Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1865-11-03
Railroad Convention at Warerly.

Railroad Convention at Warerly.
A railroad convention of the farmer
and business men Of Bremen County
was recently held at Waverly, to takt
into consideration the grievances result
ing frosl the inadequate facilities fol
shipping furnished by the d. & s. C. r
r. Company. The following memorial
was adopted, and ordered published in
the Phoeaic. rev E9
10 The President and Directors ~ the Dubuque ana
Sioar Cfig. f,,tti the Ntancsosd and Cedar Euifey
sliGpQd Companies: -.. ....gs. ...0 Hraa
GErTLEMisE:-Are you aware that for the
last six months you have neglected to furnish
adequate and reasonable accommodation fol
railroad transportation to and from Wayerly.
are You aware that the entire farming, mer.
camille am, Stock and produce dealing interest
by been greatly injured in their business dur,
Are You aware that the senators and Repre-
sentatives of the people tributary to the Wa
verify market, did YOU ''yeomanis service" in
the forfeitures which the law requires?
81 Are you aware that, after the munificent
pie Of this state, and your acceptance Of the
same with the franchises, You have some legal
lie and a
your road? r
Are you arare that two competing roads will
soon extend their facilities to the people whom
You are now neglecting? 81. II
Are you aware of the large increase Of trade
AMI production in the Upper Cedar Valley
during the last year: a@
Are you aware that farmers who labor hard
for livelihood, and are compelled to sacrifice
from fifty to two hundred dollars a year on ac-
count OF your unnecessary and unreasonable
iii Il m r5a
Now, we have no sort of idea that the
rlo i'll x,-;s IL ~.e
Waverly the least particle of good. If
any good is to come Of it, however, it
will be no present help in time of need.
The Dubuque e. Sioux City Railroad
Company are rather Indifferent to Wa
verify, because they are sure of the Wa
verify business. The Cedar Falls & Min
nesota Railroad Company, Tor the Cedar
Valley, as the memorial has it, are per-
fcctly rowerless, as the road is leased
for term of years, and consequently
out of their control. r.s .a --a.. ..e -.
There is probably not station on the
line of the D. & s. c. r. r. but has been
badly crippled in its business by the in
sufficient transportation furnished by
the company. Waverly, however, is
probably worse off than any other place
tributary to this road. The company
being sure ofthe Waverly trade, what
ever the course pursued, and having to
pay fifteen per cent. of the earnings of
the Cedar Falls g. Minnesota road as
rent to the proprietary company, they
are not going to give our northern neigh
Dor any more cars than can possibly be
helped, when their own road needs
more cars than is in their power to
supply. E. T .'..s1' ..- . TIP. ..'
Some business men have went 80 far
as TO offer to put additional freight cars
ON the road for the mere privilege Of
having the use of them, paying regular
fseights to the company beside. Others
have asked to put cars on, and take their
value in transportation. In fact, most
aIl sorts Of means have been attempted
to increase the carrying facilities Of the
company. That greater aecommoda-
tons might be given, we have no doubt;
though there can be no question that
much Of the complaint is groundless,
and many of the grievances of such a
character that the company is entirely
unprcpared to redress or obviate them.
The company have now about one hun
IreI and sixty miles of road to operate, !
with but little more rolling stock than
they had year ago, when their entire /
length of road was but one hundred |
miles. All the energies of the company
have been directed to the extension of
the road from Cedar Falls to Iowa Falls,
which work it is hoped TO complete by
the middle of December. Therefore,
increasing the rolling stock, and even
repairing the road, has been neglected
and put off tlll some more convenient
season. Whether the company are JUS
titled in the pursuance of such policy,
our readers may determine for them
selves.
There is only one thing which will
obviate the difficulties besetting mer-
chants and shippers, and that worry OBJ
Viously is the securing of another outlet.
The Dubuque & Sioux City road cannot
be made adequate to the necessities of
the people. We believe the citizens of
Cedar Falls realize this fact. We know,
at least, that they are looking anxiously
forward to the no very distant day when
The Iowa Central shall be ready for bu-
siness. And the people of Waverly
would employ their time much more
efiectually by engaging in effort to Sc
cure the advantages of the Iowa Central
to themselves, than in issuing nlemori-
ais to the Dubuque & Sioux City eom-
pany. So long as they remain in their
present AFFECT dependence, they can
hope for no adequate or satisfactory
relief
THE Marshall County Times comes to
nsthis week enlarged to an eight-column
paper, and dressed in handsome new
clothes. Henderson is ambitious and
cnterprising. lie now gives his readers
apaper hardly equalled among the coun-
try journals of Iowa, both in artistic
merit and in point of ability, and he
should meet with such liberal success
as will enable him to become rich in |
worldly possessions with surprising IA
pidity. 49,.
Our MUTUAL FRTENp.-T. b. Peter
son d Brothers, Philadelphia, will pub
lish from advance sheets on November |
18th, "Our Mutual Friend" Charles |
Dickens New Naval com Iato md -,