Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-05-28

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The fsllewiag extracts ftsn Letter -
NJ. Gee. Il. Fssssh, IRON . sssidsnt II De-.
vsspors, who is q present In Warrington,
d. O., ssatAis ssns vssy valuable facts and
suggsseisns in regard to the Psssis : Rock
Island Railroad whishswill b especially in
tsessting 70 the people Of this city. Speak
ing Of The effort Of Nr. Cable 10 induce the
company to run over bic road hs ssys:
hsnsstly think that The material pres
Dsrity Of Davenport has been very aueh
retarded By the coal monopoly Of Cable
that, eeuld We have free shet at those
mines, under the influence Of strong eem-
petition, coal would bs very little in excess
ef 10 cents per bushsl the year round
Now, you and I, and I'll sthsrs know that
about double that sum will hardly pay for
oil " gse.
Last November, when coming to this
place, travelled from Cleveland towards
Pittsbusg with gentleman whs was en-
gagged in getting cut coal in Ohio for the
bsns6s Of the mansiAct0riss at the city %
the lake. Hs ssss prscsriag 4 IN large
quantities from peiss sffrom three to four
feet thick, sad dslGesviaq Il By esnsrses AZ II
cents per 1vshsl, svanin1 Z ocer sailrssl
90 milss." When told how No were cit.
uatsd in Davsspefl, he seemed 70 think W
we're standing very mush in our swn light
in not institutinS some process By which
The market should b made STEADY and q
the lowest possible 6gurs fse the predue
tions Of the mines.
have no doubt ws have lost great deal
in the way Of locating capital for mauufac-
turing purposes, because Of the uncertainty
Of supply and the sure high price of coal
and yet, thousands and millions Of tons arc
lying in the hills only dozen miles away
from the river, needing emily little energy
and resolution directed toward the spirit Of
monopoly in order 70 fetch our locality
within rssgs % an acknowledged spot for
manufacturing BY steam power very pre6t-
ably.
Let The Peoria and Rock Island Railroad
have nerve enough . keep clean Of Gable
altogsthsr-lst then penetrate the coal
region without any restriction whatever
on their road-and the end will
show that they have net snly
acted wisely for their own intsres, t
but have been The means Of developing the
region about the foot Of the Upper Rapids
into what Il must become envsntually. .
manufacturing point which has within It.
sslf susssf the very tlrst essentials, that
Of cheapnsss Of fusl. Build your road.
never locking towards Cable, anlsss per-
chance il may bs 70 boy hin out s6eolutely
sad ssssssrseSly, sad point will bs o.
aimed aud an error avoided, which will tell
timmsasursbly in the fstuss.
II Gable wsute - run bic eeal road and
keep it up, thereby adding 20 much, a. he
says, to The cost Of coal, let him do Il. Let
the Peoris railroad do just the same thing
alongside sfhim and W will and soon 80
what the result will b Instead ofputeing tie
difference bstwsss 10 cts and 20 pr bushsl
for seal il the already plstheric pseksls Of
one oaa, II will b retained in the hands
Of the community whore Il sightfally BE-
Longs, and Davenport, like Olsavsland, will
sson bsco0e aeted fes her articles d nan.
uiacturs, - veil ~ for Der skilled laber,
and our pepulatisa q large also will regard
ysur sew red - positive blessing, q II
should bo.