Saturday morning visitor., 1848-07-01

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This Convention, Assembled at Warsaw,
ar the pnrpnse Of considering the utility
and prhutuaiihiy Of iie construction of a
railroad from lexington, or some point on
tile Missouri river, in the western part OF
the State, 10 extent. by way Of Warsaw
10 Nsw Masirid, 81 so,ne place on the
Mississippi tiser4belawlo freezing point
duly Sensible fihegredthtlyaitages which
sueh anesps Of facilitating The trade of
the co,intr, must siR,rt have given the
snblect their most careful attention. and
feel satisfied that such ronls Is entirely
prae'icable and esniuently important.
Tile utility and Necessity Of mi, prono-
sed railroad has attracted general aiienion
for a number aoi years past. As early as
1886, the Executive recomtneuded % the
Legislature, ths oorstruolionhf arailnoad
80 Commence near the western Smindary
line, on The south side Of The Missouri riy-
er,l' extending ''lToneh the mineral re-
giop, 10 te,Hiihate at some poiiit On The
Mississippi river, below where lha! riner
Is usually blocked w1lh Ioej and in the d.
,yetioh Of Tie most practicable route totI.e
contemplated railroad from Charleston, 5
G., Cincinnati, Ohlo;7 and again, in.
1889, The Legislature, Influenced by a
sense of The strong existing necessity for
such work, passed memorial 10 Con
grcss, stating that the growing Importance
of the subject N'ill very soon cause the
State Of Missouri 10 pdor tie means for
the CONSTRUCTION Of a railroad from Jeiler-
SOD City 70 s'he, MISSISSIPPI h,er below
freezing poim--dbat ljvesy interest is la
ken, by . large PORTION Of lie yiizens Of
this Stale,in ilie speedy commencement
and terlninaiios of s,ich work Z beir,
ing that il tMill add greatly 70 he means of
transporting The produce Of The country To-
New Orleanssn. oler markets, espesial-
rily during thew interseasen,at mldch time
all means q .wster transportation is inter
copied by iee;n aud asking "ipr tie grant
Of sltetnate SECTIONS along the route, e,Nao
sp iptilISS cQpsssrdeiion: 95s,lg
We have thus referred 10 tie former
action Of the 'TsxeaaIiye and Legislature,
to show that qI iiseiy interest in the pon-
struction Of this werlshas lnpg beeniaken;
Si@ell ss to showithe Importance with
which il has been vieweil. " sf
10 iAmong tifs necessities urged for The
CONSTRUCTION ofthis road, is The fact that
''the means of all ieFiconmhnicaliu6 is
intercepted y ice during tlis " iidefIssa-s
SON." consequently C'ir. people are unable
iisIgat " market slliicisplk early % rc-
eeiysli die ibsalhpnsesF and areao!Ien com
1psllsa q sell AZ q . 1913 3nsleaq4 sof 4brShI.
i Blnail must be apparsaI TO every dpsiaen,
ths.otsa saldysg 10, only ready bat a li-
.Nsrsilyspf sharksts, nIiian bs greqi 9ssld-
sefstnm 10 AL odnccrsand traders, as they
JSill tliefsbS Be3enAbI ed9oFece,ee iketest
prices iand 'sippeflss6 urhsno lhe EAsc-s
Llisei firsliealled the alIsniiun Of. the Le-
,jgislslSGs "a i1e eqDslfusstSR d, this road,
and "a the,pDoPTlsIS aofails isElRipaliulh IN
the direction Sfhhe ,btvposeil Charleston
and CineiAApstdiI railsaAa has Seen
! tho incsessso Of ilhsssi marks r-eiIhsr, Of
tiiote alfeady cppslr4eisd, Sf hallie pro-
glewef sepslgaplsprog ssn!smRlaledsnd
with such probsbilily~slheis being shuris :
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