The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1865-03-02
For the Transcript.
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pose Of aiding in the construction d
the Iowa Central Railroad, slrce which
time we hear nothin. of he said com
! mittce or their wo,k, Only as j, is sough,
after by those, Nl,n are deter mined 20
take stock Il was understood tha,
| the committee, was composed Of sus b
men, rs w.r. really interested III the
construction # this work, ana tia
energetic ,if,its would be used bv
them to procure at an carly day all the
stock tia. would probably be taken
especially in Toledo and vicinity an,l
now two weeks have elapsed since the
committee were appointed, aud wha,
has been aonro
ara cral,h'y Informed that beyond
signing themselves, and some SIX or
eight others, nothing has been ,cromp
! lishol.
lfthc committee eNpcc' 70 stand b.
| hind their desks, and, wi'hou, effort on
/ their part, procure all the stock that
'an be Ind, II this place AMI vicinity,
I they are mistaken. Thi. IS not the way
! 70 succeed The mater should lc "a.
tended 70 At ence; every man, II ;ht>
vicinity Should le solicited 10 take
stock immediately. W.. should strike
Vile the iron IA hot.
Every day We hear people asking
| af{er 'he committee, ahl where the
subscription lists are. Ire people u
Toledo aha throughout the conn's
aiehg tha line All! vicinity, ct 'he pro
posed :4Rte. are awake 20 the'F interests
and are wt'i'ng ami ready to DO what
they are able 10 forward tbs great
work.
! Bat people dent lcara their tus;ness
10 hunt up an opportunity to help con
struet railroads. They must be solicit
ed, and the matter mu,t be explained
! t. such as are not already posted.
Thousands Of dollars may he oi'a ned
in hi. way which will be lost unless
some effort be made to get the matter
before the people, in such a way thai,
'hev may have aa opportunity to take
stock. AID now is The tim, this rat
, ter saolil be a.tendc, 10, while 'nsl-
ness is at n III |. and before farmers
commence their s.lis.u's work. We
will be III 4 ,.oor situation = cor :nancc
The grading. with the op. n:a- If ssins,
if W. ne.lee, 10 have our stock take,
while We have the opportunity.
The sooner We commence the work,
tie sooner will the company ari
Eastern capitalists be convinced that
the wants and resources Of the GENTRY
will warrant the construction OF the
road.
And these are not the only reasons
Why re should be moving in this mat,
ter early.
Are We so foolish IS 10 SUPPOSE that
siarshaIiown s,lI s'cep o1;ct,v. and
acGu;esce ii the constructor Of this
great lhornuci,f.rc, twenty miles ea.,
Of Ter which wouli give % Toledo a
greater advantage over her, than >h,
now has Over Toledo No. Already
the same wirewo,her, who. heretofore
figured ns out Of Railroad. are AZ
work. to draw this prize from rs. aud
hey VII! spare. neither time nor money
TO accomplish ;ha, end
And on tie east OF us is yinton and
,he Peon'e of,ha f,.1sr ysnev fi,Drno
for the same roaJ. Already A connanv
Is oroanizol TO .ons;ruc. a rood from
Wa.e-lao ! ~, ;he Cellar Jallov 20
Norway =. the celar Rn,;as & N;sour;
L, T.. distance from Malcolm on tic
Mhssie>irni ana 81 r. r. # ONLY abon,
forty miles. and il ,l,ev ee, ,ha s,ar, or
=, and cors,,nc, his ra,a .,,, 40,
yenient If will be- f,r The I,y, Contra,
r :, oarnae, f,a,, NJ l..,a ~.