The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-12-07
TO THE HONORABLE THE MAYOR
AND ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF
BUQUE
1ovR Pkr,r1ok Eks Rx.pkcrrrLLy PRAY

TO THE HONORABLE THE MAYOR
AND ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF 7
DIBUQUE.
1ovR PETITIONERS RESPECTFULLY PRAY
The Dubuque and Pacific Railroad Company
5 a corporate company. organized on the 25ih
lay Of April A. ID. 1853, in conformity with the
avs of the State Of Iowa, and by its Articles I
Of Association, is 10 extend 4 Railroad track
from the City Of Dubuuue westward, with
branch to the northwest; that its immediate
purpose is to construct the first division, which
shall extend from the city Of Dubuque, 10 the
village of Dyersville west from Dubuque that
the map herewith transmitted for your honor
able notice is the roue which the Board of Di-
rcctors have this day adopted, provided your
Honorable Body will grant your petitioners
ether routes, one known as the Maquoke,a, and
one known as the central or Bluff line that
our Chief Engineer, in whom, We place the
greatest confidence, and whose reputation and
sound views are beyond controversy, has decid
ed these two routes "to be impracticable, that
the adopted is the only feasible passage
from the shores Of the river west. Your peti-
TONERS further submit. that in locating their
road, they are animated but with one desire and
mpeled by bu: one consideration. viz the
interests and progress of your City and County;
located in the place most accessible to the citi-
1ens Of Dubuque, end mos, calculated to bene-
it the business interest aud promote the com
mercial prosperity OF the City; that they wish
to locate their track within the city limits, as TO
occasion the least possible Inconvenience t, the
Citizens and their buildings, workshop, engine
houses &c, so that the smoke and passage of
trains, noise &C., shall not be an annoyance to
the residents. Your petitioners submit that
they should also strive to locate their stations,
that they may be able to confer the greatest
possible facilities to transit of goods and mer-
chandize, and thus reap the fruits OF that well
| known and established principle in transit, viz:
that the greatest transit f,ciities certain 10
ensure the largest business, and greatest prosper
ity to a town, City, or State, where such connexon
| exists; that the lands owned below I'd Street are
| held by private parties, who on applica ion de.
mand most exhorbitant prices such your petit
TONERS are totally unable to pay; that your peti
TONERS therefore do now pray, that your honor
able body do Immediately deed, convey, and re-
lease unto said Dubuque and Pacific Railroad
north by the Levee and NAPLES cut on the
West by Clay street. and East by the Mlssis-
| sippi r yer, and South by such line will be
made by the extension Of Dodge Street, con
tanning ten acres, be it more or less. That your
Honorable body, convey and release to said 20.
such grounds, giving them the right and priv.
lrge to fill up or bridge the inner sloug h from
the NAPLES cut 10 Dodge Street, the city relcas
ing all their right TO the Levce vested in them,
and all they may yet receive from the United
States Government.
/ The Railroad Company, in consideration OF
these rights, will agree to pay the city the sun,
Of 100 and 10 fill up the small Island south OF
NAPLES cut above high water mark. The
company will also agree to widen the cut, lead
ing from the Levee 10 the river, 100 feet, b. Ia
king the earth away from the Island north oil
s1id cut, down 10 low water mark, thus WIDEN
ing the inner and outer cut to width tina will
vastly improve the present harbor, and afford
facilities to the present mode ofharbor improve
ments That the city shall stillhave free use Of
part of the big slough, which shall separate the
Islands hereby conveyed to the company-tht
right to fill up the to be hereafter derived
from the city authorities-these privileges TO b.
forfeited if the road is not in operation before
four years.
Your petitioners further pray that your honor
able body will release unto them the right %
way through such portions Of the city as viii
enable them to reach their station grounds; anf
further, that the said company will adopt sucf
rules and regulations as shall occasion the leas
Inconvenience to any citizen and aff'rd the
greatest facilities to each and every ia!iabitan
as may be within their power
Your petitioners would further represent tina
:" varrtng ttlts Petition, si.cy are Confident thai
they about TO be the means Of demonstrating
and developing the resources Of large amount
Of city property, which, with population tina
may be legi,imately expected in the future
shall become Of great value and ut!i y. Tina
in granting the prayer Of the Dubuque and Pa
cific Rail Road Company, your honorable body
assist in carrying out an enterprise demanding
tn IL all mt
which, commencing now, may extend farther 4
farther, controlling an immense area OF country
and rendering tributary t" the commerce. Of Du
bnque, the rich districts Of nOr hern low;
and Western Minnesota. These vast district,
growing each year with enormous strides, will
by the means Of this road, enhance the wcaill
population, and power of tho city Of Dubuque
JP. FARLEY,
President Dubuque 4. Pacific r. n. Co
/ EDWARD SriMsoN Secretary.
STATISTICS OF EDUCATION IN THE
! UNITED STATES.
4 The long expected census of the Unitet
States, taken nearly three years ago, is now
completed, and will be published in few days
The department Of Education, will exhibit
among others, the following results:
In the whole United States and the territories
there are 234 colleges, with 1861 teachers anC
q, l59 pupils Their total annual income is
From endowment, $3.50, 3l4; taxation, SIS, ASS
public funds, 1884 $40; other sources, S2,l47,
IS aggregate, $95ol $50.
OF public Schools there are 80 sol; Of teach.
crs, $4,000 Of pupils, 1854, l73-'rheir total
income is From endowment, $432, 500; taxa
ton, $4,056,il4; public funds, $2,574,669
ether sources, ST., l47 ,S53-aggregate, 1851 ).
| $50
Of academies and other schools, there are
6,032, with l2,2O7 teachers, and 26l ,36l pupils
| Their annual income IS: From eHdowments
$3.50, S55 taxation, $l4,292; public funds
| $ll4,790; other sources, $4,235 ,9S7-total
$4,653,S42
There are, in the states and territories, white
persons over twenty years Of age, vino canno,
read and write: Male, 3S9,664; females, 573
234. Total, &C.,, 29S.
| There is striking disparity between the
| numbers of persons who neither read nor write
| in those states respectively, where the common
| schools system PREVAIL and those which provide
| no such privileges for their youth. Massachu
| sets for instance, with population of 994 ,5O4
has but 1861 native born adults who are thus il
literate: while Virginia, with population less
than one half greater, shows 77,005 whites in
same ignorant condition, Louisiana, with po-
pulatinn of 245, 49l whites, shows II ,22l ma
tives who do not read nor write. against only
81, go in New York, which has a white popu !.
lation of3, 04S 1925, nearly twelve times as great
as that Of Louisiana.
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