The Lansing state Republican., 1866-02-21

DETROIT AND HOWELL RAMEosD.-WC
give below n communication written by
some citizen OF Detroit for the Free Press,
under date of tie l9ih, 0n TIE subject OF
the Detroit anl Howell Railroad. and the
i43.. l-..4,r, So The writer secs it. ofex-end-
ing that line u.roal. ifbu.lt. 70 tic city Of
Lansing. Tie people Ca Detroit, or a.
least some Of them. are beginning 20 realize
that Lansing is not destined 10 always re-
main ,Ae s,oiafe7 place 10 tAe wilderness
that they have lab0red so hard and indus
trlously 10 make Tie people otihe state be-
leye. Our city is beginning 20 De regard
ed rather in the light Of au OASIS iu The ies-
ert, by the Rip Van Winkle sleepers that
inhabit the City Of the straits. TlefOl-
loving is the communication
The Importance TO Ia city oi thegrompt
construction OF this proposed road IS daily
becoming more and more obvious II IS
but q few days since meeting If the otN-
GERS u the Two cOmpan es Interested IN tile
opening Oi the new Grand Trunk r0ute. bv
way OF Lansing, was held IN This c.;y. for
the purpose Of consolidating those c0mpa-
mes Vt this meeting Mr. Bvdges. ofthe
Grand Trunk Road of Canada wa. present
and the TACT was developed that the route
- Lansing represented by these cOmpa-
uies. is 10 he ai-led b,- tl,. inti,a,.. go,
corporation, By which means the rapid con
structlon Oi the line from Port Huron ria
Lahsin5 10 Chicago wll undoubtedly be
secured
lhls, under the existing state Of affairs.
Is equivalent 10 tDe drawing OF from this
cily oi the entire business which she has
heretofore transacted with the region tr.is-
rrsedi since against the competition of F
Fort huron, over the proposed hne aud .
mat Ol Toledo, over the lIne now nearly +
'oniPiele ca jackson, We can ony offer
he plank road with the alternative of a
- ..1 Iil ~ - l"l' ~ way OF either
= J"p77o Oi '"cAson an alternative which,
-. '-- '''~J ,l''' oi cases Will. beyond
'D-''' Plo.e suiiic'eht To decide the ques-
- ''''''' u.s.
\ meeting was alse recently held al Ian
'ih9. At winch iac railroad prospects oi
hat point were widely canva-Sed. ami
Yhlch developed tAe Tact inlt % movement
: under way Tor The opening Of = route
rom That pOiui 10 I0nid, looking 10 its ul-
innate extension 10 tile vale. of the Mus
.eSon' thus not only opening 10 Lansing
he trade OF that growing region. but also
iernS new and direct route 10 Grand
'Apids and the entire lower valley of Grand
'iFer-
These movements foreshadon. n cao.o,
ration of railroad interests M Iansi,.1.
uch a. 10 render 10 imperative fb-t ,l.7
ity should proceed at once to so1rr. ~
wn Interests, by putting itself I'm c.nnee
ION with that point bv The pron..t -
lg of the Detroit and Howell Road ana
= extension 10 Lansing: bv which rnoa,.- :
saving OF twenty-five miles viii be crec,
1 in the distance from TINS city to Ionsin.~
nd also 4 saving of fifteen miles of ~.
resent distance from this cifv ~ CranI
apids.
But tho ar,o,o ,... ,.,.,t
IL ,,yi,,cj,,,,y ,I,-s,,a,-.. ~ "oi eve" =
10 oneni1,e a., H.. 10 "7 eSuIe1 oy =
Lansing. Port Huron has fb,,a1..l. '',-''' .''
rand Trunk and lis Eutftio co,,oc,i..,'', =
very direct route through Canal, tn'con''
sCt with the New York C.rfr..l- All ,..ti. =
e opening of the eytepsior =, I@rsf,'l
ld Chicago. she viii he able m nn.r - ed
lnsing. Grand Rapids and all fho-r tr,t,,, "
ries, shorter and more convenient ro,,t,
Buffalo than any existing ono tbrnn,rl,
Is city. On the other hand the oneni1@
this line, and It's continuation 10 T,nia 4
III oiler to eastward bound business Il