The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-05-29


A DIscoyERY.-The light has had pro
tracted struggle with the opsqueress Of
some craniums which have been the seat Of
darkness on the railroad question. 4 slight
glimmer, however, has at last penetrated
the nappy protuberance which shoots qp
from between the shoulders Of CERTAIN
newspaper geniuS Of this city Prior to the
recent action Of the Council, the Moline
Union could see no objection to the Rock.
ford road having a double track down Hi.
no.s street. This route was in all respects
the best and cheapest for the Rockford road
and no injury could be discovered to any
other interest One argument after another
was presented against it, but they fell on the
aforesaid protubernnce as so many paper
wads Gen. Rodman wrote letter courte.
ously asking tina, action be postponed, 10
order that the interests Of the government
might be ascertaned and protected, but this
was treated with the same respect and con.
sderston that the irrefutable arguments be.
fore presented had been-just none at all.
1t was insisted that great raid was about
10 be made on the Rockford road and that
the enterprise was to be ingloriouslY stran.
gled in its infancy, and that full sized
negro was concealed so dexterously in the
wood pile that although he could not be
seen, he was Of such monstrous proportions
that he would, when fairly loose, gulp down
the whole community, and yet be only half
fed. The ordinance must be rushed through,
and il necessary consider the propnety Of it
afterwards. It is now discovered by the
fancied aud would.be organ Of the Rockford
road Though publicly repudlated by its rep.
resentatves) that after all it may not be just
the thing to have a railroad down Illinois
street, and modestly suggests that if the CHI.
cago and Rock Island railroad company
that bood.thirsty corporation whose NAV
was aching to swallow all the young railroad
enterprises daring to peep up their heads in
this yicinity-desire to pay some respect to
the wishes of Gen. RodmAn and the Conven.
fence Of the public Of Rock Island, and dis
continue making up their trains below the
bridge, they might even give the Rockford
road right of way straight through their
ground to the leyee, on Mississippi street,
Just as Mr.. Cables road has right Of way
through the grounds Of the Rockford road
farther down the levee. Thus, oil the OBJ.
iections urged against the ordinance would
be obvisted, Illinois street would be kept
clear, no private property would be interior
ed with, and the Chicago, Rock Island and
Pacific company would be free to secure the
ground on the south side Of their track for
switch purposes" We doubt exceedingly
whether the directory OF the Rockford road
will thank this would be mcuthriece of the
company for placing it in such a whining
and supplicating attitude towards its alleged
deyourer Is to suggest that the c. K. |. d
p. Company "giue the Rockford road right
Of way straight through their ground to the
levee.' If the charges made in its columns
against the latter company and against
others for their supposed sympathy with it,
we're made BY authority Of the managers Of
the Rockford, we are quito confident, that
although railroad corporations may not have
souls, the individual representatives Of such
corporations have feelings of selfrespect and
sense Of propriety which would prevent them
from pursuing such course as is recon.
mended.
BY the passage of the ordinance this qucs
tion is now removed from the control of the
public, but if the several railroad com.
psnies shall he able to agree upon some
plan to save US Illinois street and give US
free access to the Island bridge, we shall be
grRtihed