Rock Island County IL Archives News.....The Rock Island Bridge June 13, 1854
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The Mirror, Lyons, Iowa June 13, 1854
The Mirror, Lyons, Iowa, Tuesday, June 13, 1854.

THE ROCK ISLAND BRIDGE-

The St. Louis Republican is down on the project of building a bridge across the
Mississippi at Rock Island, but it is evident the arguments of the Republican
are directed by selfishness and one sided views. It objects to the building of
the bridge, not because it would be an infringement of the general laws and
interest in commerce, but because if this precedent is established other bridges
will be built across the Mississippi and also over the Missouri river, thus
presenting an undisturbed chain of railways across the country north of St.
Louis and thereby diverting the rich currents of commerce she has so long and so
profitably enjoyed, into other channels.


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