Hannibal journal. (Hannibal, Mo.) 1852-1853, 1853-04-21
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SEQ C5hsidetablg SPACE i this week devoted. on
eur inside, 70 Che publication Of map O. che
Great Western Railway ,pnd one Of the section
Of that road between the Mississippi and Illinois
,RiseFs.issThe latter is pslblishedfor The double
purpose Of sliotVingsihe fraudulent character Of
a ma5 recently published by the friends of the
.-Ncrthern Cross RaIlroud, representing Quincy
tEs immediately opposite the teTDipSpOn Of the
Hannibal and 81. Joseph Rdifr69d; aud 10 Five
,pbsir readers and The world elent idea as 10 tho
ground of quarrel between this county and the
city of Qainey. Tie latter map is drawn FROM
aseetiohai' map Of illinois, published BY j. NJ
Peck and John Messenger, in 1878, from Che
Government Surveys: and ahhcugliit'i is rude,
II is true. =
.sa' The Northern Cross Railroad Is tepresented
by the dotted line From Mefed5sio, through Mt
80 Sterling, Clayton, Columbus, 10 Quincy The
Vi Pike County Roadis represented by ihe dotted
Il dino frs,a Naples, straight 10 Hannibal. The
vi short Dotted line running east from Naples is
- the .Ssngamon, and Morgan Railroad, in opera
~ ton, 10 Springfield, and that cunning vest from
Hannibal is fhe Hannibal and 81, Joseph Road,
which is 10 be completed BY Contract, within
four years The short dotted line from Mere
Il sdosia 10 the sSangamon5 and Morgan Road is q
(,,sShort branch swbclisthe S. & M Company are
eomgsllsd BY The terms Of their charter, 10 build
% and on which they dosnot expect toplace car
- 7tflfhe Northern GROSS ttoad Is com pleed; and
g 'tfey would not build tat all except 10 save the
charter Of the S, &iM. Road. IL. 4 A'f e
Fl psyThe distances are given in straight lines
~ and any one may calculate them. The black
eid squares are townships, six miles square and
-iir we believe the mapis accurately true. The
Northern Gross Road is an old State Railroad
purchased some years ago. for about $500 dol
lars by spectators who lave been long trying
to gayanise Che dead thing into something like
vitality; the last application OF the battery being
the publication Of the false map before referred
TO- The people of Pike Comfy do not oppose
...s o...s. s,et. :: thai 4 Capitalists are
.green" enough totry Il; but they contend for
fS>theTight 10 build short link across PikeCoun
u, 10 connect st. Joseph and tie Atlantic
ssr The Northern Cross Road cannot constitute that
link for many reasons, the most important Of
= which are that il runs too far from the line and
also that there is no connection even when il is
~ built; the terminus at Quincy being still 20
81 miles travel from Hannibal. s-s' M
a2isas II strue we have no charter for the Pike
~. County Railroad, but we expect 10 get one and
build the road by The time the link is needed.
~ And if monied men are disposed to least their
bread upon the waters" by investing in pure
Z w imaginary Ink we cannot object .aA
On our outside viii be found letter from
''Mark Real, to the editor Of the U. S. Econo-
mist, discussing flie matter, which will be found
s interesting, and which rcLders the task Of fur
ahef explaAatiOns our part, at this time, use
less.