Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-03-21
WAPSIPiNICON AND ST. PETERS
VALLEY RAILROAD.

re- In another column viii be found
the proceedings of the Railroad conyen-
ton, held at independence on Thursday
last Although we knew that the people |
of Buchanan County could not but ap
preciate the Importance of this matter,
and were fully awake to the benefits that
it promises them, yet we did not know,
and scarcely dared to trust ourselves to
hope, that they were so unanimous and
lthusiastic as the result has proven
The attendance upon the convention was
large, all sections of the county being
represented, and its proceedings marked
by an earnestncss and liberality which
eelrly showed that the people were ready
To sink all minor considerations in the
one great and vital object of securing the
road and facilitating its completion. No
time was spent in talking, owing to the
late hour at which the meeting convened,
but all was earnest action.
Three months ago this road was scarce
" thought of, and now it stands upon
firm and reliable foundation. 1t had not
its origin in the fertile brain of some un-
scrupulous speculator, but was projected
b. those whose homes and whose inter-
ests require it. It's resources are so great,
IFS advantages SO apparent, the facilities
for lis construction so unusual, that no
one has yentured to doubt It's practical
bility or question It's remunerating pros
poets. As will be seen by Mr.. DAv1s's
report, SO evident were these facts to men
& who are, and have always been identified
with such projects, aud who master as if
by intuition, the prac disabilities and dis
advantages of these movements, that they
Z ere ready to do all that we want them to
do, TO help Us. They, in fact, require of
US but little else than an expression of
our interest in the project. They PRO
pose u lay US under the almost nominal
cost of grading the road, sise US tn;
= ss,re-trrp part We do moi know whether
The Board VIII deem it necessary or er-
ped'ent to accept such proposition, and
we only bring il forward to show how
the enterprise is regarded by men whose
opinion Is law upon such matters.
The counties north of us have even
greater interest in this road than have our
own or Jones county, and we have but
ilt'le doubt that they viii respond cordi-
ally to the call for help toextend the road
TO its proposed terminus The road will
lass through Bremen County as il does
through oarsown- diagonally- affecting
immediately and favoltbly almost every
aeTe of land within il. Chickasaw. Flovd
and Mitchell counties will also be tray-
ersed and benefited by the locality of the
road. But when we come 10 consider
The saving Of distance viii. h it gives
Them orer any other road that can be
buiit, TO The markets Of the East and
South, then we contemplate It's most SOL
II and important advantages to them and
70 US. Being fully fifty miles nearer to
chicago than any proposed route TO Nit
cheil county, crossing the McGregor's
Road and the Dubuque and Pacific Road,
and furnishing much nearer and less
interrupted route for the Eastern business
OF these Roads, we cannot but draw from
them material amount of their support.
And as We viii connect with the MINES.
eta Road fom St. Paul to the Cedar Val
ly, how UNNECESSARILY will it benef. us
bringing the lumber of Minnesotaato our
plairies.
Not only will this project give us the
best route to the East, but it will, as we
stated IN a previous article, give The most
direct, shortest and best route from st.
Paul to ST. Louis. Let our readers con-
suit the map. A road is now being built
from ST. Louis to Keokuk. Another is .
beng rapidly pushed forward from Keo-
kuk to Upton. in Cedar county, by way
sos ,Muscatine. From Upton to Anamosa
u Is but twenty four miles. and there is
no possible ionb. but that the connection
NIL be nladezrgivins us almost an air
jine roai from St. Paul to st. Louis.
These roads. with the exception OF the
short distance between Apamos; and Tip
ton. arc now organized, and the two lover
ones IN course of construction. r
10 rctara 10 the meeting. Inthe short
ePaee of half an hour after the books were
open, S82. 400 90 we're subscribed, and
ass subscriptions are now considerably
over s l00, COO. There is no doubt but
.ssz59, ooo' ~'hia IL a!I that Is requisite to
grade the road to the north line of the 7