The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-01-28

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gzs ssn 3sAA Messi.s.
Mssune o. me c'snsns q As"-as AZ sSs hsad %
Annnos Lsenne. the xosA inas', iof tns purpose q
sl1Iinns P1snc ieenns ana PfonPnne Past6 -
non IN reference 2 the speedy completion q the IL
hasS ana Soutasrn Iowa kAl HOOD. iron Carthage
70 Ossysoo' ~ which dfrect conmun isasaon VIII
y secured % Asoknk. with oil tho important com
nescaal Poanss, 1ss' and soufA.
Inc mesnng W. Organized " the appointments
o. Col. Y. d. FIFTY = Chairman. and Chs. Smith
Sscresa sas ss
mssn. = 4. honnh and =. " sample I'd
ofssed INC sadasnes szPrssaag q sha soisse. thSir
dnapP0nfmcnt ana rsgr@ 0af 20 fsw should ~ b
ssscnnanes WASH tas soeJss o. eonaidcssaon was Of
such ve aceacai Importance to every citizon, bust
nsss man and property holder Of keoknk. Tiny DE-
nonsfrstcd the necessity Of prompt and ensgsc 40
tioA 10 secure, within the next night months, what
Ksoa<uk haA bean seeking Tor ysan to accomplish.
to-wK .-an eesesrh rail rosd eoansctaon that shsaid
place her In position independsrt OF Burlin gtou
and Quincy, and give hx prunineuce superior to
that at any other point On the Mississippi River
nnth II ST. Leuia- To Do this, nothing more was
necessasy than 70 I'LL up the short gsf Of thirty ni
between Carthage and Clayton. = which point the
road connests with the Great Rail Road thorough
fArr thrcugh Illinois. Indiana and Ohio. TO Toledo
= tAe hAd Il LAks Erie. BY means 81 this con
asctioa, and ths vssious has Of sil-wsy interesting
the WahAah and Crest Western Rod. ct different
polsts. re shall - pat in direct communicated, not
only with ID the principal cemneviai cities Of ths
- board, but with Chicago, g. Louis. Cairo Lou
nviile md Cincinnati. Hsviag with Msss- Wells,
McCnns and othen, spent several weeks on he line
of the rozte betweea Carthage and Clayton. max
ing surveys, securing the right Of way and OBJ
tanning local subscriptions, they could Assnrs the ca
tizsas OF Ksokak that never had there been time
when IN eastern rail road connection could be &c
Cared with - httie delay and q - trfling cost,
- ss the present moment. Nor was there svsn =
time when sseh connection was 70 vital to the in
t'rssts Of ksokuk and her future business prosperity
With local subscription OF 81. 600, nadc up BY
the sissns Of this city and those along the line Of
the rosd. tAe completion Of the enterprise va fally
insured. Guanatis to that effect had bean given
BY Rail Road ComPaaiz whose willingness and
ability could not be questioned. Those Compsni0
we're ready 10 furnish whatever means might be ne
cessary, beyond this ANAL local subscription, 70
complete and iron the branch to Clayton. Compsr-
ing this trfliag outlay with the immense iatarsst
u stake, there would seem NO possible room to doubt
Whist the scion 1t he citizens 81 Ksokuk would be
in reference 70 the subject
The spsaksr fsrthsr showed the additional in
duccmcnh which the completion Of this work would
aiford 70 Eastern Capitalists to inveat their meaaa
in the extension Of the Kcoksk and Fl De- Mopo,
and Keokuk. Mt. Plsasaat aad Minnesota Roads,
into the interior Of the State thus securing TO Kso
kuk the double advantages Of our Eastern outlet and
endering har more certainly and speedily ascessbls
0 the producing regions West Of the Missi~ippi.
An's' ~ Ss1' Pi..ass' A''.uA "s'e = 80
nse 70 'ns ''Pel.of oolos'0a 70 "n'cn ner hs1.A
advantagea en'i'ie mar ana become In TACT Shas
all admit her % Dc ProsPsshssy the greatest COM