White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1866-05-24

upMrhfs must 80 wien : Railroad .
built through it. 1t is nonsense to suppose
that every person in the country round
will jump sboard the cars and go to the
end of the Road to do all his trading,
when he can do about IS we'll. both in
buying and selling. near ct home. Fine
towns. with large trade. will build mp
at intervals Of twenty or. thirty miles
along the Road. Such hss been the re-
sult on Eastern Roads. and it will BE-
bers. We haze inst come scross an ar
ticle from q recent number Of the Toledo
20. Blade. which is 90 appropriate to
this occasion. that we copy it. The re-
suit therein mentioned. w0aid fellow the
building of Railroads here -
EFFEcTs OF RAILROADS - GROWTH
ALONG THE MIcMd1N SOUTHERN Rail:
ROAD AIR LINE.-Rapid as has been the
growth Of the great Northwest. there is
no portion Of it where the development
has equalled that section through which
passes the Air Line branch of the Michi.
gan Southern & Northern Indiana Rail.
road. Hardly 9 decade has elapsed since
that portion Of Ohio aud Indiana WAS .
dense wilderness. scarcely hamlet to be
found. and although the soil was equal
to the best 10 the West, yet. isolated q it
was. the farmer could SEQ nothing to in.
duce him to settle thereon the con-
trsry. the well.to do farmer could urge
many reasons why he sbould not enter
upon such an undertaking % coutribut.
ing to make such wilderness '.blossom
ss the rose" and TEEN with the fruits Of
bis toll. But . mighty work has been
wrought. The construction of the Air
Line Road was Just what was needed
and that which would have taken gene
rstions to accomplish without snch aid.
has been done within few years by the
opening OF this rosd. The distance from
this city to Goshen is 1913 miles. and
since the completion of the "Air Line"
between Delta-which We understand
was entitled to the name of . village pri-
or to that time-snd Goshen. Is towns
have been built up. with populations
ranging probably from 1000 to $500;
the country around them has been
brought under cultivation. and is now
large contributor TO the business Of this
city.
Here will be bonds issued. with TWEEN.
ty years to pay them in. At 2 per cent.
interest. To pay the interest for twenty
years. and the principal at the end Of that
time. would require tax of $4,000 .
year. And whom We consider, that be.
fore this payment begins, our wealth and
population will be Immensely increased
in consequences Of building the Road. the
addition of that amount of taxes will
scarcely be felt. To be sure. every mans
property will have to bear it's proportion
of the tax-those living remote from the
Road, and not benefited so much BY it,
as well as those living along the line,
and enjoying its greatest advantages.
And if the Road brings one hundred mil
lions Of taxable property into the Coun-
ty, still the man owning Eve hundred
dollars worth. must pay his proportion
Of the Railroad tax. But it is rstber o
uiggsrdly policy which induces q man to
oppose measures to promote the public
good, because be will be required to pay
q small pittance. without deriving a.
much direct benefit ss some others. I
The Railroad north and sonth, we be-
lisve, will be built, end that it will be of
immense benefit to the. County. Bu. We
10 not at all fancy the shape in which
Ibis part of the proposition is submitted.
The County Board has prescribed certain
points at which the Road must enter and
cave the County. This Road is design
ID to form link, Of the Missouri Riyer
Railroad. now building from Wyssdotts.
When 9 survey is made. it may be found
hat another route than the one prescrib.
d is more practicable. and that double
be amount subscribsd by the County can
70 saved BY adopting this other route.
)f course. in that event, they would not
omply with the Connty's terms. and
hat amount of aid would be lost. .as,
Such are our views. in brief, on the )
Isilrosd question. We want every man
. look at al sides for himself, so that be j
,sy vote nuderstandingly. and bs salts.
ed that be has acted for the best. ,a
WHIrs CLOUD CIrY MLLs.-On &C. 4
ount Of the lack Of wheat ia the country il