Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1853-07-14
The asnii EsOnd---The Points
PrODospsg.

10 give our friends Throughout tire
county some assurance Of the certainty
OF the Burlington and Missouri River
Rail Road being built, we copy the fol-
lowing letter from a prominen. and
wealthy citizen OF Burlington, TO the
editor of the Fairfield Sentinel. Sever.
al letters bearing the same reliable news
have been received by citizens of This
place; but as they were addressed 10
private citizens II was though. bes. no.
TO have them published. The annexed
letter we think will satisfy all who doub.
the probability of our having Rail
| Road:
BURLINGTON, Iowa, July asa.
Mr.. STEWARD, SIR: Arrangements
have been perfected, within the last "a
hours. which secures the construction of
the burlington and Missouri River Rail
Road" TO poin, as far ives, as the. Des
MONIES River, within eighteen months
from This time, if the cooperation now
proposed in Henry, Jefferson aad Wap
clio counties DE given to this enterprise.
The managers of the Michigan Cen,
trail" and military Tract roads have
jus, completed all arrangement with !hc
Peoria and Oquawka rail road company,
by which they obtain the use OF their
road from Galesburg to Burlington. thus
giving us direct connection with Chica.
go aud the east over their roads. and as
surfing beyond all possibility oil doubt a
communication with Chicago as early as
The spring.
,, Mr.. J. w. Brooks, of Detroit. the
President. Of the Chicago and Galesburg
road, known in Illinois as the Military
Tract Road, and ihe managers of The
Michigan Central and other wealthy
companies, accompanied by Mr.. JOY, an
other of their Directors, visited us yes.
,erday, and in their own behalf and ,ha,
of their own associates identified them.
selves with our road westward, Mr.. JOY
taking his place as Drertor and Mr..
Brooks as President of the burlington
and Missouri River Railroad. !"
Two and perhaps three corps Of en-
ginecrs will be put on the 70 al under the
auspices Of Mr.. Brooks and The Michi.
gan Central Road as soon as they can
be organized, and the surveys TO the Dcs
Moines River ard the LOCATION of the
road 10 that poin. be made as soon as
possible.
The sc gentlemen. whose word in rail.
Hn.LaI -.
Corning, Geo. Griswold. II. b. Forbes.
and others of like weol,h) is law. pledg.
ed themselves. if tho public subscription
now proposed in Henry. Jefferson and
Wapello counties be made with a rea.
sonable amount OF private cooperation.
that The Road to the Des AIoines River
(I presume at or near Onumwa) will be
completed. equipped, and in running or
der in eighteen months from this date.
/, is quite certain 1 speak on no au.
thoriiy bu. my own. and my own opin-
ion only) that there will be no trouble in
locating the road by way Of MI. Pleas
ami, Fairfield. and O.,umwa, if the peo-
pie in those places manifest the proper
spirit and do their duy-PRovIDED, the
engineers repor, the route rs practicable.
Ii is the purpose of the company TO
start the engineers from the river by DIFF
feren, routes, having them to meet al,
some point on the Des Moines River.
and i. is highly desirable that they should
be accompanied through your county BY
committee as they go along. Its also
desirable tina. your best efforts TO pro-
cure private subscription should be ex-
ersed soon. For tina. purpose a set of
books with the articles of association,
&c., wall be forwarded to the proper COM
mi.tee in your county within few days.
We hope TO commence operations here
shis week, and will advise YOU of our
progress westward in the survey in due
time. -
We are greatly els.ed here at the pros
pec,--af,er good deal Of struggling un-
der disadvantages and in darkness. we
can begin TO see day breaking finely
giving promise Of bright and brilliant
time coming. The whole and united
influence of the New York central road
---,he grea, system of roads westward
from Buffalo through Detroit and Chi.
cago, and from Chicago TO Galesburg and
Burlington will be exersed TO make the
Huntington and Missouri River Road"
THE road in Iowa. Yours, truly,
w. F. COOLBAUGH.