The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1856-10-17
OUR RAIL ROAD.

49, Public interest is alive throughout the
country on this all-important subject
Every man. we meet inquiries as to its
present situation and probable, progress.
We regret much that we can do, but lit
tic this week to satisfy public anxiety, as
our opportunities for information have
been extremely limited, and our time has
been so closely occupied in the various
duties incident to the launching Of an
entirely New paper. ~f,4 - .-..., ali
We had the pleasure however, on
Monday, of seeing for ten minutes the
active business man Of the McGregor
Road, Judge J. Brown, as he wa; start
I ing West on business of the Company
The Jud &c informed us that there was no
doubt of its rapid prosecution, and that
tho enterprise met with all the warmth, Of
interest, from the counties and capitalists
| Of the Interior that an enlightened view Of
its great prospective value could prompF.
The counties of Floyd Chickasaw and
Cerro Gordo, viii loan their bonds to tic
company in sums Of one hundred thou
sand dollars each, which added to, the
amounts understood to be pledged by in
dividual residents of those counties,
will swell the stock to six hundred thou
sand dollars. This, it is. to be under
stood is designed to aid the company in
the construction of the FL Division of
the Road, and has no connection with
the large amount already secured which
is to be devoted to the. LIST Division ex
tending from Nc gor into the, Interior
40 miles, The Judge has strong conf
denec in the success, Of the enterprise.
and no man who credits the citizens Of
North Iowa, with that enlightened sell
fshncss which they are known to pos
sess, can avoid concluding that this vital
commercial necessity viii soon be among
the finished uorks Of the State. Bttit
will require energy and capital to do it /;
and every man who owns a toWn-lot or
Forty acres of land to be enhanced in
value, should lend, himself to the cause
with will that brooks no resistance aud
faith that takes no denial: The man of
small means has an assurance of as great
profit on his investment as he who owns
a Township, and he would be i strange
financicr who would refuse to make a
Thousand dollars for himself, because his
more, fortunate neishbor might from the
same cause secure an. appreciation Of
properly equal 70 Ten times mat AMOUNT.
Ii must and will come. The Immense
country West and N rtl-Wcst Of us. can
no more exist without. Rail Road on
(which to convey their produce eastward
and their mcrcaatile tGjhhhnage westward
themselves and families back 70 their old
homes on Hudson, the Connecticut, the
ONO, or the Delaware and their fathers
!, anu mothers from those old homes, 10
sec tGeis childfen and '.tkc li5;!e ones"
Fl, the new found Arcldlss of beautiful
i.'Wa-why we cant do without a kail
TOAD u. aii. Commerce for bids, and So
c:al lie lau.,ha AT, the theus.hE IT J.,tt-
IRE! "IAe hair las become part OF
,uc coHi..ly an inssl.u,io;,: a conyen-
lencs Indispensable 20 locomotion, trade,
Or happiness. We are all familiar with
; tail Of us have talked with that i'm
{ por,aus character, the conductor
We Lave seen the !" Engineer - been in
a smash up" and been 9 left by the
train." Many OF us ii no, actually born
q on a train, have been raised on one !. and
yet among us, men WHO can look over the
vast anu varied m.eres.s now rapidly de-
velopul. undcr The busy hands OF a peo-
pie INC most active anu pushing nycr-
ISIS that would be no in.erests without a
Z connection with the Atlantic sea Board
there are men who shake their heads
!, wisely and predict q failure! such men
may have eyes, but they see no." We
: psat-the load must come. Time ID
! certain TO bring it. Eas.ern capital seek
: ing prob able lnyeimens will not long
+ r !, nam al rest in Wall, and STATE Streets
i EThe necessities of WoRLDs are. to be
supplied from the West, and Ox-tcams
if are 100 slow for the rescue Of half famish-
ed Europe. The Road win be built
!. but we can all do some hing 70 hasten i
l along; we win have. it in, i've years by
q waiting on others; we can have it i.
tuo across the entire State and up to St
Paul, BY united, energetic, confident and
liberal action among ourselves. Let Blu
e the men who know the benefits Rail Roads
' have conferred, exhibit confidence in this
! enterprise by trying to help themselves
and the Hercules Of the East will, soon, b
along with his moacy bags to ask admis
t sion as partner. This has been the re
$ sultevery where else. and why not here
Try it, and our word for it, you, will sool
hear the Iron Horse laundering amons
your hills and skimming along your val
: lies, shrieking the death -knell Of the SLOW
0 motioned Post-coach and delivering q
your doors your Merchandise, your Mar
: ket reports, your Letters, and what is Q
far more value than all these, your warm
. hearted relatives and friends. n $3.50.
We are all Rail Roai men at McGre
: gor. 5..s - u.,Ys BE- aq
J inn sttI THE CONCERT 1stt4 4.sas /
1 The Barker Family entertained larg
0 audience last evening At the American
II 7 We have not space for an extended nc
G ticc Of them, but when we state that th
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