Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1867-02-15

or us ne co workers In constructing
means OF transportation for our pro-
pucts TO SoGthGfta market? We con-
clude that the latter place proposes to
have the benefit of Mr.. Melendy's road
tho "Iowa Ceatral"--t reach St.
Louis--if indeed Waterloo desires to
connect with st. Louis at all. Hear
"Quod:n
''There is no railroad projected from
Cedar Falls to Cedar Rapids; but there
is IL road in process of construction from
Cedar Rapids to this town Waterloo, J
to connect with the Upper Cedar Valley
Railroad, which as L havo before said,
terminates here. This road does not
go to Cedar Falls. and there is no pros
pect Of its ever going there. The peo-
pie of this town have deep interest in
this enterprise, and have subscribed
largely for the same. This road is al
ready graded from Cedar Rapids to
Vinton, and the work has been COM
menced between Vinton and Waterloo,
and will no doubt be completed during
the year. This road auiN gire as Just
sohdt aCe hare needed for years--t, double
outlet to Chicago. The Cetgor Fats Dco-
pie tate no interest in this j; tnei,. life
and soH are merged into thS IoWa
Central RaiiroGd,' and thei. syn,pa-
thics are Uih 81. Loais.p
Thus we are to understand If che
Waterloo correspondent reflects the
wishes and minds of the the people of
that town, that they do not acdnt a
southern outlet 70 st. Louis--iust the
difference between Waterloo (if
"Quodts" position is correct) and
Cedar Fails. Waterloo only wants :" a
double outlet to Chicago" If that is
the position of Waterloo, we prefer
Cedar Falls, whose sympathies are
with st. Louis.''
The truth is, the people of Eastern
these Chicago outletsr for the past
six years. Does not "Ouodn know
that the people of Waterloo will be no
better Off with "a double outlet to
Chicago over the Dubuque and Sioux
CITY Road and the Chicago and North
western Road, by way of Cedar Rapids?
There is combination of railroad in
terests centeling ut Chicago, which are
common-identical. The rates of toll
for passengers and freight over each of
the lines of road leading eastward to
Chicago are based upon that commune
ty OF interests which goes to sustain
those giant monopolies. It costs as
much to transport a bushei of wheat
over any one of the Iowa and Chicago
lines OF railroad as it does over any Of
the others. In others words, the
charges Of each are identical, each line
and point of shipment being equal.
Hence it is that rival line of road to
Chicago would not sustain its independ-
ence, because its pecuniary interests
would lead III the channel Of the other
lines, ana that community of interests
when now unites the present ones
would soon absorb its independence.
The geographical position of ST.
Louis is such that spirit of rivalry
always did and always win ex.
ist between that city and Chicaro.
Hence it is that line of railroad trans
portation leading in an opposite direc-
ton from Chicago to O. rival mark ct
will Itself, by reason of the conflict of
interests, ut once become rival to the
lines running east to Chicago. There
fore as soontls this great north and south
line OF railroad from st. Paul TO ST..
Louis is completed, that moment East
crn iowa viii be independent
The etiuet of this rival interest be-
tween Chicago and st. Louis already
manitests itself At Mt. Pleasant on
the Burlington and Missouri River
Railroad, the lowest price for a freight
car TO Chicago is seventy-two dollars,
while at Ottumwa, si&ty mites further
treSt, the price of freight car is only
Strty dollars! Why this difference?
At MIR. Pleasant there is no connecting
line TO rival market, while at Ottum-
wa there is a rival connection with the
Des Moines Valley Railroad to Keokuk
and st. Louis. As soon as Waterloo or
Cedar Falls gets this line of north and
south road 10 st. Louis, it will at once
realize similar effect and the one
hundred to two hundred thousand dol
lars which the producers and shippers
have annually been compelled to pay
to the Chicago monopolies, will then be
transferred to the profit account, and
VIII replace the cash paid on the stock
each subscribed to build the road.