The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1865-07-20

i RH019UOAU0s
For the last three years the railroads
Of the West have been, almost wiihnn'
exception paving institutions. The at
tention Of the capi, aIists OF the countr.
has been drawn to this fact, and 2
great extension Of the railroad system
particularly Of w his become inevi
table. The people Of the State have
not themselves the capital 10 enable
them to engage largely IN railroad
enterprises, and the Constitution does
not permit The S'ate to lenl its credit
There is, then hu, one thing l-f, fnr "
IT, do. We mnst show the capitalists
whore roads can be proftsb'y bull.
w. mus, keep their attention cons, antly
drawn towards those road; and we
must foster the rivalry now Existing
between iiff'orent cities ftn their trade
/ ! seems to ~ that the people ofDava,,
port, and the surrounding country.
whose welfare is identical with tnat nf
Davenport, should fret nf all, combine
their Efforts with the citizens Of Rock
Island for the bn,llirg If road -
Galesbnrg Before we undertake 10
concentrate the business II Central and
Nor'h Central Iowa npon our c,'v, We
must secure An on let for that business
with the world, and in no other way
can such an outlet be At once 90 clea, ly
and 40 surely obtained. Beyond all,
the road is feasible
There ought not to be any difficulty
what ever in getting it bnilt The c,ti
zens Of St. Louis are now maxim.
strenuous efforts to open up railroad
with Cemiral Iowa, and
it is only necessary to direct their a,
ten,ion to the subject in order to obtain
their ready and substantial aid in an
enterprise which will 80 greatly facili-
tate their commercial intercourse, no,
only with Northern Iowa, but with Min
nesota, Wisconsin and Northwestern
Illinois. A glance at the map will show
that by an almost air line road between
Quincy and Port Byron, both the Mis-
s,ssppi rapids will be avoided. Tha,
alone should be q sufficient ini:,,cement
not only f9r the merchants Of St Louis
to engage in the cnterprise, hut
for the owners of the Chicago Bur
l,ngtnn and Quincy road, to build
branch Of their own To Rock Island.
Direct railroad communication between
Quincy and st. Lanis and between
Davennrrt and Northern Iowa would
follow almost az a matter If course. l.
is not cheapnss, hu, rather rapidi',,
of iransp.rta ION which draws trade tn
a citv, At least, such trade ~ S.. Louis
il most anxions 10 obtain from nv. If
= citizen If Davenport can leave home
in he evening. reach s.. l. ,ni- the mex,
morning, 'ran-ac, his business and iak.
the might tram home again, leaving his
li.htar pufchases 10 foil w h,m bv rail
ArH3ia his 5e3vV ere~ cs,nn mere
siswty Nv water aisl Y~ s. Lsa,.I
vsfy aiteu " pers he aoa aaas % Gsi
ts.#-1 f<st #,a,4 y -ss -, .-.5.et $50, ,,.,.i
St. i.sa's Is bg' very -maji par II fhe#
benefit rs 81 dep8gei from saah 4 coal
hy ns. Tn" cos, # tGansparta ion to
Chicago vii be largely fr,lncri. -Bn,
aneve all, bv way If he Peoria and
i.asapsp",, road. We VII nhta;, direct
communication with Toledo Ard nearly
direct with Cincinnati and Pittsburgh
Citizens Of Davenp,,tl T." dav we
are IN abiect snhiectinn to the Chicagp
& Rock Island Railroad. Our business
and our enterprise are crippled and
wasted by that company, Onr business
men are leaving us and our trade he
coming .:paralyzed. Csnno, we, by a
combined effort, free ourselves from this
thraldom? Who Is ready TO m W in
this matter. Let us have 4 railroad Ia
S.. Louis. and Chicago will not leave
us long without q canal to Lasalle ~
Ddv. Gazette.