Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1849-12-12

Davenport, it will connect with the railroad now
being made from Rock Island to Peru, in Illinois, Al
the junction Of the Chicago canal with the Illinois
river. In ITS progress eastward to Chicago, il vii
| interest the chicago and Galena railroad, and the
railroad In contemplation from Chicago to Cairo
anu in its passa. &c around the south bend of Lake
michigan, 1t will lntersect the Detroit railroad a,
| New Buffalo, and at Toledo the main trunk of the
Wabash and Lake Erie canal, branch of which ex.
tends TO Cincinnati; 1t passes the Sandusky Bay
It will intersect the Sandusky and Cincinnati rail.
road at Cleveland and the Ohio canal. a branch OF
which extends up the Mahoning, to Pttsburg, and
the Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati railroad;
thence down the southern shore of Lake Erie, in.
Ter. Getting the New York and Erie railroad at Dun
kirk and at Buffalo the Albany and Boston railroad
and from which point communication can be made
with the Willard canal, in Canada, and, with the
improvements on the st. Lawrence river.
With these views OF the subject we are clearly OF
the opinion that the line from Council Bus to Da-
venpor presents greater advantages than any other
route, and confidently believe that it will eventually
De adopted as portion of the great Atlantic and
Pacific railroad, and with these Impressions we re-
commend to the Citizens of Iowa TO solicit of the
general government an appropriation Of land, suiii.
cient 10 enable the State 60 mpliSh the work.
We have been thus particular pres ntng facts con
nected with the railroad, with the view OF attracting
the attention OF our eastern friends.
In reading the proceedings of public meeting of
the friends of railroad California, held al the
United States, Hotel in Boston, April 49, 1919, we
perceive that our northern friends were unacquant.
ed with the localities the Upper Missssi p, al
though they manifested much zeal in favor of ac-
comprising communication between the Atlantic
ana Paclhc Oceans by railroad, and presenting to
the pnblc many valuable statistics and forcible ar
guments IN favor Of its speedy construction; in all
OF these proceedings they appeared to consider St.
Louis as the only terminus the Mississp,i.--
Without any desire 10 interfere with the claims OF
ST. Louis to the location Of the central branch OF the
great Pacific railroad, have considered il due to
the citizens of Iowa. and eastern friends in gen.
eral to present the foregoing facts to their calm and
dispassonate consideration, most heartily concur
ring with the ST. Louis Convention, in declaring the
subject to be of too much Importance in national
point OF view so he Influenced by individual local.
sectional Or PARTY views, but consider it one in
which every citizen Of the United States, should
teei deep interest, and call upon our fellow cit-
zens, one and all to unite their energies in concen
tratlng and strengthening public opinion in favor
OF the speedy accompis hment of the work, and en-
forcing upon the consideration of Congress the
weight of tibet opinion.
ROBERT LUCAS, Chm.
December l, IS49.
Which on motion of Mr.. Bying:on, was adopted.
Mr.. Bylngton from the same sub committee re-
ported the following Memorial TO the Congress IS Of
the United States.