The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1859-03-24
From the Democratic (Bloomaelal Clarion.
North Missouri Railroad.
OTTUMwA, Feb. 2Sth, 1859.

Dear SirS A recent number of paper
published at Eddyville at the N. w. corner
Of this county, 1.-THE Commercial" contains
an article on the subject of our N. No R. R.,
which it seems to me should receive notice
from your hands.
Not knowing whether you exchange with
the Commercial or not, enclose the ar
ticlc to which I alludc.
The points contemplated by this Railroad
Scion, as are more particularly indicated in
prior articles, arc Centrevill,, Abba, Ely
VILE, Oskaloosa, Montczuma, Cedar Falls,
&c, in Iowa, to st. Paul, MINI.
When one casts his eve at the locality of
these points, he is not surprised that with all
the honorary halt ofdoggcd dragooning which
has been levelled at Anderson, of Monore
county, he will not "come in" 1t may be
worthy of inquiry how Mr.. Allison makes up
his figures. In distance, he is particular to
a quarter of mile, a I'd in grade to foot
He is equally exact in Ill things. He is one
of those kind of fellows who "kaows it air
and knows it right.
Itseems to me that we Of Davis and Wa
pello counties, are not doing enough to further
the N. Mo. r. R. 1t is unquestionably the
prime road for all this region of the country
affording as it will not only a first class south
ern outlet but fair eastern one, during much
of the winter, when the more northern routes
are barricaded with snow. The counties Of
Macon, Adair and Schuylar in Mo-, and Dav-
is and Wapelloin Iowa, ought to be able and
willing to offer such inducements to those into
whose hands the North No r. r. may fall,
to proceed az once with its completion. |
cannot view it in any other light than as the
road is of the very first Importance to st.
Louis, hence am persuaded that could that
city SEGA steady, determined, we'll directed
effort on the part of Iowa to aid in the con-
struction of that road into the Dcs Moin -
Valley, her citizens and corporation would
take hold of the enterprise and push it
through at an early day. These hard times
are not going to broosl over the country very
long, unless God i'm his inscruta5le wis lom
afflicts it with short crops yet q litt'c longer
and when these times pass the basis for a
! completion Of the road to this or at least
to your place can be procured In tn mean
time he 'lthy amount Of gas on the subject
of route will not be unproftably expended,
together with a little money occasionally ex-
pended in reconnaissance ahd conventions
The B. e Mo. r. r. is already running to
Agency, miles east of US, and will be to our
| town iii 10 or II weeks, and we have the
most reliable assurances that new arrange
ment has been or is about. to be consummat-
ed with new company of unquestionable
pecuniary ability to complete the Keokuk
| r. r. to this place within the next l2
months r..a a,.. .-"s"" -..."- '"r ~.
With these roads finished to this place ST
Louis will lose no effort to put the N. Mo. r.
K. through. Seeing no reason why the in
terest of Davis and Wapelo Bloomfield and
Ottumwa, are not identic i on this project,
if it would be agreeable "Wapello" would
occasionally furnish to the Clarion few
! thoughts connected with this road. 81
I .-4a.~s.e . f. Your Ob't Sert,
| ...l...t .. .. .. ..a. WAPELLO.
The above communication was handed to
us by one of the most prominent citizens Of
| Wapelo county, and We would say that we
do not receive the PAPER alluded to, nor had
we seen the article to which our corresppn-
! dent refers and favored us with The COM
mlnication in the "Comncrciar' is amusing
fit is even unimportant in all other respects.
1t appears by the article that there is move
lnent on foot to organize an Extension Com
pany--a new one to extend the n. Mo. r.
r. from the State line northward in this
State, west Of the counties of Davis and
Wapello; however to strike Wapello, from
Abba or somewhere else, at the northwest
corner, to-wit, at Eddyvie. Now we regard
the attempt of these psrties to build the road
west from here as somewhat an ,lagous to the
attempt ofthe bull to run against the locomo-
tive-we admire their spunk but very seri-
ously doubt their judgement sr .f
We do not know whether the Mr.. Allison
who writes the communication to the Com
mercial, has so infinitely examined the diff
ferent routes ofwhich he speaks as to enable
him to inform the public of the minutest de-
tails every contemplated one; he seems to
do so, however, with a data that apparently
could only have been discovered by actual
survey. We do barely see sufficient reasons
earnestly to oppose this rival organization,
for we are satisfied that the attempts will
prove fruitless. But Notwithstanding this
opinion Of ours, we desire to offer all possible
Inducements to the N. Mo. X. r. Co., and
keep before it, as Wapello and Davis are
abundantly able to do so, the superior advan-
tages of this-that ours is the natural route,
and direction in which the road should be
extended. We hope tohcar from "Wapello'
at all times and upon this question partic-
! ularly. Alive want, it seems, is favorable
, and speedy action on the part of Missouri. -
We think that the Company has given us
ample assurance that it will Join hands with