The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1851-06-14

The stockholders OF this company have recent
/ y had n meeting in Chicago, and elected new
board Of directors. or rather reelected the old
board, with the exception Of Mr. OGplN who lie.
clincl "A re election. Nj o. no doubt, brEtyes--
anil believes ,ruly--iha: Chicago has some olbr
interests to look after, than simply to increase
the dividends Of this road. lie could not there
fore. harmonizc with the selfish policy Of the
stockholders who oontcol the road 81 lo,,ng s. ht
of the interests Of the city III their zeal To pro.
mote their own interests; ana we -UppOsc there
fore, concluded 20 retire
Chicago j. not likely to bo benefited 10Y TIC
action Of this company in the totnga amy more
chan it IN, been IN the past judging from the
published proceedings Of the meeting. together
with the report of the Chic; Ensin,,r
From the report of the latter p.r-onase Mr.
Van No.tvjck, We discover that the Pocsc's Of
these gentlemen arc again TO be- Touched AM
,hei regard for the interests OF Chicago Pat 90
the test u the construction Of the Rock River
Valley Railroad, from Fond ju Lac down thro
this state. lis cN.lyuttha the company intend,
il they can, to FORCE that road down that river to
Rockford, 50 as to draw the trade aud travel Of
Wisconsin o,t Of it, soy some thirty niles over
this part Of the road.
\ charter WAS obtained by orc Of The McElen-
ry representatives, Mr. Nixon, last winter for this
Illinois branch or the extension Of the Wi.cou.
sin road making Woodstock, the county seat Of
Mclenry, point tits route, and by this charter
the company j., IN express terms authorized 10
connect with the Michigan southern Railroad or
the Chicago branch Of the Illinois Central road
a, the Hats line The probabilities are that the
selfish policy Of the Galena and Chicago read will
irire the Wisconsin road to the ,'a', line, also,
by the way, perchance, of Elyin, Nsper'Ii,e,
LoCkpor', anI Joliet and there unite with the
Rock Island road We may be wrong in all this,
but if IN error, the error Is caused by the tone Of
Mr. Van NortwitAs report abols the Rclgi,
Branch.
So, also, concerning tha ,ialsua eztcnsion.-
That part Of the road, i, IS apparent is to be
bent to suit the sane selfish purposes Two
routes ere louni-one by Scales Mound and the
other by savannah l'y the latter the grade is
about forty feet, and By the former from i'm 70
'irta. Ry the latter the company hope toget the
aid Of the Central Company, as they say. But
that is all Cannon; they think 10y running south,
avoiding Stephenson County altogether, and mos,
of 10 Davis AMI Winncbaso, they will secure all
north Of the road certain and draw So much more
from tie south Gaiena and the people OF Ste
phen'on, it is well known, are opposed to the sa.
yannah route, and well they may be. But Of
what moment is their opposition compared with
tie old stock OF the Gasna and Chicago road;
This Galeua and Chicago road has been, and IS
likely to coniinse to be, an unfortunate underta-
king Tor Chicago. The misfortune is tLat the
wrong men have the control O! it, men who could
see no other interest to Chicago Lsan the s,sek q
this road We know there are great many far
seeing. sensible msn-mea Of capital and inhu.
ence too, IN Chicago, who look a. these matters
rightly, but their voices asd their influence are
drowned by the great clamor Of the Chicago
and Ga'eua stockholders and their hired press
We hope, however, the time w.ll come. before
1t is entirely too late when the ccgac..s Of these
moI vii be hee6ed Chicago interests lave
been too long ii the hands OF meR blinded by
their own selfish interests which they conceived
to be tha interests Of the whole city. Tie time
was when by liberal policy and wise move.
ment, she could have bad everything her own
WAY; but the Galena and Chicago road appeared,
to her shortsighted men, to be the goose of the
golden egg, and it would seem is likely to share
the same fate.