Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-03-28
GALENA AND THE NORTHWESTERN R. R

GALENA AND THE NORTHWESTERN R. R.
Es No place. iltNe West exhibits
more energy, orf1--77&eo,the true spirit
of enterprise, ALI9cs the City of Ga
lena. She has surmounted the many
difficulties of her rugged situation by
her own indomlable perseverance. She
Is now engaged in remedying all the diff
ficulties of her river navigation BY a lock
mt the mouth of the the river; she has
opened passages for the iron horse through
her hills and bluffs she is bridging the
Mississippi at Tete DIES Morris, and bids
tar to become one of the greatest rail
road centres of the West. A late NUM-
Der of. the Galena advertiser contains a
list OF thirteen railroads projected tadhat
point, majority of which will no doubt
be built. Among them, and most inn
portant of all, is the Great Northwestern,
connecting Galena with Minnesota, and
giving it. direct and immediate con-
nection with central and northern Iowa.
and an ultimate connection with the whole
OF Iowa, and the West beyond. In ref
crence to this project the advertiser says:
The building of the Great North
western Road depends upon ourselves
the citizens of Galena and 10 Daviess
County. This is fact which we might
as well look right square in the face now.
We look upon this railroad as the key
stone of our projected system of Rail
roads, and we confidently believe that the
prompt construction of this road some
sixty miles westward, having in its use
the Mississippi Railroad Bridge, is the
OILY condition of securing to US the ter
minus Of the majesty of the above mem
toned Railroads. -
What, then, we ask, is the interest of
Galena? If the people of 10 Daviess
County have to build the Road, then
evidently the route that will secure them
the contemplated advantages at the least
possible cost, is the one that should and
must be taken. What is in contempla-
ton? 1t is to open up to Galena the
trade of Iowa and Minnesota. How can
this best be done /? We answer by max
ing connection with the Wapsipinicon
and St. Peters Valley Railroad at this
point.
This road will meet the Minnesota
road from Minneapolis. to the North line
ofour State-a road that will pass through
the best portion of Minnesota, and in
which former citizens of Galena have a
large interest, and of which Gen. SHIELDS
Is President Besides this, and the fact
that il passes through one Of the best sec
tons of our State, the Wapsipmicon and
St. Peters Valley Road also commands
the western business of the McGregor's
and Missouri, and Dubuque and Pacific
Roads, and would thus place Galena in
direct connection with the whole of north
ern and western Iowa-while her Ana.
mosa connection will place her in COM
munication with the central and southern
portions of our State.
Thus, then, by building, as the Aa0er-
User says, sixty miles of Road westward
from the Mississippi to this point, Galena
secures the keystone to her system of
roadroads at acomparatively trifing cost,
secures the best route to Minnesota, and
puts herself in communication with near
ly the whole of Iowa, and the West be-
yond. We believe the people of Galena
understand this and will do it.