The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1849-11-08
chr GAZETTE.
ALFRED SANDERS, Eolroa.
DAVENPORT:
Thureaay lIorming, nov. Q, 1SAo.

OAV EN- FOhA
Thureaay Morning, nov. Q, 1870
RAIL ROAD FROM ROCK ISLAND TO
PERU, ILL.
In April, lS47, AZ act passed the Gen
sral Assembly Of the State Of Illinois con-
ssisu,iag Ill persons who should become
stockholders agreeably 70 it, provisions,
body corporate and polite under the name
of .The Rock Island and L. Sale Railroad
Compauy.n A prominent provision q
TIA, ,ct was to the effect, that books should
y opsesd for receiving subscriptions to the
capital stock within one year alter ito pas
saes. Agrssably 10 this provision books
vsrs opsasd and small amount Of stock
Subscribed, sufficient merely TO preserve
the act from becoming a non.sn,ity. Since
hat time nothing had been done apil!
about fos.aish, since, when perceivins
from Ihs proceedings Of the Great National
Railroad Convention held at St. Louis, that
the Importance and the advantages Of this
route had bsen successfully urged before
that body, The residents Of this vicinity a,
once saw tho necessity for speedy action.
A public meeting was called, the subject
discussed and measures taken to bring the
matter immediately before the people.
10 pursuance Of the plan adopted upon
that occasion, series Of meetings have
since been held, at the close Of which the
subscription papers have generally been
produced aud literally signed. The far
mer, the mechanic, the laboring man, oil.
feeling interested in the work, are exerting
themselves to augment the subscription
list 10 as large 40 amount as possible in
the two counties Of Scott and Rock Island.
We have no hesitation in asserting that be-
fore the expiration Of the year lS49, one
half Of tho amount, requisite to the compile.
ton Of the road in readiness for good,
substantial T rail, will be subscribed in
the two above named counties alone. But
The feeling is spreading. and not only Hen
nv, Bureau and La Sale counties, those
immediately interested in Illinois, have
significd their intention to swell the list 10
the requisite amount, but the interior aud
sdi,cen, counties Of Iowa are pleading for
! voice in the work. Some Of the farmers
Of Cedar county have expressed willing
ness, il occasion require, TO sacrifice one
third of their lands to insure the compile
ton Of the road. Instead, however, frc.
curing sacrifice from The farmers, it can
easily be demonstrated that it is as safe
and profitable an investment as they could
possibly make, and will return to them in
directly by an increase Of four-fold and d.
recily, augmented with Jews per cen
tum.
We have not the space at present even
to allde to the benefits that have accrued
10 other sections Of our Union from the
construction Of Railroads, nor indeed do
we deem it necessary, rs the man who
does not at once admit their supremacy
over all other ihorougbfares, confesses him
self unposted with the improvements Of the
age. Suffice il, Of the 800 miles Of Rail
road completed in the U. States, ever,
milo Of it rebounds TO the pecunary inter
est Of the stockholders and has enhanced.
almost unparalleled in sumo cases, the val
10 Of adjacent lands. The effect Of the
completion Of the Railroad from Rock Is
land TO Peru can scarcely DO appreciated
by our community. Aside from furnish
ing safe and speedy medium Of transpor-
tation and opening up excellent markets /"
the products Of our farms and manufacto-
Yies, inducing travel and immigration 10
our fertile soil and capitalists TO invest
funds for manufacturing purposes, it will
enhance property to such value as will
more than compensate the entire outlay for
the construction ofthe Road. Ifit do not all
this, and more, it will then be the only
Railroad projected in the U. States, under
circumstances at all favorable, that has fail
cd TO do so. Trusting that the advantages
which would follow the construction Of this
Road are sufficiently known to induce ev-
cry individual interested to become stock
holder-were he convinced Of his own abil-
ity and Of the completion Of the entire
Road within a reasonable time-we will
add nothing further, at present, upon that
branch Of the subject, but by plain and
brief statement Of existing lacts, endeavor
to prove to him the certainty Of tho compile
ton Of the road and his ability TO aid in its
construction.