Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1851-12-05
Railroads in Wisconsin,

There are now completed some twentv-six miles
OF rail road, west from Milwaukee on which cars
are running. This road is under contract to White
water, some miles further west, to which point it
will soon be completed. From thence it is intend
ed to extend it to Madison, the seat of government
and from that point, eventually, to some polnt on
the Mississippi river.
There is also a railroad projected from Fond du
| Lac, on Lake Winnebago, down the valley of the
Rock river to Beloit, on the state line, from that
noint TO be connected by another road with the Chi
cago and Galena road, now being built west from
Chicago. This Fond du Lac road we suppose may
be considered fixed fact, rs we read accounts of
shipments Of iron, cars, DC. for it.
These the rail roads already commenced, or
to be Immediately commenced in this state.
| But to our view, manifest destiny" points very
clearly to the speedy commencement and compile
ton of another one and that is, from the state
line to Milwaukee, in continuation of one from Chi
cage 10 the state line, on the lake shore. Such
road as this is demanded by the interests Of the
whole eastern part of the state, heretofore interested
in the lake commerce; and especially, it 10
is it absolutely necessary to the continued prosper
ston as the metropolis of the state. 1t is very
ident if the road down the Rock River Valley be
the only road connecting Wisconsin with the roads
running east that that valley must be the great bu
sness part Of tie state, and Milwaukee, as we'll as
other places the lake shore be restricted to
very contracted extent of country for their trade
Indeed, we should see citizens of Milwaukee going
to New York by the Valley road and that city, in
stead of being the depot of the state. would have
her own supplies through the interior cities of the
state, and her rail road, instead of being to her
source Of wealth. would be convenient mainly to
enable passengers and trade to reach the other road
All this can be avoided only by the construction of
the lake shore rail road, by which the Milwaukee
road will be connected with eastern roads
But will 1t be done. We think it will, and that
within five years at farthcst, but probably sooner
a road will be completed from Chicago to Milwau-
I kee.
! AS our readers are generally aware two lines Of
rail road are now being constructed to Chicago from
the east aud are nearly finished to that city. One
Of these, the Southern Michigan Road, connects
with a road around the south shore of lake Erie TO
Dunllrk and thence by the New York and Erie
road to New York city:-the other the Michigan
Central Road, designed to connect with road from
Detroit to Buffalo through Canada and thence by
the Buffalo and Albany and Hudson river road, to
New York. Both Of these lines will be completed
clear through, in year two, and viii be compile
ted into Chicago within two orthree months. Then
we have these two lines III active competition for
the business Of the great west. Now, as we view it
if the business Of Wisconsin will Justify the con-
struction Of road in the valley of the Rock River
it is worth competing for and Will be competed for,
We think the competition between these two lines
will not cease longas there fields 10 con-
quer, certainly not, at that particular point where
he business Of this young and fertile state offers it.
self
And this competition, if we are correctly inform
ed has already commenced, for we are told that the
| Michigan Central Road Company has already ia
ken controlling interest i'll the Rock River Valley
Read. If such be the case, and we have all along
supposed that or the other of the companies
would get it, is it not safe to conjecture that there
will be no great difficulty in getting the lake shore
read constructed.
IN short, with the interest Of Milwaukee at the
north end, and the induccmcnt which this road
with the Milwaukee Road holds out for dividing
the business of this state we look confidently to
see il COMPLETED within five vcars