Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1854-01-26


Iowa, Upon the proprie,y of con,ribut.
ing 8 900 each. to the construction
of The Fort Madison, Keosauqua and
Bloomfield Railroad" The entire road
is only abou. seventy miles long, and il
is thought lhat.hese county subscriptions
together with that of private individuals,
and the $500 600 voted by Lee county,
will place its construction beyond the
possibility of doubt. The North Ms
souri, Rail Read in its course foWards
| the head ,Daters of the Mississippi. wiH
be Interested by this road, at some
point tn Dauis county. perhaps at or
near Bloomfield. at least, This seems
10 be The general feeling on the subj
although, as yet, il is all conjecture.
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The construction of tie North Mis-.
sour, Railroad to the boundary line Of our
State has now become settled Thing
a feed fact, and that, too, at no very
distant day. Its eItension up the Des
Noines Tailey, in the direction of IT,
Des Moines, and thence northWardiy,
is equally a foregone conclusion; the
time for SO extending it depending in a
grea, measure upon the people of that
section of country themselves.-Mo.
Repub. Jan. oh.
We have long wished to see the papers
Of ST. Louis, pon, out some probable
place ia Iowa, at which the North Mis-
souri Rail Road would strike. and we
are glad the Republican has gwen us an
idea of the feelings of the people of Mis-
souri, Oh this importsnt question. Bloom
field, il seems to us is the best point for
the N. M. r. r in Iowa. for several
cons idera.ions. The first Of these con-
slderations, is the fact that Davis county
is the richest county bordering on Schuy
Ter county. Mo, lin which county the
road is to be located in Missouri, by ex,
press legislative authority and can in
its corporate and private capacity do
m ore towards building the road north
through Iowa. than any county in our
State, that would attemptto compete with
her for the road. Another consideration,
and an important one. is that Wapello
county lies Immediately north of Davis.
and is hardly second in point of popula.
ton and wealth, 10 any interior county
in the State, and will contribute, doubt
less, as much as any other to wards hast
ing the road TO final and speedy com
pleIion. Another consideration, and one
that is highly important. and should be
we'll considered by our Missouri friends,
is that they should endeavor to strike
into the Valley of the Des Moines a, the
neares! practicable point; and, once in
the Valley. the road can be built to the
northern State line of Iowa a, one half
the cos, it could be built by running i,
up the southwest side of the Des Moines.
from whence, any person who will glance
a, map of our State, can see that the
waters of the Des Moines come. and
.hus render the route not only full of
innumerable bridges, bn, more circu it,
Gus and costly one than can be found
elsewhere in the State.
Taking these facts, then, for granted,
land no man can deny their ,ru,hi where
is me point. for the North Missouri Rail
Road to strike the Des Moines--we
should say at Ottum,ra; and for another
reason why il should strike at Onumwa
we woulc suggest. tina, the Burlington
and Missouri River Railroad will be ua-
doubleday bull TO this place. and thus we
may realize the Grange fac, that the trade
and travel from the East to the South
may flow into the North Missouri Road,
and that the time will be when Burlng-
ton travel and Burlington merchandise
will find it's way TO and from southern
market by an inland ommunication!-
40 uOs Wis ICdoOuoulC duu 1911 COuClu-
sion? The cold winters of this north
ern country would then prove no barrier
TO a speedy and easy communication
with 81. Louis, the great commercial
mar. Of the West, and a. mos, seasons
with the extreme South. yea. with all
the world!
Now, we have not made these sug-
gestions with view Of distracting or
drawing off the attention Of our neighbor-
ing towns from their earnss. efforts to
secure the location of the North Mis-.
souri, Road TO those places, but only to
try to harmonic and give strength to
he claims Of them all. Ii The road could
r. located 10 the county seat of this
epunty, and thence to Eddyville and 9th.
u points now looking 10 it for South.
In communication, would it not add
materially to the claims Of all; and if
stock is TO be subscribed in corporate
capacity. would j, no, give greater salts
faction to the entire people Of the county,
n,l onn,.o .c.,nk h. III