Muscatine journal. [volume] (Bloomington, Iowa) 1849-185?, 1854-01-06


But tbs proposed bridge at Davenport will not be
built. Il IL said that moro than one branch of the
Uni cd Staes government has prohibited ito consrue
ton. Ii this has not already besn formally done,
the friends or the bridge have no authority look for
anything else. The ructure, on account Of the fr
nation OF the banks, cannot be elevated high enough
to be out OF the way of tbs chimnsys of stsamboas
aid therefore, II built at all it must be draw brdg,
Il -Huscztine Journal
Our neighsor sp.aks quite positive, but il aff ,rss
US some satisfaction - know that nevertheless he
IN error The Communication We published In our last
I'll Weekly was autioritltice. Whist may b done
hereafter we cannot foretell bu. cotempe-ar:es
may sleep we'll o. nights with regard to any and
all injunctiops up to the pres:st time.
For the benefit OF the aforesaid Wa would state that
there is some division In public sentiment here in res
pect to the real advantage the erection OF bridge
across the Mississippi at r ck Island will prove to
Davenport. While some think it would DO q decided
benefit to the city, others are Is positive it win prove
detrimental.
The fact Of the construction of bridge would have
no tendency during navigation to make Davenport
nero way station more than tho transportation BY
ferry simply from the circumstance that in the latter
case tie Company would use their own boats and
without additional cost, transport freight to Rock
Island, and thence BY bridge the slough to the
lHaois shore, and this, contemporary 70 the con-
trary Notwithstanding. throughout the eight months
OF the year that the Mississippi Is navigabe During
tao other four months warehouses won groau with
tho amount OF produce accumulated in the uncertain
Ut crossing.
This, viewed with TIE eyo of an Eris nobocrat.
would be our gain An acquisition, how, yer that We
for one are very willing to yield for the nao of hav
ing the FIRST, and the ONLY bridge, that spaps the
great Father OF Waisr' Thus securing to ourselves
what Nature and far seeing Judgment, years ago,
marsed down as the mst f. asible route for the bach.
bone Railroad Of America Il Davenport Gazette.
Our friend Of the Ga-etie omits that por-
ton of our argument in relation to the
bridge upon which We laid greatest stress
and that was the obstruction to navigation
necessarily offered by the piers to unman-
ageable RATS IN the swift water of the Rap.
ids. We see, however, by tho report Of
the President of Chicago and Rock Island
Railroad Company, that he is still confident
of being allowed to construct the bridge,
and We sincerely hope he may not be dis
appointed, as its construction Is very desir-
able to Muscatine, and would be quite as
beneficial to her as to Davenport.
Our neighbor, in rather IN ssinsinvatin'
vay,' takes this occasion to introduce an
argument well calculated, by its adroit APP
peal to the pocket, to increase hostility
in Davenport against the bridge. We
warn him not to do that again. Whether
there is to be bridge at Davenport or rot,
there will certainly b,a suspension bridge
at Lyons, and thus an eastern connection
more rapid than ferriage will be secured 70
the Muscatine and Oskaloosa, the Nluscatine
and Iowa City, and the Muscatine and Co.
dar Rapids Railroads. We repeat it, VIC
earnestly desire the construction of the Da-
venport and Rock Island bridde; but what
we wish to be understood to mean is, that
in case of failure, the people of Muscatin0,
and the counties interested in tho railroads
concentrating in our city will not be left
researches, or put to inconyeni ence, in
regard to an eastern connection, entirely by
railway. ~