The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1856-12-25

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OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE CITY.
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Merry ChrsstMas
70 our readers, to whom We wish al the d.
lights Of the day.
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rrsn KcsKuk % Kaasas.
We learn from the Gate CITY, publishe,
q kcokuk, that m enterprise which looks 4
building railroad from that place 10 Kausa
City, On the Missouri river, 10 lust now mucl
talked Of. The country between the tyr,
points 10 alive to the Importance OF the work
and very large subscriptions in ito aid ar,
promised along the line. A glance at tn,
nap viii show that Kcokuk is on m air-lin,
drawn from Chicago to Kansas City, and n
inquiry into the character Of that part oi
Missouri, through which it is proposed tn.
road shall pass, will teach that the route il
practicable and easy. Among the many
railroad schemes now being developed, this
seems 70 ~ TO be quite as promising q tbs
best. Certainly it 10 one in which Chicago
y largely rssted.-lChicaso Tribune.
We are pleased to inform our contenpo.
rary that the prospects Of the above road
are really of the most hastering charac ter,
and the enterprise il destined TO make some
noise In the world in the next two years.
1t u true, a. the Tribune notices, that a
line from Chicago to Kansas City via Keo-
kuk would be - direct as the surveyors in.
strument could make it. That fact has 10,
escaped the observation Of the friends OF
road. And short, direct line from Chicago
TO this point, 90 ~ to mske through line
to Kansas City, would be an immense ad-
vantage to Chicago and the region to the
northeast Of NJ. 1t would, also, be mat
ter OF great advantage to Us and to tho re.
gion to the southwest, which the Keokuk and
Kansas City road trsverses, and to the re-
gion beyond the termination Of the road. TO
have 90 direct connection with Chicago,
her system Of railroads, and the lake coun-
try. But it would be more advantage to
shss region than TO US, for though we do not
underrase the advantage OF that connec-
tion, yet the more valuable connection TO
us, and to oil the interests connected with the
keokak and Kansas City road, 10 . shorter
ana speedier connection with the East
BY dropping down to Springfield, a ~
markably direct line would be furnished to
the Atlantic shore, and through line could
Be arranged, shorter, speedier, passing
through more desirable points, and making
more valuable connections, than any line OF
equal length in the Union. II would be the
shortest and speeches, line bstwecn the cast
ern cities and the Mississippi, by a very con-
siderable amount. That connection 10 under
consideration by many Interests connected
with it, snd an arrangement for q great
through route willl doubtless be perfected a.
an early day. And not Eve years, probably
not three years, will elapse before line will
De 10 operation, unparalleled in the world
for length and directness combined, reaching
from the Atlantic to the Missouri at the
mouth of the Kansas River, crossing the
M'sslss'ppi at this point over bridge thrown
from bluG to bluff one hundred and 6fty
above its surface. Ninety FIVE miles Of road
10 the east of US would complete the line in
that direction. Thirty miles are already IN.
der contract. The line ives. is all to be built.
But it will be, We believe, soon ARRANGED
for, for the interests involved in it in that
direction are ali alive to the work.
We should be glad, also, if q direct and
through connection could be arranged early
to Chicago. When our eastern branch il
finished to point Of connection with the
Northern Cross road, perhaps that can b.
H,ed up satisfactorily. The connection viii
then be complete, and pretty direct one
Meantime il our lake friends would as.is. in
completing that branch at ~ carly day q.
possible, il would be the most effective ussis
'ancs that they can render at present.
kAEaAs TaAssAcrloss.-Th Senate has
adopted resolution calling on the Presi
dent for ell the correspondence of Col. Sum
ncr, whether addressed to the War Depart
ment or to Gov. Shannon, not hitherto pub
lished.
In the House Mr.. Washburne has introdu
ced resolution calling for statement o
oil the moneys expended and liabilities in
Cured pending the disturbances in KansAs
for the pay and support Of persons cale,
into the service Of tho United States ei.hc
~ militia or to serve a. possee to civil OBJ
GERS, including all the expenses incurred i
tho prosecution, arrest and detention Of per
sons charged with treason or other Violate
Of the so-called laws Of that territory. TIL
resolution will probably be adopted. w
shall perhaps by and BY get clear insigt
OF eli the o6cial transactions in Kansas.
PRoF. HEDsicK.-This gentleman, who.
letter to this paper during the pendency
the Presidential canvass will be remembers
by our readers, and whose expulsion fro
professorship in the University Of Nor,
Carolina because he was in favor OF Il
election Of Fremont is known by all, va.
Cincinnati on Friday Of last week. RI
Gdset!r, Of that place, says: sit il rumo