Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-01-14
l1ssscaslne 4a1ad Upton Railroad.

The importance Of this r. R..to Muscatine
may not be generally understood. We be-
lieve that if our citizens could rightly apprc-
ciate it, there would be much larger amount
of stock subscribed in Muscatine than there
has yet been; we think it win be o better
paying road than any other in the State, and
that Nuscatine, as a shipping point for the
Cedar Valley, must be largely benefited by
this Road 1t connects, as was stated in for
mer article, with the Chicago, Iowa and Ne
braska Road, or-as it is sometimes called
the Clinton Road at Flournoy, which is stu
ated about eight miles north Of Upton. The
cars are now running Oh the Clinton Road to
Mechanicsville, which is smart, thriving
! village few miles northwest of Flournoy.
The track will soon be completed to Lisbon,
eight miles further Lisbon is also a smart
business town, and commands the trade of a
very fine region Of country; arrangements
are being made to celebrate the completion OF
the Road to this town, which is soon expec-
ted. Mt. Vernon, which is only about mile
and half further along on the same line, is
looking down from her proud elevation upon
the progress of the work with all the COM
placency and dignity of a self-satisfied Phi,
losophy, knowing that the eminence of her
position will soon be appreciated by the trav'
= eler as we'll as the student. When we first
saw Mt. Vernon, and from the ridge on which
the College buildings stand, looked away ovel
that extent of rich, rolling prairie and tim
Der land to the right and left as far as tn
eve could reach on either hand, all dotte'
over with newly improved farms, we though
we had seen no spot to equal it, and we st
think that in our estimation of natural beauty
Mount Vernon stands without a rival. Blu
we will hasten on over fine region of coun
try, leaving we'll cultivated farms and prospet
tive towns along the line Of this Railroad, t
Cedar Rapids. Here we have a city; he
water power, her mills, her business, prom
Using to make her to Iowa what Rochester
to the State of New York. Cedar Rapids
now holding out both hands to Muscatin
:, and saying 'fnish your Railroad; ours wi
, be done before yours can be; by so doing
!, YOU will secure our trade; we will send yo
-four, wheat, pork, corn, oats, &C., and bu
. goods of you. We think Muscatine is tn
best point for us to get to the Mississippi
river, but you must hurry, for until you &c
. your road done we must go to Clinton an
! Chicago, and when once we commence ira
ding with them we will not find it easy t
change. We say hurry up your Road; S
says Shellsburg, so says Vinton, so say
. Waterloo, so say the inhabitants of all tn
. towns in the Cedar Valley clear up to tn
Minnesota line. Mechanicsville, Lisbon, Nj
Vernon and Marion all say the same; bu
they also say that unless you hurry up you
road, we must leave you, and if we do leav
you, it will be some time before you can &c
> us back to trade with you again
The above is no fancy picture; the lar
euage we have from real men, who feel jus
as they talk. In view, therefore, of thes
> facts, would it not be well for those who hay
= not taken stock, to come forward and tax
: literally in this road, and thus secure it
speedy completion.