The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1865-07-03
5 AIIROAD CONNECTIONS WITH ST
LOUIS.

A committee of citizents of Iowa,repressnt-
ing nearly every portion of the state, have
recently been in Sc. Louis endeavoring TO
impress upon the people of that city the I'm
portance of building railroad from St.Louis
to the Iowa line in order to secure the trade
Of Tow. and Minnesota for that city. The
committee presented the following statements
of the railroads in Iowa:
Burlington and Missouri River Railroad Com
c.,v h. We eompleted and are now running from
ha-f;,oton in Des MONIES county, to Ottumwa, In
1U.asiio county, distance Of seventy-hve miles
TX. M;.sissippi and Missouri River Railroad u
completed and in running order from davenport
in Scott county, TO Ginnell, in Powesheik county,
a distance of one hundred and twenty-five miles !;
and from Milton Junction, in Muscatine county,to
Washington, in Washington county, distance u
Fifty. one miles. fe.rr.,,x
Dubuous and Pacific Rairoa6) 10 eomPie.eo Ano
in ruouing order from Dubuque TO Cedar ans, In
pl..L Hal county, a distance of one hundred
n,le.. and 10 under contract and grading nearly
completed 70 Iowa Falls, In Hardin county, as
lance of fifty-four miles further-
This cost to the company must constantly In
crease as the business increases. At present the
cost to the Company would pay an INTEREST On over
TIE Dubuque, Marion and Western Railroad 10
completed and in running order from Farley, In
Dubuque county, to within eight miles OF Maron,
Linn county, distance of hfty-hve miles, and Is
graded and in progress reconstruction from SPRING
vile to Cedar Rapids, a distance OF fourteen miles,
to be completed in few months. Farley Is the
point where said road joins with the Dubuque and
Sioux City Railroad.
Tn. Keokuk Mount Pleasant and Muscatine
Railroad is completed and in running order from
Keokuk, Lee county, to Fort Madison, In Lee
county, a distance of twenty-five miles
The McGregor Weatern Railroad, at MeIregor,
viro "
. miles: one branch 10 intended to 60 northwest,
and cross the state line in Mitchell county; the
other branch in southwesteriy direction TO the
Missouri river, between Sargenps Bluff and north
line OF state 1t 10 finished and cars running on II
about eight miles, and expected to be completed
some 80 miles further this year.
Total length of railroads IN Iowa, comP'e,eo
and in running order seen hunaFea ANA ''e "'''eS
The StLouIs Republican shows that con-
nection from St.Louis, can be had with these
roads as follows:
At the last session of the legislature act was
passed releasing the first lien OF the state
the main line of the North Missouri Rail
road now completed from St. Louis to its junction
with the Hannibal and st. Joseph Railroad, lis
lance OF ITO miles and authorizing the North Mis-
souri, Railroad Company TO give hrst hen upon
said completed road and Its extension to the state
of Iowa: its west branch be built to st, Joseph
and the bridge the Missouri river, for SIX MIL
lions of dollars. One million and a half OF these
bonds were to be applied IN extending this road to
the Iowa state line, which il on only distance of
6S miles from the Hannibal and St.Joseph road to
which point the road is now completed. When
the road reaches the state of Iowa there are two
companies organized and ready to carry It forward
through that state, giving &c St LOUIS a cohnee-
ton With the whole network of railroads that is
now being built over the states OF Iowa and MIN
nesota together with the business interests OF
Wisconsin and northwestern Illinois
A road from ST. Louis to st. Paul, through
the centre of the great state of Iowa, would
make all the east and west roads tributaries
to St Louis and do more to build up that city
than any other project of equal cost. If the
people of St. Louis know their own interests
they will secure the construction of this road
at the earliest possible moment.