The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-01-26

from either Sigourney or Des Moinss, 10
Chicago, we doubt ttis vt;y much On
the mair rcrts OF the Rock Island 1padtiie
t'tfefentc would he so little that tasp pas
senger from Des Moines would ND take
trouble to change cars. When tie road Ia
SS an!s t IRON on Wasbinstesto siaOurney
atd the ilton bo w cut otDy the con
structio ofa r1ad along tho liver bank
rom MNDcaiin - Daven port We Imagine
Is Will p4Rzle A6lgour1ev m6N toNfind
nnorteC Nay toShicago thanstie Washing.
TON branch ofthe Chicago, Rock Islaifti
and Pacific Railroad presents So, in this
part Of the world we are not seriously
charmed by the new project, aud, because
1t Will benefit the interior and open up a
new district ofcountry, we wish 1t conf
plete success. Ottumwa, having lost the
location of The Chicago Southwestern Ia
determined to make the matter up in
some form and she has adopted about the
best plan left her Tor repatriation. Time
will demonstrate, though, that tho great
est mistak e she ever made, was in hot pla-t
cling herselfon the line between Davenport
and Leavenworth, at all hazards. We
rather think she is bound to be the railroad
centre OF the southern part OF the Statc.--t
Davenport GuFctte. ER&' '*H f@tss Il
Tho Gazette is right for once. The
greatest mistake Ottumwa over made
was in failing 10 secure the Chicago
& Southwestern, and the best possi-I
bic way to repair this mistake is to
seca,e tho building of the Cedar
Rapids and st. Louis n. n. 90
The Gazette is right again in stat.
ing that fit looks like IN extension
ofthe Dubuque Southwestern r. r."
We have the very best Of authority
for stating that tho controlling inter
est in tho new project is the Dubuque
Southwestern, which seeks to tao
the coal fields Of tho Des Moines
Valley, and make a connection with
tho North Missouri road, land right
here We wish to sound note Of
alarm, and show where d real dan ger
threatens us: Should the tar Be voted
do,cn in Center Township on ne.rt
Monday, The connection ,cal'be insn,e
didtely offered to Eadyuiue on the
terms rejected By Us! This is no idle
scare crow, butts, we are assured, the
policy that will be pursued should
the tax TAIL in Ottumwa and DO car.
ried in Cedar Rapids. Mr.. Jessup,
who owns the Dubuque Southwest
orn, can thus secure his two-fold OBJ
ject--to tap the cool fields and ct n.
meet with the North Missouri RIA the
Iowa Central from Eddyville to
Moultop. There can be no dou BIT
that Rddyvillo would At once accept
the offer which we are in danger,
through overcontidence, ofrejocting
The line already graded from Sig
Quincy southwark sixteen miles,
points almost as directly toward
Eddyvi as toward Uttumwa, and
the remaipder of the route is over "a
continuous level prairie. The prrze
is now within our grasp, but the day
we vote down the tax, now submit
ted, IT passes beyond our reach. ~
We, in our humble manner, sound.
ed the warning when the Chicago
Southwestern was passing by us, but
the faith Of our people in the posiuon
and Importance of our city caused
our warning to be UNDECIDED, and we
have seen the result. The same
danger again threatens us, and we
have Il in our power on next Monday
to make our position secure. Shall
1t be done? Let an intelligent com
munity answer at the polls.