The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-04-16

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We trust that Busingtoo VIII succeed in |
getting an ouxls4 Bs1A ~ ~ ecarshass, |
nlizsig Or Ne rsss0iss thatevssye1is
rouks efs.ntpor,afss and 6aesh - y
increase composition and reduce hrss and
frsisAs, and tAsfe6y pr6hdkst no GENERAL
vsalsssof the pssPse efor 6sass. B~t when
this road shall have besn completed, Burling.
ton VIII only have one rosss 70 81 Louis,
and that longer than the same route from
Keckrk, already completsd, the distance
from ksoksk bsing les than half the dis
tanos 6sn Gntaags, that Bszaissseas.
But BY the time the Burlington rad -
complstsd to Carthage, Keokuk will hare
another tiIsuAd coanselioa on tits O. he
river, thrspsh the NorsA Milsouri rood
Again, our Burlington friends tell the peo-
pie Of the interior, thak The Rapads ~ 70 b.
improved, and then Buriington will have =
cheaper connection BY way Of the river. Bat
We already have this cheaper connection BY
two lines Of daily and competing Packet
Companies. And il il not possible
that the rapids shall be 90
eHectually improved. bat that thsy will in
some degree affect the rate Of freighas, and
be N obstruction to navigation in veg low
wster; and especially - those very important
periods, very late in the fall season, and very
early in the spring, Keokuk viii have fort>
night TO month the advantage of Burlington
in the maftsr Of navigation. 80
Then, as to Eastern connection: the {. Q. 4 B,
has . monopoly Ut Burlington, while w have
two roads already in operation; and two moro
projected, and charters obtained from the
Legislature of Illinois, under the patronage
ofpowerful Eastern lines seeking Western
connections. f
Then we submit to the consideration Of our
friends at Iowa City, and elsewhere in the in.
te1or, that in making the terminus Of the
road at Keoknk, they viii have already in
operation, nearer and better connection
with she South, both BY river and rail, than
they ever can have at Burlington And it is
more than probable that in the future our
connections by rail willincrease more RAPIDLY
than those of Burlington.
The Burlington people and papers have the
impudence to magnify that point over Keo-
kuk on account Of g bridge they propose to
build there There is greater concentrs-
ton OF railroad influence and capital, three
TO one, enlisted in the enterprise Of con.
sructins bridge at Keokuk, and there can
be no reasonable doubt that the Keokuk
bridge will be the FIRST completed.
The Burlington Hawkeye disposes of the
RAPIDS after the following fashion:
@And ~ TO the rapids, our Keokuk frieods seem
to forget that liberal appropriations are already
made for their Improvement, which, when com
peted, will practically remove all obstruction and
this takes away all the advantage that Keoknk
has ever had by virtue of her situston at the foo,
of the rapids. The rapids argument 10 thersfors
exhausted, and Burlington being % nush nears,
the interior Of Iowa than Ksokuk In, il must b
evident that, when the river alone 10 considered
win be better for Southern bound freight To reach
the Mississippi at this point than .. Keokuk.-
Not forgetting what we have already said
as to the Inconvenience of the Rapids At pres
ent and prospectively, let rs odd, if the
Hark<ye is right, and it Is better to reach thu
river above, than below the Rapids, the PEG,
pie oflows City, Washington and Mt. Pleas
ant have direct connection With the river al
ready shove the Rapids, and need not wall
nor make additional investments to secure
such connection.
Surely it requires but Q small modieum o.
common sense to enable any one to appreci
ate the immense advantage of connection
below rather than above the Rapids, for al
points in Iowa which already have cornec
ton above the Rapids, but none below th.
Rapids. Above the Rapids they get pros
pective connection with St. Louis, only pro-
jected yesterday, and to be constructed q
some future period while their rver con
nection n Burlington is no better than tha
at Muscatine and Davenport. Striking tn,
river below the Rapids they End free ant
cheap navigation seldom obstructed BY ice
and never BY low water, and they find . Rail
road connection with St. Louis also in full
operation and competing directly. With tw,
great hines Of daily Packets on the river
And the prospect for Bridge at Keokuk,
as good a. 1t Burlington, and the probabili
ties of additional competing lines Of Railros,
from Ksokuk much greater, than from Bnr
ington.