Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1865-11-15

from the Wisconsin, and on merchandise
and manufactures from Green Bay and
the various towns on the route. Concern
ing these we have no data upon which to
rely, and W i'll therefore leave them out alto
gether, and call the saving on the west
ward movemene of property SiOO,ooo per
annum on lumber.
The property moving from west to east
would be entirely farmers produce
grain. pork, &c The saving upon them
to the farmer would be consequent upon
the introduction of competition where
there is none now, rather than upon any
considerable reduction In the distance
overcome, and of the addition on both
the Lake and the Mississippi of new
through route At Dubuque there is a
large concentration of the grain traffic OF
| Iowa and Minnesota. The roads OF that
State gravitate as naturally to that point
| as those of Illinois do to Chicago. Al
ready the producers of produce lind the
! railroads on this side of the river cloegeo
| in the season of moving produce, ana YET
! the Railroads of Iowa are In earnest lh-
! fancy and her lands unsettled ana un-
cultivated Before it Is possible Tor the
road to Mineral Point TO be completed,
Iowa will demand another road across
! Wisconsin and the competition OF new
company to keep down the price OF trans
| nortation. and the most favorable line tor
| such new road will be to Green Bay
| In addition to the access by means OF such
| a road to the Eastern cities. very I'M
portant market would be opened by 1t Tor
! the pork and coarse grains Of Iowa IN the
! lumber res ions of Green Bay and the
mining world on Lake Superior For
these articles Chicago is the reliance, bnt
| the trade would be transferred at once TO
| Dubuque if direct communication ex-
| listed because the price of those articles
ut Dubuque, being as much less than the
urice at Chicago, as the price Of transpor-
tation between Dubuque and chicago,
and Dubuque being nearer Green Bay
than Chicago, there would be no reason
why corn and pork brought from Iowa
| should not be as cheap at Green bay as
at Chicago. This traffic alone would be
much larger than any person who has
not observed the growth of the business
! of Lake Superior and Green Bay would
| imagine All the country this side OF
| Dubuque would fin,i the effects Of the pro-
posed road in advancing the nriee OF pros
duce On the Mineral Point Road, on
! the Minnesota Road, on the La Crosse
| Road, on the Horizon Road, where inter-
sected by the Dubuque & Green Bay
/ Road, competition would keep down prices
of transportation just as it does at the
/ ends of those roads. Estimating the APP
/ probation of farmers produce at five cents
a bushel, (Which appears low enough) and
estima ting the amount to be carried at
! 10000 600 bushels, we find gain on the
| Eastward movement of $3.50, 900, to the
country, making $4,000 per annum in
all
! This estimate of 100000 bushels is
based upon the movement in prosperous
seasons of 100000 bushels per annum,
o7cr other railroads, not more favorably
situated and upon the presumption that
the proposed new line would divide the
| business with the old one. We regard it
as a low estimate. There is no good reason
why the movement should not be 10000
| 900 bushels