The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-03-28

debt. NOW u tuC StOSM - - 49, = -
20 Road which pays Is per cent, or even as good
a. Mr.. Allen their witnessl says, the Ma'''o"
and India napolis road is, We shall derive 10 PSI
cent per annum, which is SsOoO'OV
Deduct Int. on Se5, 600 County Bonds
NOR can't, 10000
Showing a balance in favor Of the
Comfy a., \ wear Of $500, 90
Or in other words, Scott county will be paying
sl,sO0 year interest on her Bonds, and rece'v-
ing 1000 dvidends-in return. But says the
handful, the road is not surveyed and may cost
40, 600 per mile, and we are asked TO go =
Jliad.n' Now we think there is no blind about i.
Our neighbor builds house OF certain dimensions
for certain sum, and why cannot We! we an
swer we can. The Chicago Road and the Aen'a
Road and many others in the west have been built
for this amount per mile and 50 can TINS DC, OIL
the chances are in our favor, all the differences
on our side Certainly there is 20 "go'ag u
Jlind,' about this.
Again Mr.. Allen in this same ST. Lonis speech,
says that the investment Of SO or S6OOOO,OOO IN
Railroads BY Massachusetts has added &2OO,OOO,-
OOO,o the wealth Of that State. Now Mr.. Allen
is certainly good evidence in the case, Of least Tor
the authors OF the haEdbill, for they brought him
on the stand and we presume they will not call
in question the veracity Of their own witness
then If he is true, we need not ego IL ohnd,'' for
certainly levery thing being equal the same eau
ses will produce the same effects here as in the
Bay State, and the fruit that is pleasant and pal.
liable 10 dorn easter will hardly turn to ashes
on the lips of Hawkeye.
But says the handful the Editors Of the Daven-
po,t papers have failed to inform their readers
that the county Of Henry, in Illinois, had refused
to take stock in the same Railroad. II we had
supposed that :he voters Of Scott county intended
10 be governed in their actions in this matter by
any county in Illinois, it would have been some
reason for informing them Of that fact; but we
have thought and still think that the people Of
Scott county would investigate this matter for
themselves and be governed by their convictions
on the subject. But the neglect Of the Davenport
press is certainly not more strange than that Ne
handful should forget TO tell IFS readers that the
Hon. Thomas Allen says that the average cost OF
freight on the Missouri river is cents per ton per
mile. 30 per cent more the same witness says than
the highest rates OF freight charged on Railroads
in the U. States and zoo per cent more than the
average Of Railroad freight. II is not for us to
say that these statements are or are not correct.
Again we say he is your witness and the witness
TOO BY which you expect to prove that we cannot
transport our agricultural productions TO an cas-
tern market by Railroad.
We perceive by Mr.. Morgan's report to the
Chicago Railroad Company, that the Boston and
Albany Railroad have carried flour from Boston
10 Albany 200 miles, for % cents, which is one
.ent and a quarter. per ton per mile. or ia cts
Der barrel for 100 miles This is the most expen-
live road in New England According 10 the
same report the Chicago and Ga,ena Railroad
Company can carry -four for II cents a barrel per
100 miles,
Youprove then by your witness that cents per
mile per ton is the average cost on R. Roads
which say you is too much and the produce can't
20. We prove by the same witness that cts
per mile per ton g the cost per Steam Boats, and
IS matter of course it can't 60. S, you see
your witness proves too much and consequently
is good for nothing al least in making out Your
case. The committee wind up BY saving tha,
they do not deem it necessary to notice e.tada-
gant statements which have appeared in the
Davenport papers in relation TO r. Roads, mas
much as these statements so far exceed probabil-
tiles &C., &c, When-you give quotations from
ST. Louis papers you oughtto devise some plan 10
efectually keep back the other side for as long as
you could pick word out of Mr.. Aliens speech
here aud another there and put them together 10
suit yourselves you could make it spell almost ~
thing you wished, but when the whole story
comes to be told it makes dreadful dsarrang-
ment ofyour calculations and whether YOU have
gone il blind ornot it comes down upon Won with
a trump that spols your sport and eff,ectuall,
nonsuits you for the en,ire'gune. The fac, i
Mr.. Aliens speech throughout is as warmly in
favor of R. Roads as i, possibly can be, and was
made to induce the people Of ST. Louis 10 con-
struc. Road west from tina. city to the western
line of the state.
We have thus gone through with the handful
and noticed is most prominent features and now
in conclusion we have only to say 10 the vo,ers
OF Scott County is for you to decide this matter
at the polls II you think and are convinced
that 1t will be no benefit. but an injury TO vote
this stock and build this Road of course Won
will vote against il. Blu, if after EXAMINING ne
operations and effects Of R,il Roads in all parts
OF the world where they have been constructed
you liLd that they have conduced 10 the happncss
Ind prosperity of the whole people, and If Won
believe the united testimony of all who have nh.
served and investigated this matter closely
which is, that the universal tendency OF R. Roads
is to increase the price Of agricultural produce
lions IN the countries penetrated by them (and
without fair compensation TO the producer M
county can be prosperous and happy and tint
population, business and wealth follow in tho
train, VIC say il you find these las, to be the ,e.
climate results produced by rail Roads YOU Of
course will vote s'Subscrotion, and come IN FIR
your share OF the benefits which must nc cesso,;-