The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1849-12-20
DAVENPORT AND COUNCIL BT.1css
RAILROAD.

NUyT@vyS~S
rosd Convention, recently held q, -.
City, 10 address the citizens of Town !,
la.ion 10 ihs above Railroad, have disch,.
ed their duty in very satisfactory m.s
ner. Aaer nlluding to The unnnimi,v =.
yadins tho 81. Louis and Memph;, O..
vcntion, opd subsequently, the lllinoi, |.
gislaturo in favor Of . gren, Central n,
,ioual Railroad, tho address continue, !.
follows:-
Public opinion, as fnr as il has bee, !.
pressed unites 10 recommending 10 u.
General Government the establishment. "
a great central paiionnl railroad from n.
Pacific Ocean to the western borders of,l.
States, egrccs that the same should h i
Gated as best calculated 10 accommodate a.
general interest Of the nation, with branch
es on tho west over 10 San Francisco !.
California; and The other to the mouth 4
the Columbia river, or Pagcnl's Sound i
Oregon, and on the east, one branch souI
ward 10 Memphis, one central, 10 ST. Lou;,
and ono northward to Lake Michigan !,
Chicago. IN viewing the subject a ii.
time, we will call the sitcntion Of the oeo
ple Of Town in nm especial manner 10 Il.
northern branch, so Ear as it NAV nm
through the State Of Town, and beIieyIo,
that the most direct route, and the one ,h,s,
is hest calculated 10 accommodate the great.
est public interest, will be ultimately adop,.
ed, wc briefly invite their attention ID Ii.
route from, the Council Bluff, on the Mis.
sonri river, BY Fl. Des Mcines, and low,
CITY, TO Davenport on the Mississippi river
at Rock Island.
The first General Assembly Of lows, a
their extra session passed resolution d.
ted the Oath day Of January, ls4s, instruct.
ing our Senators, and requesting our Rep.
resentatises To procure from the govern.
ment 81 The United States grant Of land,
to aid in The construction OF railroad from
Davenport, b. why Of Iowa City, Raccoa
Forks to some point near the Council Bluff,
on tho Missouri river, and bill was Re.
ported Ia the House Of Representatives.
the United STATES, making the gran. pr,s.
ed for, but failed on its passage. The pre-.
ent General Assembl i vi their regular ses.
sion took up fhe subject, and passed resi-
luton, dated tho 29th December, ISIS,
giving similar instructions to our Scnaton
and Representatives. Thus il will 10 per-
ceived, that both General Assemblies. elect.
ed under the Constitution d the State, by
their official acts approved this route. The
Council Bluff, on the Missouri, and Rek
Island, nj Davenport, on the Mississlpp,
are generally admitted to be the most sui.
ablo and convenient points for crossing
these rivers with railroad, and being "a
the most direc, route for the northern
branch Of the great central national ra1.
rond in its progress 10 the east, which i,oa
necessity must pnss south Of the soa,hera
end 81 Lake Michigan, tho Maumee md
Snnd,isky Bays, and down tho southern
shore Of Lake Erie, to connect with ,ha
Butf.io railroad, extending by Albany u
Boston.
BY reference TO the most approved map
il will be found that the Council Bluff, IN
Davenport, a. Rock Island, aro about 'h'
samc parallel of laiitudes, and that For
Dee Moines and Town City are .itua'e
within few miles Of direct line he,wce
these two points, and TINT in intending, ID
route eastward, the south bend Of LAX
Michigan, the Maumee and Sandu.ky Bay
/ will 10 within few minutes uf the san
parallel Of latitude.
The road from Davenport To Coune
Bluffs is three hundred and twealy Il,
miles, thence, according TO Mr.. Lnghba
ooeh's esiimaie) to the South Pass, eigt
hundred miles, making tho distance fror
the Mississippi 10 tho South Pass elcvel
hundred and twenty FIVE miles. From s,
Louis to the mouth Of the Kansas river q;
miles, thence to tho South Pars It's mile,
fifty miles greater than the distance fr,u
Davenport to the South Pass; TINS il will
he perceived. that Rock Island, BY the wa.
Of Council Bluff, is tho nearest poin. !,
which the Mississippi river can DO reached,
and on the most direct route 10 Chicago
and tho south bend Of LIKE Michigan
Tho road, in it's progress eastward, from
the Council Biufs, viii intcrsect the d.
Moines Improvement At Folt Dcs Moins;
| will cross the Iowa river, and in,crsect tho
Dubuque and Keokuk rairond n Iowa
City, and on its approach to Davenport, i
will connect with the railroad now being
made from Rock Island TO Peru, in Illinois,
nj the junction Of the Chicago canal with
tho Illinois river. IN its progress eastward
to Chicago, il will intersect the Chicago
and Galena railroad. md tho railroad ia
contemplation from Chicago TO Cairo, sna
in its passage around the south bend o.
Lake Michigan, il will interscct the Detroit
railroad nj New Buffalo, md At Toledo tho
main trunk Of the Wabash and Lake Ers
cannl, branch Of which extends TO Ciaca.
natl; as il passes tho Sandusky Bay J. VIZ
interscct the Sandusky and Cincinnati rail-
troad ut Cleveland and the Ohio canal, :
| hrn pch RI which cvsnr1s - eha MI ahonlng,