The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1849-11-29
RAILROADS.

Under the head Of railrund enterprise, the
CINCINNATI Gazette states that uac railway
from Columbus to Xeniu will bc ready ipr
travel in January, and that the WlloIo line
extending 10 Cleveland will 10 completed
II another year. Italso states that the road
from WellsvilIe To Cleveland will soon DC
finished. These two roads unto at COM
mon depot on Like Eric. NJ the mouth 81
the Cusahoga. b. filing in the lake, the
company have secured forty acres which
,hoy will use for the jrint depot.
We further learn IRON the Gazette that
the. railroad from Springfield 70 Dayton =
proceeding with that from Dtytpn I"
GrecnsvilIe. The road from ls'llsbnrd 10
This Junction with the rod from cnesnnn'.
to Sandusty will soon be put Under CONTRACT
along tho whole liue. The road from San
dusky to Newark is rapidly advancing, mud
Tho work on another leading from Cincln-
natl to Dayton throuph Ha,n'lton, 4 is con
fiden,ly believed, vii! soon be resumed and
pushed on until completed.
Ii vii! he seen from these facts that the
people Of Ohio are hy no means satisfied "a
RELY my longer on tho old and slow methods
Of intcrcommunica,i,n. A few days ago,
we stated that the people ii indiana arc
now prosecuting seven different railroads
TO connect with the Madis"n mud lndianapn-
lis road. besides other roads IN other sec
tons Of the State.
There is one feature Of very decided in,
terest 10 be considered ia connection with
all these raiiroad Enterprises in both Ohio
and Indiana, and that il, they are fur the
most pnrt sustained by the farmers. The
cutivators nf the soil have m1dc ample cal
cualions and have satisfied themselves that.
by facilitating their approach 10 markets,
they will greatly promote their interest
They were forifierly ton much addicted Ia
the carelessncss Of surprising that the pin
cipal benefits &C suci. improvements wen;
into the hands Of merchants md capitalists
who reside in cities. Observation and cx-
perience, however, have wroughta very de-
cided change in their views md feelings,
and now tho intelligent farmers along M,
proposed railroad manifest qai,c as much
concern in lis progress and cn:ap'cirn az
my other members OF the community
Indeed al! experience has proved that, nl-
though lines Of railroads pour immense
wealth into the CITY, vet bv far The greatest
proportion Of benefit IL such lines is So
cured By the preprie,ars ri the soil living
along their routes. A railway always en-
hances the value Of property along its en-
tito length, 10 an amount compared with
which the cost & the road is quite iaconsld-
cradle. The very best and surest invcs,
meni thai farmers living ia line Of counties
could make is To construct a rn.rcad tn n
good market. The value II their land is
permanently doubled r trebicd and all their
products bring much higher prices ,h1n
they could possibly sell for bat f,'r the facili.
ties Of getting 10 mhrke, afi,Idcd by the
railway. Once open railroad from my
good mud reliable market through any sec
ton Of country, and lei the farmers expert
ence the advantages il secures 10 them md
then let tho road he DESTROYED. and they
would rebuild i, even ii should cost thrice
as mue h as the road originally cost.
fLouisriiie Jour.