The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-12-23

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An old pilot, in . communication which
VI psbIieh to-day, cosrec,s " in The sease.
tFxHt MAT the eAshael pisrs 81 the Railroad
VIDE ), lhis paint have been altered siacs
The original construction Of the bridge. We
had 1nderstood that at the time Of the re.
construction Of the besnt portion Of the
bridge, the po.iaio6 Of these piers ~as chan.
acs., md shis saatsment appeared verified BY
,the lact, tLat since this une No accident Of
sny particular inportance has occuued.--
Our correspondent says this fortunate con.
elton Of things i ewing 70 the fact. ,hat We
haze bad no high water since the recon.
.stsscsion Of the btidgs. hat ,hdt ~hen high
~sasr comes. The bridge viii be found ee.
.i.us sbs,ruc,isn. ", be has plotted more
boats through or beneath the bridge than
probably any other ,~o pilots On the river
and has no; struck the piers : single tine
by HE own account. he Gays, however
that pilots not SO we'll acquainted with the
peeuhs,i,ies OF the chanael, may meet and
have me, with accidents, and through nj
actual csrclessnes on their part. All these
pilots are intimately acquainted with the
tais,incs OF the channel over the kaplds'--
Strangers crossing the Rapids terminating
., this point, are astoaished ,ha, human IN
,ei.sgsnce can safely guide bost shroasn
these Rapids, with all the turning s'o s.'s''
inc and backing and lodging. required 10
esr.ne The dsaoers OF unseen rocks. ish
then an impossible tssk for these pilots to
40 learn the channel as to safely carry boats
beneath this fridge. - our Correspondent,
has 40 successfully dnnes II they eannot
= ould j, noi be we'll for the Raiirosd Com
navy 10 employ pilot Tor the especial sn-
sines. Of nsvlga,ing boats through this pas
sage. The Company being responsible Tor
sll losses Incurred by accidents to ooa's
while under his ehalgei Even sdmhunR
the bridge TO 70 an obstruction Ia some DC
gree 10 navigation, there can certainly o.
some plan adopted. some comPromi'e mace
BIZ vhsch stesmboat infsresss may 70 prop
cry regarded. and the msgniacen, s1ruc-
tuse, isdispe psibie for the fuil development
Of interests quite - important q those con-
uecsed With The navigation OF the r',er' DC
permitted TO remain.
One ,hiae should be understood BY our
s,eanboss men, that the wsrmese if'end'o'
hi. bridge, are their wsrmest friends, and
dhpeeed ia no manner. even 10 their seaious
,uppor, Of .his bridge. to d, anything TO
coaaict seriously with their Interests. They
.h,,aid undess,snd too, that there are inpos
tan, interests involved ia the continuance
OF this bridgs-not the mere interests OF
those directly connected with certain rail-
road ompsnies. but ot,he people Al larse'
OF all Who have or may have occasion to
use our railroads either in trade or travel
and not the mere interests OF this eommu-
n,ty or 9! the community across the river,
bu. OF large regions Of country, and that
these interests are rapidly increasing
There is a very MISTAKEN id q among come
s,esnboa tmen, that their war upon this
bridgeis hgh, with railroad eompanies,
who Tor selfish purposes Of their own have
spsnned the Mississippi with bridge, IT.
terry regardless o. the interests Of steam
boa,men. 1t is true, this is the direct act OF
,hese companies, and the bridge is under
their immediate charge-sut these eomPa-
MES are 5u, the representatives, OF the peo-
ole Of . vast Iegion 0. country. A war up
on ,ha, bridge now. lie an attack upon In
terests BY the side Of The great aggregate Of
those OF the railroad companies are ofsmsl
Importance Were only the welfare o
these eompsnies concerned, DESTROYS a. W
are Of seeing them prosper. very little in
deed should We have to say on the suelec
Of this bridge strife. especially 10 oPposi
ton TO tie manifest feeling OF class
mex among whom We have many persona
friends. bu, we take higher ground re-
eardisg the railroad companies as seeon
dairy natter; and defending this bridge q
m indispensable auxiliary on the proper de-
velopmeni OF ,he resources and wealth Of
one of the ricnest ranges of country in the
North-~es,. II tkis particular bridge should
isll through means lair or Unfair. smother
bridge ~ai take u place. Not snly vii
Il
the AissssipP be bfidsed here, but al o,EeI
points. We venture the prediction, tia
ten OF fifteen yeats hesee. the Ohio AM
Misssiss,ppi rivers will be bridg' d at almos'
every point u rsilrS DAD Intersection, sao that
our own broad stream will be spsnned BY q
least half dozen BRIGGS. The old log,
ism seeking to crush tia. bridge. will Their
he refreshing meGory OF the bshi ID ihs
pge spirit .: 1856 Try ing y impede the pro
gress Of the agr. MAX hat!
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