Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-05-02
wArSYPINTCON & ST. PETERS VAL
LEY RAILROAD. ff 81

communication, reviewing one ol our ar
ticles on the Wapsipinicon Valley Rail
road, which the Democrat had copied in
to its columns. The writer, who signs
himself CEDAR" and who evidently
has more interest in the Cedar Valley
Railroad than could arise from the mere
contemplation of its advantages to Mitch
ell County, is justly fearful that the pre-
sentation of this question to the people of
that county might result adversely to the
interest for which he is laboring, and so
objects to its confederation. While he
processes to despise and deny our assump-
ton of advantages for the Wapsipinicon
over the Cedar Valley road, he. yet deems
it necessary to prohibit an investigation
which, had he confidence in his own po-
siion, he would undoubtedly haze court
ed, and closes his article with an implied
threat against the people of Mitchell,
should they dare to think and act ad
versely to the interests of the latter road.
CEDAR accuses us of attacking the Co.
dar Valley Road, and of making unfair
representations and disparagements of
other routes" and says : 3 e3ar
elf the article in question had been
confined TO its own merits, without, IN
warrantably attacking the Cedar Valley
Railroad. then the writer Of this would
have nothing to say" y aspnaUf
Now We defy CEDAR to show us where
we have made any Misrepresentation, or
even attacked the Cedar Valley Road
He has labored through more than two
columns in the Democrat, and has at
tempted to refute but one Of our positions,
and then, only denies our fact and places
in its stead his own unsupported asser-
ton. I'VE have no desire to attack the
Cedar Valley Road, or any other road,
but in offering few facts in favor of the
Wapsipinicon route, we of course done
what CEDAR or any other person would
do, compare the route with others; and
if the Cedar Valley road suffered in that
comparison, it was simply from the fact
OF the superiority of the other route, and
not from any misrepresentation of her
claims. We knew that we spoke to men
who had the knowledge and judgment to
canvas for themselves the truth or falsity
of our assertions, and We contented our
selves with throwing out a few sigges-
tons and referring those interested TO the
map for their verifcation.. II. b.
CEDAR accuses us of Misrepresentation,
and yet in the start he is guilty of the
very thing which he complains of in us.
He says: ~ ia l9af @f'aiih' 9"' y.
In the article above. mentioned, the
evident intention is to build up aproect-
ed Wapsipinicon Railroad at the expense
or disparagcment of the Cedar Valley
R .ilroad. And the opposition, although
having no fixed line for their road, &c,
This is all purely false, Mr.. CEDAR.-7-
Did you not know that as long ago as last
Januarya meeting was held in Buchanan
County to take action upon this. matter?
That this movement originated with men
who had no opposing interest TO the Ce-
dar Valley Railroad, but whose homes
and whose interests required this, road
Did you not know that committee was
there appointed to confer with Eastern
and Western capitalists in relation to the
project? Did you not know that on the
18th day of March that committee made
q most fattering report, and that upon
the same day company was organized,
directors and officers elected, and that
nearly 500, 900 worth of stock was TAX
en- in a few minutes Did you not know
that all of those directors, with single
exception, lived upon the line Of the
SoAu, huA thdt vic lulcICStS Ot all are III
separately connected with it, and that they
ere fully determined chat it shall be built ?
Did you not know that the first division
OF the road was to commence at Anamo-
sa. in Jones county, run thence North
westerly. through Quasqueton and indie
pendence. TO Fairbanks in Buchanan Coz,
and that the line is as definitely fixed as
is that OF the Cedar Valley Road /? And
did you not know that the counties OF
Jones and Buchanan were soon to vote
upon the proposition of loaning their
credit to the road? Perhaps you were
unacquainted with these facts, Mr.. CEDAR,
but your ignorance will not Justify the
hssty conclusions at which you have
jumped, nor excuse your desire to dis
tort and misrepresent matter of which
you knew nothing.
CEDAR affects TO scout the idea that
certain prominent citizens of Mitchell Co.
hsd given the Wapsipinicon road assur
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