The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1864-02-11


VIE th"y 30 ii.-The Northwestern Rail.
road folks bought the Kenosha and Rockford K
az the bondholders some weeks ago.ard as A mai
ter Of course our citizens are auxinus to know
what they will do with it. And this anxiety ia
but natural There are very. very faw If tbe
people of Ibis city or county who baye not maid
more or less towards the CONSTRUCTION of tba,
road They paid out their money for that pur.
pose more IRON feeling of public spirit, TO de-
yelop and improve the country and aid in the
growth and prosperity of the city. Now that tho
Road has passed into other and G,re.0n hands
we say 1t IS but natural that this anxiety shoula
exist The Road may be so managed We believe
as to prove to be all the advantage to the country
ana TO the city it was Intended to be, and vet
prove profitable Investment TO the unrcbasero
Whhe 1t Iay, on the other hand be so manaoed
as 10 DC curse and an eyesore to thuse who
Quilt It and dead weight beside TO he p,esent
owners
oar pleasant neighbors Of the Milwaukee pa
pefS' sneerngly and tauntingly tell us hat the
Noad Is to be taken up aud destroyed and thew
seem 10 chuckle over such result as if thew
were to be gamers thereby, perhaps the COM
mefclaI metropolis of the State a as fearful Of tba
rivalry OF henosha, and Oh that grouud yvouId
rejoice in any misfortune or drawback 20 ma
This spirit so unfeelingly INDUCED in is not ON.
~ ihberal out unwise. Ever since the Kenoshs
& Rockford Road went into operation Mil wan.
kee mas enjoyed rs much or more u It's advans
'ages than Kenosha has. The long trains OF
wheat cars that daily ran to Milwaukee fror-
THIS road sweled very materially the great ag-
sregate OF grain receipts Of that city over which
US business men have so proudly and Justly boast
ed, the past year or two
we understand that the object of the North
western Road in the purchase of This road was
to make this shipping and receiving port for d
arge shore Of their freight; By doing that the,
Will save Thousands of dollars and weeks OF de-
lay annually, as their shipping facilities are Sc
limited in Chicago and warehouses, and dock,
age and drayage anu hauling for their enormou
business counts ~ enormously. A large share
of those expenses aud all the delay would be saw
ed by sbiPE ing and receiving the major portior
Of their freight al this port. But it is no part o
our present object TO argue the advantages the
Northwestern Go. may derive from such us
Of The road and our shipping facilities. We pre-
sumo the company understand this matter nue.
better than we de-.
We understand 'hat as soon as the ice is on
OF the harbor, and tue weather will admit of sur
veys and examinations, the Co. will have engin
GERS in here to examine and estimate advantage
of such course as we have mentioned. We fur
ther understand that propositions will be mad
to oar city authorities, to assist in completi n,
certain harbor improvements.
IT Is hardly necessary to say that such a use o
the KeuoshG & Rock ford Road would eventual
be Of great advantage to our city. 1t wonl'
bring a vast amount of business and capital her
that would otherwise GO 10 some other place l.
| view Of such a result we hope our city authofi
| ties and our citizens also, will meet the North
western Co with that Hberality and public spr
it that viii beget confidence and prove that the
cannot do better than TO make Kenosha the pril
cipal southern terminus of their Road.