The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-03-08

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) EAe CsAanaanatng Roslsaon oFourllng,
Il eou. IS 45sS
: With much the longest Western railroa,
built through the thickeet settled and mos
productive pert Of Iowa sad connecting abeat
Of all others viii the garden Of The State, ,h,
; Des heinss Vallsy-wish q good Eastern
} and Southern railroad connections a. any tovr
J upon The Upper Mississippi. and the cer.siaty q
The completion. during the season, of anothe,
and the shortest and best through road to the
East, Il strikes US, without any boosting, .hs.
Burlington possesses advantages not to be sur.
passed. II indeed equaIled, BY any Of her rivals.
There is certainly no better poiat for wbole-
sailing. No other town has 80 good facilities for
forwarding goods into the interior, or receiving
and forwarding to Eastern and Southern mar.
kets the surplus products of the State. The
same considerations operate in it's favor a.
manufacturing point.
| 1nese advantages are seen and known. The
caP'tai, the business. men and means, will lust
as surely fow in this direction and all REQUIRED
facilities be afforded. We predict, and put the
prediction upon record, that before the first dav
OF January next the wholesale trade of Bur.
ington will be TEN TINES LARGER than at auy
former period.
manufactures are Of slow growth and require
the fostering care Of our citizens. Our moneyed
men and proper,y-holders should offer all the
inducements in their power to bring among US
skiiltui and experienced manufacturers Of cot
ton, wool, iron, leather, tools, implements, fur
niture, machinery, clothing, etc., etc., for the
reason that . healthy increase in business in |
this direction will do more, ten fold more. for
our town, aud for the State at large, than any |
amount OF mere trade and traffic can possibly |
DO. An addition of ten thousand to our pop
olation, permanently employed in productive
mechanical industry, would more enrich Bur
lington than the entire Wholesale trade of the
State. The inevitable laws of trade will bring
all needed business facilities. There is not the
least cause for uneasiness on this head. But
it is different with manufactures
The eyes Of spectators, and their name is
legion, Of business men and of the people, to
some extent, in the interior, have been dazzled
on the one hand by that magnificent piece of
architectural grandeur, the Davenport Bridge,
and on the other by the brilliant fnanciering.
and rapid growth consequent thereupon, of our
fast rival, Keokuk. One of these bubbles has
already burst and the other soon will. Keo-
kuk has fallen victim to her own extraya-
CANT folly, being now crushed under an indebt.
edness equal to $4,000 to every male resident .
above the age Of twenty-one years. This beats
The south sea bubble. The Railroads entering
The State over the famous bridge, to which
Iown lot spectators and land agents bow down
Ihree times day, are entirely crippled by it,
md unable to bulge an inch. They are exact
y in the predicament of the fellow that drew :
he elephant in the lottery.
As much Jealousy as there is against Burling- $
on and as heartily as she is hated on ac-
ouns of her refusal to concur in the wild !
chemes of spectators, who largely control J
ublic opinion in Iowa, she now occupies Fl
ommanding position, and WILL TAKE her share 8 8
f trade in spite of her enemies. II cannot be =
revented. We shall supply the Des Moines t,
alley and the country on the West bank Of G
hat river with goods, lumber, groceries, hard .
sre, iron, nails, ETC.. etc. They will inevita- =
ny receive their malls, ire'ghts, etc., from this g
Erection, and send their cattle, hogs, grain n
nd provisions over our road As we have
cheved our present enviable position without r.
ankrupting our town and citizens we can IA
laintain il against the world. Those who have
thored SO hard against US will be forced to give
p frutless opposition and submit. Things N
i'll gradually cool down to matter OF fact L.
will pass away. A head IN
,ng plunge into Indebtedness beyond the prob "a "a
bility or possibility of payment will not long or
ass current for enterprise among the people, ar
'hen this natural condition of affairs comes as
'und, Burlington will not only be the best =. 81
isness point in Iowa, but be recognized uni un
'rsally as such all over the country. WI
ID There is a consolation in knowing that sn
estern Iowa has not yet been buried beneath ca
hopeless amount of county and city indebted tin
ss. But one county west of the Des Moinee, ."
has been guilty of the folly of nv
suing bonds to Railroad corporations That
rt of our State, as rich in soil and mineral ou
ealth and as desirable a residence for man as va
y part of the Northwest, is not crushed under tb
weight OF Railroad bonds, nor afflicted as op
rgely as is %he Eastern part of the State by ste
'nproducing class Of speculating land sharks -
le man who wants cheap lands for cultivation to
for home for himself and children-cannot,
our opinion, 6ud better location, everything an
ing taken into the account, than in Western ne Ne
va. Lands can DO had at very small ad- wi,
nee upon Government price. This vast couR raj
:, between the Des Mones and the Missouri, u
large as half the New England States, and ~
pable of sustaining population of ten or fl
IN millions of people, offers better induce on
nts 10 emigraats than any Of the Territories WI
" open to settle leuent. Lands are very cheap
W and will be cheaper, because those who the
Il them must sell. tin
W estern Iowa is contiguous 10 the newly dis oa
yefcd Eldorado. The tide of emigration to on,
s new gold region, to Oregon, Californla and We
al will 90 over Southern Iowa to q large ex- sto
It. Thus an excellent home market will be % ".
0rded, and their entire surplus products, as ex,
rays heretofore has been the case, sold at ito
me at good prices. po
tE- The man koob, who was arrested on
lurday for rape, attempted suicide, in jail, on
,ndsy night. He 6rst hung himself, but the ha
pdkerahef which be used broke. He then sid
TX (t is supposedly dose Of strychnins. The po,
unity Physician, DR.. Harvey, was ,caled in, IT,
d made all efforts to resist the course Of the ma
son. At last accounts, the prisoner was ex- cd
cted to recover. 1t is supposed that he OBJ ~,
ned the strycbnins at hts shop, whittier he 90,
ut with the Sheriff TO get shaving materials th'
fore he went to Jail. He has waived . pre- res
airy examination, aAd now awaits the action =. -.
the Grand Jury. de
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