The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1851-05-17
For tho Free Trader.

day. The suggestions therein contained are 50
very peculiar aud strange, that they merit pass
Ing notice.
The following remark. occur in tho article
above alluded to:
"lf the main trunk Of the Central Railroad
goes up to Utica or higher to cross the llnol.
aud thon runs Down to La Sale, little branch,
like that from st Charles to the point Of crossing,
make. Ottawa rs near the Central rs La Sale NJ
ter all. In going south, Ottawa and La Sallc,
people would meet at the crossing But in com
ing to Chicago they would, OF course hayo to ~
down to La Sale 50 get the Dixon Branch, unless
thor people also build road ue'! y to tap that
branch higher up This whole subject is worth
tho attention Of Ottawa iiuanceres and engineers.
Ottawa is dcsrablc point for tho Central com
pany, but yet the law compcls the road to be
built to La SallD"
What surprises one most in looking over tho
above extracts is, that the Honorable Editor of the
Democrat should not have gained in his political
tours, II better geographical knowledge of our
state, than ~ suggest to the good citizens OF OF
lava "a north rest passage 10y way of la sale,
thr Gaona Branch, and heaven only knows what
,'hcr point, to mot the Pacific, good readGr) but
t'tuvAGo. The citizens OF Ottawa, are lu't as
l-c,y &c take that route to Chicago rs the Central
Company il to build the road from La Sale north
to point west Of Aurora IN one ytdr III ho sug.
ge>ts it i, their wish to DO Nomeution is malo in
hi, editorial by what route or railroad the travel.
ing public is to DO transported from that impor.
tant point, "25 miles north If Ld SAle," 10 Chca.
60 or anywhere else. But ~ it is presumed he
did not intend they should DO leftthcrc, to people
that unknown wilderness or prairie, | suppose he
designed to make n road from Aurora over the
intervening hills and wales between Fox river and
that point Now all this l. just as impractcable
AS 1t Is impolluc and useless to talk ut it, And
the engineers Of the Central Co. or Of any ohor
company will enc day toll him SO, il indeed they
even think enough OF such route as to run u ran
dom line over it
Surely, no one hu, the honorable Editor Of the
Democrat has vet been able 20 make the mpor.
tlnt discovery that the Central Company have
takon 50 great m interest in the affairs oithe good
people Of Rock Island, as to br 80 pcry urgent i'm
ther endeavorS to provide q way for them To yet
to Chicago ~ one year, IL Is really amusing, ~
well rs 0difylng to observe tho influence thar
self interest hHs over some men. To read his ar.
ties, ono would suppose that the liycs OF the ci.
tiIcns Of Rock Island depended upon thor get.
ting to Chicago, and that the Central Railroad
Company had Plou-ly condoscenlcd TO make "a
railroad some 95 miles in a north western diree.
ton from Ia Sale IN order To facilitate th,r pro.
Bu, to be serious, tho good people uf kock Is.
land caro- rs little about Chicago as thpy DO nbolt
the man IA the moan Bat they do care toai AMI
assist IN opening for themselves and all Iowa u
direct raiirom route to New York and Boston
And on TIN, direct route so strongly marked out
10y the hand of nature for great national ihJ.
r"ughfare, Rock Island, Peru la Sallo, Ottawa,
Morris, and Joliet are most fortunately situated
aud on It a railroad Of tbs mos, Substantial char.
actor is now being located. and viii hc completed
m less than threa years, with an To-, Intermediate
ljnk> direct 20 New York AMI Boston viI Ig,al..|
IN about three year, moro, westward 90 Council
Bluffs, alike regardless Of the SMILES OF fruwns Of
Chicago aud all the Liberal influence she can az.
ray ag1instit Stick a pin there. Sir Editor, and
lot /! remain upon the tablet of vorr memory,
and see whether the prophecy 20 no, fIlfIied.
The ambition of Chicago To- draw all the travel
through her portals, and gather tribute irons an
who travel by land or By water between the
swarmlns realms uf the east aud tho bundles
regions that lIs beyond the Mississippi. i, ONLY
equallod by her giant growth Ia her mrjyallrd
prosperity, every cltian Of the state feels ur
ought to feel a just prido, uo matter what may be-
hl, particular location. ani any attemp, ON ben
part 10 control or r.llcuce tine prosperity uf OH.
er towns IN the state, comes with an al grace from
her Wess.
The route from Toledo through Rock Island To
Cuunci Bluffs. Is one on which 4 survey Was
made, some twelve years ago, by order of con
gre's, hnd report maps pruiiIes, dt Of the
route were made at tho tine and published For
what particular object tin, survey was made
do not Just now reeoll,ct bit the Congressional
archives will EXHIBIT the fact and the importance
Of the route a detailed in tho report Of the cnyi
neer'. Over the route then run the Rock Island
road Is now bang located, and is destined. when.
completed, 10 command more travel and nav
larger interest than any other roaG rro,,i,J thc
state. The honorable Editors anxiety about the
citizens OF Rock Island and Ottawa is. to saw tho
least, entlrcly uucallcd for When thew wish IN
come TO Chicago they will find no difficulty IN
getting there and that too without the aud ola nj.
lot. And the time i. not di,tant whrn they will
also be able to find their way to New York and
Boston, without passing hrough Chicd7o.
The clements of the future wealth and pros
peTlty of Ottawa have been 80 broadly and dgrp.
ly laid by the hand Of Nature, that no editorial or
other misrepresentation u the press in Chicago
or elscwhcrc--no location Of th1 Great Central
Railroad, or any other operations, can long rctdrd
It's growth, or prevent Its becoming the second
city in the state
negotiation Is now on foot by which her uuri.
vailed hydraulic power will soon be brought INTO
use. THIS alone, independent Of all other consi.
deratlons, located rs She is upon tho canal and in
the bosom Of surrounding country. unsurpassed
in fertility and bcanty, would make her the Gys,
manufacturing town in the state. Add to these
her extensive coal mines, tho Rock Island rail.
road (the company Of which will probably fail
when the people ofO.towa 20 by way Of Ia Sale
TO Chicago and New York; and the very great
certainty mat the Central Railroad Company
VIII cross the Illinois ut Ottawa, because sur
Vey VIII point It out to them a. the mos, feasible
una practicable route--abovc all Others the most
conclusive u the Interests of the COMPANY and the
travelling public, and Ottawa present. such
coPblnatlon Of natural and artificial ADVANTAGES
rs Seldom meet in one locality combination
which will soon make her the Ptt.burg or Ro.
chester Of the state in manufacturing influence
and prosperity
II Chicago desires to secure the greatest pos.
s'ble amount oftravel To pass through her portals.
let her press, Mt once, withhold all further idle and
silly suggestions abou, the welfare of Rock Is
land and Joliet and all tho intermediate towns.
md use lis influence to- get the Central COMPANY
20 cross the Illinois at Ottawa, and thence run
its GalenR branch direct To Aurorn, m the valley
ofthe Fox River and the main trunk down the
Illinois 10 La Sale The work might then be
begun Mt La Sale, in compliance with the law
the main trunk made TO Ottawa and the Galsna