The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1856-05-12
A Ride along .ne railroad Route.

ride along the line Of the Keokuk, Mt. Pleas
ant and Museatine Railroad between here and
SIT. Pleasant the other day, IN company with
the President, Chief Engineer, and Contrae-
/ tors. And We have promise Of another
ride over the same line during the month Of
/ July in the cars. From the energy and
prompttude Of the managers and contract
ors on this road and the present state Of for
wardncss Of the work all along the Tine we
doubt not the promise viii be redeemed.
The chief portion Of the heavy work be-
tween here and Montrose is already done, a
! large portion Of the track only requires
trimming up in order to be ready for the ties.
| The number Of hands now Mt work is one
hundred and twenty five, and is daily increas-
I ing. And now, as one part of the work is
completed, the hands are sent forward and
doubled on the unfinished portions of the
route, and with favorable weather but short
time viii be required to prepare the gradefo
the ties and the rails. These are all con-
tracted for, and are expected to be delivered
IN few days.
There arc still two or three instruments I'M
paid on the subscription of the stock, and We
trust, in view Of the hattering prospects Of
the road and The absolute necessity Of means
to meet the monthly estimates, every stock
holder will make prompt payment Of his m
stalments as they become due, and that none
will bear the reproach Of delaying the work
by delaying to meet his engagements 10 the
very day.
We are anxious to see that part ~of the
road between here and Montrose completed
! speedily. We believe that il will pay beyond
the most sanguine expectations Of tie public
and that it will inspire such confidence in the
Road as will tend to push the work forward
along the entire route with great rapdity.-
We doubt if the public generally, and our
own citizens in particular, appreciate this
road rs il deserves. Il is unquestionablg Of
immensely more Importance to the interests
Of the people Of Lee county than any road
within her limits, and we should not be sur (
priscd if time should demonstrate that it is /
quite as important a. any other 70 the inter-
csts Of keokuk.
But We said we had a ride, and we may
add i; was most delightful one. Indeed 7
there is no finer route for pleasure ride in
Iowa than along the river bank from here 70
Montrose. The road is level and oyershad- /
owed with beautiful shade trees and luxuri- |
ant vines which form beautiful leafy arbors
-.j ~ +ba &c tha raA hul bp
crab apple and Other towering trees, while |
beneath their boughs a rich variety Of wild
flowers delights the eye with their variegated
hues On one side the broad expanse Of the
Mississippi spreads in magnificent propor
tons anu rolls its resistless current over the
rapids, while across the river, in full view
arefarms, prairie, and woodland, rising by
gentle grades or in precipitous and romantic
bluffs from the waters edge ON the other
hand the land rises alternately in steep hills
or in gradual elevations, furnishing an end
less variety Of most beautiful anu pictu-
rescue building sites, which are already be-
ing bought up al high prices, aud dotted oc-
casonally with cottages ana country seats.
We stopped AZ Judge BaIlcugcg's, some
siz miles above toyn, WHO Hospitality detain-
al as to dinner, and afterwards accompanied
" on our ride above The Judge is fine
specimen Of Kentucky. ;horougbgoine Re
publican. who left Lis native State TWO or
tbrce years since aul purchased some six
hundred acres Of as fine land as can be found
:. t,,. IL Il nt,,..i.,- g~;c,{s e,,c 1rnu1
fully puzzled to see how It can be that tie
land which he purchased only 10 short time
since, for ten or fifteen dollars an acre is
now worth from one 10 two hundred dollars
AZ aore, wnile their highly improved farms
in Kentucky bring but seventy Or eighty dol
lars. The Judge, however, understands il,
aud is wei satisfied with the change.
But few years will elapsc before the en-
tire distance from here to Montrose will lie
thickly studded with pleasant and costly res
sdences gardens, vineyards, and every varic-
ty Of useful and ornamental improvement in
dicating advanced refinement aud luxurious
wealth.
cE~The Hon Albert G. Talbot, represen-
tative in Congress from the 4th district Of
Kentucky, has been indicted for alleged bri'
berry at the last election.
cT~The Governor Of Virginia has for
warded fifty muskets to Norfolk, for the de-
fence IF the pilots, in executing the new in
spection law.
Ghc Central American Difticultics
. New YoRS, May S.-The Washington cor
respondent Of the Herald says the coadnct o
/ the British war authorities Of san Juan, OF
the arrival Of the steamer orIzaba, about tn
/, middle of last month, in surrounding thu
: vessel and exerclsing power oyor her passcn