St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-05-19


Of the cmD.v west to the South Ma
koqur,l varies in altitude from 100 to
40 feet attaining at the highest
point between those two streams, an
elevation Of 4S9 feet, at a distance of
400 miles from Dubuque. At the .
point whore the south fork of the Ma
koJucta is crossed by the railroad,
its elevation is 325 feet; and from
here west to the Wapsipinicon river
Il distance Of twenty-thrcc miles, the :
general height Of the surface is about
$50 feet with variations Of 40 or 80
feet Of depression or elevation. From (
the WapSipuicon to Cedar river the
general level Of the country is lower (
than it was farther cast, being about
$50 feet and the Cedar itself is so
feet lower than the Wapsipinicon.
The Iowa is, on the other hand, over {
200 feet higher than the Cedar, and
and the elevation Of the surface be
tween that river and the pcs Moincs /
is between $40 and ESQ feet. The
PES No.ucs is lower than the Iowa
river, by little over 80 feet a; the for
mer river being much the larger of
the two, and having cut its channel
deeper in proportion. From the Dcs
NOinrS, the road rms in almost
STRAIGHT line for q distance of about
go miles to the head waters Of the |
Little Sioux river and crosses Coon
river at an elevation of GO feet, while
the general level Of fine rcrion he
tween the two rivers is from G3O toI
ov"-reT'. "T,,,'"' '1g- ZION ~, 5'""''"
rise" Sfadua.Iy' ana al It's cUIN''"-
"h%. P"'''' -" mics from hnon4u''
'''a'I'S an c'cT ~, J., oi o4' lcG| me
fo3H S'fIACS II'Ei" river ABOUT -
hl''S1 IRON, 0I'IA cry ~, -: az t'tl "l"i1
''l - '''.o' '''G W H. M, ~"
o'oa;',,I "'. o. -. C r. - 81 ''no -h.'
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'"T ,r, in'o';'@' Li' a. ir"D" .I ~,
~ nus nus: ~ H. l1"I, a.'"s 49, r - eI"N
va. 49,, il'c VI '''I Sua'"o' i'o.n .nc Gus,
- VIZ W.. 49,, 80 40" 40 '"v ';o. ,'i,Lu
si:: s', NV, 49, ni'to Wv;
,",'1',''' "'', '''' !" '''tfr'',,ll' I'ro a.,
I'u'I, i:,''o' ~ .'t W. .I'ri 'i,", t,.C
W., :''o'0 t'' an 49," '.'S
,1,,:,,,1 -. n,...a,,,a '" na,,.;a. .r5
o'",I,>" = '''''' INV" MS ~ '''e
'' ,I,n e H.. ,.u,,
rI ~ [.,' a''',' Va e''t u v''H I u oG'UI'
sea. is at Mctircmor abont G24 feet ac-
cordiue. to the Wisconsin railroad sur
views
From DmIcitb onposito Dubuouc
70 Cairo NJ thn month of tho Ohio ac.
~ 'It''o' a. ''C ii!ou:'' ~ .'c o''!1' "o
SURVEYS fine descent is ohont 900 foot.
tho railroad tr,cl, ot DpnInitb bo;nr
3a7I2 feet above low.watcr mark af
Ca;r, and 81 foot abovo Iow.wator ot
descent Of tho river the distance no.
inc estimated ot 5SG mics 40 foot
nr about eix and a half inches nor
milo From prairio An CL;on tn roirn
bv railroad lpvnllirms ,ho ralI is 22a
foot thc distance bSinc estimated n
csc miles these data olive a descent
of q II foot npr milo mr. inst about siv
inches TV,;s fan Lowcyor is NOT mi.
formIv distributed nc thcrn oro two
imnoi,t ant ronids within tho limits IF
thn Ctotc Of Iowa tho o,Iv onos
,yLich h,torrr,t tbo no,;o,oi;on ofI
tLn ,;rnr hotvoon its ,north ond
thc FalIs1r q hntho,y , d;stoncn 81
aLnrt o3Ho raiInn Ttn' at.tr"nt;ana
Iaro oiI,doa 80 n.o naI,aI ~ 49," T.na,.
and Jn,ynr Ron;as rho Tow .mc ado rp,L.
nr Mas Na;nds ro,,;i' ovtoni f f,",
oLnnt r-ron'rIrrtbi IS n';In oharn
Tcnt,x ncor,v n rr'1 Mor+ro , ' Az
tonrc If cinvc31 MICS nj rho G,ll in t I,
E;sIa,cn ocnurl;nn. 70 ramto;,' Tno -
sroG,tIo nvcr tv,c,,3,. e r" "t (5tGI5
foo. ~ ,,nro tIor e., .;,,',, ,,n ,,,,aI
dnsnnn, r. r ,Lo r;ra ,r T., tLo aro J;.
t.,,,a ~, J,an i.,,';I ','o ,o,1 r,,,
tm In. ~ ~ 'i poI. i I,,'u :; va.
tLo nnint v.Lcro tIc ,i,ar l. ro,,, nrIss
"a IT,. ,,o ra;IrooJ hrfo.o 80 INV tho to,nn
~ ~ I,;na ,'' nra D''u2s, ~ .'0 wv
rho FAN or N'o Tnnor r .om; , - n n', tho
w i"'' VI 'i'N tA''i i"Ii''o IN, pll lilt