Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-12-02

Nsw Rours 70 CHicAoo.-Any thing that
tends to break down the extortion Of the
Chicago I Rock Island Railroad Company,
10 Of interest to our readers, and should be
encouraged BY our business men. A new
route 10 in process Of construction from Ra
cine, Wisconsin, via Savannah, Fulton, Cor
dova. and Port Byron, to Rock Island. The
cars are now running to Cord,va, and the
iron is laid on the track to Lyford Creek,
within II miles Of Port Byron. The peo-
pie Of Cordova and vicinity are highly en-
souraged BY the appearance Of the iron
horse in their midst, and business has re
ceived an impetus not known in that sec.
ton for many years. The road from Racine
to Port Byron is owned BY the Northern
Illinois Company, but. unfortunately, the
Chicago 4 Rock Island Company holds .
lease Of the road from the latter place to the
Junction, above Moline. Knowing the vel
come which it will receive in this quarter,
the company has determined, however, that
if the G. 4 K I. Co. will not sell their lease.
that new road will be built from Port By
ron through to Rock Island as soon - pos.
sible. We also understand that it is the in
tention OF the company to push their line to
Warsaw. Ills. a. rapidly Is possible. there
by circling both Rapids. 1t will thus be
seen that at no distant day, we shall have =
competing line Of railroad communication to
Chicago, and over . nearer route than BY
the way Of LaSalle.
We can then resch Chicago by way Of
Port Byron and Cordova to Fulton, and
from there to Chicago, by the Chicago and
Galcna Air Line, or what is now called the
Northwestern Railway Company, the dis
lance being some ten or fifteen miles nearer
than the present route by way of LaSallc
and Joliet. We shall also have q direct
route to Lake Michigan, at Racine, Wiscon
sin.
We would not at all be surprised to see
a change in the policy Of the Chicago &
Rock Island Company. The ceaseless efforts
which the business men Of st. Louis are
now making to push forward the North
Missouri Railroad Extension project, with .
view Of securing the immense trade Of Iowa
and Minnesota; the loud cia,nor for ca
nal from Chicago to the Mississippi, by the
people Of Iowa and Illinois; the thunders of
the Chicago press against short sighted Gu
piiity; the demands Of the press Of Iowa
for Legislative regulations Of the tariffs Of
the N. 4 NJ. Road; and the energy Of the
Northern Illinois Company, all point to but
one resort to preserve their present patron
age.
BUNoAy's LEcruRE-The lecture at Met
ropolitan Hall last night vas very poorly
attended, in fact. as far as the attendance is
concerned, the affair was failure We are
sorry that this wss the case. II Davenport,
with her fifteen thousand inhabitants, ,cannc {
respectfully fill lecture room once month
what can be said Of the moral and intel
lectual capacities Of her people? We do not,
however, approve Of such lectures as Mr..
Bungay delivered last night They are not
attractive to the general public. We have
heard and read enough about the past war
to satisfy ourselves on such subjects for the
remainder Of our lives. People have laid
aside thoughts Of warfare IS the traveller
avs aside his burden at nightfall. They
desire something besides politics. We
will have sufficiently Of that during the
coming winter. they desire historical
disertations. or descriptions Of trav-
els in foreign lands. Anything to
vary the montonous channel in which
thought has flowed for the last four years
Something that will tend to amuse as vel
as to instruct.
RCD LINE TRAN,r Cove refer to the
advertiser. Mt of the new and rapid trans
portation line in another column, where its
claims are fully set forth. Merchants in
this city who have had their goods shipped
BY this line inform US that is the fastest and
the most prompt and most accommodating
in the business. One reason for this is that
it is the only line that runs its cars through
from the eastern se,rorts 10 Chicago. While
other lines are transhpping freight across
unbridged rivers and from one line to an
other, the Red Line cars are hurrying on
to the West without stopping to break bulk,
Any merchant can readily see the great ad
vantage Of this arrangement. This line runs
its cars into the Rock Island Depot at Chi
cago-consequently there are no extra
,hsrges for hauling goods from..one depo. to
another. 1t is emphatically the line for
Iowa merchants to patronize. We recon-
mend it most CO, daily. Give this new en-.
prise thorough trial.
HonE AeAlx.-The public will be glad to
hear that Col BOB. Littler arrived home .
day or two since in sound health ard buoy
ant spirits, for . short visit-sfter an ab-
scence Of twenty eight months. He has
been about four years and half in the SER
vice and may yet be retained BY the Govern
ment. That reported $2o, 900 lift down in
Maine, he thinks an excellent joke-he new
er having been accused Of anything Of the
sort by the Government. On hearing that
he was implicated, he at once demanded in
vestisation. and was duly acquitted without
taint Of suspicion - ws have hitherto no
ticcd. Weare glad to notice that the Maine
papers have done the Colonel ample justice
in this regard. He is welcome home again
to Davenport, Of which be ranks among the
Yearly settlers"
STAND FRox UxDsn.-Smith the Hair
Jeweller, No. 90 East Third street, chal-
lenges the world to compete with him IN
styles OF prices Of goods. He il selling the
most elegant styles Of waterfalls, switches,
and Hair Jewelrv Of every sty1e and descrip-