The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-02-06
METATOR.
For the Times.
Tho Future Of 1ac0IeEor.

What is to Be the future of McGregor?
is question Of the deepest interest not on
ly to those who have cast their lot here,
but tothose who have made their homes
in the counties West of U.S. McGreg COR,
geographically considered, is the door to
Northern Iowa and Southern Minnesota.
Through it will naturally pour the vast
tide Of emigration which Spring will soon
roll upon US. Through it the enterprising
Merchants of the hundreds of towns
which already dot the rifle praires, seek
to bring the products of the East and to
it, the husbandmen is looking for an out
let for the vast wealth Of his waving fields
of grain. A continuous chain of bluffs
cut off alEapproach to the Mississippi for
miles at streatch. Nc Gregor is the key
to one of the best of the great roads which
nature has worked for the use of man.
from the higher prairie to- the level Of the
Mississippi. -a~
Let US consider for moment what we
of McGregor are doing for ourselves and
for those who are naturally dependent on
us. Are we fulfilling our great promise
Unfortunately not. No one of the essen
tials of great city, which we aim to be,
has been attained, nor has single effort
as yet been put forth in that direction
We iced accommodations for the storage
of freight and levee for the hundreds Of
water crafts continually landing at our
doors. We need public buildings. church.
es, school-houses and seminaries of learn.
ing. We have wealth and influence and
enterprise, but our hands are tied and We
cannot act. Obstacles, seemingly beyond
our control, meet US at every point. We
have streets almost impossible from &C.
cumulated obstacles, and woe to the luck.
less pedestrian who attempts to thread
their dangerous mszes at night. The
lives and property of our citizens should
be placed under the Egis of Municipal
law. but We look in vain for ray of hope
in the future. Theprospect grows gloomy
and each asks of his neighbor, "what hope
for the morrow"
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The ripe apple is ready to drop, but
alas WHO is able to stretch forth his hand
and catch it? A crisis is rapidly APP
preaching and it is useless for US to shut
our eyes and lull ourselves with the hope
that time will bring the desired relief
Look at the influences at work around US.
While enterprise is building from other
points a net work of Railroads, we have
settled down with the stupidity of des-
pair, and some fine morning we will open
our eyes to the fact that others. at another
point, have cut q path for the Iron Horse
through the frowning bluffa, and left No
Gregor alone in its glory. 1t is idle to
dodge the conclusion. The commercial
world have already turned their attention
in other directions. as capital will not flow
in uncertain channels. twill sooner force
a way for itself where it may flow unin-
terruptedly. than follow in channel beset
with rocks and whirlpools. What is to
be done? What can be done must be
done quickly. The public have been long
suffering. but signs of uneasiness begin
to grow manifest. The place has it's des-
tiny in its own hands. By nature it has
no rival on the Upper Mississippi. II we
sink into insigniicance, We can console
ourselves with the reflection that we are
worthy Of our fate. The enterprising can
pack their traps and travel, the rest. ia
bakers Dozen. can remain and howl re-
quinn over the great abortion.
$50 gttt0aa HAWKEYE.