The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-11-19
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TOLEDO, WABAsR : WEsFKRn RAILwAIY.--
A correspondent of the Toledo Blade who
has lately been over this great through route
from1HlSd6DA We NiiissippI " lis point
and ct Quincy, properly appreciates the inn
portance Of this line as one of the highways
7 Of tsayelE@ eAsperA tion kst ~ Ut
From Toledo branch out-roads to all points
on the Atlantic Board, facilities for iner-com-
munications, which the inhabitants of the
Des Moines Valley throughout its whole ex-
tent, are offered by the terminus Of the T. ".
. 8 w Railroad at his paas& The eofsss-
pondent says ofthis line:
81 cannot here refer in anything like detail
to the many and various characteristics of the
country stEibVtasy ato fis thoroughfare.
Throughout its line Of FIVE hundred miles,
the extent and variety of resources develo.
ped and being developed, are very great.
Ah1A every kind of soil and tJioAdetion Is
found. The heavily timbered lands of Ohio
and Indiana and the broad prairies Of Illinois
vie with, each other in the abundance Of their
production, And already overtsx the rapidly
Increasing facilities of the road. But it will
not be till this fertile country by this road be-
comes more fully developed and our nilway
communication with the sea-board il greatly
increased, that the sagacity and enterprise Of
the proprietors and builders Of this important
work viii be appreciated. Then the napes
of Azariah Body and his worthy associates
viii be recognized among those Of the honored
men oftheir country. thas been truly said
that he was a benefactor ofhis race who made
two blades of grass grow where but one had
+, grown before. And is not also he by whose
= foresight and energy such increase is stimula-
ted and made available to the world Of consu-
mers? What good from swelling beyond its
own wants the product of country which has
no market or outlet for its productions
Agriculture and commerce are both hand
maids of civilization, 1.-The Que no more and
no less worthy than the other-and should be
honored alike.
THAT portion of this line between Toledo
and the Illinois line, two hundred and forty
three miles in length, and embraced within
the late Toledo and Wabash road, is in excel
lent condition, and will compare favorably
with the tracks Of the older lines of The Fest
Considering tAe peculiar soil and topography
of a large portion of its route,its bed is re-
markably even and solid, while the rails is in
good order. This is due to the constant
watchfulness and skill of Messrs. Warren Col
burn and George Burrows, under whose su-
pervision the road was constructed and has
been worked until this time, and to the libe-
raj policy Of the Board of Directors by whom
those officers have been supported. While
some portions Of the line west of Illinois State
line now lack the smoothness of the Eastern
Division, the thorough means employed for
its Improvement win soon be put in complete
order for its rapidly growing traffic, and we
may confidently look in comparatively short
time for track from the lake to the Missis-
slippi, which will challenge comparison with
the best lines in the country.