The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-11-08

N niss1lel 80,
Since the rscossusGaisa q The great
bridge crossing Tie MtaaasipPi sivss q tAis
poin,, 10 have Aeasl>ao esaplaisss tfsn
steanboatmen OF iss being sssisss Oh.
suuseioa to savieation. lsAsed. - stsem.
~euumuMsUnasksd 10 an Editor. i 10 an 10.
sssk - skillful photo - The river e ~ iAey
ciaaos pass boass through il without COLI.
~sssa.D ssvAs sias u approaching when the
value Of this hsilgs viii BE even more Prso-
,ically illusu~ted shaa tits SOW. Ascetdias
tsaAs usssl sossss II sAiass bsidss great
e. tAas dat crsassd BY the hand Of man
viii . shrovn ssrsss the Mississippi, elo-
sia0 aavieaten fof months. and yet Of no
valss to rsilrosd inssrss,s. No injunction
etpppixsesiast the Alnigh,y will stop the
sssssaisa Of the iss-bndse. But the bridge
essr he bridge will enable trains Of cars
laden with goods and passenger, to crosse
tks9ssas stream, even when foot uavslsrs
nsy lot safely do 20 BY the bridge beneath.
Iowa will ssill be bound to Illinois By M.
= tioasl highway. giving uninterrupted pass
~ to travellers, goods and produce during
eli Tie viscissitudes Of The season. The lat
tespaH Of lsss winter the necsssity for such
= hiAgs was disasreesbly illustrated. This
winter its advantages will become just ~
,higAly appreciated.
g ! The Chicago Press contains an excel
lent article in relation to this bridge, from
which We make m extract:
Ever since the repair Of the Rock Island
aDridGs. abost tvo month"; ago, il hes been
- s31isable working order for the paseaSs
cf usins, and we hare not heard the arst
conpIsint during all this time Of its being
an elstruction to the navigation OF The river.
Nevershslesa some Of our Eastern exehan.
gss coatnse to harp upon the bridge - .
auisance. The Pittsbwg Ceaaereia jour.
unTdoclares that "there % not . pilot on the
.s.risee Who will not certify that the bridge 10
- Rsaser obstruction to navigation than
lstko easire rapids, and the man Who says .
sssosaaAoat can b taken safely through the
.sles~ .ef chs bridge without danger Of de-
ssaSueGioa, 10 totally ignorant Of the matter. I"
I6a proper answer to thess assertions 10
& sAst Isais have bsen safely passing the
- MA eser since us repair, two months
: go. without an accident Of any kind.-
Gleanboatmen thsmselves now make no
!. soaplaiat. Converting with IN intelligent
eeatlenan Of this class oaiy the other day,
wAiis his boat was passing the narrow ard
s1G6esh chsanel Of Beef Slough. he secuted
The ilea Of danger from the bridge. and re-
marked that il was an insult to skil3ul pi-
lots % The river TO pretend that boat could
aeesk posed through il without collision.
u 6osens Of places, both ahove and below
the heidgs. boats often have 10 Be- ploted
through crooked, shifting chsnnsls, % mar
Ssw hat thsre 10 barely room for them to
-, and this 0ftsa ia the darkest might
Hos look II the facis sbout the bridge. The
drsw H. 80 feet in length, With On. hssSrsd
81 eUssly fas on esch side 10 the clear
When opened Tor the passage Of boats. VIII
any reasonable man pretend to say that
here 10 not ample room for The largest boat
- the river.
The Pres suggssts IN idea which ii would
% well ios those opposed 10 the bridge to
rsAee, upsn-,hat ell the prineipsl eastern
- wesissn railroad lines crossing the
llinissippi will in tine hsvs bridges ofiheir
evn. One At St. Louis is new in costen-
Plssisn ios the accommodation Of the Ohio
ssd Mssissippi Aosd. and before long the
river viii be sridged ~ ssssrai points, and
IN such manner. Of course. - to interfere
- Little ~ possible with navigation. The
fras says: "Ths Northwest has nov lar
greater interest in railroads than she has
IN rivers. and the former are growing upon
the lasisr in importance every year" How
ssss this nsy be. we thing the particular
lbGiags under consideration illustrates, that
ths isssrssts Of the country and Of railroads
Dsy b fostsrsd BY bridges sesoss the Mis-
ssaippi, without materially interfering with
a1y isssresss connected directly with river
nasioasion-