, 1859-10-26


lists appear to be convinced that as soon ii
ime has been allowed to recover from past
the Mississippi Valley will be
thc focus towards which tho wenith aud the
business energy of tue country will tend and
they urc preparing to reap the fruits which such
a development will produce. A synopsis Of
what is to bo accomplished during The present
year leads us to notice Is first in importance
tue completion Of tue ::
GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY.
For several years past VIC bare kept our read-
crs advised Of the plans aud the progress Of
this great work. II is By far the longest road |
upon the continent, and if VIC mistake not the |
longest line under the control Of single COM
puny in the world. 1t extends from Quebec and
Portland, Me-, TO Detroit, something more than
eleven hundred miles. The entire line is now
completed to Sarnia at the foot Of lake Huron.
and it is to be finished to Detroit, where it will
connect with tho Michigan Central for this city
ty the 10th Of November. The Victoria bridge
at Montreal is to be finished about the first Of
December, when there will be but single tran
shipment, viz, ut Detroit, between the seaboard
=
Liverpool This line will oncr uncqualled ad-
vuutages to importers in this city, and that
Chicago in few years must become tue entire
pot for oil the foreign goods that are consumed
in the upper md richer portious Of the Aissis-
s;ppi Valley, there cannot be reasonable
doubt.
We 1,nyc heretofore alluded.to the arrange
ments Of this gigantic corportion to promote
emigration and to accommodate the general
passenger traffic between Europe and the
Central portions Of the American Continent.
1t will be tue interest both Of this Company
md the Illinois Central 10 influence the set
tlemeut in our State Of tue intelligent Eng
lsh md Scotch farmers. and with the open
ing Of the coming season the West will begin
to feel The stimulus which that emigration
will be sure to infuse into every department
Of business. The publications Of Mr. Caird
and the visit of Mr, Golden and other Eng
lish gentlemen, had q direct reference to this
important subject The limits Of this article
will not permit resume Of the facts which
we published several months ago in regard
to this matter. We refer our commercial
readers to the advertisements of the Grand
Trunk Railway in another column, for par
ticulars as to the advantages offered by this
line.
On tue 1ath Of the present month the
CHICAGO AND NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY
was formally opened to Oshkosh by grand
celebration, and the regular freight and passeng~
cr trains commenced running on the following
Monday. This road runs through the very heart
Of Wisconsin. and will prove Of immense nd
rautage TO the trade Of this city. Large receipts
Of wheat tare daily in the market from central
WISCONSIN and the turner's along the line Of the
road will now be sure Of the highest market
| price for all they can produce. At Fond dl Lac
and Oshkosh the road reaches The pine districts
| Of Wisconsin, and a large lumber trade cannot
full to reward the energy Of its managers. An
extension Of some hundred md sixty miles
will take it to the rich iron and copper mines
upon the shores ofLake Superior, making it one
Of the most productive roads Of the West.
On the 14th of June. the
| CHICAGO, IOWA AND xEAnAsKA R.n.
was opened to Cedar rapids. This road extends
eighty-one miles due west Of the Mississippi at
Clinton, md a most important line, both fu1
Iowa und our own city. The Cedar Valley is
one Of the most populous and productive por.
ti,ns of Iowa The Cedar is navigablc to War.
Btw, sixty-tve miles ADORE Cedar Rapids, thus
bringing large trade within the grasp Of CUT
entcrprising merchants At Clinton bridge il
rapidly approaching completion, which will con
ncct this ,oad with the Galeua Air Line, being
the second TO span the Father of Waters be-
tween the Gulf Of Mexico and st. Paul, Min
uesota. For the present the freight and pms
sengcr cars will cross the main channel Of the
river upon large Steamer, but for all the pur.
poses Of commerce it will answer the same as a
bridge.
1t gives us great pleasure to notice thai
tao
NIs-issirrI AND MISSOURI n. H.
is about to make another advance towards tht
Missouri. Most Of our readers know that thi.
road IL m extension Of tue Rock Island toW.
ards Council Hluils. It has Lceu running fol
some time to Iowa City. fifty miles west o.
Davenport, and with the Muscatinc md Wash
in;,ton branch, las one hundred and sever
miles in operation. The company lus jusi
completed negotiation Of its bonds for {
considerable amount at satisfactory prices
With the money thus obtained they have pur
chased iron for thirty miles Of the track, aat
all the heavy work for that distance west o
Iowa City is already under contract, the fund
having been provided to complete it. l.. B
Boomer, Esq, Of this city, has the contract fo
the bridge oyer the Iowa River at Town City
II is to be done By the first Of December.
This company has land grant Of about half:
million Of acres, all Of which is still ayai1able fo
The building ofshe road. The thirty miles nov
under contrac. is to be finished on or before th'
first Of July. This will leave but two hundre,
aad fifteen miles to complete tn. road TO til
Missouri river at Council Bluffs. We hope tha
during the coming winter arrangements will b
male to complete the road as fast rs men an.
money can do It. During the summer, advice
from the Kansas gold fields hare been more Gu
couraGing month by month, aud scarcely an,
| doubt now exists That these mines arc to play
most important part in the progress of th
West More direct communication bctweel
the n5nes this city and the seabosra is Of the las
importance, and it is to be hoped that the capi
tali=:s in the Rock Island and eastern connec.
ins lines will furnish the FIVE millions necessar,
t. complete the road within the next fe,
mouths. 1t is wort by Of notice in this comet
sioo, that the pier Of the
nock ISLAND BRIDGE
about which our St. Louis neighbors had sue
fearful iorebodings few months ago, has bee
| rebuilt in most substantial manner from tb
foundation, and nothing but powder or an eartt
| | quake will ever disturb it. We examined
| | personally last week, and We eertainl
never saw better work. The pier was r.
built under the personal supervision OF F. II
Johnson, Esq, engineer Of the Rock Island Il
H., and 1t will stand for ages IN enduring mont
n,cnt of his mechanical skill. 4 few Of the to
courses Of stone remained to be put on whc
' VIC saw it, but it viii all be completed durin
the present week
. Fire miles hare been added to the
. BURLINGTON AND MISSOURI r. T.
during the present season, extending It to d
! tumwa on the Des Aoines Rires, seyenty-fiy
miles west Of the Mississippi. This road als
l. points directly west from Burlington, and is 4
e extension Of the Chicago md Burlington ron