The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-01-11

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re way q keekvk. o. BY shs way Of he Nor,i
Missouri rahsead-ehe ether 70 CAieaeo b. d,
way q Burlington. TAis latter esnasceion Vii
e quite - valuable - that By way of Dayen.
pert Il 10 over Smoother rovtc and 3 ~,
sen o. q meat fifteen miles lonese.
know ~ looking at the mep the aiGareas1
y distances wo1ld seen to 10 greater. Ave the
reads betWeen the diGercus ineermeAiata neina.
ere nueh more direct On The BuslinRtoa reute,
xof examplc-the I've poads which start ffen
Onlcago inserseot - distance from shas point
| os over hundred miles. Al that point q in
ss0scuen the cass ON the Reck Island read will
save passed over eleven Or Twelve miles moro
2. Instance than these going to Burlington, -
win appear By the respective tables Of distancse
This latter towa 10 oaiy sweaty Eight nilse ar
sher by railroad from Chicago than 10 Resk L.
lAnd, although It 10 more sAan fsur ranges Of
tewnsnips or abeut twesty-six miles farther
vest. From this city y Davenport is about 100
niies-to Burlington only about lSS niles.
VI this Distance on the Davenport route shere
. only some 6fsy.t or tour miles OF RAILROAD
complesed. with no immediate prospect Of in
sfee:ng that length Of road, whereas on The
6usilngson road more than sixsy miles is nov
nn'snea. and early in the Spring shs road will
i: conpsetse - Ottunva, which 10 near eighty
miles from Burlington and lesa than rinst,
miles from this place. Whereas Iowa CITY &
q least las miles BY stage route, and from she
broken nature Of the country the railroad route
must PROBABLY be several miles farther. The
aeuse 70 Ossumwa can follow the river Or the
dvioe, and in either ease, then, 10 q vastly
oneePsr and better route than that 70 Iewa CITY.
% cay nothing Of iss being 90 much shorter.
bss shall DO told shat thsre 10 . bridge a
Dasenport which adds vastly to the advantages
81 ssAs route. Ia it not also known that suis !
y now pending to compel the removal Of she |
cnogs - Davenport on account Of the obstrus-
non to the navigabilisy Of the river which 10
presents and that the action ofthe court. which
mas already taken place, 10 strongly indicative
of an opinion adverse % The continuance Of the
bridge, unless am misinformed on the subject.
However This may bs, If il 10 not held BY the
courts that no bridge can be permitted acress
ne Mississippi at any point, there will be Q l
bridge at Burlington BY the time the road can
- competed 70 Otsumwa, or very soon after
Yards. If the Davenport bridge stands there
sll Do an absolute necessity Of bridge at Bur-
lngton, and measures are already in contsm-
Nation looking to that result.
IL is true that the facilities for merely build
ng bridge are much greater ct Davenport than
8 Burlington, but while the former point is fa.
oraoie to the construction Of bridge it is
,srhaps the most Objectionable point on the
lvsr for bridge TO staad, after il is ence built
he current Of the river At Davenport is Eve
niles per hour or more. At Burlington it has
eos than half that velocity. A. the former I
,o.nt boats, and especially RATS, are forced BY
0H rapid csrrens against piers, while they might
'ass with entire safety through Q bridge at the
after point. The construction Of bridge il
ntirely practicable at Burlingten, and ito strus.
ure would interfere vastly lees with the navi-
,ation than At Davenport. IL
The read, whom completed to Ottumwa. will
so give you free intercourse with St. Louis. +,
uninterrupted by the rapids in the Mississippi !
eted long before you can make tho connee- /
ion With this latter place. {
IL mas been said that this Keokuk road is IN. .
er great endorsements, but there is some mis- I
nderstanding ~ to this matter. The road it, I
eli ls less sncumbered than any ether read in !
he State They have thirty.eight miles in op- q
ratin9 and have not sold more than come TWEEN. '
theusand dollars o! bonds in all. j. 10 true i
blink that she road has endorsed the bonds 10 t
aed by the city Of Ksokuk, but the city is look
- by the bendholders ~ the party from which t
~ is expected, and il % regards ITSELF Moth. t
q 10 said from any source, % far a. am b
ware, Of calling upon the eompIny 10 meet the Il
ltereet on these city bonds
II 10 true that the Des Noines river lands. E
hish have beeA looked upon - Q source frem v
hence aid to this railroad was expected, has o
zen withheld from the State and the Company |,
7 the General Government, in accordance with q
70 recent decision Of the Attorney General;
Ut it should be rscellscted thas this is only the
session OF one Of the parties to the controver- il
T. lam informed that the Attorney General p
lprsssed very great doubts as to the decision n
} ought to make, and being in doubt be COP 6
aersd it proper to decide in favor Of she Uni 4
d States. Fl
The course which will next be taken will
'ebably be to appeal to the judicial tribunals. 4
ne parties to the controversy have failed 70 Fl
.rse as to their rights. This 10 . very com il
on occurrence, and courts are provided to set. q
just such controversies ID
Again, within two years from this date Q p
ad from Burlington running through Peoria, v
)Kansport and Pittsburgh will be in full oper-
len, and the distance from this point to Phia.
'lphia and New York will b mere than one
inbred miles less than BY any other route that a
now in existence or contemplated. When 6
shess circumstances are taken into consider. !,
ion, can Ihs people Of Des Aonss hesitate 20 h
the propsiety of sxsrting their exclusive en- 81
gies in securing the connection with Ostumwa, Il
the shortest time possibles
CHARLss Mason. il