Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-06-27
OUR RAILWAY INTERESTS.



The question Of increasing our railroad
facilities being now before The public. and
the vital necessity Of some action on the
part Of our citizens being patent to every
intelligent mind, We give place to the fol-
lowing communication which contains some
valuable information, ideas end Suggestions.
1t shows besides that the importance Of a
new line to Davenport is rseogoizsd
throughout the neishboring State Of Illinois,
and that Il We once pot our shoulders to
the wheel and Sc. il in motion, material aid
viii be forthcoming from other poists that
will prevent the burden Of the work resting
too heavy upon us
GALEssuRc, Ills, June 18th, 81.
c. c. Cock, Esq,
Com. OF Subscription, Z. & x. 4. X. X.
feel re)oiced 10 realize that the Daven>
porters are stimulated with the idea that q
"Pent up Usica" is not congenial with their
| progressive spirit. The Chicago and Rock
Island Railrosd ct one time renae.ed mate
rial aid to the growth Of your place. and
furnished al the railway facilities then nee
essary, but with the continued growth OF
Davenport AMI the high tariff on freights
Incidental to every railroad monopoly, a
competing line has become an imperative
necessity. Without it your business must
languish and die, your city receds in COM
mercial importance and wealth. and be At q
stsndstill in manufactures. With it Daven
port will be the foremost city 10 your State,
trade will flourish an / rapidly extend its
arms in oil directions, manufactures will
spriog up in abundance. the population
rapidly increase. and the price Of real estate
20 up TO what would now appear 10 be fab
ulous prices.
The evils accruing to . town from
a railroad monopoly are amply illus.
trated in the case Of 0alesbu-g.-
They charge US on 4th class goods frc1
Chicago 65 cents, whereas, they convey III.
same class Of goods past this place, and on
to Quincy. 100 miles beyond us. At charge
Of y cents Or they convey on the route
to Burlington, after passing 10, and adding
~ miles Of travel, delivering there at 81
cents. These are only . few striking In
stances Of their cruelty 10 the people oI
Galesburg. We have been surveying the
grounds ove- with the view Of breaking oul
connection with them but they have Us
and they know il and my opinion is the
nothing that may be proposed to them, tend
ing to reduce freights, will be at oil consid
cred BY them.
The road from here to Peoria is in com
plete running order. and we'll equipped, bu
being owned BY the c., B. L Q. X. r.. theI
manipulate the tariff list in behalf OF tn,
interest of the Trunk Line to Chicago
Freights from New York or Boston via To
ledo to Peoria, are very nearly as cheap 4
Peoria ~ to Chicago; but. if We should or
der goods to Peoria, We should realise ths
the embargo for the SO miles from Peori'
here would amount to prohibition, hence VI
have nothing left but via Chicago.
Last winter we obtained charter to 10
cate road on Court Creek, and thence on
ward to connec, at some point, which hav
now forgotten. Court Creek is . little riv
ulet running into this town after . heavy
rain. Ii met no opposition because it va
not understood by the Railroad fraternity
lobying at Spring field. We intend runnin(
this road out to some point East.
If you can arrange with the c., B. 4 @
Railroad, to connect with Peoria, il will o.
ford you easy facility to reach St. Louis.-
was told last week bv st. Louis manu-
facturer Of white lead, that he hac con
tract to get oil the material shipped by then
to Peoria at Is cents per 100 pounds. AgaiI
they may make favorable arrangement
with you to ship through from Peoria I,
your place, but not to this place. under
stand that you have Coal Valley Road lead
ing in this direction, which, if you corl,
get the control of.would enable You to reacl
here, by adding 30 miles Of track. Shoult
you 60 vie Galsa, you will more than doubl'
the distance, and come in contact with th
Spoon River Hills. which would rnstesisll,
add to the cost Of your Road. without sc
curing to you any result fos good.
Yours, D.