Wisconsin herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1846-1849, 1847-11-06
caIenn & Chicago RaiIroad.

GaIena IL Chicago Railroad.
An through the northern counties OF ILL.,
nois, this great work is thoroughly arousng
the public mind. A gentleman from the
mines, informs us, that he was in Chicago
the other day, and found that the Railroad
was the grand topic of discussion-that the
enthusiastic president of the Company, Wm.
/ B. OeDES, went into the street one fine day,
amongst the farmers who were selling their
wheat in Chicago, and obtained more than
] $2O,0 900 subscription to the stock. Inc
/ plan is, 10 commence the road at once, and
complete il to Fox river. When finished
TO Elgin, there viii be such concentration
of freight and travel at that temporary ter
minus. that il will he seen at once, that the
road must go through to the Mississippi. A
Railroad extending thirty miles west from
Chicago, must extend the circumference of
the trade of that city, at least thirty miles
beyond its present wide periphery. In
Western Wisconsin, we have not the slight
est reason to be jealous of the progress Of
The Union Railroad. With branch of that
road radiating northwestly to the Missis-
sippi, in the county of Grant-and such a
branch there must be--we can have, what
no other projected Railroad will give us,
direct and uninterrupted Railroad commu-
an
may be half dozen branches of this road,
radiating from the trunk, west of Rock
river, and forming as many termini of the
road, and giving each terminus its natural
and legitimate share Of trade; for as these
branches are the feeders which swell the
current of business on the road, il is the
manifest interest of the Company TO multi
ply them. The question for every farmer,
smelter, and merchant, in the mines, TO
solve, il simply this: Which is the speed
lest, cheapest and most practicable method,
Of exchanging commodities with the Allan
tic seaboardf
But Milwaukee Is in Wisconsin why
not encourage the Milwaukee roads So is
Green Bay in Wisconsin--and if there We're
tunnel under the lakes, il might do to
think of opening Railroad TO the Atlantic,
through Green Bay. But does any man in
his senses think that our merchants can af-
ford TO pay for the ninety miles of extra
| Railroad travel due south from Milwaukee
to Chicago, without making any progress
eastwnrd--for the sake of going through
Milwaukee, II is useless to quarrel with
| the laws of nature and the laws of trade..--
Ii both Railroads were this day in opera
tion--.and some day they may be--one from
potosi or Cassylle through Milwaukee and
Chicago, and the other directly through Chi
cago, our merchants would be compelled, by
| all the known laws of trade, 10 make use of
/ the direct route; for if they had to pay for
ninety miles more of Railroad carriage than
the Galeneans, for the sake of going through
Milwaukee, Galena could and would under
sell us, and we should make sacrifice OF
Our trade. Ia expressing these our honest
! opinions, we look to the interest of the
whole. We take no narrow, selfish view
of this subject. II is to be hoped that every
man in the mines, who has the ability, win
take stock in the Union Railroad, and unite
in aiding the grand enterprise of binding to-
gethcr with bands of iron, the Atlantic and
tho Mississippi