The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-10-13
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Railroad to lie Claire


LIZ CLAIRE. Oct sth, 1890
EDrroR or GAZETTE
In former communication 1 briefly al
luded 10 the "long projected lie Claire aud
Davenport Railroad Allow me to present
To your readers few reasons Tor its sBsa's.
dsaie construction.
Notwithstanding large sums Of money
have been spent on the Improvement o. the
Rapids snd some good thereby effected, ma-
nv very serious distractions still and prOba-
biz always will remain, SO that during at
least two-,hirds Of the boating season the
Rapids cannot be naWgated bat al great ex.
pense and risk. This OF course materially
increases the rates Of freight On ali kinds Of
merchandise, besides oiteAtimes causing
serious delay IN its transportation 10 oaase-
quence ofthe running aground and sjRkiag
OF boats, barges, &c. Such i the un,oF,
tainsy OF transit thar ior tho last two sea-
sons the Packet Company save Not al.
tempted to ran their boats over tae kap'ds
during low water, bat send their passen-
gers. sc, by land . and from Davenport
and le Glare, thus occupying trem three
% tons hours Ter trip which migdt be made
n less than one on Railroad
/, j. well known that the river towns aud
sdlacen, country q Gus state laok to a
erea, extent 10 the piueties 81 Wisconsin
I - NJ - tI.f- snntsIv ~ is,nn hay
Sc, and to tbs interest tbe Rapids are a
serious OBSTACLE Fer two months past
there has been some ten mi'l.eus d leet o
lumber,-saun ana d TIE leg,-lying a
this place ana posals above Mating Ter .
rise to run over the Rlp,ds, thus al course
causing considerable loss q The owners
which must eyensuslls be paid BY the con
suner. lis RailfoAd were hatlt the log.
could be sawn up here and shipped en- tbs
cars 10 Dave apotl, Mgscai!ne o. Iowa City
,hus furnishing the whole country west o.
these clues with an abundant suppE win
more certainty and less expense than ~
present. The same woaid bold good tor
lumber sawu IN The nneries whica cau,d
be untaitea here and forwarded With dts
patch.
But above all the interests q the country
demand a sure and regular communication
with toe East, The time was when ali our
merchants bought their goods and sold Their
produce in 81. Louis, bat that tine has
passed away, New England capital aad
enterprise IS rapidly extending r arms and
will ere long embrace the whole trade e'
this portion al the West IN lis loving folds,
| At least one-half OF our trade Is with The
East a6,o, and the proportion IS increasing
year BY year Last fall Messfs Tefhuae
& Grout OF the Swan Mills u this city
sent 5000 barrels Of fiour over the Chicago
aud Rock Island Railroad. $ large quantity
OF which wss sent b. teams 10 Rock island,
aad every barrel would have been sent BIZ
Railroad there been one. Tbs season
there viii be about zoo barrels 81 hgur
made per day in this city large proportion
q which will Be sent East 10 addition ia
THIS there viii be large quantities Of wheat
oats, potatoes. onions, &c purchased here
FOR tie Eastern market Again, L. Clare
sbounds with excellent building och Col
which the county jail was baiii) which Da.
yeupor, builders much need, snd IRIS alone
would form no ineonslaersble aaoabt 81
freight Il a RaiIroai were huib.
Last but not least We Uaat 10 ride 10 ia
yenpon once in a y hiis to exchange elgilt-
ties with our friends the-e We sish our Da-
yenpor, friends 70 become better acquainted
with Their neighbors, to come here oeca-
sioually and see the progress We are ma
king, &c; and We wanta chance = seal
some OF your great lecturers occasionally
al @. which can Be accomplished much ea-
SER and better, we think, b. rdiag alonz a
good T rail In 4 cushioned carriage, than ty
humping, humping, jamping anong rats,
sturnps, mud holes, &c, even though driven
by the accommodating Smith OF Arnold.
Yours, &e, A6EIcoLA..