The emigrant aid journal of Minnesota. [volume] (Nininger City, Minn. Terr. [i.e. Minn.]) 1856-1858, 1858-03-24
The Nlnlnger and 81. Peter Western
Railroad.

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looked upon Nininger City, as a creation of the imagi-
nation, and the Nininger and St. Peter Western Rail.
road as beyond the credulity Of even the most magma.
tive. Nininger City has now become a certainty, and
the Nininger Railroad is fast assuming the same posi-
ton. Our town is rapidly approaching its FIRST one
thousand in population, buildings are rising up at a rate
uusqualled even in St. Paul, our Town Council is act
ing with unprecedented energy, and in all parts of the
country Nininger City is obtaining a reputation for soil
dity and substantially shared in by but few towns in
the State. At the same time step after step is being
taken to urge on the construction of the Nininger and
St. Peter Western Railroad at an early day. We quote,
for the information Of the public, the following highly
important Act just passed by the State Legislature.
AN ACT
In relation to the To,ons Of Nininger, LouisviNe, Young
america and Glencoe.
Be 1t enacted By tie Legislature Of the State of Mn
mesota:
SECTION /. That the citizens of either Of the follow.
ing towns, viz Nininger, in Dakota county, Louisville,
in Scott county, Young America, in Carver county, and
Glencoe in Mcleod county, be and the same are hereby
empowered, at any public meeting called for that purpose,
BY a majority Of those present, to authorize the Town
Councils Of their respective towns, by such means as
may be pointed out by the said meeting, either blythe
levying of q tax or otherwise, to assist in the building
Of the Nininger, St. Peter and Western Railroad, to
such extent as the said meeting may direct.
SEC. 2. The action of the said meeting shall not be
valid, unless those who compose it constitute q majority
Of the resident property holders of the said town, SO
meeting and the object thereof, is given by posting up
a written or printed notice thereof, in at least three Of
the most public places of the said town, twenty days
before the time of such meeting, and by publishing a
copy thereof in the newspaper Of said town, or Of the
locality nearest thereto, at least twice before said
meeting.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect from and after its
passage.
The Importance of the above cannot be too highly
estimated the construction of the Nininger and St
Peter Western Railroad will make Nininger one of the
first towns in Minnesota-it will settle her claims for
pre-eminence forever. 1t will be the commencement of
results Of which no man can form the slightest concep-
ton. Its immediate effect would be a startling increase
in our population and the valse of property here. DIFF:
%6calties, however, supervene. The project set forth by
the Louisville Town Company is a perfectly practicable
one. 1t needs, however, a starting point or commence
ment to arouse the public to the sincerity of its projec-
tors and of their ability to carry out their plans that
starting point can be best obtained through the instru.
mentality Of the act just quoted. BY it all the towns
on the route of the road, and therefore principally in.
terested in it, are empowered to subscribe for stock, and
thereby assist in building it. In about two weeks a
meeting is to be held in Glencoe preliminary to sub
~scribing, and in a few days steps will be taken for the
calling of a meeting in Nininger for the same purpose.
Similar steps will also be taken in the two other towns
mentioned in the Bill, Louisville, in Scott County, aud
Young America in Carver County. Meetings will SUBJ
sequently be held among the farmers along the line of
the route. 1t is the confident expectation fthe friends
Of the measure that by the LIST of June next the build
ing Of the road will be commenced If such is the case,
the fast growth of Nininger, startling as it has been,
will be forgotten in the rapid advance of the future. =
Boats have been plying on the river here for over a
week, and the Gath inst. the Grey Eagle made her way
through Lake Pepin without difficulty, opening the
communication some six weeks earlier than last year,
and one week sooner than ever before known. 1t took the
boats by surprise, but they were soon put in readiness.
A good effect has been produced n the business affairs
OF the country by this early appearance of the boats,
and they are reviving very fast. Our farmers, too, have
begun their work-plowing, sowing and planting has
been going on everywhere here for some time. Our
mechanics also, are now having orders for their various
callings. 1t is especially the case with this town, and
we presume is the same to some extent in other sub
~stantial places. It is an suspicious opening of the year
tor Minnesota.
Prairie fires are now visible arc und ms every night ;
the sight is grand and beautiful, but it is the cause Of
too much injury to be desirable. A careful watch must
be kept by farmers, lest mischief befall them.
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