Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1853-09-15
WapeIlO COunty--RailrOad Sub
ScriDtiOn. ..

The second vote on the proposition
for subscribing 100000 stock to the
Burlington and Missouri River Railroad
will be cast by the citizens of Wapello
on the oath inst. From limitations
which we have received from persons
visiting Ouumwa and other PORTIONS of
that county, we have reason TO fear that
the projeo. will prove failure. If The
result be so unfortunate it will be mat
ter of the deepest regret to the friends OF
the road, in this as well as that county
II is pfesuming too much for the citizens
of that county to think of getting the
road and Withholding their proportion
of the subscription. Just so certain as
they do il, they will lose the road. JEFF
ferson county has done her part nobly,
so far as county stock is concerned, and
in the way of private stock she is CON-
ing W to the work with zeal and de-
termination that fully shows she stands
ready to do her part in the great projec,
OF railroad west to Ottumwa, and from
thence to the Missouri river. But her
efforts, so far as this project is concern
ed, we fear, will be fruitless, if Wapello
backs off the track. But in this case
our position will be infinitely better than
hers, because then we will turn our en-
erg;es and give our stock to a project
which, il is true, we now regard as sec.
ondary-we mean the Keokuk road run
ming north through Fairfield. If this
road is ever built, it will intersect the
Burlington and Missouri River Railroad
at this point, provided the latter passes
through Fairfield. and il it does not, the
keokuk road will intersect the Burling-
ton road at point on direct line from
Fairfield TO Keokuk, passing on north
through this place. Nature has fixed
our town as point on one, of not on
both, these roads. So if the people of
Wapello refuse TO put their shoulders to
the wheel, we have second chance,
while they will be left without The least
hope for the future. But we trus. they
will seriously consider the matter, and
not act SO unwIsely as some seem to an
,icipate they will. IF, by refusing now
to take stock. they throw the road south
of them, they need hope for nothing in
the future. We would not have it un.
derstood that the citizens of Jefferson
county are going to Withdraw their ex-
ertions from the cherished project of the
Burlington and Missouri road, SO long
as there is any hope for them. They
will cherish il 10 the very last moment,
and they appeal 10 their fellow citizens
in Wapello TO consult their own dearest
interests and join with them heartily in
the work Desmoines, Henry and JEFF
ferson have each done their duty, and
Wspello aimed to-do righ;, but if she
now recedes, upon herself will be the
worst OF the consequences. May the
citizens of that county see where they
stand. Ii they do, We are confident
they will not forsake their first love-
We hope no exertions will be spared by
the friends of the road to set the matter
in its true light before the people of that
county, tina, they may act understand
ingly when they go 10 the polls TO cast
their votes on the oath inst. May their
decision be one that will bring the iron
horse through the very centre Of their
county, and no, one that will frighlen
him forever from their borders. Now
OR NEVER is the proper maxim for the
people of tina, county TO act under
Fairfield LEDGER.