The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1865-11-02
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THURSDAY. {: NOVEMBER =. 1895.
49, RAILROADS AGAIN.
NJ. Edieor:-As oae Of the Commit
Tee appointed BY the eisis-ss q this
place to visit 81 Louis - 81 fss cid -
complsee oar Rsilrosi. desire through
year eolu.ss 70 10y bsfsrs this conmuni
~ The essuI.s Of our missios.
10 shis article csu only speah for
myself, but - The Counisses ere sud
have been Of ess nisd il ,elasiss there.
70, I thish l CO stsss the reellts accom-.
pl;shed a. authsrisssively - II This article
vas signed BY al Of said Commis.ss.
We west 10 St. Lou,s md called upon
ssch men ~ We learned we're the lesding
Railroad, 6nancisl sBd business men Of
the city, the men who looked after the
interests Of the city and control her mon.
eyed and Railroad enterprises, and on
tho owners of the North Missouri Rail,
road In this Va we're ersatlv- assist.d
by one Of tho Committee, Mr. j. II.
Ament, Of Muscatins, who has long been
resident Of that State aud held many
important Offices there, aud was well and
favoraby acquainted with all the leading
mes whom ve de-, ircd TO sec We pre-.
ssn.ed oar enterprise to them and were
surprised and grsti6ed TO find them 80
wide awake to the matter. They were
oil earnestly in favor Of our road, and
without hesitation or reserve, promised
Us al the aid Ne could ask for. As an
illustration Of tho general feeling and To-
terest 10 favor of lows roads, at St Louis.
We give 30 extract from tho correspond
es, Of the N. Y Tribune a, St. Louis,
written on the 10th Of Oct several days
before We arrived there:
A strenuous effort is being made to
raise funds to extend the North Missouri
Railroad 10 tho Iowa line, aud there con.
neot it with che Iowa roads, running
East and West. Tho principal portion
of tho Iowa trade which formerly camc
to St. l. uis has lately gone to Chicago
BY reason Of the war (and the permit
sys'em 10 this city,, and the railroad.
Now it is proposed to take the railroads
IT Iowa aud bring the trade to this city
in the same usnner that Chicago tapped
the Wisconsin system aud diverted trade
for Milwaukee to Chicago. A glance at
the map will show how feasible this plan
10 It j, we'll our people have tho rail-
rosd fever. They see that Chicago has
got the start in she busiocss BY this
means add they are willing now to do
something to 6sish the roads Of Nilsson.
ri.
We found ths business men of all class.
e. o. much or more anxious for thi. road
than We are 1t home. We mad inter.
views with these meu at the Merchants
Exchange and at our hotol, and talked
with such men Is Chouteaux 4 Harrison
Of tho 6rm Of Chouteaux, Harrison T.
Valley, the owners Of Iron Mountain & ,
St. Louis Iron Works. With A. w. Fa. |
gao, Messrs. Ablen, Pres's Of Chamber
Of Commerce, Anes, Harris, Hunt, and
many others.
These men being tho ones who bald
their railroad elevators and al ether works
Of inproveusst, sad vho cons,ol their
capital SD tSude, 70 considered - being
the oses ~ -"v"' -. .hvu,d apply for aid. !
We did - snd receivcd sn the assurance I
We oonld ask for. They told us t. grade
and tie our road, and come to them With
our bonds aad mortgages o. the road,
and they would furnish us with Ill We
required to pat it 10 operation |
Arrangements were then made and
At St Louis to build aud finish
up the North Missouri Railroad to O.
sumws, in Is months from this time, aud !
when ." completed they desired ex.eu
sion and feeders through Iowa, aud no
cae enterprise that had yet been pressa. /
ed to them hsd pleased them - msch ~
ours. 1t vss just what they wanted,
snd they would do al 10 their power to
aid ia its completion.
In all, We consider our mission per. |
feet success. All vs have to do is to
faish up our grading and tie tho road, |
aud ve can then have it in operation at !
ouc-. Never had re ~ favorable 40 on
for a road-vc can grade and
tie it by spring end have it in operation
early in the spring 1t viii require from
$50, 900 to $50, 900 to do this, and We
can do it. Let US nov go to work this /
shiuter and pay up our, subscription. and
get cut the ties. so that the construction
force can be put on the road early in the
spring to finish up and put in operation
the rosd to Upton. More mex, week
WELLS SPlIER
o~A delegation of gentlemen from
Iowa. consisting of Judge j s Rich
man and p Anent, Of Muscatine, and /