Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1859-12-14

LIZ CLAIRE AND DAyENpoET RAIL
KoAD-A spondent In the Let Claire Regis
ter is endeavoriny to wake up the people OF
that place and Davenport to the importance OF
taking Immediate and active steps towards Sc
curing the completion If the above road We
give q few extracts FROM "E's article, as they
embody our views Of the mat ,r exactly:
We learn, from several reliable sources, that
the iron for the S,,4lin K Rock l.lani Rails
road will be on hand at the OF ening of navi
gs,iou in tie spring We suppose IT " III all be
deposited at two points for distribution = name
", Rock Island and port Byron,-and The road
betu cen these towns will be the f., ut in
OPP ration. By tie fourth If July then. at
iurthe-t our citizens viii hear the long i sired
whistle ot the ;ir5t locomotive tha; shall
have echoed from the beautiful hills that sur
round Port Byron and LeCialre. Tic question
would seem naturally % suggr-t itse!t TO the
citizens Of LeCluire now that the road spok en
Of l. soon TO he a reality, What course ought
the citizens Of Let 'iaire aud Davenport To Iur
sue to insure their best and most permanent in.
terests in vi,w Of the speedy CON ple.iou OF the
Sterling ard Rock l-s@1 road. Ii we still!
sleep or, i. there MT danger Of the people OF
Clinton and Clinton county awak ,nng to their
inse est. aud loiniu., the e;t'zen- OF pince-
tcn and building road from Clinton to
Princeton thereby taking the travel o,n the
Sterling road at Cordova, aud turning IL desti
nation ives, ward on thr Ciinton road. instead
Of the NJ. d NJ. road at Davenport?
"E" Informs US that from wait Of proper
action, the charter Of the road has become val
ueless and that new board Of eerporators
must lie organized. and a new vote tax II for
loan to assist in carryinl on the enterprise =
The Supreme Court has W ualer adviser ent
the censlilutionaity Of the last loan, but / e
their decision "a it may. 'he present or late
corporation cannot now make use Of it. "E
very correctly says that the whole county is
interested in the building of this road and
thinks if " do not take some decided action
v.ry soou, "a road will lie built from Prince
ton, on the Mississippi river, to unite, at point
between that town aud Dewitt with tie Gin
ton road. Eastern men, w''o o%n the Clinton
road. will see the utility OF securing the travel
on the Sterling road. which wi. he immense
and at once take hold and push it through
Now says the correspondent, what is to be
Claire be called. and company Of corpcrators
be organized. who will not sumi er on their
posts, but push the project along to completion
think this the best course, but have only
press speak out. Yes, some will cay, but we
need look for no assistance from Dav export -
Not SO; let the people OF LeClaire act first,
and show that they are in earnest ana you
road Only let good, competent, Influential
men be appointed corporators--men who are
real friends of the road. and you will soon be
convinced that some things can be done well
as Others We must do something to get a
good road to Davenport. Soon We will have
one to the East But We must mingle our in
terest with that Of our Davenport friends. Let
no rivalry exist between US. Davenport has
and she will not act ungrateful or dishonorable.
You who are lassing your long evenings and
cold days around your neighbors' stoves, and
congre satiny in Offices to talk of "Old Brown"
and pry into the concerns of your neighbore,
think Of the prize set before you, If you will
only act, and aid with your inf renee this
grandest of all enterprises for your own good
and that Of your neighbors Let US have a
meeting then, and sumber no longer"
We trust the citizens Of Davenport will give
this matter their earnest and early attention
We are greatly interested in the building OF
this important thoroughfare. as it secures to Us
a large and rapidly increasing trade from the
North. The road could be built in less than
two years from the first Of January next. if our
citizens would take an active interest in organ.
izing a company ami procuring the funds to
give it start Let meeting be called and
have the matter talked over, at once.