The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-05-25
The Dubuque & Pacific R. r. Company

Yu'st ioL tue Douus oI the SouHty III @""o,ooo'
You ask very naturally, what is this Company,
its responsibility and situation May | beg
leave to reply to your questions, and state that
few Of US, whose names appeared in yours OF
the 10Th, were appointed Directors of the above
Company. whose incorporation and organization
were completed day or two since. One might
well enquire, Mr.. Editor, with yourself, ignor-
ant Of any attempt which it was, however, me-
cessary to keep quiet, til! its success could be
fairly demons .ratated. You are ere this, aware
of that necessity, its policy, &c, sc The at
tempt, sir, is one made by ourselves-it con
templates grand results, from small beginning
but this beginning, we have been DESTROYS OF
making complete in itself. We have not fat
tered ourselves with delusive hopes,-we have
not, and do not anticipate building Rail Road
involving cost greater than the entire wealth
Of this county-but what We do, we wish to be
well done, and carry our road SO far as our
means will allow, extending only. as those
means increase. What money we expend,
therefore, we wish proftaby and wisely spent
We are not an isolated Company, but a repR.-
sentation of the many. We trust we represent
every man-every piece Of property in city and
county-every merchant and mechanic-the in.
terests Of all are involved, and what all wish to
be done, we hope for ability to do
The applications of the Company, therefore,
to the City and County, are but appeals of the
citizens themselves, to themseires-to their in
| for fhoir nd hair -
These responses, it is hoped, will secure assis-
lance elsewhere, and with both combined, we
hope to accomplish what can nerer, and aoiH
nerer, be done by ourselves alone The expec-
tations of the people not vain, provided We
all join in our efforts. 1t is truly crisis in our
history | cannot but think it period of the
greatest moment. If the Company receive
what the citizens have thought, was but reason
bic to expect, they have proposals, which will
secure triumphant result and place us in
preeminent position. If our fellow citizens
deem the work Of no value,-of no importance
and do not desire it to be accomplished, and
therefore subscribe to limited extent, then the
Directors will of course at once surrender their
individual reputation by urging on a work
repulsive and Objectionable to those who called
them 10 it. Thirty miles only, do they propose
to build, and equip. THIS extent of the road is
to be contracted for with Rails, Engines, Cars,
Depots, Water Stations, &c, &c, for means
which, the Company can furnish, not leaving
any possibility of embarrassment or delay. l
believe every man, Mr.. Editor, sees every dav
Of his life,-reads every day Of his life, of the
vast benefits of Rail Roads, when properly built
and wisely planned. Every citizen of this
place is conscious of the wonderful impetus it
gives to trade, commerce, aud agriculture. The
farmer feels it, in higher prices for grain, beef,
&c. and sees it by denser population gather
ing around him. The citizens of the City and
County feel il, in the gradual lessening of taxa
ton. in proportion to the increasing value OF
property. Scarcely any article exists, but that
is advanced in price. Labor in more demand
Cattle become Of greater utility. Every day
in every year, something is found to do, and one
suddenly finds that the whole year has suddenly
changed into one constant season. We speak
no longer of winter and summer,-spring or
autumn. Activity reigns always and every
where.
Do exaggerate, MIR. Editor? Go, and ask
the people of any Eastern or Western city-do
you ever hear contrary reply' No sir and
We must be able soon to experience this. Our
money is not to leave US, on the contrary we
hope for much more 10 be brought hither. We
hope to see strangers coming tmong US, and
with large increase Of valuable population,
to experience all the corresponding beneh,s-
There are many considerations which might
be pressed upon the attention of our fellow ci,i-
zens, but if these not enough, nothing can
prove successful in urging US to our duty,
for when our interests SO loudly demand our re
gard, it seems TO me violation of duty to neg
lect them. But with your permission, Mr. Mer |
rit, would allude to the thoughts you have 81
eiien put forth, viz: the danger Of our trade be-
ing cut off by rival efforts Roads south of Us
are contemplated. One will certainly be fpish |
ed. In Galena learn there is probability tf
X. movement west of Tctes des .Morts, pro
vided ours is not commenced Further East, |
they hope to carry road TO the North west 10
st. Paul. and secure the Minnesota trade. Cir
cles will be formed around US, and shall we re-
main idle /? The citizens Of every town on the |
Mississippi, think their own point destined for
great things, but foreign residents and travellers
second our ideas of the natural position of thi..
city, and PROMISE for US an importance, which
we may now secure if we but attempt it. In
another year we shall be able to go to ST. Louis
in few hours, and, with this commencement Of |
our road, with branch to Minnesota to be built, |
we trust by others, before long we shall control |
The travel and business from the North. west TO
the South, as well as from the West to the East. |
BOTH B Y LAND AND by WATER The hopes of
an Oregon and California trade, though not inn
probable, are perhaps too distant to be consider
ed at this time.
but, surely great prospects loom up before
our vision, none too inconsistent or unreal, as
not to receive the respect Of the most cautious
The most timid and do they not, will ,hev no,
How from this small, but successful beginning
AGAIN, we ask the people of the city and county
o put forth their strength, and with one heart
unite to secure to themselves prosperity, great.
ness, and wealth. IT. ,f
A DIRECTOR OF d. e. p. R. r. CoMpAsY.
Terrible Shipreek and Loss of nearly 200
liues.-The ship William and Mary, Of Bath,
while on her passage from Liverpool, to New
Orleans, with cargo If railroad iron, and POT
passengers, struck on sunken rock near the
great Isaac. on the evening of the Bird Of May,
md almost Immediately went down
1t is supposed that some 200 passengers were
lost This is most awful calamity.
a Thirteen Of the Philadelphia Banks have
Just made their dividends for the past half wear.
The aggregate per centum, is larger than has
ever been declared before. Two of them de-
:lared per cent, two 6, six S, and three 4.
INCREASE OF CorroS CULTURE IN TyxAs
In lS4s FIVE years Of the entire cotton crop in