Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1855-12-12

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Nm roaas wfisb -. E r,nt;n ,s,fnn II lis
s.ne a;,rrt rs,,,r,e - Th;tadeinh;s and Kew
You Il q neare, af. cas-. ana ges, Inc ,l,a any
Z. her 81 liz .a.u. len sh Is III. couusrv thoucb
n.lrr (, rrese nj i.u,,rtas,t r.,,ds ~ aar,onnc
ID n. vav,a = he .if;rest Crn.rsi Ror.es vet
til. viii be found 20 be lie oI,,r stracsiy CEsrsAr
RoUrr leading from east 10 wet. in the Union
Cert,;nlv NOT the ro,,.es ,e.dno through, sf;eh
| ean Cauads and Northern yer Yarg which. by
he ssn,os;Iy ~ tl,rir ro,,r.,. arc ion.-er thar,
fh;s 81 sarae two hundred and th;rty mills nor
those lesdng east. sou,h al this. are TsE GENITAL
+ rontes. for as such there are none b Les Is
By reference 10 I,,ap Of the i;re Of the Pco-
| ria aud Ooaawka Railroad. il viii at once be
seen that suct, d the fact: which being .es,s,
Gshed, can this road be less than The most i'm
,,ortaf,t TtrRo,ter serrt from The eastern 10 the
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twelve haa,-s. nearer ~ sis,anee ir two hundred
and sfty ,,sesS thar snx osher and r,ssi,,r
/ throueb a t;phIy cn,,;y.ted and eyceedinctr
r.eh entnfry Mn 7varr great and imrortan,t
connections and feeders nor n and sop,h can Il
ie III nv ns,ssi,;li,y other han the most re,np.
perat;va raiiroaa inres,mrn, of tho dars T,,;s
l. general view. let M RIO into particulars !
lit,ie al home
Ear,v NO season &.h;. .oaa vii, he runn;ne
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flina;s nan,rai I,sirnad . a;ss.nre &c one b,n,
/ deed and ,bir,r n;les Th;s.s n,;,e. If The Rar.
ling,on and Nssn,,r; River R.;,,o.d vii; he enn.
,,tetca from T,,rEnrlon IN Mount please i, yh;cl
viii b,i,o I;rc,Iy from ,b;s rad t,a trafl,. nj
Inc ;n,eriar II row, Tho lrmher trada II tSe
W;ss;ss;,,,,; rfyer which IL viii no re.cba
1 At Burlington and fon,wha nm thp wes. and by
the Lakesana Canals tbus aftording water con,
s,;f, -, peor;a and tho eas, lawn, t;fty
mics hy railroad between the rivers 10 trans
nort lumber.
Ii il at present delivered between the IIlinoi:
lind M;ssissinni r;rers bv he Central Military
Trnct Road 10 6,aiesh,ro distance of one hun
4 ,,red and seventy m;,es And thep humber car
be sent 10 Peoria bv wafer and thence into sthe
interior mneh cheaner tban nv tho nresent car,
Advancement Oanawka The hest humber noint
IN fbe M;ssissnn; l. now cut off lint will then
snnnIr tho conn,rv h.lf Wv IN Peoria Tins
sm,It.b for m,,cl, humber 49, &E4
Nv the opening Of the Peoria and Oquawks
Railroad. extensive coal fields will be brough
into use. which will be a source of much trade
in every direction.
Al Elmwbood! the Peoria and Hannibal Road
will connect with and feed this road from the
southern counties. At Lanrdon. a point be-
tween ElmWood and Peoria, the Peoria and
Rock Island Railroad connects. At Peoria We
already have a northern connection in the Blu
reau Valley Railroad Thirty niles east Of Pc
or;a St. Louis is easily reached by rail, via the
Illinois Central Railroad These connections
and tributaries are nov. certain and with this
amount of advantages sccured--one hundred
and thirty miles of Railroad in running order
the balance to the Indiana State line usdcr con
tract. and the work going forward: the copnec
tons made, and waiting from Logansport cast
there ia more prospect of a successful business
than on any other line of travel in the State.
i To eastern cities. and more particularly Pitts
burrh and Pbilade)phia this enternrisc,s'recom
\ mends itself. vet notwithstanding the grca,
want Of this Road by these cities and their can
ital;sts, their merchants and business classes car
rying as it will, the entire traffic Of the erea,
west directly to their doors, they have never civ