, 1860-07-13
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FRIDAY, JULY -, 1860.



from the report Of the President aud Directors
Of the Cedar Rapids and Missouri River Rail
road, showing tue importance Of the early con
struction Of tha. lire to the mercantile and |
the comm .rcin1 interests Of tho city. Every |
vordin that report we bslieve to be true, and |
ws hope large meeting will be in attendance
at the Board ri 1ra'c rooms this evening, and |
TINT '1iberal subscriptions viii be made to the
stock Of tie company. f..
But wails oar citizens have their attention |
turned westward 10 The rich and tue inviting |
fields Of commerce which will surely yield US
their treasures a. a reward lor our energy
and enterprise, Chicago sl,onld not forget that
she has otlsr friends thet merit equally a
share in her favors. These Of our citizens
who are identified with the Galena Company,
and with tie J,wa t Nebraska Company
will, Of course, subscribe what they
ran towards tic building OF tho
Cedar Rapids and Missouri Road. Hon. VIM.
B, Ogden, one d. the directors OF tho Asss1s'
ninni and Missouri road. md those who arc
d;nect1y interested ia the Rock Island railroad,
will reserve their money aud their efforts to
ron,nlete ut the esrliest day possible the Hiss
fs,;nn1 aud Missouri road to Council Bluffs on
the Missouri. The large msjority OF cur c1tl"
yans who are no. now directly interested in
either one Of these iines, should in our judge
ment divide ,hc;r subscriptions equally be-
4uecn them, Tic ratasers Of the Mississippi
and Missouri road have not attempted to press
.b.r claims or to interfere with the efforts that
are maxi: for the other company; but it Is
understood llbt thay will shortly lay their
plans and proposals before our people, and
doubtless they will command the confidence and
support Of all our cis:zens, At least 100000,
1avab1e IN convenient iusta1lments as the
work progresses, should he subscribed here to
the stock OF each company within the next
two weeks. We put the amount at low
figure, for We knew that oair buainess public
inst now have very little cash TO spare; but
Tho amount can be increased to any extent
hereafter, as tie coming harvest inspires con-
6dence and i14filses prosperity into all the
channels Of trade We have not doubt that
If every dollar that our capitalists, real estate
owners and business men can be sndueed 10
subscribe towards the building Of these roads
were lost, they would in the end make money
bv tbs investment. But there is no danger o!
thas. Bo.h lines have valuable grant q
lands to aid III their construction, and BESIDES
the immense business Which the Northern
line would draw from lhe West and the North
west Of it's urniitu-, and that the extension
of the Rock Island road would command iron
Kansas ard other sections West and sonth
west Of It's terminus, would, when completed
at once make lhrr stock paying Investments
As ce,taiuiy ns the G.lena stock paid hand
somelv when first buils, SO certainly will thes'
roads, built 50 c!iearly, and having ronop
oly Of the vast t,ade Of tie Upper Nilsson
ri and tie goli-lelds, MD tie travel to the Pa
ciic, pay a laudsome profit to their stock
holders.
Wo hnye heretofore given full space to fact
IN reiation to tue Cedar Rapids and Mlssou1
railroad In justice to tile other line, and ais
to the best interests Of our city, we now pre-
sant some tacts in IT gard 10 the condition an
the prospects oi the Mississippi and Missou'
railroad. This is lha more necessary as it
expected that its claims upon the encourage
ment Of our citizens will soon be brougl
prominently lse!cf- them
One Of tlls strongest points in its favor i
that its n,apsgers are helping themselve
They show tier confidence in Their line
pushing it ii, adlg westward They ha'
completed within the lsst few months son
fifteen miles Of road, md expect to finish !
teen more IL September, and open the road
Narengo thirty mica west Of Iowa City. We
considerable ersdihg las been done bctwe
Narengo and GrihncI', and early in the Wln'
or spring it is xrec.cd the road will bo ope
edto the latter to"u, ore huudred and ntte
miles west Of the Mississippi.
This viii leave but one hundred and nine
I've miles to comple,e tie line to the Missot
Now We doubt not that one hundred mi
more could he finished within Ayear it Chlca
would at once subscribe 100000 10 the ste
Of tue Company, AID place it in the hands
the Directors Of this Company. With vi
they could then readily secure from the peo
slong the line and from their friends and ot'
capitalists a. the L ast, t,lhe road could be pusE
forward to within hundred miles Of tho =
souri certainly b. the first Of August IL
That would give us The control Of nearly
the travel across the cont ncnt, and also
such an impetus 10 the trade o. the city
the buaine=s Of tho line, that its completion
the Missouri within the following year vi
he secured beyond contingency.
The road runs through one Of the ricl
and most thiclly populated sections OF Il
The Rock Island bridge brings tbla in1n'
trade directly to this city, and will give
upbroken lipc to ths Missouri. Those il
ested in the Rock Island, aud the Missis'
and Missouri Railroads, have for years 1e
ed the entire influence Of the St Louis CT
Der ct Commerce, bscked BY tens Of
sands Of dollars, to break down tho br
and Chicago can now well afford to show
interest in the westward progress Of the
by subscribing liberauy TO its stock
Rock Island bridge l.ns alone been wortl
times its cost to tia commerce Of Chi
though We doubt whether our business
ever had dollar invested in it
THIS is one Of Tho Iowa land grant r
It has sometling like half q million Of thf
lands upon the continent. They could a
tainly be SOLD within year from the oo
ton Of the road tor four dollars per acre,
ing the Company at least two miliiE
dollars. As the road can be built for 81
per mile tie lands al,ns will pa7 two''
of the cost Of The las: two hundred nj
road.
It is the business Of The statistician n
engineer 10 show what amount Of hu,
the road would command from the Wes
the Southwest Of its terminuA The &
are not at Our command, but let any ma
himself in regard to tho immense e1
tion crossing the continent, and moving
ward seeking gold in the Rocky Mou1
every year, aud withal let him stud
resources Of ths magnificent *
through which this road passes, and r
beripg how cheaply it eau be built
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