The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1856-03-29
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"HeH CucJ OCSoAaO oo ouorLuOuS III maSnl
tude as not only greatly to Inconvenience
the travelling community, but to infic
serious injury upon our Territory ITSELF w
feel that it would be culpable in us longe
to hold our peace.
The community have submitted long ant
patiently enough to the outrage perpetratet
by Mr.. Walker and his associates on thei
Stage Line between here and Dubuque, ant
it is high time that something were being
done to arrest the grievance. Monopolies
are odious at all times especially so wher
those composing it seem utterly reckless ant
regardless of the public welfare and con
venience, having but single eye to theil
own interests. Oftentime the public, for the
necessity of the case, are oblined "to benG
the plant knee and submit to any terms
this oligarchy may seem fit to impose. But
in this case fortunately there is redress, and
the public should be too wide awake to Their
own interests to submit any longer to an
evil which they have it in their power to
correct.
They are not obliged to submit to any and
all terms this monopoly may seem fit to i'm
pose, and they should either see that the
evils complained of are at once corrected, or
determine to break it down either by run
ming an opposition. line themselves, or patron
ize the Galena line through Wisconsin in
preference.
With no disposition whatever to inaict
any injury upon Mr.. Walker and his asso-
ciates, we shall feel it duty not only to
ourselves, but to the travelling community
generally, to recommend to all persons
journeying in this direction for the East
during the winter season, to patronize the
Galena and Madison line, unless that the
evils complained of are at once removed.
Having had personal experience in this mat
ter, 1--WE do but speak that we have seen,
and testify to that we do know" and if we
should seem to speak with any bad feeling,
we hope we may be pardoned, considering
the circumstances, feeling perfectly assured
that no one could pass through what we had
to submit to during our recent trip from
Dubuque to St. Paul, without entertaining
at least some feelings on the subject.
A word or two of our own experience I:
We reached Dubuque on the evening OF
Monday. Some of the rivals in the course
of that evening determined to take the stage
the next morn ng, having the assurance
from the agent of going direct through
without interruption others concluded to
remain to take the stage of Wednesday
morning, but being advised by the Agent at
Dubuque that it would be better to remain
over and take the through line of Thursday
concluded to do so, receiving the assurance
equally with the passengers of Tuesdays
stage of going direct through. This consi-
deration, and this alone, induced us to re-
main over in Dubuque until the morning Of
Thursday, preferring this delay to the
chances of being obliged to remain over at
DEBORAH for perhaps several days, Gas has
been the case with many this season. by
not taking the Through stage"
On arriving at place called West New
tor, we found party of four who had beer
left over there against their will the day
previous, and these the Agent there declared
entitled to the privilege over us in other
words, as one of them said, that four of us
should get out to give way for Them" Con-
sidering this as rather a. cool proposition, to
say the least, we determined to maintain our
seats, the consequence being that four more
men were added to our already well packed
coach. OF this, however, we did not com
plain.
On arriving at DEBORAH the afternoon O
Friday, what was our surprise to find the
party of Tuesday still there-they having
been obliged to remain over from Wednes
day till Saturday, although they had thu
assurance when they left Dubuque of " going
direct through" A more sorrowful-lookins
and disappointed party we scarcely ever saw
as any one who has been obliged to stol
that length of time at DEBORAH, with moth
ing to Go, can readily imagine.
When the next morning, arrived we pre-
sumed of course, we were to come dlrectl.
on-the way-bill indicating us as "througl
passengers" and we having had the addition
al assurance from the Agent himself, at Du
buque, of coming directly through, withou
interrupt ON; but here again the others wer
declared by the Agents to have the prefer
ence; and this time, in spite of all our re
monstrances, we were obliged to submit qui
city. Our only Alternative was to remain owe
until Tuesday from Friday evening, at a mis-
cradle, dull place, and then take the chance
of securing seats, or else procure a privat
, conveyance, which some seven If US die
paying therefor fourteen dollars extra apiece
This, with twenty dollars, the stage far
through, and five dollars extra on trunk G
by no means extraordinary dimensions,
most enormous charge methinks, consider
ino that person is entitled to certai
amount OF baggage anyhow making up tn
extravagant sun; of thirty-nine dollars TO
stage hire alone. The actual expenses to
the trip from Dubuque to this place coul
r not have fallen short of fifty dollars. Tn
F price of a ticket from Baltimore to Chicag
= is only nineteen dollars and a half, distanc
of from seven to nine hundred miles; Will
this is but two hundred and seventy, putin