The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-12-22

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M ls,les AGNia.
Las, Saturday we alluded to mssdag
c.llsl - - enia, ~. ~. anEsaae- q. aaea
more 49, erise Tie - oct q the Rock y.
lasd ~ siaee&iAs We .Isse ssosiv6d
the ssnsnhaaAnAsaaslna $1,000 aAspAsa 49,
meeiag. Tit we're ma tegepe sacs, that
81. Losis Is deeply ist1dtssee. = thinks aAe
is, in hayiAt lhis bridgs renewed. - be-
cause il i vSoNy my uaSsrscsiss v sasiss.
,ioa vee( - ! III beessse n i ssa6.gl
the enterpriss Afshis tegipa - shs ssesass
Of the mound City the Psrsons engaged ia
es,,ias vp sAdcssryiSs throsgh THE meet.
iag ws1sf St. lsssAed-.as from et. Fasa 10
New OsfARs n pack q sisa1stias sin
ple,oss = psejsaicra knaves. THIS asstiag
calls % tte ciiiaeas Of The several towss
on he Hississipp and Ohio. and shsir tribu
,aries, e cs-opsvals with the aisixens ofSi.
Louis 10 their eadsarors to alIscs the re-
moyal efsAia gree, bridge acrosa the Missile
sippi. Now we venture TO say that nine out
Of ter, - niassy mise out Of oss handred o.
these iswns. are directly iaterestsd IN keep
Jag this bridge jus, Is !, is. The very res
cons ~e gave Saturday - to say 81. Louis
is opDesed to the bridge, viii ansser -
reaseds rky most other pisces should BE- tor
it. Bot the opisisss Of 8. Losis md other
towns srs yesy imnateriai. ifthey can g.
feet ,he removsl If this bridge ssessy' -
,hcn1s 4. Bat ne hope they will not sees
10 accomplish this on the false an. kasv'sh
plea. that liza 4 serious obstruction 70 river
navisssion. That 10 mere shabby. Paitry
excuse. offered by 81. Lsuis 10 deceive dis
tan, comnsniiies. The true reasons for
her action against this bridge are ofa much
deeper nature than she Preseads.
We mar expect to hear . delightful and
refreshing report Of this bridge when the
commitiee appoinlsd usder tho following
resolution make their report:
6. That / COMMITTEES, CO lsisting Of hve
steamboat captains and piIotss with good
practical engineer. be sent at enee to ROCK
leland. TO make . survey Of the b6dge. piers,
currents, rocks, DC. &C., and embody the
resuRSfslleir Investigations in form that
c.n be used 10 prosecuting the suit for the
abatement or the nuisance.
Stesmboas captains and pilots are entire
" too rrejadioed against this bridge 70 be
capable Of materially aiding in ssch an in.
ycs,igstion a This. although they will doubt
less pep>re Something admirably adapted
for ths sbiecss Of the meeting. We hope
this coa1isiee will visit ~ At once, while
they caa staad on the ice and gaze at the
maeutDeak s4sc,me fromsai sides, sad sep
Of the distance between Piers. 20 q not g
be coupsled 70 rely Oh rsscally instru.
men,s sna rAeias. II They Do not 20 home
and report that any pilot who even IN hea-
w gale Of wind permits his bost to touch
either pier, OF meets with accident in passing
this bSjdee, ought to be indefinitely sus-
pended from his dulies-shey are not hon
est men. We have had enough OF this hum.
bug raaiiag about the Rock island bridge.
II was bad enough or absurd enough when
confined % steamboatmen, who naturally
feela warmer interest in everything aPper-
tanning TO the river than landsmen. but who,
PERM, us To say, are quite a easily preiu-
diced and quite az hot in ;heir Preiudices, as
any other class. They had grounds for pre-
jodiee against this bridge It first, but there
can be little toandaiion for such feel ngs
now. TAe bridge is no real obstruction 10
navigation, sad no men know this better
than those who composed the St. Louis
mee,iaG. i This committee may come here.
examine and report. but they cannot make
the distance between the channel Piers less
than ahoas 100 feet, With correspon ding
draw. Any Two steamers On Our upper river
can pAss each other with safety between
these piers. With this fact staring them
in the fsce, we shall doubtless have the
comais.ee reporting the bridge great OBJ
struction to navigation. That u just what
they sese commissioned to report, and moth
ing else m.y se expected.
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