Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-01-26
a>vvs Cenaral RailreaA.

lowa Ceassal RallrooA.
The prospects Of this road are good. The
decreased interest manifsstsd along The
whele line is encouraging. All ofths eoun-
ties are ready for work early in the spring
with the exception Of twe. The stock will
oil b taken in time 70 put che entire line
under contract early in ths season. The
work Of grading md bridging IRON Cedar
Falls to Toledo is all under contract. and
and will be completed By the I'd Of July Of
this year, ready for the iron and rolling
stock. The Enginesrs have coopleted . part
Of their surveys 10 Appanooss county, and
the connection has bssn made With the
North Missouri Railroad. The Enginsers
ore hard at work, preparing the estimates
Of each county along the line. The grading
and bridging in each county will b com
menced - soon - the weather will permit
early in the spring. The building Of the
Iowa Central 10 fixsd fact, and its CON-
pletion will bs Of vast benefit to the entire
State, - we'll - the counties it passes
through. Tho building Of THE railroad will
be one Of the best regulators Of the excessive
tariffs prevailing on the east and west roads
now in operation in the State.
II 10 designed that this road shall b.
owned - much - possible within the State
and to keep the control Of it from going
abroad. With this in view, the people Of
each county on the route are called on to
subscribe 10 sufficient amount Of stock to
grade and bridge the road. ready for the
ties in their county. And the people ore
taking hold Of it with an esrnestness that
indicates they are decidedly in earnest.
The roAd will meet the North Missouri
road at . point in the south western corner
Of Davis county, and run north on the di-
viding ridge between the Charlton and Des
Moines, which divide is in fact an extension
Of the great table, that parts the waters Of
the Mississippi from those Of the Missouri
Reaching Monroe county. the line folio Us
spur Of the same ridge, and thence strikes
the Des Moines At Eddyville. North Of
that river, it passes through the counties
Of Mahaska 10y Oskaloosa). Poweshiek,
Tama 10y Toledo), and Black Hawk. to Ce-
dar Falls At that place it will connect
with the road now being constructed up Ce-
dar Valley towards st. Paul.
Ir DAREs NOT AN.wER.-In his late speech
(?) in Congress. Mr.. Price stated that he
had been inreigled into the German Thea
tire, on the occasion of his address in this
city during the holidays. An evening or
two ago. We requested the Gazette to inform
US in Mr. Prices yes or no style" il that
gentleman had not collected the opportunity
Of making that address. We have quietly
waited for reply, but our contemporary
says not word on the subject The fact
is, instead of Mr.. Price having been waited
upon At his residence, As was becoming to
great statesman, by multitude Of his fellow
citizens, urging him 70 come forth and cx-
press his opinions on the grand topic Of the
day. he reconnoitered the city As any petty
demagogue would, and asked for the priri-
iege Of making speech. Dares the Gazette
deny the assertion? We await reply.
IVES PATENT KEROSENE LAxr.-We nu
dertake to say and know that We can prove
It, that Ives Patent Kerosene Lamp is the
,est lamp ever used So much better is it
han any other style previously invented
hat it would be more economical to pay
wo prices for it than to take any other |
style as gift. We know this to be fact
or we have given them thorough trial.
The Ives patent is advertised in this pa
per to. day. and We ask our readers to ex-
mime it closely-it is true--every word Of
t. This lamp is sold at Dumont 4 Lin
in this city. Go and see the lamp |
ndtry it.
TnE STANDARD BILLIARD TABLss.-We
'efer to the advertisement Of Messrs. Phe-
an L Colender, the manufacturers Of the
,n!y reliable Billiard Tables in the coun-
.ry. Parties desiring tables should remem
Der that the best are the eheapest, and that
Phelan 4 Colender's are the beet.
SALES or REAL EsrArE.-From Messrs.
Eldridge L Bro. We learn that Mr.. Z. L.
Gadd's residence on Sixteenth and Brady
streets has been sold for 81, 700 in cash, to
Mr.. Dow, Of Long Grove. Also, that
tenement in the north Sergeant Block, was
'old yesterday to Mr. Geo. II. Sitterly, for