The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1863-03-18
The Railroad.

II thu TINES of last week was letter, II ON
Milwaukee, signatured r. which among
other matters referred to the transfer of
the "St. Paul AMI Austin" or Minneapolis
and Cedar Valley Road to the party sup
posed to be identified with the construction
of railway from the NJ IS. river, above
Prairie du Chen, uia Paint Creek and
Waukon to the Minnesota line at Otranto
There is no doubt of the fact stated by "R"
and to some extent his statement has caus
cd a feeling Of apprehension as to the i'm.
mediate or even prospective building Of tho
line from this city OH Bloody Run or Gard
Greek. The object Of securing this fran
chise was doubtless to inti,nidate the direc
tory Of our road and discourage eastern
capital from consideration Of the route
a. a paving one OF one likely to be con
>tructed at all. This idea being entertn med
by some Of your readers, it may not be aniss
to refer briefly to the situation Of .ffairs just
now. The McGr,gor Company have been
aware of the movements Of the Prairie du
Chicn and Paint Greek companies at St.
Pau, but they did not esteem it of sufficient
Importance, If secured, to damage them.
They also believed (and the St. Paul cor
respondent Of the Chicago Tribune thus
views iD that any legislation Of the kind
would be a nullity. The limits Of this al
tel precludea statement Of the reasons
Cor this opinion, nor would such state
ment in detail be interesting to the mass Of
your readers. The cause Of their non.
attempt to secure this advantage" was,
first, it's nullity, second, its unimportance,
and third, it's invnaution in d. bt already to
an amount that will require considerable
financiering to make it transferable ut all.
Al"ut 70 miles were graded some years
since at an expense probably Of $l5O,OOO
EFF This sim the Gral,nms, Of Whitewater,
hold $40 900 and decline to release their
! lien Ill. il il paid The road is to be com.
| pletcd by January 1st, 1866, and 800, Ooo
are to be expended Ivy January 1864
There are other considerations Of q restrict.
i've character which 90 to d-preciatc lhs
value If the transfer, even assn ming it to
BE- valid ''R" refers to LANE Of N Y
Meyer, ard my Informant as corporators
Of the new srganiz ,tion, the informant"
hear Was Col. Dous,n IN, Of Prairie du Chen
The ST. Paul papers name the following rs
the a,tual organizers: d. N. Barney, A
II. Barney, Wm. Lamb, James H"yt. J
G. Camp, n G. Fargo, and A. Smith.
presume the laws Of the State Of Minncsot,
r. quirc directory to be located in the
state and these straw ,nen arr only breast
work Cor the convenience of Lane, Meyer
and other gentlemen Of the Prairie d,
Chen Railway. In no other way can thi
discrepancy Of statements as to the prime
movers br accounted for and this shows
Us only what We have all along believed ant
sac that our over-the-river railway ",
using its influence in all ways possible t
defeat the construction Of road west fro,l
this city Of McGreg"r. This movement
drops the mask and neither our compan,
nor our people can be victnzed by neutra
professions in future from that quarter. r
meet ina conci'iat'ry manner. proposition
or suggestions from Mr.. President Meyc
relative to blending the two interests il
one and putting al the capital in the sam
} hands. some time has bcen lost by tn
McGregor Company. but that is the exten
Of tie loss thus far The locating eng
: neer corps are now within few miles q
North McGregor coming east anil I am in
; formed by Mr.. Miller. the Chief, that tn
. grading for 10 miles has heen let to res
. ponsihIe parties. arrangements for fund,
! iron, &c.. &C.. all having hcer rom lete
: some weeks Stree. H's.ps 10 that b
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