the route. would not hesitate much
| in telling them so. provided good opporiunl-
~ should offer. Mr.. Russell, what say YOU TO
the enterprise! Suppose you s. stir up" your
neighbors lit,le on the subject; and, by the
way, perhaps yourself, too. would be after Civ
ing the work liti, as you frequently travel to
Dubnlne; and if you don't. the Herald"
does. which is nearly the same thing. Al any
rate give the matter pash AID you will oblgc
Your friends in this section.
A TRAVELLER.
| Dubuque, Feb Is, 1914.
Although bearing signature implying dis
interesedness in The matter, we are Of opin-
ion that tho wri,erv unknown 10 US, has con.
mon interest IN the Improvement. suggested,
and might lend helping hand in carrying it
into effect On one or two previous occasions,
| an anxiety has been manifested by the CHI.
zens of Dubuque, 10 open more direct com.
| municaion with our town, both as TO roads
and mail routes, which have been treated by
our citizens with spirit of indifference well
| calculated 10 dampen the praisew orihy zeal Of
| the citizens Of our sister town, bu, wc hope
that for The future the matter will excite mere
attention.
l. is true, as stated by "A Traveller tia:
we sometimes travel 10 Dubuque, but, having
always travelled round Tom Jones' cornfeld,'
o. the proposed one from personal observe
| ton, but we have been informed by those who
| have travelled the route via Rochester, Upton,
&c. that the trip can be made in half day
less than via Davenport. Dubuque being Sit
uated nearly due north Of Bloomington, and
Davenport butsix miles north, and twenty
six east, every one must, at glance, see the
importance of more direct route, free from
every obstacle which our means will enable us
| TO remove. semi-weekly mail on this rosie
would accommodate extensive settlements, q
might be obtained with proper exertons on
The part Of citizens of both places. We see
that our Delegate has made an effort for tie
establishment of new route between the Two
points, bui that it is laid so as most 10 accom-
modate, we are not in possession Of sufficient
information TO enable Us to state.
AS TO The diff which IA traveller saws
| we nigh, give, we will say that if the stale.
| mens made above be true, and we doubt them
not, we will give $500 towards the erection
of good and substantial bridge across Rock
| Creek. Will "A Traveller do the same g.
AS most Of US look south with the greatest
an xie'y, the citizens Of Dubuque canno, feel
indifferent on the subject, and from the known
liberality of the people of Bloomington, .wo
feel warranted in saying tina. she will con!iib-
ute as much as Dubuque for shortening Inc