The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1869-01-26

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That's O. Wy "A frisnd 70 Railrssds"
setitiss WHIT hs hss = ~ asoos ne 500
prospective betsssn Ksokuk and ~. Fssas.
ant. he nritss . the yosvssl = y. :. me
says this: 49,.
....,..rt papef u mske aSsw ueesgta0ns
"a niscs : fsw 1scD hslofs the citisens o. Henry
county for theix eonsidssselon 10 regard 70 me
railroads intesesfs " Lss 80 henv{s snc ensif
re,nectivs ei{iss. In the 1rst plaza think that
al viii admit thsf Il II Of the utmost Importance
TIA. Keokvk and NJ. Plessant b. connectsd BY
r.iI Il the earliest practieabls monsnt, mot only
for The interests Of hes asd Henry counties, bst Of
: larre portion of the State; and, in particular
manner, the SUCCESS Of yonr lows NoFthern Osn-
tni Railro.a Iueat to bring the mater n .,ss
11ur bsttsts judgment 10 give your aid IN
buildinR q aoad BY the way OF Donapasts which
win fail 70 rive ron an independent line to kso-
kuk? Un6tt that arrapgsmsnt you VI aWsys
be subisctsA to the rules and rsgulAtions Of the
Valley Road, which, IN ~ yss,s, y oon1 20. %
and 81. 9aaT - Il MIA asASeAjsSyto every
rsAsctiue mind, that, whsn the Valley Rosd r.
csivse passengers and freight at Keohak ior q
PapL. hi u posl4 pay t-aseh hstssr 2 e
a 8SF Ss}tS1S 8jshd Voald s. ob.
lissd q dive the Valley Road oil that It brought
down and take in return Just what II could get
The history Il apeh csQnsskone 10, that 1t hes
proved ruinoae N it, ede6se. NoWvhen there u
project on foot BY which you can obtain direct
line to Ksakuk with - little money - you are
propodnggo 10y OIL q yhs BsnAparte Road, snd
gals sklsast Is Or ~ per cent In distance, AND
consequently that much done on oil the tramc
done over the road through all time to come.
would BE- quite saving 10 the producers ana con ~
sumsrs along the entire length Of the rosd ,na ~
connections. Two years ago whom the heokuk
81 lapI Railroad Company was organized, Il VAS
the understanding that Henry county should raise
NJ. % 81 Aia s. bdElding ths Road South Of
M. Pleasant, which think 1t failed to do just ~
much {. Le1 i'.d to DO s,! her p. y. .s ~
$4,000 stock, and tho tax 1t Mt. Pleasant, II 1t
proves. 70 be raid, amounts 70 aboat the same,
kkSsHAsAaeb3s1s which 1Isnsy eoAAA, proposes
to put in the Bonspsrts Road Now II You had
taksp that euoqpt Of, stock is the Eephak Z =;
Pal 1&1fjAd 0SnpaAy when u wAs tfIahifed,
have no doubt but that II would have been built
bsfors now. aud blicye that large majority of
~ cixssus If b0aA Lee and Henry eounties svefy
much prefer having the Keokuk st. Paul road
built yst. iustead Of the one BY the WAY Of Bons-
bAf6s Md, = WSAays been subject 10 Railroad
Dlundsrs, let NJ review the ground and go II We
seppet pspat .ope By past s.psrisscs: ~ e
49, lusMU9%o9 pOOpIo OF HUufy 0UuAsJ law ~
ready got abont $4,000 worth Of work done ON
thu line Of the Keokuk road, according TO ths o.
Gaserts aSnaks, soath Of Mt PlsasaAt, IN Henry
county. And now would say for the interest Of
I'll parties, and the good Of the country. lst -
Aafhd1tss thse soAhicting interests ana bscofhs
united in building the road from tho Junction BY
ths~way Of Franklin on the old line nsas Weet
lsint. 1hsrs 10 about ~, 90 a~orth Of ~ofk
done between ths Junction and West Point, . dis
lance Of LOT miles thence to Salem BY the 4ax Of
Pie4 Grove, N u y on direct line between the
two points, the distance being about Is miles,
which Is over very level pvsine asd thsnes p Ny
Pleasant, . distance Of 40 miles; making in IN
about 50 miles, from ~ Pleasant e Keoksk.; A
road on this .Nns weld sssonmodate morn tApns
and territory than any other projected line, and
yet - qaits disvstyasd II unity Of action can b
brought about, the necessary amount Of stock to
grade and tie 1t could be raised in thirty days,
snsAas ~ Ksdksk 4s6t. Paul Company have rs
miles sSsaspsyinE food completsd, II kives the
project quite hssis for obtaining iron, for the
new part on Bonds.
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