The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-01-17
MILWAUKEE AND MISSISSIPPI Raj
ROAD.

By persual of,he following article !, wu
be observed that tho people upon ,he no,A
US arc using every cxcriion 10 reach i.
Mississippi With Railroad, mud are likely !,
succeed 10 their object. Efforts arc BEN,
made both upon the north and south of !,
thus 10 connect with the Mississippi, and
unless We be active 10 urging the work N,
on which we have SO prospcrously entered
they will ye. accomplish that object belo,,
US. The following judicious remarks prs
ceding an article from Milwaukee pao..
are from the Dubuque Express, and win
suit this meridian equally with that +,
which they were intended
II will be seen, from the appended arcs
iha. stock 10 the amount Of $500, 600 h.,
been subscribed for the construction Of n,
popular road. There is another fact, !,
this connection, which shews tha, ..h,
some things can be done as well as Others
The farmers upon this route, who bay.
taken shares, intend 10 work out their suh
scrip,ions. This affords them tribe nj
vantage: il gives them employment: i
gives them on ownership in the rood; and
When this road is constructed, the value d
their farms will be enhanced far beyon
their most sunguinc expectations.
Now, if Wisconsin, alone md unaijd
can undertake with every prospec, Of sue.
cess, to construct this extensive line Of rail
road, cannot Iowa do something toward,
commencing her projected works! Coua
not her farmers initiate tho example Of .her
brethren in Wisconsin?-make labor b
equivalent 10 cap,nl-employ themselves 1
they need cmpioyment-tnke on in,ern
in the road. md promote its speedy con.
p!etion. Labor will answer the read Il
well and perhaps better than money; an
every ono who is nblc and willing 10 labq
could become stakeholder. This il nd
the first time rail ronds have been built b.
labor almost unassisted by capital; and '.
trust that the laborers and formers Of VS.
consin, who have embarked in this en,e,
prise. will not be disappointed in their re-
ward. Farmers and Iaborers Of Iowa, VI
awake! be ready TO unite your efforts viii
the first attempt at rail road improvement
Read the following und reflect shea ya
have read:
We learn IRON E. d. Clinton. ane fthe Dirst.
tors Of the Milwaukee and Mississippi Rail Ro,:
Company, that he has obtained, within the ss
4 e.. .-hs L.. ~, r
in the single town Of Milton, Rock county. MOI
ofthe subscribers are farmers who take from go
TO ST. 500 worth Of stock in the road. The agrs
gate subscriptions, end all among our own ;ecp,
10 this great State enterprise, now amounlsa
| s569,000. This is, indeed, encouraging progrs,
/ and makes the eventual success Of the andefs
| king more and more certain. II is worth viii.
TO state, in this connection, that according tss.
/ Chicago Journal Of Monday last, The whole >.
mount subscribed TO the Chicago and Galena RI
Company, thus far, is but $685., 600, nearly 500.
900 short OF the sum subscribed 10 the MllwaaAs.
and Mississippi road.
We also learn that Mr.. Clinton, acting unds
the instructions of the Board, has LEI number d
contracts for clearing and gfubbing the line d
road al prices very mech below the estimated ccs
Of such work. These contracts have been lie, h
farmers aioig lie line who propose to swork OF
their subscriptions in this way. tits graiif ig
to'know that the people oil the interior evince ,ts
most lively interest in the success ofthis great e.
terprise, and have taken hold Of the work wihs
spirit, and energy and enthusiasm, that promis
the bes: results. VIII. il not be indeed, proa.
boast for our State, the youngest OF the Coneder'
cy, to make, that she forged with her own hand
and by her own hands and by her own unaiie.
efforts, the iron chain which il TO link the shc's
Of the Lakes with the Observation-Disclosures
Sentinel.