The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-02-27

derstand that company are organized tos
build rail road from Galena in north
westerly direction through Brsdford 70
Mankato, Minnesota. This when acconp-
lished, will make our rail road system
complete. When We will be in direct
communication with Chicago to the South
East, St. Louis to the South, the Upper
Missouri Valley to the West, the St. Pc
ters Valley and salt region to the North
West, st. Paul and the prairies to tho
North and more particularly with Nc
Gregor and Milwaukee to the East.
Real Estate is advancing rapidly and
constantly changing hands. q
The inhabitants of Bradford are chiefly
from New York and the New England
States, from whence others are arriving
almost daily. are moral, intelligent and
energetic, and whatever is attempted here
is pushed forward with an energy that
defes competition.
A brilliant future is awaiting Brad
ford. Her skies are unobscured. Pros
perty abounds every where around her.
and success invariably crowns all her
efforts. Come on then, all ye capitalists,
mechanics and farmers, who wish to in
vest and secure healthy and happy homes
N this Garden of Iowa! Here are advan-
tages paramount to those Of any other
pl ace here is a country truly inviting,
where religious and educational privileges.
are engaged in their fullest extent.
- - GEODESY. "
Objections to the Incorporation Of Nc
.. Oregon.
As the question of incorporation begins
to be agitated, we occasionally hear an
objection raised against it, and as the ques-
ton deserves fair and candid considera-
ton, it is proper that these objections
should be duly considered. rhe frat
objection arises from the fact that the part
of the town which has been surveyed and
recorded, includes but a moiety of the
town, and as the rest can net be recorded
without the assent of all the proprietors.
that portion which can be incorporated
will constitute but small village.
1t is freely admitted that this is an OBJ
lection, and one which in the present juno
ture of affairs, can only be obviated by
obtaining charter directly from the leg
islature. The Legislature holds it's session
biennially. A session has just closed and
two years unless change is made in the
new constitution will elapss before we
can seek relief from that source. TO wait
for it, would be like the rustic sitting
down by the stream till it flowed past,
before he sought the opposite bank. The
part Of the town we can incorporate, il
that for which an incorporation is most
needed. In it, We can establish grade,
and for it we can provide landings and
whsrves. From its streets we can remove
distractions, and for the administration
of justice, We can appoint an additional
Justice of the Peace, and by the time that
an Incorporation for the remainder of the
town becomes necessity, we can obtain
a charter from the legislature that will
swallow up our village organization. snd
establish US as city with ample powers
and immunities. The question is. shall
we pass from infancy to maturity through
the probationary state of childhood, gath
ering wisdom and strength from expert
ence. or like Minerva, spring fully armed
from the brain of Jupiter advance at
one mighty stride from squatter settle
ment to City. g.4y
Another objection. easily answered, is.
that when the forthcoming license law
goes into operation. the money paid for
license will go to the county treasury.
when it ought to go into the village trea-
sury. .....,,
Without an incorporation it will go in
to the county treasury inevitably; with
an Incorporation we may retain it in our
own. H n.
A third objection is expense. Better
Be expense than suspense. Monty ex's
pended in grading streets, laying side
walks and building wharves will not be
like shoeing dead horse. A live horse
is worth the more for his shoeing. A
dwelling or store in McGregor with .
passable side walk and a clean street i'm
front, is worth not the less than if barri-
caded with woodpile and fortified with
mound of mud two feet below the hard
pan. Is there scarcity of money in Nc
Gregor? Then abate the hundred nuis-
ances which shock the sensibilities aud
frighten men of capital from the town.
Is there a linperinr doubt in the hreast OF