The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-11-30

ihoh'hS "i May, June and luv4as, ,,,a nro,.
s'.lphs were niadi to our Ciizcns thro' the Du
onqne and Pacific Il. Il Co, TO build their Road
- "r 80 niles west from Dubuone. One pron,.
s'ii"n from Mr.. Daicher amaunt;ny TO about
S2],ooo per mile, and the other from Mr..
schuyler, al near S26n0O per ml,
''s were u complete the same, and have Il
nnsnen IN - or - months, from the Isl day OF
las! August, (irovided) The CITY and Comfy
and individuals, would subscribe $500 00n to
Inc capital stock of said Company. Where
upon Inc particular friends of these gentlemen
who are IN the confidence of the MS Cen n
Il Co, Immediately moun,cdthe Boxes in Town
and the stuinps in The country and attbe ton of
their voices proclaimed the glad tidinps. and
urged the people 10 Subscribe for the stock which
was don', and the proposition was compled
WIN WIN on the part OF our Citizens the CITY and
tounty But achat ne1t foHorrd 2 The Dr.
rectors met al their ofce, and after a great many
informal speeches adjourned without passing any
order OF The Board, requiring said SCHUYLER to
come IofWard, commence, and complete said
H. H. according TO contract; he did not come
and nothing was heard of the Road for some
time; al length by accident, some Hunters dis
covered party Of Surveyors and upon inquiry
ascerianed that this party was under the dlrcc
ton oil an honorable man in the employ OF the
Ills Cen. r X. Co, and that they were trying
to find the mouth of some river (Which was un
known TO thein) called by Iowa settlers Catfish h
Creek) They continued their survey up this
stream winding along gracefully through the
School Lands, beyondwhich Lands was urea,
speculation because they could have then been
purchased on time. Then turning UP Northerly
about miles off the direct line West, until a,
! ngih they discovered beautiful prairie be.
You'd Dy"rsvile where they made a halt, and
then commenced another survey up The M,ouo
| kptu and pnpfipupd ho ~
stream, diverging suddenly 10 the south and ar
rlved at the same beau iful prairie north of D,-
ersyille. Is 1t not strange, and new fact in
mathematical science, that two parallel lines
beginning miles apart should come together
IN so short distance, reversing the ablished
order of figures? The fact is the spot alluded
TO Is beautiful, aud at the time was not entered,
but how is it now !? Entered, all entered by
The friends ol MIR. Schuyler, and the Central X.
IL. Co. But what of the Maguoketa line Oh,
there is no possible chance 10 get a depot, "fhat
IS, on that would best acc commodate the i'll Cen
| X. r. and also the famed city of DuaLeath, mot
Dubuquel and besides if the road should be
| built up the Maguoketa il would encourage the
| Southern Wisconsin II. r. Co, to complete
their road 10 Dubuque and share as lhev OUGHT
to, with the Central X. r. fair proportion of
the Western Trade Of Iowa 1t will be recoI-
lected that the City Of Dubuque has entered into
contract with the Southern Wisconsin II
Road Company, and have taken Sl5O,OOO OF
stock in said Road, conditioned that the.
Main Western Depot for said Road is 10 be
within the Corporate Limits of the CITY of Du
buque. Fifty thousand of said stock was sub
scribe for by individuals in the city and county
and the first install lment paid in, and ask what
good reason can any man assign, why the depot
for the Western R r. should not be fixed at
point in the city that would best accommodate
alike the Iii. Cen. and the Southern Wis X. r.
i Cos, both OF which are essential to the pros
perity OF Northern Iowa. Don't shrug up your
shoulders 50, you WaH street Men orcr The
Counter there. | know full well that this don't
suit you, nor does it suit the city of Dunleath
whom on represent. But | am Hawk Eve
regular old Dubuquer, used TO speaking right
| out what believe to be true and riskinr the
consequences, and, fully believe that if you
can succeed in controlling the President and
enough Of the Directors added, to the three of
your own, TO make majority in the Board
| you would erect your depot on the outer Island
as as possible 10 the city of Dunleath, into
which you would then transfer all the trade and
business that now supports, and must ever sup.
