Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-12-12
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meeting was held At Upton on the evening
odthe 29.h alt for ,hsPurpose Of consider
re the best policy to be pursued 10 obtain
s4-~sse speedy construction Of a road from the
main trunk Of the NJ. & nj. Road to Upton!
The Upton Advertiser Of las, "Wednesday
brings u "a account Of the proceedings OF
81 lhe meeting. There was large and active
8 delegation from Musca,ne. at which we are
no, surprised, and in fact We canne, refrain
from giving credi, to the Muscatiners for
Il shs zeal with which they Interest themselves
about matter which so nearly concerns
81 sheif emperal salvation. But the subject
i also Que OF very great in,cAR TO the PEG
pie OF Davenpor.,--it has direct bearing
on the progress and prosperity OF our city,
and we are surprised tina, Davenport was
not represented a, the meeting.
The meeting was addressed by Mr. J,
~ Scott Richman, Of Muscatine, whose object
was 70 show thai the inisrrstsoi Mnscatine
and Upton were identical. tina, Muscaline
bad always been the friend and ally Of Cedar
county. that cold Cedar" had always been
s the main dependence of Muscatine and
So done more 10 build her up than any other
: s. county. that in return for this, Muscatine
49, had always had an eye to the interests of
Cedar, Mat the NJ. L. NJ. R. r. Company
could not, according to the terms of their
A. charter, do Otherwise than continue the road
a. from the Muscatine junction with t..e ain
truck to Upton, and that all the people OF
Muscatine would ask. was that Cedar coun-
~ should subscribe her stock to the third
division Of the Mississippi and Missouri read,
eT as 1t could be applied TO other purpose
than that Of constructing the road from the
Muscaiine junction. by the way Of Cedar
Rapids to the Northeastern boundary of the
-eaa State. Mr. Rchman concluded by saying
- that 'other companies might build road
from Durant TO Upton. but that the Misss-
spPi and Missouri Company were no,
authorized to do it,
After further remarks by gentlemen OF
Muscatine and OF Cedar county. the Adj
:. pertiser says,-"The general expression Of
- I the Meeting was that they were not ready
at that time to disclose their preference as
sea 10 which point on the main trunk o. the
road they would subscribe to, but that they
tss - were waiting 10 see which would secure the
construction of the road soonest. That in
order to get the road under contract and
gssss. work progressing. an amoant Of money
: greater than could be raised in this county
5s must be subscribed and that the deficiency
r must be supplied by either Davenport OIL
Nuscatine. and that we should wait our
.asys time with patience until we ascertsfned the
assistance to be relied ON from each ofthese
places, and the conditions
- Towards the close of the meeting Mr.
Wallace, OF Muscaiine, said he was author
? lied on behalf of that city to state TINT il
Cedar county would subscribe $4,000, Nus
80 catine would advance the balance of the
Z ss money for the work, and was ready at once
10 complete negotiations to that effect, and
an informal vote being aiken, it appeared
y that the meeting was ia favor OF effectinp
junction with the main trunk at Wilton
The meeting finally adjourned to the ey.
ssFF ening OF next Saturday, the 18th inst. We
ihink that by all means Davenport ough,
10 be represented at irai meeting |, will
be seen by the extract from the Advertiser
that an invitation 10 directly extended to
iea Davenport, and We very certain that the
interests Of our city require it to be repre-
scented. We hare also no hesitation in ex-
I pressing the decided opinion that in effect.
ing the junction. the more the branch road
defects towards Davenport the better it viii
III be for the Interests Upton and of Cedar
county. This is abundanty shown BY q
glance at the map. We presume there i.
sass no doubt that the products Of Cedar county
vii seek the eastern markets, by the way
OF Chicago, and this presumption being cor.
ss ~ rect, even If the Upton road struck the n,ir
trunk nt the Muscatinc junction still i
would be cheapest, speediesi, and every wa,
preferable FIR Cedar county produc e TO see
It's eastern destination by til. way ofDayen
port, whore the bridge will be ready for il.
being taken along without any dtlny, rattle
than going by the roundabout way Of Mus
-aas ca,ne And the same reasons which wunI,
operate in favor Of produce coming by hi
!. ronte. would also influence Cedar count,
merchants to procure their goods in III,
same way.
sssa But we doubt not that these facts are q,
ss5 well understood by our Upton friends as By
us We trust that the meeting on mex
= Saturday evening VIII tend TO ADVANCE the
u interests Of Cedar aud the adjoining country
and that il will also be attended by rrpte
sentatves from Davenport.
t6E& sf42 4-----~------
Mr. WA. BUEKE pioneer citizen of this
city, and an ex inplary mepber OF the
,,~-, N thodist Episcopal Church, died on Tucs.