The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1866-05-25
IfinuEsOta Trade.

Green Bay and tie Mississippi.-The
Webashaw (Minn Heraid las we'll
written article discussing the various routes
practicable for the trade between tia:
region and the Lakes, from which we take
the following
In order to secure the trade Of Minnesota,
some new channel Of communication with Lake
Michigan must be had. It will not do to send
the wheat, the great staple Of Minnesota down
to La Crosse & Prairie du CHEN, and thence
still further out Of the way, down further
south to Milwaukee and Chicago, some three
hundred miles to be transported back the same
distance to reach the same altitude which 1t
started from, in the conveyance oft to eastern
markets, AMI to send the things we may. wish
to purchase, the same out Of the way track.
No this will not do, for the old Mississippi
rolls at our feet, and is proud to float the rich
commodities four State to New Orleans, where
everything we have to sell is wanted and at n
far cheaper rate Of transportation, and as good
if not better prices for our products. If there
fore the East does retain our trade, a new chan
mel must be opened. and the question is, where
shall that avenue be. Set any school boy to
WORK upon his map, computing distances, and
he viii answer. railroad from the foot OF Lake
Pepis on the Mis- ,issippi river to Green Bay,
on Lake Michigan, for this offers the shortest
possible route that would effectually tap the
great agricultural portion Of Minnesota. With
this intention and for this purpose, the people
of Green Bay moved forward last winter and
procured a charter for the establishment of u
Railroad from Green Bay, to the Mississippi
river, opposite the city Of Wabasha, at the foot
of Lake Pepin, which must be built and that
right speedily, for if the trade Of Minnesota is
once fairly turned South to st. Louis ard New
Orleans, it will be forever lost to the East. for
a trade once begun with the South, Will force
Minnesota into manufacturing the very articles
which the East has grown rich out Of producing
for the West. The same can be said of Wiscon-
sin, two states which are admirably supplied
with water powers, and well adapted to wool
growing. With them would follow the states
Of Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, kentu. ky, Tennes-
see, Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana, to-
gcther with the states Of Kansas, Nebraska and
Utah. There IS no escaping the conclusion
that such will be the case. What now will
Chicago do; we know what St. Louis will do
for she is doing it already, and what will the
eastern cities do, will they come forward and
build the Green Bay s. Wabashaw road, or will
they let New Orleans become their master.
The future viii tell. As it is certain there is
q West. it IS just rs certain that it is destined
to become the great centre of the wealth and
power Of this nation.
IiC u etNC vi llbhOSOtd 10 uOH vi SOl
siderable extent, and as the resources of
that state and Of the country beyond are
fully developed, it will become immense;
and other and more direct lines of com
munication with the Atlantic cities will be
opened up through which that trade must
in the future flow, rather :han through the
present roundabout routes between the
Father of Waters and the East. The
Herald asks, will the eastern cities come
forward and build the Green Bay and
Wabsshaw road I? To which we answer
we think they will, and at no distant day.
This road would run from Green Bay Ella
Stevens Point to the Mississippi at or near
Lake Pepin, ard as Manitowcc has a pros
jected llnefrom Lake Michigan via Stevens
Point to St. Paul, the two projects will
become united at and pushed forward
from Stevens Point, and as the
Chicago and Northern r. r. Co., are
interested in constructing line Of road
from Menasha to the Mississippi via
Stevens Point. we do not see why all the
interests cannot become united in the
building one common trunk road from lhe
said point of intersection on the Wisconsin
river to the Mississippi, and why Greer
Bay, Manitowoc and Chicago canno. with
their three several roads compete for the
trade Of Minnesota and central and north
ern Wisconsin over this grand trunk road.
The city of Green Bay will have its line
Of communications east by The Bay and
tie Lakes, through the seasons Of navi>
cation, while Manitowoc will have TIE
same line, and also at 10 distant day
line extending by railroad from Pere
Marquette on the eastern shore Of Lake
Michigan opposite Manitowoc, and distant
only sixty miles, across the penlnsular
State 10 Det1oit, connecting with the Great
Western railway and the Southern Mich
iean east, and at Por. SarDa with the
Grand Trunk road.
For this road across tie State of Mich
igan a liberal grant of lands has been
made by Congress, and the road has al
ready reached from Detroit and Sarnia to a
point west Of Saginaw, and is being pushed
forward towards Lake Michigan; ard
the parties interested in that enterprise
are looking with considerable solicitude to
the movements on the part Of our citizens
towards the construction Of a road from
Manltowoc to the Mississippi, and to Lake
Superior ria Green Bay.
Green Bay and Manitowoc situated as
they are, must of course have their several
independent local projects, which must be
carried OUT in order to promote their own
growth andprosperity; but there are points
to be reached by both at which the inter,
ests become identical and paramount TO
all narrow and selfish considerations, and
when they should unite their energies,
enterprise and capital il carrying forward
certain great enterprises upon the con-
summation of which the greatness Of each