The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1858-12-25
For the Upton Advertiser.
To tho Citizens Of Upton, and all Others
Interested i'm the Construction of the Tips
ton Railroad.
TIpToN, Iowa, Dec. I'D, 1858.

Upton, Iowa, Dec. 22d, 1858.
Fellow Citizens In obedience to the
will Of the stock subscribers, surveys
have been made, route selected, and the
road locatcd-contracts have been made
on terms highly advantageous to the Com
pany, for the graduation and masonry of
the entire line of road. Nearly one hun
dred men are now employed on the work
monthly estimates will be taken, land in or
der to meet these estimates, monthly intall-
ments Of 10 per cent on the subscription
must be paid. 1t is scarcely necessary to
remark here, that without the payment
of such installments, the contract cannot
be fulfilled The very act of subscrip-
ton alone, without further pledge, i'll.
dicates the willingness of all who have
subscribed to meet their installments
promptly. On this pledge your agents,
the Board of Directors. have made con-
tracts, in good faith every kind Of sub
scription whether Cash, Real estate, Mer-
chanIiLe, Labor or Provisions, is now in
demand, aud ifpaid in conformity to the
agreement, it will greatly facilitate, aud
expedite the construction of the road.
That the Upton r. Il. will become a
LUX in the great North aud South thor
oughfare connecting 81. Louis with the
cities Of the upper Mississippi, no one IA
miliar with the topography of the eoun-
try will doubt; that, as LUX in this
great chain which IN the wiater months,
aud during all seasons of low-watcr, wi |
be the mighty artery for draining the
vast productions Of Iowa and Mignesota,
from the southern boundary Of the for
mer to far beyond the falls Of st. Anthe-
ny-its business will be profitable, its
stock valuable, and its importance to the
citizens of Upton and Cedar County i'm
mense, cannot be questioned. We are
not only constrained from these consider
atoms and others no less weighty, to ap-
peal to al who have made subscriptions
10 render that aid which was so fully
guaranteed at the commemorate It of the
enterprise; bat MOS. earnestly to invite
all who have an interest in the present or
future prospects Of our eounty,to increase
the subscription to the Capital Stock, aud
thus, at once, and forever settle the yex-
ed question,
"Shall we have a Railroad through
Tiptoas" Ncarly two-thirds the amount
necessary to prep re the road for the iron,
estimated at 10000, has been subscri,
bcd there remains then about one third
or $40, 900 to be taken Can any one, a.
all familiar with the energy and enter
prise of the citizens Ct this county en-
terrain a doubt that this sum will be
raised !? Already Muscstine aud VIII
ton have entered upon the construction
Of the division which is to connect Tip
ton with the Mississippi river, aud from
present indications within few months;
or one year at the furthest it will be
ready for the supcrstructure.
Most ilattering assurances have been
given by the citizens Of Anamosa and
Jones comfy, as well as from the Da-
buque Western Il. r. Company, that at
an early day this line of road will be ex-
tcndcd SO as to make continuous line Of
railway from Muscatinc to Dubuque. -
There remains then but space of less
than twenty five miles to complete this
great chain connecting keokuk and Du-
huquc
Fellow citizens, in view of the magni-
tude aud Importance Of this great work,
you are once more earnestly invited to
lend your hearty cooperation. c.