The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1856-12-20

| At the recent Railroad meeting in St. Paul
| PARTICULARS of which were published last
| week, we are informed there was great frank.
hess Of expression. On all hands it was
| lgreed that the Legislature at its coming
session ought to amend the charter of the
| st. Paul and St. Anthony Railroad Co., so as
| to allow them to extend the road onward
| from st. Paul to Hudson, or some other point
| OF the St. Croiy, where it would connect
| With the Wisconsin road from Chicago. An
pplication for such an amendment will GER
| ainly be made; and we venture to say that
| lot blow will be struck on the road from
lere to st. Paul, until it is positively settled
that thu re is to be continuous line from
,ere to the St. Croix
Our timid friends, who are alarmed les t
It Paul should monopolize all the benefits
If a railroad between these places, will be
lad to be informed that thus far St. Antho-
~ has controlling interest in the Compa-
rvs affairs and that the St, Paul gentlemen
Who arc engaged in the enterprise are unani-
nously in favor of extending the road thro'
TO the st. Croix so as to connect with the
jhicago route, (for the Wisconsin Land
Irant has now passed into the hands of what
is known as the Ogden Company, of Chica-
D.) There is class of business men in ST.
Paul who are entire y above the niggardly
Erie policy-a class who are entirely Wiling
60 live and help ivc-a class have more
aith in cooperation than in competition, as
The best means for advancing their own in
erests, in the long run. That class of men,
We believe are engaged in this Railroad en-
t,rprlse. If we are mistaken in supposlns
them to be thus magnanimous-ifi it be true
that they are seeking to re, uce St. Anthony
and Minneapolis to the position of dependent
country villages, by placing us at the little
end of branch Railroad-even then, they
entirely mistake their Policy; for we are very
sure that, in short time, there will be
70 I'd from here to the St. Crox, whsther it
goes by the way of St. Paul or not And il
our neighbors have the idea that we are gen.
erous enough to pay them for maintaining
tw separate depots in St. Paul-if they sup
pose we shall consent to have them cart our
gools from one warehouse to another, detain
them a few days, and then forward them to
us on a one-horse branch Railroad-they
will yet have leisure to reconsider that opln-
on. But we have yet to learn that there is
single man actively engaged, either here or
at St. Paul, in the behalf of this short line of
road, who has any il 0 of making ST. P: u
place for re-shipping st. Anthony goods.
We 60 in for the road, then, on the fai,
condition that it shall connect directly with
the road to Wisconsin-that there shall be a
continuous and uniform chain of lakes thru
to Chicago. Until this point is settled, let
no man in ST. Anthony or Minneapolis sub
scribe one cent of stock for if in this res ct
an ungenerous policy is to be adopted, we
shall have other and better uses for all the
capital we can command. We say. let us
have road from here to Wisconsin ut all
events; and if it can equitably go by the
way of St. Paul all the better. We like the
notion of a Railroad connection with Saint
Paul, and it would grieve us greatly to be
compelled to leave them away to one side.
OF all things, we hope there will be no
croaking against the general policy of build
ing Railroads. 1t is high time for the peo-
pie about the Falls of st. Anthony to wake
up the greatness of the destiny ofwhich their
! ,cation is capable. 1t is time to expect great
things, and to attempt great things. Much
is said about making this the head of naviga-
ton and some are alarmed lest this talk of
Railroad should divert us from the work of
improving the channel Of the river, and invi-
ting steamboats, to our wharves We have
no such fears. If Cars can help us, let them
help us; and we venture to predict that Il
more the cars come here the more the boats |
will como. B It if we are to have but one, |
rive us ailroads for twelve months every
year, rather than steamboats, for seven
months. Better still, give US BOTH We have
earned not to be sanguine about speedy
rea ization of the schemes for navigation to
his point but never was there more to in
'pire hope. The steady and substantial
growth I these two towns will solve the
widen the channel-will re-
hove the boulders-will drawthe boats, and
be cars too. Let them come, and be welcome. Ii