The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-08-04
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lFos the Davenport 6azstsel
MrssRs EpIToas In tho matter II rail
way facilities, as In most Of the undertak
lngs Of life, when all that h desirable can
not be Obtained, 1t is well 20 carefully con-
sider in what way our energies aud means
At ccmmandcan be best disposed 10 arcommo-
date the greatest results At present the en-
xrsssing scheme with the people Of Dasen-
port seems to be the pushing through 81 a
railway communication with the Cedar NV
er Valley, in order to acquire the trade oil
that rich and important region ana inc
object is certainly well worthy oi their en-
terpri.c In their efforts TO make new &C
,ui.itions, however, they ought not to shut
;hcir ewes to the TACT, that, through their
,wn dilatoriness and the enterprise Of their
iorthern nciehbors that which Is naturally
and properly their own, and upon which
Davenport has formerly been built up--and
the trade Of the Wapsepinicon and Maquo-
kety Valleys, is even from the skirts Of
heir own county, being diverted into anoth-
n channel, and Is either already gone or is
last going and, unless arenedy be prompt
~ applied, must be irretrievably lost. One
,tep backwards requires two forwards To
make good the loss. Would the trade Of
the Cedar River Valley, II acquired, square
the balance w hen the other Is let go And
the at present iavorite route Of the Cedar
Valley Road is much more direct for Nus
catinc than for Davenport, and = i'm effect
A road To be constructed by the cxertions
e the people Of Davenport, more for the
,encfit Of Muscatnc than themselves, and
one which If left alone by Others, the enter
prising inhabitaEts Of Mnscatine will un-
loubtedly use all their efforts a. construct,
II tho risk OF others sharing with them the
ABILITIES il may afford. But il appears to
M that by q different arrangement both
,hjects may be secured in a very efficient
manner, and that nj an expense not greater
than that proposed for the Cedar River Val
ey Road alone, and that by pressing into
the service and using for the benefits Of Dav-
export the road that is now working her
INJURY. A slight glance at the map Of Iowa
will show any one that the route from Da,-
enport to Upton imaking Upton point)
is almost a. direc, by way Of DC Witt as by
way Of Durant, and is moreover exclusively
in the interest Of Davenport.
But already the Clinton and Cedar River
Valley road is far advanced in construction,
Is located but short distance to the nortl.
4 Upton, and will shortly be opened
through, and junction with il in Clinton
county, by the construction Of some twenty
miles Of road over the smooth prairie, would
At once be the very thing TO reclaim the
lost and going trade Of that region give
Davenport Cedar River Valley road--and
by an easy extension of few miles towards
the Maquokcta, pu, her in connection with
the heart &c that valley, with the Iowa
Central Air Line Read, aud well ON rail
way connection with Dubuque.
Were there road laid on this route.
WuHc the phr~rhkrf~ WufhsN'I tu' 't''>>tht
II the Mississippi river was good,) would Oh
course take the most direct route, the freight
rade and the passengers at the season
shcn the river crossing Is uncertain, woulo
Is necessarily he diverted To the Davenport
bridge and the Rock Island and Chicago
Road, making that company directly inter
ested in the proposed connection, an active
furtLcrance &c which interest would not,
imagine, he wanting on the part Of the d.
rcctors Of that able AMI energetic company,
Gentlemen, something like the above ha>
appeared 50 plain and natural to the writer,
that lac has been in expectation from day to
lay 20 sec il sketchce by some Of your cor
respondents familiar with the subject, bn,
ailing to observe anything Of the kind he
,ends you the above suggestions, hoping
they will he iasorabl, considered and en-
srgcd upon by those familiar with the
matter. Yours, ac. WINFIELD.