Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-04-24
IOWA. FRIDAY, APRIL "a. 1868.

DAVENPORT. !
The saflresd Suits I'm Chicago.
Judge Drummond made an important
ruling in the Franshaw ana Blood cases rs.
,C.,R.I. &P. Railroad, on yestsrday, the
effect Of which 10 to recognise the legisla-
ton ia Iowa, and leave our own oosrts to
esnstfus our State la~s.
While Judge Druunond claims that hs
has jurisdiction Of the Illinois division Of
The consolidated road. he rspsdiatss the
idea that his Jurisdiction extends to Iowa.
The interest ~ ell feel along the lise 81
road, from this city 70 Council Bluffs, COM
psls Us 70 keep . watchful eye in svssy
quarter, caring very little who ws hit, 80 it
BE- one who is disposed 70 lay straw in the
way of the glorious work now going on in
laying the iron rail west Of Dss Aoioss. Il
10 not only The present rssidsnts of our
city, who see the great importance Of
making this the great central line t. the
Pacific, but our early settlers saw it, and,
a. an evidence Of it, We copy an extract
from the report Of the first President Of the
c. & X. /. Railroad, who, - Attorney. now
for the New York ring, thinks the road
oueh. to be stopped st Des Aones
Extract from Judge Grants Report o. President OF
the Chicago = Rock Island Railroad. IN december
4. D. 1851.
"a bill 10 now before Congress to grant
to the State Of Iowa, land to aid 10 con-
structing . road from Davsuport to Council
Bluifs, intsrsectsd by another from Do
buaue 70 Keokuk, the fsot Of the lower
rapids Of the Mississippi river. The friends
Of these two roads in that State are acting
in concert, and their msmbegs Of Congress
will press The claims for the grant, with %
much Justice, that W rely with much comb
dsnce on their becoming laws during the
preseut session Of the Natioual Legislature
and the great railway to connect the uaviga-
ble waters OF the Atlantic with the valleys Of
the Mississippi and Missouri rivers, thus
affording them Uninterrupted communica-
lions at oil seasons Of the year." which vas
projected by the intelligent forscas: Of W.
G. RsdRsld, more than twenty years ago,
| will be completed.
at falls 70 our lot 70 forege an important
link in this great chain across the continent,
and ws have every motive Of peouniary I'd
vantage, and obligation Of duty to ourselves
and our country, 10 stimulate 10 to the sue
eessful completion Of . work which We
have eommenced under such favorable cir
cnmstences.
"JAnss GaAHr, President"
Chicago, ILL.,, Dscsmbsr -, 1861.
OK ras IsLAND.-Ths following para
graph from the Rock lsland Arpxs, shows,
in few words, the state Of Improvements
on the Island:
But little unusual 10 doing At the govern
ment works The lumber ct the head Of
the Island 10 being removed to Moline, and
the other rubbish variously disposed Of
Immsdiat y below, . huge excavation has
been made, to furnish rock for the building
of wall along . portion Of the northern
side. to prevent the washing away Of the
shore, BY the swift and headlong waters.
The great central macadamized road 10 still
progressing, furnishing employ oymsnt to .
large force Of hands. The machine shop
roars away. The work Of constructing the
immense stepis still progressing slowly. but
we'll.
The prospects for the proposed now rail-
road bridge are not sufficiently luminous to
call for special mention. There 10 to be .
presidential election this fall, and the bulk
Of the appropriations have to BE- made in
furthsranes Of the success Of the radical
ticket. In that direction the Freedman
Bureau and the standing army must be stu
diously cared for. Bridges and general
commercial enterprises, must, Of course,
succumb to these considerations.
The e.. =. I. AP. Troubles.
From the lows City Press. April a2ud, lsee.
In this locality ~ ere all interested in
this road - We expect it TO be An import
ant link in the great railway chain that
through tho Union Pacific will unite the
Oceans. The road 10 now finished to Dss
Moines and is graded fifty miles beyond.
To complete it's extension to Council Bluffs
and its connection with the U. p, forty
nine thousand shares additional stock
were issued and sold, realizing about $5,-
O00, 900.
The Wall street operators who to great
extent held the old stock and have pur-
chased largely of the new, were anxious
that this FIVE millions should be disbursed
as dividends to them, the stock holders, the
result Of which would have been nice
plum to them by way of . dividend and
such an appreciation Of the stock in their
hands a. would enable them to sell il at q
very renumerativs advance, and the road
would never have been built past Des
Moines and Iowa City and the whsls chain
Of snterprising towns along the line would
have been on = side track with oil their
hopes Of being upon main thoroughfare
cheated and beaten by gang of the Rnan-
cial beasts Of Wall street.
These operators, to carry out their plan,
enjeinsd the Directors Of the road from ever
sarryin it beyond Des Moinss, and from
dcvoting any portion Of the Ave millions
aforesaid to constructing the line.
But these injunctions were granted BY
The New York courts, and the Dirsetsrs
and money were not within the Jurisdiction
Of those courts.
The Directors appealed to the Iowa Leg
islsture to pass an act compelling them 10
complete the road within given time end
to devote to such eemplstion the mensy in
DIGESTION.
Tbs vas in order that the Iows coustS
might have Law Of the State TO cite sgainst
any sr Pavts application BY the Wall street
men to them for injunct;ons similar to
those issued BY the Nsw York courta =
Tho law alse eontieued tho present Di-
restore. er thess whsn thsy night ehoese
to all vscansiss on the Board, in Office until
the road is finished. This was in order that
the Wall street men might not come ID q
the time fssnerly n1sd for The election Of
diroctese end create Beard that wovld BE-
wholly within the jurisdiction Of the New
York courts, and thus b vasrautsd ID r.
fusing to complete The road, the result ef
all being its ultimate transfer to the North
Western company and its entire strsnsula-
ton. -
Since this Law Was enacted the enemies
Of the road have procured injunctions in
ltl7e Chicago courts and have had Messrs
Trasy and :. Cook Of Davenport, Disseaess
Of the road, arrsstsd, and ordered to show
cause why they do not put thsmsslvss
within the Jurisdiction Of the courts thst
have enjoiuod them Thev were taken