New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-06-15
THE Graf WEST.
MATTERS and Men in the West and on and Alens the
Upper MIs.issiDpL

Matters and Men In the west ana on anu AiSHs 'a'
Upper mississippi.
oo''e'p'''''' " ~ Upper MISSISSIPPI Nav r. 1861
Tho arrival of the locomotive on the banks of tne
Nississppi connecting the East and the West, VIII
form an epoch in the history Of the bushes. OF tue eeu
try and Give to the Upper Mississippi Valley That com
mercia and political Importance to which II - entitled
IL may be too much TO say, that the opening OF sun
Gent humber of competing rOads from the east BANK OF
the river direct to e different cities Of the Atlantic
coast will produce entire revolution 10 the carrying
trnde Of the country but t s not 0Yestsng the eecS
of the change 20 cay they vii be great and surprising
no great and surprising az m many instances 70
change present business centers, and 10 create ne"
ones, around and TO which trade Will gather WIN ia
creased CELEBRITY. ID, ,
Ina country growing as fast as ours where the change
In the manner OF transportation has been from tne cO
NOR road 10 the river canal and rail-car, on lan1
and ON tbe water FROM the slow Dutch
built ship 10 the trim clipper aud the tremendous ses-
ship, the permsDeDcy OF ccmmerclq cehies iuu11 pe
extremely precaous and not to be depended upon Iof
haps there are not more than hall dozen ceS WIN,
IN our territory east Of the Rocky Mountains that h0lf
impreenabe commercial positions that are 50 fortlhed
BY nature as to- defy the possible results OF progress
that hold their adyaWages an inaienabe glt IRON
Manifest Destiny These remarks are PI"cop TOT .ne
purpose of explaining the uncera nty with when Tue
writer will further eong speak OF the promise oil dner-
ent localities under review. ,
Prom such testimony and evidences can be obtained
1.-THE present time not than three great INES Oh
Railroads connecting directly east wiz De hnlsea 70
fbe Missssippi 1884 here alude to that portion oil
the Mississippi above st. Louis and Alton As many as
seven or eight roads have been chartered ana all may
possibly be finished some time. but that Is matter OF
great uncertainty IL proper here to warn those VINO
are about settling IN the West against the danger lhcre
is Of being deceived in Purchasing Improvements or
otb lands near along fines Of contemplated raroad.
II has been demonstrated by facts which nave been el-
cited IN the commandments illinois Central Railroad
that the certainty Of railroad communication through
vnua lands from 10 OJJ
per cent Sharp men, will not say they are scoGnare''
are rot slow 20 avail themselves Of the act ana during
the last session Of the Legislature oil Illinois as many
miles Of railroads chartered a. the surplus caPai
of the country could build majority OF these char
ters were obtained by spectators for the purpose prn
epah of selling out OF the-way poor and unsuitable
lands and so far in several cases. has the thng Deeh car
rcd that the required to be subscribed previous 10
organization has been obtained Ooafo euoscn'
a survey made and from two to i've per cent.
maid In To the stranger such demonstration
wears an imposing air, aud he svery liable 10 DC caught
nv purchasing homestead or some property along the
line OF tho contemplated road.
The three connections 20 be made between the Ea',
and the banks of the Mississippi are. LIST. at point
opposite Dubuque BY the Illinois Central ana 'he
Galepa and Chicago Railroad; 2d, at Rock island
City, opposite TO the City oil Davenport ~ .no
Chicago and Rock Island Roads; and, 3D. a. poh'
opposite Burlington by the Peoria and Burlington
Re.d Central Military Tract Road, or the Aurora Ei
tension and the Galena and Chicago Union halroad
Thus az the time of their complexion these three con
ncctons extending distance ON the Mississippi hVer OF
two hundred miles, will all terminate at OF pour 'nc
ynst accumulated business into Chicago: thence II Will
dyeroe by different routes TO the Atlantic seap0rts
From present appearances the Chicago and hocA
Island Road via Peru, will be hmshed hrsl' thas
from Burlington via Monmouth, 0aiesenrS anu
Aurora second and that from Dubuque VIA Oaiena,
Freeport and Rockford (On account of the difficulty Oh
getting through Galens) the last Ihough these roaos
on their FIRST completion through make theI ext eas
via Chicago such will not be the case when the
plan ia carried fully out Freight or passengers gong
fast or south from Dubuque viii proceed, when the
Central line is finished 20 Dixon and La sale, thence
down the same road going south. to BLOOMINGTON De
eatur Vandaa Jonesboro and Cairo; or gong ease,
fom La Sale 60 TT Wayne some other cenVfa poia'
In Indi,na; thence through Ohio Pennsylvania ana New
Jersey to New.York From Davenport and k"ck Isl,
and the route east and south will be To eru shenSe,
going south or east, frem tho Central Road rom
burlington Iowa, which is the same parallel o. al'-
tude New York City the route Is dSe east W reOIa
a city having as great inland advantages as amy
in the State of Illinois, and mere De"uthunJ
ocated thence east through the centers oil the States
of Indiana Ohio Pennsylvania and Ne~~ieTse! 20 the
Civ Of New-York From careful sarNe! Oh vac ulaP'
and consideration Of some OF the prOminens S''aS
this ou,e has 10 preSmnence appears 10 % 10 more
than Is due to Justice 20 claim forit the me OF INC
Road of Empire from the East to the west haS' VI
the Mississippi this line runs through the cenTI v pop
ulation wealth and commercial enterprise i tho Oh'od
States The road could be made nearly direct one
trayerses coacds nearly the whole distance and soGid
cross the political and geographical center OF three OF
the greatest States IN oOnfederacy. West oil TIE
Mississippi the advantages are; from Burlington 10
Copnc Bus the rsute is the most drec. and natural OF
awe for after crossing the Des MONIES River, about
fftv miles hack of Burlington, the route would DC on
he highlands or dividing ridge between the waters thai
aow INTO the Des MOines the NORTH and the Missouri
,n1 ia tributaries en- the south, over what Is called and
Known as the Old Mormon Trail" TO Council Bulls OF
the Missouri from this point up the norm OF soa.l
fork of the Platte some SIX or seven huhoIS S1 u
road would necessarily run, for the Whole fiat'e ael
er basin is admirably adapted for agricultural PaP
Council Biaas il is generally sgreed upon ene Vn.
really feasible and practical point OF departure 70,
c6c Rairoad and so much being granted, anu sae ia0
heing shown too that the directest point to the ss
s;np and thence TO NewYork, is via Burlington feoTa
snd through the crest censers above alluded TO- al
cnlt 10 see or imagine what other route could DC ouu
nee,ioc eoual or Approximate advantages IL Is 10
- rsas5us that Barngtcn. love, promises 80 wei
IRE cav Il growing with steadness which chSraS
49,. ,oipts having similar natural advantages OF pos
lion ibe inhabitants made up Largely OF e'lisr
from Peensylyauia and the foreign population, eoaas'
80 af G,r,.ans. Ssedes and Swiss, Is eosiaeisoe az
tss, iacTeasing Tie citizens Of BarlnsIon pave sh
ismelv mo aud have oaiI 'as u's, ''
- n. thsfIats Of which tley ba'e ''A' y ''''