port hereafter this young city; added to this if
you can get the balance Of ihe river towns as
well as Dubuque to pledge their support 10 your
| line of steamboats,, which are to be owned and
controlled by Eastern capital, part of which
will no doubt be taken by the owners of Dun
| leath and the Illinois Central r. Co: all
| lhese matters consummated it requires no great
stretch OF Imagination to forcsce the consc
quences to us as residents of Dubuque, and well
accounts Tor the extreme anxiety manifested bv
the Financial Agents of the III. Cen. r.. r
| Co., whose untIrmg efforts to raise subscriptions
OF stock during the past summer were well cal.
culated TO inspire confidence, and regret that
| tneir subsequent management in debating TO
all the balance Of the Directory and withhoIdinp
from public scrutiny all the facts connected with
the several Rail Road surveys is sufficient eyi.
| dence that they have no interest in common
with the city and county Of Dubuque In fact
one of our oldest residents in this CITY. called
at the office Of the Secretary the other day for
the purpose of examining The estimates of the
Engineers on Catfish and part cuIarly on the
Maquoketa route and told by this Fiaaurier
that he could not be allowed TO see them. We
are 1usther informed that the estimated cost of
the Catfish Route averages for the whole lep9lh
as now surveyed TO point north Of DyersyiIle
$4,000 per mle and that the first or 5 miles
down the river and up the Catfish will cost some
70 or SSO,00O dollars per mile, ,:..l vet this
enormous costly Route has no iuluence upon
the Directory, who seem spel-Doi nd or nor
Laps magnalised by the Finaucid asenis :
Who are the Directors of this Company2 III
we were to Judge from what we know of their
management in covering the affairs of this com
pany, we would conclude that they all LeIoured
10, and were Unidentified with the CITY of Dun
leath and the Illinois Central r. r. Companv
but no 1t is not SO; we haye majority of the
Board residents of our City, men of business
ana OF undoQbted integrity, and men in whom
we have the fullest confidence But reore, that
Their time has been SO much occupied with their
own extensive business that they have not fully
considered the critical position that W now oceu
py IN relation 10 our Rail Road connection
East But who are the directors? | will tell
you ) L. Farley is President as also Nlayor
OF the city, and has large interest in ctv pron
erty, and OF all others he should see thai no
mammoth company from abroad (be they ever so
fa'r IN fromIses) get their iron fangs upon us
and haul us iuo the slough for he purpose
OF iillng 1t up; that there may be no delay
III hurrying all the Trade and business past D,i
buque To TIE favorte H. Cen Il II. Depot, H.
w Sanford, Robt Waller, and l. III Lang
worthy, are also Directors aud men not easily
hnmbugged, so trust they will at once reject
any Rail Road route 50 enormously expensive
and so far beyond the means subscribed for its
complexion Why not take the matter in ourI
hands with our own ma joriiy in the board, we
canand ought to do 1t, make other surveys and
lnu less costy route, for unless you do, no
Road will be built. Examine the maquoketa
garding its impracticabty, ii it is really lmprac
ticable. Why does the Financial agent refuse
to allow any one Interested To examine the sur
veys and Judge of its merits. | tell YOU again
(lt is all gammon) all the old settlers in the
county know full well that for at least Is miles
up the lnaquoketa, The line of stakes set by the
engineers and surveyors this summer, the route
Is almost onlnuous level PLAIN and offers NJ
serious distractions whatever, and I here take
the liberty to say plainly, that have no doubt
that Rail Road can be built over this route at
little over half the cost OF the Dunleaih and
Catfish survey. The truth is that there is no
othe- Route practicable for the purposes of the
Ill. Cen. r. r. Co. Plat Smith of this CITY is
also Director in the Dubuque and Pacific X
h. Co and one OF the principal advocates thro
the county for subscription 10 the stock and as
he is legal man Of undoubted ability we look
20 hum IN particular TO see that the contract en-
tered INTO between Schuyler Of the one pa.t
and The county and city of Dubuque and Indi
al Sf7i, fharc Of tIr,o 4,