The evening Argus., 1867-07-17
Nail Route to whiteside County.
Kingsbury Illinois, July 18th 18'

klngsbury Illinois, July 10th 1901.
EDITOR Rock IsLAxD ARGus, Dear Sir
Judging from what I see in the ARGUS OF
June ..22d, that the mail route from Rock
bland 70 Ssrling is becoming little hard
| 70 manage, and that part of the route from
Farber's Ferry ON the Meredocia, leading up
Rock Riyef, is 10 be abandoned, and the line
tof the route to terminate at Cordova, l beg
Heave to call your attention to the following
tauggestions for q new route through White
side county, commencing where you appear
to leave off, at c. B. Marshalrs, IN Canoe
Creek, crossing the Meredocia at the Stone
Ouarry.at what is known as the Middle Cros.
sing wheresa good road can be made at q
less expense than on any other route, and
| running south of Miller's Grove through
Kingsbury's Grove, by way of Hannans 4
Co.'s saw mills, and on the westside Of Rock
| Creek .throngh the neighborhood Of Delhi,
terminating at the city of Morrison. The
distance from the Stone Quarry to the dry
ground on this side of Meredocia swamp is
one mile and a half; and from there to Nor
| rison is good dry road at all seasons of the
year distance 25 miles, running through
| four heavy settlements, either Of which would
support a good country post office, there now
being bat oneson the route, viz: Kingsbury,
and that is supplied by a back action, from
Spring Hill, south of Rock River, which
makes it very inconvenient for the inhabit
ants, who, on account Of irregularity, often
60 to Albany Fulton or Morrison for their
mail, first procuring an order from the post
master here. That route once established
| would lead to the making of a good road
I across the Meredocia, at the most feasible
point, and connecting the two county seats,
| as well as affording communication for the
| Inhabitants of each county who reside neal
| enough to be neighbors. but who are forced
to remain strangers for the want of a good
road across the slough. Two thousand dol
lars thrown in by the two counties (thers
being plenty of stone handy would make q
| good road, and be a great advantage, es
pecially to people living in Rock lslant
county, who own swamp land on that bot
tom, for the reason that the deepest slough
runs parallel with the southwest bank of the
Meredocia.
Should these suggestions meet your ap
proval and the route not being permanent,
fixed at Cordova let me hear from you, ant
l will come down and bring a map of White
side county, on which the route propose to
take is marked out by roads already in good
repair, and the points where the post Office
should be are indicated by the settlement
| on the map. Ihere nave Deen SeVerat NJ
ltempts made to get mail route through thi
portion of country, but, so far, they have
failed 1 believe if the route speak of wa
once established it would be a permanen
one. Yours, in haste,
#7E Jos. H. MARSHALL
[REnARKs.-We submit Mr.. MarshalPs lette
for the consideration of the people up the Roc
| River bottom and in Whiteside; but would sa
that we doubt if much, if any, progress can
| made to improve the communication between tn
two counties until the people will build goo
solid road over the Meredocia, at the Middle o
Railroad Crossing. and make such changes an
!, improvements of the roads on the balance of tn
route that they will be passsbe at all seasons
| the year.-EDIToR ARGus.1