Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-01-19

shs Chiesss zssss. vill b 5ossd issersss-
,ng:
NJ. A. @. Fulton was called On 70 state
his knowIsdgs Of the proposed route, snd
did - - follows: Al a. early date In l642
! made . preliminary survey for railroad
through this State, and Published that re-
port. was one u the parties in getting the
ChicAgo snd Rock Island railsvad charter
through the legislature. When there vas
but three - fous hessss In this tesn, i've
Or six psssoas met hess TO discuss that pro
ject, and citizen now living said then that
they never expected 70 80 railroad through
this town. They we're hap. lily disappoinl-
ed, and We nay also b disappointed in our
fear Of not having canal also. Ny opinion
~. thss to build canal from the lake.
across 70 the Mississippi in the vicinity of
the line here spoken offs not inpract,cable.
This, ,howeves. can oLly b decided By sus-
vey. You can msls canal. however. BY
having . sufficient fesde- from some river
above il. You will have to lo:k up AMI
down at She@sld, and this ,ogsshes With ab.
sorption and evaporation. will require vast
amount Of wster, and such feeder ~ will
b. required will bs difficult to obtain for
this line. Yet, believe canal can b mode
bstween ths tides and The Mississippi. but
il will have 10 strike through higher up. I
should say you would have to strike ~ for
W - Ailsaukee, or in its nei. hbornood,
where the lakes and swampy country there
abo1ts would feed it, and that route 10, in
my opinion. perfectly feasible. That va.
your canal vii, b running wish the streams
and not across them, - it would be by tho
route through this section. Ia New York
and Penney lvania-ln indeed in all The Eastern
States this plan is pursued Of g.ing with
the stream. and IL - necessary in canal
building. although railroading may be in
depen 1cnt Of it. Even il we could get va
ter by this route. the lockage would be 50
great that it would entail great expense, for
the very slow psssags Of bolts through the
!, cks.
We must. as far ~ possible, avoid locks,
and this can be done by striking higher up.
where the lakes are higher than the Missis-
sippi, and where we may have natural
canal. This, however, is only to he ascer
tanned by the services Of some practical en-
gineer, and he to be one whose opinion
would DO Of weight with the public. Our
business here 10 to raise money to
employ . surveyor to assist in what is really
tho most practicable rou e. It is possible
that you can get canal from Chicago to
LaSalle, but you are constantly dropping
down to that point by l5 or IS locks; and
from LaSale to the summit you would have
= constant succession 0i lcckage. This same
question was up many years ago, and the
point OF crossing then proposed was some
distance higher up, 40 or 80 miles beyond
this. You cannot draw the water Of the
Illinois river in the Mississippi, because the
latter is some ~ feet the highest, .ss!YfJpYQy
'.n .I, er.cK shSS would require immense
Ind costly excavations. Such excavations
may be made in the old world, where labor
,nly costs one fifteenth Or one sixteenth Of
What it costs here. and this would render
he work entirely too expensive. You
'ould. with money enough. cut canal from
Rock river.
The only thing to be done now il to
ante up" the m"ney to get the survey
rhe people Of Davenport are willing TO
raise" III. il share of the money to employ
IN engineer, which will cost $1,000 Of &4,> |
700. It will c. st this, for it will be ncces-
sary. in o'der to do the work proposed, to |
.urvcy not one route alone, but two, three, |
our. or even more. till the best one is dis
covered know where the best point is, |
Ind that in Milwaukee but that is little |
'.rther than wish 10 60; for would like |
o see it cut through to Davenport, where
IL my interests ere. Again y i'll say that
your duty now is to raise the money, then |
employ your engineer. and then. when you
ppt tl.s rrs,fA sa.t.crs il.n Nh. Stxre
GENUS IN oUs Stars Council. se
Getting men for legislative bodies, in ,hes.
modern days Of diplomacy and political
'hicanery. it is not Of % much Importance
Q se'e-t those who represent the sentiments |
4 the people. as it is to select ,hose who are |
endowed ~nh originality and genius. Thus,
It least. undoubtedly thought the voters Of
dahasks county, when they sent ]. a. L.
Irookham TO the Iowa Senate, who, the Dea |
ioines Register tells us, ''fought most gal
antlv in behalf Of the Republican cause last
all" but whether he fought equally galla,t-
y for the preservation Of the Union or not,
70 are left in ignorance So also thought |
he inhabitants Of some other benighted sec
ION. the name Of which We have not taken
he trouble TO learn, when they sent ore,
'tubbs BY name. to represent their inter
sts in the ssme halls. Stubbs has recently
. bill into the Senste, for an act |
o extend the right Of suffrage TO the negroes
4 Iowa, and in the exhubernnce Of his |
lis mighty intellect has originated the sub.
ime idea that ~ too much time would be |
onsumed in amending the State Constitu |
ion. for the purpose in view, the |
legislators Of Iowa have the power
Il comforting the right Of sui
rage on any black vagrant who may stroll |
nto our midst from elsewhere, without even
skiing the consent Of the people who sent
hem there. Stubbs advances The bill and |
he sage idea thereto attached, and the |
'qually classicslly named Crookham fur. |
fishes the rhetoric to support il. The logic
lsed in this support" is almost ~ over
'owering - the idea supported. Because
diots and insane persons are not entitled to |
he privilege Of being electors, therefore
legroes who ere not idiots or insane persons |
're entitled to that privilege.
Calling that good logic, how can ws debar |
ny human crtaturs within our State Tor
lers from voting, who has never been con-
icted Of any infamous crime, Or who is not |
n idiot OF insane personi If We admit that |
sgie. every woman in the State could vote.
and 10 think they shcu vote before the
'egroes do) or any Indian, Chinese, OF
'arbarian who should pitch his tent on our
oil. All honor to Stubs for 'thro ring . |
title light on the subject" II Congress has |
he power. ~ Thad Stevens asaerts to leg
slate for Statea. shv has not our State
congress the power to lesislsts for coun.
ies, irrespective u the peeplel
How infinitcl. much better of re should |