Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-05-14
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H. ct : railway IRON The tsrotnus OF
II. North Missouri Railroad It the Iowa
Skta li1s to Cedar Rapids. ~ 49, nset-
N ! ,os:pauy Vas orgsnized called the 81.
In. ana Cedar Rapids Rsileay Oq4rsny,
"a ests GfObidknt stili1eas 81 osn ctes
we've placed on the Directory. During the
Dist six months the citssns Of lose. slons
NJ proposcd road, have been very sctise IN
Pthwir efforts to insure the succs OF the en-
tefuriso. CTbe.S~sete have oil been made.
IL ricks q Way keufed, and IN individual
s,ibscriptiun Of about five hundred thousano
ddllarx 10 the capital siOck ~ ihe oenvee1
~. been obtsined along the proposed route
From ~, lova ins-ts Si0sqerey. dss-
80 = ~ 4 - ~ ;ess the 1oeal sut6trp-
~: 49,. .mirr4 "a uveff,,s thousand collars
IpeS mile.
The proposed road is enc hondrtd arc
twenty tive wiles in length, ana z coE
stfuess1C w9 ei3e 70 e's senc''I
vim ~ <natss rAnway Syste 10 Iowa. a.
CEDAR Rapids, its northern erm'nos,'t co"
MEETS with the Dubuque cad S'n'nwes'. ..,'
RA)road. already CON-. eted, ana VII" ,ne
CEDAR Rapids and s.. PAU Halfway nov ~
In1 rapidly pushed Up the Gear nve'u.
Ilv1 toward st. 70 ]. At Ottu.Sras US
tsdce Of thrsy.r milss tron nc Iowa 4ns'
il Aonnec,s VII "a the Burlington and mis-
soSri X ser P al road, and the Des MONIES
VAL, Rail- DAD, the formss Of winch ,ww
| bc romb.e Ell ffy-fse miles wet from
Ottnmw. BY December next. and the latter
is now nearly completed to Des Moines,fhe
capltal Of Iowa. q distance Of about ninety
/ miles. This is u very important connect'on'
and will omen 10 Us. at al seasons o. tne
vcsk. the trade II iowa, and give Us dt
rect Al. rail route to the capital OF our sister
State.
As he. North Missouri Road is now under
contract to the Iowa line, with every pros
poet of q speedy completion to that point
We suggest that steps be Immediately ssxen
70 secure the carly construction OF the 81
Louis 4 Cedar Rapids Road: The Directory
as.,ares US Of their intention to put the hrst
50 niles Of heir road under contract u On
| early day, provided the capitslists OF this
city will come forward and aid the enter
prize by q liberal subscription -something
nearly equal to that already raised along the
line of the rad. With subscripti)n OF
5000 600 IN his city, the entire road to &c.
iar Rapids viii be completed within tre
years from this time, and st. Louis wi'lthen
have railroad that, bv its cOnnsctioos md
| feeders, will enable her to compete with
Chicngo, At, I'll seasons Of the year for the
business Of the State ofJowa.
/ m niicat,on IF nd If the
| products OF the country through " hich the
PROPOSED railway passes, We present thefcl
lowing figures, aiken from he Iowa Census
Report tor 1865, based upon the produc
lions Of 1864. Our figures embrace only
| the following counties: Those through
which the St. Louis & Cedar Rapids Road
will pass; those along the line Of tn.
Dubuque Il Southwestern Railroad; those
On the Cedar Rapids 4 ST. Paul Railway a.
TAR up the Cedar Valley as Waverly, tn,
county seat Of Bruncr county, and those
along the Des Mones Valley Road above OF
tumwa ~ far 40 Des Moincs:
Bushels OF wheat raised in 1864 .. p 5000
% - oats $500. .4"i6,5
:" corn " g l6,7es.s1:
Number of cattle " ....... e6s.ss,
The above does not include any portion
of Iowa, which would not. ty the buIldin,
OF the proposed road, find its easiest AL,
luic >est outlet by this city neither does !
include any Of the counties contiguous Il
those directly on the line of the railroa
mentioned. II will be a very moderate cs,
mate to say that, with the great incrs {
labor c,nse quent on the use Of the wal
the products Of the country, ,ch can thu
: be so easily reached by st. Louis, will !
1867 reach doubled the figures given Abov,
Let our citizens take hold Of Il is matt,
, at once and in earnest; and see that ii
means to secure the speedy CONSTR c,ion
this road are fortified ming. just think Of
Only 36 miles OF railroad necessary TO cor
C meet US with the rich Dcs MONIES Valley an
n the capital Of Iowa! Aud only 80 mil,
]. more necessary to connect Va with the e.
,, tire railroad system Of that STATED The q
terprisc is one which ought to enlist III
most hearty cooperation on the part Of II
business men Of our city.-S. Louis RepuI
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