The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1865-06-29
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ST. l.,u,S June %

TErom the Saint Louis Rcpu lie n
Sr. l.,u,s juno %
Pursuant to an Informal meeting
held on Wednesday last at the Lin
He'll Hotel, the regular meeting then
,rlrrr,l took place yesterday at the
Mcrcan,s' Exchange. The following.
named gentlemen CONFUSING the rail
r,a,l delegation from Iowa were in
troduccd: j.
Col. George Gillespie, judy" J. N
Love. Hon. IT, II Trimhlr, II J.. VOL
fari, Hon. j $. Townsend Col. Dm'i
Anderson, Henry Saunders, II. j.
Joes, VIII Dunlap, YIN T. smith
T. w. Tulls. !. i. Grinncll, lion. r
Nickel. +. \ Graham W. +. Johnson,
Hon. L Mcllenly, John II. Blown and
pthers.
They arc residents chiefly if no,
wholly oflhe counties Of N alaska, Mon
roe, Wapello and Peweshck which Ii,
along the route Of the Iowa C,n'ral
Railroad, and arc gentlemen Of As
much clninencc and influence socially
mi politically. A.. any 10 their, State
The important railroad scheme the,
represent has already been referred to
in our columns and 10, ,ksto complete
ing a road whicl, is already in opera
ion from Minneapolis in Minnesota r.
the interior Of Iowa. This road the,
lesire to extend to the Southern boun.
larry of their State to meet the Nortl,
Missouri L ,ad, which, it 8 expected
he enterprise If Misourians will cx
tend to our Northern S ate line, dis
ance Of only six,v ei.h' miles. 1,
brief they wish 70 show that only one
hundred anil fifty miles are wan,in. 10
put ST Louis within reach Of Minnesota
and the entire railway system Of tAci'
State.
The President Of the Chamber hav
ing called to order, introduced Mr..
IvEs. Of + ldyville, one Of the delegates
and Judge LOVE-, both # whom -p"k,.
briefly in explanation Of the Object Of
their visit to our merchants aud bn>i-
ness men.
Hon HENRY T. Blow. who succeed
ed them on the stand, said he consid
cred the proposed Improvement the
most important that the people Of S,
Louis have had under consideration
FIR long series Of years. S., compre-
hensiyc was it in tac', that ii looked
to no less a scheme than tho union ct
s.. Paul by railway with the city OF
New Orleans. Besides freight consider
atoms tic passenger traffic Of such
grand route wn,,ll be great al;nos,
beyond estimation. A Railroad from
Minnesota sou,hwarl into Iowa wa.
already well under c"nst, uction. III n
came our North Missouri and Iron
Mountain Roads, and company il
now organized to extend the latter "a
Columbus kentucky, where wonl,l be
re ched the Mobile and Ohio Road
W .ich leads TO New Orleans, and near
! all oth + prominent places in the
Southern Stacs. To make the chain
complete We have but to add the link
from The present terminus Of the Naril,
Missouri X pad into the State Of Iowa
a distance of only one hundred and
fifty miles ST. Louis would then own
connection with ST. PAIL, which is six
hundred and forty miles distant BY
land. 1t was perfectly feasible for the
North Missouri Company TO perform
its share OF the work and reach on To
the low, line. The late earnings Of the
road had been one million Of dollars,
yielding q net profit Of three hundred
thousand. 1t was in prosperous con.
d ion in financial way, owing to the
business j. has elj ,ycd, and The recent
act Of Assembly relesing the State hen
on part 0: the complny's bonds. Bet
tcr financial times might also be pre-
,lctcl tor Missouri.
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