The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1854-07-05
THE aRlDGE AT ROCK ISLAND.

TIE BRIDGE AT ROCK ISLAND.
We c,nno, learn exactly What II doing TO
Lrrrst the CON. .,uctinn Of tine bridge hlch TO
,bstruct the navigation Of che Mississippi al
RICK Island. We have heard i, susgessec.
hat he judicial ptoceea;ngs c"inm. ns' IN one
d the courts Ct L. va kcv4 been postponed 10 q
duy .th III will give the c.mpany time TO CON-
pete he bldg, and then, the damage having |
been cune, they wall psy no attention to the
DEGREES " the courts, b cause The .ts;IuSih ms
will b. 40 fxed thu. nothing can rcm've them
W. h.pe hts may tul n cut not to be 50 !,
would ZEN 10 b. an instance pf bad faith Of
|, hith courta ought never TO be guilty Prompt
ac;tnn w.s wanted, IL prevent the oostiuctlon
from being erected, ard the Court had certain
" The power 20 atop all works having this object
in view
As We, the erection of piers has not been
|ecInmenced between Rock lssand and Oaven-
part, but every one will q, once see, that 80
soon Is the fn da,,ons Of the pirrI are laid,
Nh, iher the brii ,r be completed or not, ihfy
mus, become = rman-nt obs ructions TO ne
ma viz alton of the rieer, not, 1t may be, oy
steamboats,, but 10 an interest whscti Is very ih
pnftant to Ibis city, aud l" all the TOW ms on me
river as hiy h up 40 the ST 'Croix pineries. It's
estimated ,ha, on. million of dallars is invested
| in the luu,bes trade from the Upper NJ ssiss'pp',
and II is yearly increasing. There nre nifty
.i1 So ~ mills on the river between Praifi" Gu
/ (:hein and this city--r.t including our own
and all at them send heir lumber 10 southern
| anal Net II they come belor Rock Island ana
Iihey meet with ob.tructi ms there which are
inc vitatle, ard which increase the risk, every
one will at that the cost Of this article
must be very materially ADVANCED certainly %
! he r1tent OF many thousands Ct dollars per
yrsr The men engaged in The piner'es OF The
4 10, .1.,,,, l,.,h Nor 4, FIR South
are already making Their calculations upon ms
STATE oil ,hings, and will govern themselves &C
lc.rdipgly. II IL our interest to pr VENT any
such oosructlOns 10 navigation, aud Tor 'niS
Il purpose the m 81 rEeic measure ouih ~ 10 De
concerted No one doubts that the building !
bridge across the Mississippi at Rock Island
/ VII eonsti ute . dangerous obstruction to the
free navigation OF the Mississippi, and We gam
[cai The attention Of our City Council toH-
Nh Republican of 24ih inst
We are no, surpri.rd that the Republican, In
conunct;on with the great mass Of people along
The Valley Of The Mississippi, should feel
deep iutrrcs, in preserving unobstructed Inc
navigation Of the Father of "aterf and should
|put forth ito best efforts arrest this threatens.
4 evil q one half the inland commerce OF the
Hand; tu, We are little surprised 'hata jour
nal Of it's standing should intimate doubt es tt
he fidelity Of The court in this State, TO whom
an application for injunction asbeen made ahs
nor denied, without submitting any reasons
l,us,if,inv the formation of such an opinion.
| A brief s,atemrn, Of the facts will set ths
Republican und all other pasties right upon thl
lsubject
The Hon. } c. Hali, one Of the Judges o
the Supreme cour, If ,hi. State, called on hon
Is J. Dyer, United States District Judge to
Iowa, about the last Of May and presented
J bill fox injunction in the Rock Island o'id2'
lcase and asked tina, Monday the 18th Of jun
be set as The day Of herring. at Iowa vi.
JUDGE Hall gaze ~ reason for naming low
lti,y a. the place Of hearing, that it would SUI
1.-The converirn Of counsel for The bridge an
Ira, the ,nost Of those Interested would D.
I,her, IN the l3hinst With thi. representa-
ton. Judge Dyer named the 18th, with tn
Understanding however, that if be could No
la,ena a, Iowa City, Jcdge Hall should be 40
-. &c the fac. B.,o.e the is'h Judge Dye
was called upon by Mr., Judd, tho 'o'ic'''!
1.-The Rock isla nd and Missouri River Rail hoa
Company, E. Cook, Gov. Matieton, Gen
John A. Dix and Mr.. Farnham, who state'
ltha, they could no, possibly be prepared to ar
que the motion at the time named; that IL woul
be announcement TO 90 10 Iowa City; and aske
Ifar pos,pouement tor ninety days, assurin
Judge ID. that no distractions should be place
} a the river. before the expiration of that time
Here are the facis JUS, precisely as they exis
ard we can discover mo- reason Tor auachn
blame 70 Judge Dyer, for the course ne has TEL
called upon TO pursue.
The same opinion is enter aimed among IN
citizens Of this place, regarding tie Elegant
+ and impolicy Of bridging the Mississippi, wh'c
+ - entertained BY our neighbors south and tn
, same desire felt TO arrest the evil consequence
which are unsuestionably to flow from it bu
no one knowing the'uharac,er Of Judge Dye
would presume to entertain suspicion OF III
, en,i e fidelity in the matter. He is man VIII
discharges his duty regardless OF consequence
!, and is entirely above the reach of mercenar
! influence. on the one hand or intimidation o.
the other.
, In this connection we would state as matte
Of penesal news, that an application has bee
. made directly to Judge McClaue Of the Su
preme Court Of the United States for the in
function and the case will probably come oefor
him in few days, should he deemt proper
! entertain the molten.