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Show Cuk'ago, Kock Island and , Facivic Kajlrop. This well-managed well-managed road appears to be the favorite with travelers as well as with shippers of merchandise. The main trunk from Chicago to Omaha is! 500 niiks loug, aud the branch lines j owned by the corporation, aggregate' loo miles. Tho entire lijj miks of road is under the eilicieut management of Hugh Kiddie, Esq., of Chicago, the' General Superintendent, a thoroughly; practical railroad man, ofljf-'j experience, experi-ence, who lias proved hiuusih' a taith-lal taith-lal guardian of the imoicno public iu-: leasts entrusted to his cure, la the discharge of his duties he has - woa' intelligent and competent ally iu E. St John, E., General Ticket A-ec:, Chicago, au active, energetic and competent com-petent oilietr. TLo qu.-.-dou U lu;y y-.i 1 . ' t.e.-o Leu..- Ivf N.'v Vo.'k -,ud ihe ' List, "V. Lkb .iu- zuJii I t.o hum O-ji-ikS ' Ou; asb-i iiwii'cialy Ja-.oublc to the "U:k LUbJ." It iduo iLrouh 4 ui-.vt iuL-.aung acfi-ejimral acfi-ejimral -ration, and the touri-t c4D ! form a pretty correct 1-a ut the principal prin-cipal resources of the two great States 'of Illinois and Iowa agriculture und niaoufiiciure-i by such observations as may be taken from the Palace ear of , the line. '1'h.i broad print's flaunt 1 their harm-ts of w:ivini( nun like a triumphal ariuy, or he in calm repu-; : under tin; burden oi' a myriad of garnered gar-nered -dicavc-. The smoke from hundreds hun-dreds of workshops and faetorie-i in i Davenport, Kock I.-land, La Salle, ' De.-mi)ine:i aud other cities along tho; .route betuk(-u the rapid enlargement ( of the various manufacturing interests in thi', the conceded grancry of the i jcunlineiit. ' I Iuwa has un advantage over Utah in joue important particular ''the early' and tho latter rain." With a soil oi' mar- i velous fertility, her broad domain is! watered by tfieat rivers, tho evapora-t timi I'nini which supplies the rain-1 cIijihU whieh water the thirsty earth, j Tho Jevel surface of tho land furnishes! no mountain peaL'j to tap the clouds! and di-isipale their inueh-pruod stores, j Tlio whole land is gladdened and re-, freshed by the frequent ablutions. The State of Iowa has takeu a Ibro-jmict Ibro-jmict rank in agriculture, assho is now striving to do in the mechanic arts. Vet her vast area may be considered as only sparsely settled to-day. The great railroad of whieh wo have spokon tho Chicago A: Kock Island owns ; nearly OUU.UUU acres of ehoica linmiug: land whieh ilu-y are olVering at low; ratys to HouU't. Their object is to in-! duuo settlement to their line, knowing that every sutdar becomes ut onco a "feeder" in (Iu railroad. They accordingly ac-cordingly sell their land to settlers on such long credit us will onablo tho farmer far-mer to pay lor his farm out of his surplus sur-plus products. Tho Company further invites all seeking homes in the West, to travel lieely over thoir line in search of a location. Iu other words, it returns re-turns to nil actual puivhaseis the fares paid upon their lino to reaching tho spot selected. The business dono in this way through Kbouezer Cook, Esq., Davenport, to whom this brauoh has been assigned, is immcuu. This liuo appears to bo the iiivorite! i one with our merchants, when makiDxl shipments from Chicago or New York. ! , St. Louis freight i smill mattor aa iconipured with the amount received i here from Chicago and points further joust comes usually )(y the Hannibal and St. dojeph railroad. New York, j Boston and Philadelphia freight hasi the choice of f:evoral lines west from Chicago, but the lair and successful management of tho Jtook Island road, has induced our merchants generally to employ it. Tho $3, 000, 000 worth ofj goods received annually by the Cooperative Co-operative Institution hero from the east, all bears ihe mark "Halted Liue, and Chicago ltock Island Jt, II." Tho sumo crimson coguomcn may bo noticed on the boxes audbalos daily unloaded at the doors of our laro mercantile estaMi.-hmouts. Its intelligent intelli-gent ollieers evidently appreciate the growing value and importance of the Utah trade and appear dotormiacd to secure and retain it by fair rates, i'air dealing &iul a prompt fulfillment ofi every contract. |
