The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1861-02-07
TAMAsOUyTY

AFA
Il !. now a settled fact that our coun-
~ is soon 70 be directly benefited and
.%,irl,ly favored with railroads. Not
outstanding the temporary panic crca-
ted in the money market At the East,
Nv tho accession movement, and the
consequent short delay Of operations,
the President Of the Cedar Rapids and
Missouri River Railroad, Mr.. l." Is.
Croker, has admirably succeeded by
his untirihg efforts, III enlis.ing a sutfic-
lent number of eastern capltllsts in this
enterprise to secure the completion OF
seventy miles ofroad in less than two
years anl forty miles within the next
ten months. So far are the arrange
mcnts perfected. for the hastv anil early
completion 0: these forty miles-which
brings it some five or six miles into our
county-that the contracts for grading
arc let to four responsible companies;
each having ten miles; the first ten
miles Of grazing To be completed III five
months from January lst: the second
ten III six months, the third ten in seven
months and the fourth in cigI: months:
TINS giving ample time for the laying
of the track on the entire forty miles
within the next ten months. We have
an agricultural community about island
west Of us that can and will furnish this
road with a large supply Of business.
Some Of our eastern friends may
doubt this, but none Of those do WHO
have travelled through our Country and
bchcld the thousands and tens 8: ;hous-
anas of farm. that are being cultivated.
Hn. should il fail 10 be as rcunnnera.iv.
to the stockholders rs some other roads
II has a large and ample land grant up
OF which it may lean while in infancy,
If necessary. But the benefits to the
stockholders will be Aihfinuti,e indeed.
when compared to the aggregate Of
benefits to be derived there.ron br
every farmer and business man in orr
midst. Hardly 4 single act or deed.
which looks to the enhancing ofrrorc.-
+ can be mentioned, hnt what viii be
promoted or assisted by tits road
Every acre OF land TILED, every unim-
proved acre, every bus,el Of grain soil,
and every one of the fat cattle or hogs
prepared fer market viii be increased
IN value as this road approaches US
Nor Is this all. Every pound r~fgrnccr-
les, nails, iron or whatever is heavy or
bulky, will be diminished in price, TINS
directly benefting every consumer as
well as producer III our county.
This viii certainly produc. a change
IN the Esprit Of the dreams" ofour pco-
Ilt, which apparently has been lullcd
nee the crisis Of 1857. Eastern CAPT.
tol:sts will again seek tie West, for the
investment OF their money. Especially
will that class DO so who seek to invest
their surplus money il lands. For there
Is no better place for sreh investments
than those portions Of our State through
which. railroads are now being located
and built.
Many Of our people who were land
hungry when Trey first came mong us.
and bel,eld our beautiful rrai.ies, pur-
chased 50 largely that they soon became
SUBJECTED with their feast. Thy, in fact,
purchased beyond their means. Some
q them expended tk-ir last dollar for
lands, leaving non for to be expended
in improvements. Others, more simple
Sill not only s:cn, their last dime Cor
lands but ran deeply in debt fer the
same. The majority ofthcse have been
so embarrassed since, that the rise Of
their lands has never fully compensated
them. Many eastern people and many
more among us are nv are OF tllS etA{e OF
affairs. and intend to take advantage Of
the same by making purchases within
the next year. So far 80 this county is
concerned, there never was a better
time to invest money in lands than the
present. Lands are now cheap, but
soon must rise. There is nothing in
the nature Of things or the possibility
Of events to prevent it. In addition to
the road Of which we have been speak
ing, We have another now running from
Dubuque to Waterloo, twelve miles
north Of our county. Another will soon
be running, within the same or a less
distance Of our Southern boundary, and
ere many years We shall have q north
and south road running through the
contre Of our county. These are all
fixed things. How, we ask then, can
ii be avoided, that rs good lands as the