The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1851-10-08
Railroads cannot be Built In . Day.

| A portion of our country friends living upol
tn, line of our Western Railroad are becomin!
uneasy and exceedingly restless, because tn
Directors o. he Western Railroad do not driv,
the enterprise along more rapidly. They seen
to think that the building of railroad is small
affair, demanding but little time for making pre-
liminary arrangements, surveys, and finally
completing the work. Now, no railroad of this
magnitude was ever built in one, two, three, OF
four years Railroads are improvements which
require much time, and immense capital, to
build them; they change the character and des-
tiny of a ccuntry-rcvoutioniz its business
and rapidly enrich its inhabitants They can
not, therefore, be built in few weeks, or few
months. They require immense labor, immense
capital, and years of severe enterprise, care,
shrewdness, and economy in their building. The
building of the New York Railroads were works
which required many years for their construc-
tion-the same with the Central Railroad of
Michigan; and it is the same with all great pub
lie improvements traversng a wide extent of
country, and requiring the expenditure of large
sums of money. 1t cannot be otherwise, and, if
our road is built to Cedar Rapids in five years,
we may think ourselves very fortunate. Thus
far the, Directors have manifested commenda-
BILE degree of judgement and enterprise, and, so
long as they continue to be imbued with this
spirit, we have no reason, or right, to complain.
In work Of this magnitude, it is necessary to
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responsibilities of the undertaking, and such are
the intelligence, practical experience, and busi-
business capacities of our board Of Directors,
that we have every confidence in the careful
management, steady progress, and final compile
ton of this stupendous work.
Let our friends in the country, then, be ra-
tional and conslstent, and not conclude that
because the directors are not constantly agitat-
ing the public mind to an unnecessary and un-
fssassss,e excitement, that therefore they are
ihacuVe' uno'scs.te-A and careless of their du-
ties, and the interest OF thossep. -,hom they are
acting. This kind of agitation does snet -co...s
within the sphere of their duties. They are
practical business men they deal in matters of
tact, and not figures of specch-in common
sense, and not nonsense, and, therefore, they
may be expected to act with prudence and re-
Election, and not precipitately, and without an
eye to prac teal and profitable result.
Mall Robbcr Arrested.
1t will be remembered that about twelve
months since number of drafts and other funds
were stolen from the mail from Iowa City to
this place. Mr.. Geo. A. Mix, U. S. mail agent
for the State of Iowa, Immediately visited the
several offices on the different routes from this
place to Iowa City, and instituted the most ri
gid examination for the detection of the thief
He soon became satisfied that the depredations
were committed by one c. F. Kelly, who re-
sided temporarily about that time at Anamosa,
and subsequently at Upton.
Not having sufficient evidence upon which to
arrest him, he kept himself fully advised from
time to time of his movements, locality, and
former history, and learned, among other things,
that he had been a postmaster in Ohio. He
succeeded, a few weeks since, in tracing one of
the stolen warrants back to Kelly, which he had
sold to a gentleman in Cape Gerideau, Mis-
souri,, and Immediately arrested him, and brought
him to Muscatine, where he is safely
lodged in Jail. His examination will take place
on Monday next, before the grand jury of Iowa
City.
One of the State warrants belonged to Mr. J.
P. Farley, one to Genl. Booth, and one to Platt
Smith, Esq, and about $50 in cash to w. II.
Morrison of this city and there is every reason
to believe that they were all taken from the
mail by Kelly. There are many incidents con-
nected with this arrest worthy of note, but we
forbear to refer to them at present. Suffice it
to say, that it reflects great credit upon our fell
low-townsman, MIR Mix, and shows how much
the public interests may be advanced by the
necessary prudence and perseverance on the
part of Government officers.