Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1859-10-19
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There cssact ~ dssbt tbst, when
shs A;ssissisps ord Assses,i Rail
'nd was psojsessd, u wss viewed by
ihs Peosls Il scott coso,y in genera,
sod those Of DsvcDpor. in particular,
- future blsssiog to them, and =
certain promoter Of their interest. --
Ihst sssh wss public expectation no
OSs sas DOUBT, il he will resd the
graphic description Of the esssmon-
~ att~nding the commencement Of
Che work. The Leading c'tlzeos Of
Davenport seem TO have been 10 per-
feet scstacy. when the virgin earth
wss for The fIsst time broken which
wac looked upon rs the beginning Of
ths snd that WIS hoped TO be realized
in . completion of the iron chain be
t~ee" the Mississippi and the Nilsson
ri. II any one, 1t the celebration "
which We refer, hal ventured the
prediction that this Road, when part
Iy finished, would have Disseminated,
in their arrangements for working
the Road, egaissse the business inter-
ests of this city, he would have been
looked upon u q foolish crosker.
The tact that the present time
schedule adopted upon the N. a. NJ.
ka.lroAd does operate u the injury
Of the business Of Davenport, is well
known 10 every merchant in the city.
II any one residing on the line Of the
road desires 10 make his purchases in
Davenport, Or to trsnsaot business Of
any description, he il necessarily
compelled to remain 10 the city tor
the space Of THIRTY-sIx HOURs, en-
brac,ng one day and two nights
Under present arrangements, he can
~ easily go 10 Chicago 10 lay in his
stock u goods ~ TO stop in Daven-
port This is All outrage upon the
reasonable claims which the citizens
OF davenport have upon the manag.
ers Of this road. We venture to say
that a similar infection, under similar
circumstance, can not be found in the
history Of railroad operations in this
country.
The citizens II the neighboring
city Of MusoArINE, have . decided
advantage over US, 10 far as sdvsnta-
yes are dependent upon the Mississip>
p h Missouri Railroad. We can
travel from Davenport, or from any
intervening Station, to Muscatine and
back the same day, and have AL album
dance Of time for tho transaction of
soy ordinary amount of business.--
This is the case 10 going to Musca-
cstlne, but not 30 in coming fran Mus
catine to Dsveuport.-Here AZ we be-
fore stated, the visitor must lay over
thirty-six hours.
The Burlington aud Missouri river
R4iIrosd Company are pursuing a
more liberal policy towards the peo-
Pile of the city Of Burlington. At
Burlington there are two Railroad
arrivals and two departures each day
The resident Of Ottumwa can start
from home at 4 o'clock A. M, arriv>
ing at Burlington ut o o'clock A. M.
tie can start back at l As +. NJ, and
arrive ut home at 8 o'clock =. M.
thus being enabled to remain in Bur
h,g'pn four hours aud forty. flee nssa.
utes IL Is not necessary to enlarge
upon the advantages enjoyed by there's
Idcnts upon the lnc ofthe Burlington
and Missouri River Railroad and the
citizens Of Burlington, in comparison
with those upon the line OF the Mis-
sissippi and Missouri Railroad and
the citizens ofDavenport. The supe-
riority of the former over the later
are too plain TO need clucidation.
But the difficulties under which the
citizens Of Davenport labor can be
removed, and we can not believe,
that those under whose control the
management Of the a6airs of the M
a NJ. Railroad are now placed will
hesitate to comply with = respectful
petitlo" from the business men of on,
city. 1t will only. bs. nsosasary t.
emulate the liberality Of tho Burling
ton and Missouri Railroad Company
by placing upon the road an add,
tlonal or Accommodation ztui,s.-
Let us have an arrival, say at II
o'clock in the morning, and q depart
ure at 2 o'clock in tho afternoon, ant
then oil grounds Of complaint viii
have been removed. A contrary pol
ICY might cause the company TO realize
The truth Of a we'll estabIiahsd princi
pie, that even corporations must de
pend upon popular favor and conf
de"ce, It they would enjoy . long ant
prosperous existence. The iufiictiol
Of wrong will sooner or later reac
upon the Pe'Pstrator. 1t matters no
whaAhoe that v>o.c>..A