The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-09-29
THE RAILROAD QUESTION.

We cannot too earnestly direc, the attention Of
our citizens 10 the decision which they will be
called upon to make, through the ballot box t..
day, the Goth, in relaiin to the Dubuque and
Janeseille Rail Road Stock.
It's proposed % enter upon the i'm mediate
construction Of Railroad from this place to
janesv:lle, II ruth :lent interest can be here
enlss-d, 70 sscase the Assumption Of $4,000
worth Of stock Sv.rat Of oar m ut ense.Pr'-
sn, citizens having met together, T. consider IN
wsys and m.ans tor the ad ,2tion Of IN, prop.
sision, have already determined tha', if the city
in i,s corporate capacity, will t,ke 100000
worth Of stock, they will assn no the remain' !.
$4,000 The p-oceedi = Of this meeting have
been sent to the Directory of the Mlw,nSie and
Janssvi,l Road, by 'pn'ed agents OF thu meet
iay, 70 request the D rectory to c'n'ider their
proposition as taken, in the even. Of favorable
ae:ion on the part Of the citis ms, on Wedaes-
day next.
We sincerely hope that thi. mag be favorable,
The great importance 10 this place OF the pro-
passed rad, cannot fail tn impress itself on thu
mind Of every man WIN will tax up the map
aud examine and reflect for himself. GAINESVILLE
is already the nxelsas Of three roads, all COM
meneing on Like M,chi an; one at lwaukie,
another At h ,cine, and the third at Chicago =
Thus il will be perceived TINT. by the canstruc.
ton Of read from this place 70 GAINESVILLE, W.
would have the great advantage from that point
Of reachin. the Lake by three different routes
the existence Of which, mast always contribute
&, healthy conpe. ition in the transportation OF
freigh, an passengers to and fro, which const'
t,.es an object Of the utmost importance, both
10 the mercantile and travelling public. But
these are MT tn, only persons TO be benefited BY
such competition The<armer wh' wishes 7
send of his produce TO the eastern m,rk-t, will
b. coured By the respective lines, each Of which,
will be striving and anxious 10 secure his bust
ness, in order to contnrbnte TO It's own in'eres'
Treigh, will thus be reduced TO the lowest ebb,
and the profits to the farmer correspondngly in
creased. Nor is the producer the only man who
isAO be identified by these railroads. The con
s9aer too, will reap It's advantages. Let the
-mscSanic and the laborer bear in mind that,
they arc the persons h. pay the freight on every
dollars worth Of good. that are brought to this
market, and not the merchants.
81 True, in the first instance the merchant pays
but when, after his days, his weeks or his
month . toll and labor, the mechanic goes Int"
4 store, 10 purchase himselfa .et Of knives and
forks, cups and saucers, spoons, plates, dress
FIR his wife or shoes for his children, coat fol-
himself, or whatever else it may be, the mer
chant takes good care to calculate what the ar
t;cle has cost him, how much fre;gh, was on i,
&c SC and then fixes his ice accordingly
If the freight was high, the price is raised high
enough to cover it, and have good profit be-
'des. lf the freight was low, then the price
will be low accordingly. Thus it will be per
ceived that the consamer his much at stake in
the euccess failure of all facilities for trans
por,ation. At present, prices Of merchants
Of all kinds from the eastern market are to-
high here, and the reason is, the absence Of tho
necessary facilities for transportation, Whenev-
cr we get our railroads, if We are ever 10 &C
them, prices will all come down, and the poor
man can then live on one third less than il IS
him It present Then let every man G. to the
polls .nWednesday and vote for the City to tax
she $780, dollars worth OF stock in contem
plation Let the laborer and the mechanic bear
n mind that it 10 for their decided interest I,
have the road completed, and let owners ofreal
estate not hold back because their properly is
liable to an increased taxation, for the increased
rletion Of such road, will more than outweigh
any possible onus that may result from incrcas-
ed taxation.