Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1859-01-25
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Pooss.
1t appears at last TO be settled fact
that they are to have bridge over the
Mississippi river at Clinton. The ia
vorite idea Of the projectors Of that
place and Of its subsequently acquired
inhsbitants is foally TO be carried out
The last Of somewhere about twenty
projects to that end, j. to be success
The town-or rather the city-of Gin
ton for it was chartered by the Leg
isla.ure Of eighteen hundred and fifty
ok aud seven-as our readers are
probably sware-is situated Oh the
western bank Of the Mississippi river in
the county Of Clinton. and is some
thirty six miles north Of Davenport,
eight miles north Of Camanche and
about two miles south Of Lyons. 1t !,
also the eastern terminus Of the Chlca-
90, Iowa and Nebraska Railroad, which
our readers have already been inform
Cd, is completed TO within eight miles
Of its destination, Cedar Rapids, in Linn
county. The plat Of ground upon
which tho city now stands-then
corn feld-was purchased four years
since by an association OF gentlemen
calling themselves the Iowa Land
Company and through their cxertlons
and tho iabors Of the persons whom
they induced to become interested with
them the town speedily grew until it
had a population of fifteen hundred
inhabitants. They also projected the
Chicago, Iowa and Nebraska Railroad
commonly known with us As "the
Clinton road"--and this bridge move
ment 10 also the scheme of the same
Parues.
Ia the river Immediately opposite the
town arc two islands, one Of them
called Little Rock Island, and the other
being nameIess. The main channel of
the river, some nine hundred feet
wide, runs between tho town and Lit
Ito Rock Island. Little Rock Island
is separated from the other Island,
which VIC have mentioned, by slough
not navigablc- about six hundred
feet in width, and the other island
nameless as we have remarked-is
in its turn separated from the main
land Of Illinois by a second slough,
some five hundred feet wide. These
two sloughs Il is proposed to bridge,
leaving the main channel of the river,
which We have before stated, is only
some nine hundred feet wide, and
which can be ferricd over with little
expense, entirely unobstructcd. 1t is
hoped that by these means the in
Vulnerable difficulties and law suits,
which would grow ont of the coustruc-
ton Of bridge over tho main chan
mel will be avoided, while the objects
Of bridge will be in great measure
obtained by shortening the ferry, now
milo and half in length, to nine
hundred feet.
What will be done by tho rival town
Of Lyons, which has heretofore man
aged to defeat all the bridge projects
ofClinton, remains to he seen. Wheth-
or they will succeed in inducing the
stockholders Of the Chicago and Ga
lena Railroad, who recently refused to
build bridge between that town and
Fulton, to reverse their decision. or
whether the independent company,
which has been organized at these
two places, will proceed to build a
bridge on ",her own hook" cannot be
dcte mined but some desperate ''ligur-
ing may be expected.
We are informed by the Clinton
Herald. that the materials for the con-
struction of the bridge have been pur-
chased, and that the first installment
Of piles has arrived together with two
pile drivers.
Tho purpose Of the managers OF the
Chicago Iowa Il Nebraska X. r. is, we
arc informed by the same source, to
form . connection with the Camanche,
Albany and Mendoza Rail Road-not
yet completed-in case they fail to
make satisfactory arrangements with
the Dixon Air Line Road from Fulton
TO Chicago.
Dubuque to be Sold Out.
Some few weeks since, it will be
remembered, we explained at length a