The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-01-01
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nnaip6 regularly from Warnwena Hallillss |
) Bushns,l, d ~ abov1 rcd. Tah6 ysex
,sp "a nosics how nsasIy ! dirsst - -
Yea routs this road viii ~ shsa co4r -
We msntionsd that " vsuts lev @ays -
nth our friend B. r. Mansoa. To 0sasil
AGENT Of the road to Boshnsll, - sansl
,aek on the frss train q passenger san that
I'd passsd over the new rails. By The nsw |
,o.d itie i;fly ave miles u Bashnsll. Thsee1
.hs T. P. 4 ". strikes the G. B. : g. rad.
The former il not Chicago road When
romoleted il viii Is searly a;r.lia@ 10 PHI
adelphia and the East. A gsp bstvden Bush
nell and Peoria, and between Loganlpori and
Union Cay, remain TO b completed, and
then the latter striking the Pan Handle roAd,
there will be this completed and direct line,
which promises to become ; prosperous and
powerful one. The gap between Ipgansport
and Union City will be completed during this
month; that between Bushnell and Peona BY
the first Of August next. The completed
road will run through to New York in forty
eight hours.
Nov. that The road IL completed to Bush
nell, arrangements have been made BY which
passengers and freight, the latter without
transfer, will be put through 10 Chicago IN
the shortest time. A railroad makes the
most vondefful metamorplfoses ofthe coun-
try through which it passes There Is Bash>
nell, made BY railroad junction - snbi-
tious, growing town, that is rapidly spreading
into the proportions Of 4 young city. And
along the line of the road the marking down
Of depot upon the road plat has been fol
lowed by the location aud growth d IN ambi-
tious little village at once. La Harpe and
Blandonsviile are towns Of several hundred
inhabitants, and With Indications df thrift and
growth. In fact never did road RON through
i richer farming section; never had labor and
capital in agriculture . better site than that
Through which the road from here 10 Bushnell
passes. The country isn't as vafedly beau
! tifuI % this Hawkeye country Of ohrs in the
interior; there are no such gems Of rural and
pastoral loveliness as you hnd in . railroad
tide over lows prsiries, but ofthd SURPRISING
richness Of the country there ars the most
Es.onvincing indications. Large farms in the
highest cultivation, extensive aud handsome
dwellings, and buildings, the NEST well-to-do
farmers, immense amounts Of grain and pro-
dace, will make the local trade OF this road {
|. rye and fruitful one that must constantly
gro~.
/ The track is in an excellent condition. il
/ is the best new road We ever rode over. Ia
location and construction, the work has been
most thoroughly well done. The grading,
the placing Of the ties, the Ironing, the
| bridges, and tracings, water-tabks, every
thing have been finished, and WELL, too, be
if,ee this introduction Of trains. in this work
| of location and construction, W. II. Crnger'
of Peoria, was Chief Engineer Bat The
work was done directly under the supervision
Of Engineer ". II. Siever, Of LaHarpe, who
is one Of the best Eugineers in the country,
ana does everything he unde takes with skill
AMI thoroughness. Mr.. 0ren Baldwin "a,
an Assisteni Engineer IN the work, aud won
the warmest approval of the engineering
corps for his skill and efficiency.
At Bushnell We found General Superinten-
dent Il. f. Clark, TIE very beat ideal Of 4
live railroad man. And Assist{nt Superin-
tendent D. 4. Smith, whose Office viii be n
this end Of the line, aud whom the public
ana the company will surely find to be n
sasacious, active, and capable Superintan
dent, as he is courteous gentlemen. With
them were two splendid new passenger cars,
made at the company's works in Peoria, and
models Of comfort and elegance; conduc
tors car, two engines and long line Of
freight cars. The company have put mosi
capital rolling stock upon the road, the OH.
GERS are young and full of vim, and that
| com pany, officers, and road will find favor
with the public. We don I doubt at ell. Espe'
cially do we know that our friend Munson,
the General Agent here, will for he knows
his business and isa gentleman.
The T. P. L W. r. r. Is another highwa,
Of trade snd travel leading TO and from Keo-
kuk. We rejoice at the completion Of all
these enterprises, for they promise good and
increased prosperity to keokuk and our peo.
pie. That the road to Bushnell is completed
| is largely due to the untiring enterprise of Fl
/ Hill 4 Co. Of Warsaw. Mr.. Hill and his as
socia.es prosecuted the work with the uos'
indomitsble purpose and with the soundesi
Judgment. The Company now having il il
charge will, We have no doubt make the road
success, profitable to itself and beneficial
| to the public.