St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-01-12
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RAILROADS.

The Favette Pioneer and the Garnavillo
journal agree with us in thinking that the
policy of MCtireg0r is not to hurry the con-
struction Of IA Railroad west from this place
The Pioneer. in view of this urges its own
readers in Fayette county and further west
to go to work themselves. and rouse the coun-
try to action in this matter That is RIGHT
exactly. Our articles will cause the interior
of Northern Iowa to rely upon itself and thev
will probably hasten the construction of the
| road but that result is one which must uti-
| mately come, aud we are not disposed To fight
it. All we proposed to say in the beginning
was, that no argument can convince a Mc(ireg-
or merchant or capitalist that ear deliveries of
produce, bear any relation to the advantages
of trade, derived from team deliveries and if
the west waits to have this city take a large
load of stock in this proposed line, the west
will not see a locomotive for several years
This is fact about the feeling here, and those
of our ncighbOrs who really want rail facilities
should know it. road, five or ten years
hence, when we have grown up to be n city of
twenty five to fifty thousand people, won t
hurt us much but now, before we get ont of
the gristle, it would not be hit pretty
to stop the "dicker" 10y which we live, TWEEN
tv. fifty, and one hundred miles west of US
The particular danger we may be in from
the completion of rival lines, north OF south
of US, is not very alarming, at present North
E9,ca Times.
Much has been said of late by our
contemporaries about this kind of i'm
prevenent and the policy to be pur-
sued by the several towns along the
proposed line Of the McGrcgor, St.
Peters Il Missouri River Railroad =.
The Times claims to speak for the
merchants and capitalists Of McGrcg-
or, and represents them as being OPP
posed to the building Of the road on
account of the "dickcrn which they
receive and "by which they live"
from the counties west for a distance
Of twenty, fifty and hundred miles.
II the merchants and capitalists take
the view presented in the Times arti-
clcs, we think they have adopted a
mistaken policy, and that the time is
near at hand when they Will see it
not blinded 10y supposed interest, that
| such a course is suicidal to the true
policy of McGrcgor.
Admitting that the danger of "ri,
| val lines North or South OF McGrcgur
are not very alarming at present,
how does IT," question of "mtcrest
stand with this country west twenty
| fifty and one hundred miles," ont ui
which, according to their own show
| ing, the McGregor people rGcciN I
their dicker? We understand it To-
be the interest Of all the counties Yves
OF Clayton, except perhaps about one
third "i Faycttc county, to seek AN
outlet for their produce at some point
ON the Dubuque and Pacific road.
West Union is situated only 80 miles
from Independence, and tull two-thlrds
af Fayette county is better accommo
dated south than east, aud will with
out doubt give an increasing trade 10
the merchants and capitalists OF lnde
peudcnce. When we get west ui
Fayettc county there is not a single
argument in favor of going McGregor
ward for dicker or markets. The
county of Chickasaw is altogether
nearer Independence than McGregol
with capital roads all the way, and g
saving of sixty miles each trip for the
extreme western portion OF the county
|
save still more. Several of our mer
chants have already ordered and ship
ped their goods to independence, anc
We know of no reason why the Others
will not follow their example. The
McGregor merchants have heretofore
and do at the present time, charge
our country merchants for various ar
| /. al ., L..
the same per pound as they do then
retail customers purchasing but on'
pound. In addition to this, the mer
, chants of this place get their goods
T hauled from Independence for fort,
cents per hundred when the teams g
down empty, but by loading then
with pork and grain, which they cal
easily do, the usual charge is 20 cent
each way,--making a deduction G