The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-04-12

KD0uK, April H. s1ets
IGxes Hrrr: Thse ~ - srskla b ysnr
issas Of shia morning which muss leave tAs
iuprsssioa upoa The minds Of your readers
hat she citissns Of Ksokuk are mol faliy |
alive 10 he importance Of the couplstioa o. |
the snilroad from this placs By way Of NJ
Pleasant, Warrington, Iowa Cry and GsE1
Rapids, 70 St. Paul. Nov, undertake tie
Responsibility of saying that the people OF
this place arc fully aroused - TO the inpor-
aAnee oil, and their duty in regard TO that 60
terprise. The sams bastalion Of energetic
66iss9 -, n - - h11s~hsa fdns]
cal j1ls,as ssts sailing viah rsleat
trsad through our city, met in the old Veran-
dab Hall. lighted dimly with few candles,
typical Of the financial darkness Of the hour,
and infused new life into the Keokuk and r.
Des koines RailroaA sntsrprisss cd ~
the lss6oss u that rod moro thsa 6eg 49,
Cd, al I'D stop not q Ne head Of thssss;ds
on he Dss Moines river, but push ahead 70
OtAnws and to Fl. Des Moinea, sill live
and ere here. They can afford to give ten
dollars to this ssssrprise to whsss they gave
lSsse5sksk. Thsrs - thcssasds Of dbuMs
If1peey apisal in t6s city 70 whers thss
vas handrsds then. Down u the bottom Of
the hearts Of this psopls there is more con-
l6dence in the actual value Of their
l"corner lots' than there ever vas
more sbiding confidence in the fatsre pros
psrisy and growth OF their city than ever be-
fore; and mark, it 10 not . confidence be-
gotten in IN era of imitation. No, there i
no hating on the part OF the masses Of u
people. II there is any battling il 10 on the
part of those Who have the usnAolpeAt 81
this enterprise. The citizens are impatiently
waiting for them u nature their pl4as, ead
then 70 come to fhsa cad say hare ID IL o.
7 you are expected to GIL. You must do q
much. As they are men Of financial sense
they vii not ask for what cannot snd win moi
be done. There is no need of demanding
imposs.biltiss. And the people here are
willing to do vhst 10 possible and reasonable.
Let them; - soon - thsy hsvs suf6cisekiJ
perfected their arranessssass, ea4 Reetiaa
Of the citizens of Ksokuk, and They csaAssa
one animated, not with the spirit besottep
of despair like that old ono In versndsh
Hall, but one animated with spirit begottea
in this morning hour of our new prosperity,
and one willing to grant then any sensible
request. We have, II this time, bat this one
enterprise demanding oSs Immediate atten-
ton and help. We are not fpB Of . dozen
different railroad schemes, beginning ,svbsra
and running nowhere, like aome Of oul
neighbors. Our energies. for time, can b
demonstrated upon this one enterprise. Tbs
citizsns believe that the same spirit which
animated their railroad men In former days
I'd forced railroad through 10 Fort Del
Moines, and one to Camp Point eliminates
the men Who are at the head Of this enter
prise, and that they are At work, mot with gAa
conade ami Brass Bands, but with Sound q
nancial railroad sense, and that soon they vii
be ready 10 commence epssations, and the
march Of this railroad to the north win com
mence again not to STOP If these men arr
hating betwssn two opinions, and don't SCI
what they can do, and what 10 demanded o
them, let them say 20, and there viii be fOun<
, men who can. and viii, put this enterprisl
through. The time has come when thsJ
. ought to speak. Let US hear from then
soon. F. K.