The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1867-04-25
rIPTON, IOWA:

THURSDAY, -: APRIL %, lSd
MuScatine, Upton & Anamosa Raj
road Ground Broken this
sSae ta Afternoon.
From the Muscatine Journal, April I'D ls67
The citizens of Muscatine, rs well I
those OF Cedar and Jones counties, ha,
long been interested in the building
the line known ~ the. Muscatine, Til
I'm y Anamosa Railroad. Work WI
commenced on the, road some years az,
but on account of the hard times abaf
doned. There never has been tim,
however, when the live men Of this cit,
Of Upton, and of Anamosa, a. well .
those along the line of the road We're nc
impressed with the importance of tn
work. Particularly has this been tn
case with the business men Of this city
who have known. that the building q
the road would add renewed facilities .
trade to Nuscatine and accommodate
thousands Of old customers who used Il
trade here, aud who would rather dt
sheir business in this place than any
whore else, the necessary means OF trans
poTtation being prepared.
Hence, though this enterprise slept fOI
= good while, il did not die. After new
era Of prosperity had been assured, it was
taken hold Of again. The press advoca-
ted ii. Energetic business men took
hold of Il. Such men as John. b,
Dougherty, Simon g. Stein, r. NJ. Bur
nett, of this city, Col. Rothrock, and 9th
Anamosa, devoted great deal of time
TO getting the enterprise fairly on its legs.
whilst our ether prominent hu.ines
men-Hershey, the Chambers Brothers,
cur lumber merchants generally, and
nearly all the members of our many
prosperous mercantile houses. and our
ehippers-subscribed literally, and took
an active interest in the road. AS did
the business men Of Muscatne, so did
those Of Anamosa, Upton and Moscow,
and the goahead farmers along the line.
At last success WIS assured. Our peO-
pie would not be content without the
road. Upon its completion to the Chi
cagO 4 Northwestern road, we shall have
q continuous line 10 Chicago, about q
dozen miles shorter than that we now
have by Wilton and Rock Island We
shall thus be out Of the power of mo-
nopoly. 1t will be seen that Muscatine
being thus the terminus, OH the Misiss-
tppi River, of two direct lines to Chicago.
both crossing the river by bridge, has
advantages which cannot he claimed for
any other city in the state. This great
fact was fully appreciated by our people.
But 1t was seen that the Muscatine,
Upton Il Anamosa Railroad would not
only relieve us Of the pressure of rail-
road monopoly east. but would give us
new outlets for our trade, TO the vest
The moment our road shall strike the
Northwestern, We not only have two
railroads TO Chicago, but we have equal
advantages in all that growing country
along the line of the Northwestern TO
Council Bluffs and beyond toward the
Pacific. The building If no other So
miles OF road anywhere could open up
for any city 50 great and many advan-
tages as the building of This 50 miles will
open up to Muscatinc. Then the build
Ing of 1t on to Anamosa, gives still furth-
er connexions east, west and north. So
that, considered as general railroad ell
terprse, or an enterprise Of local i'm
portance, it has been justly regarded as
vital to the three great counties named.
II is no wonder, therefore, that orr
people have SO long persevered in it, or
that, now 1t has fairly got under way,
and success is assured, that they turned
out to-day, at the ceremony of breaking
ground, in such large numbers The
journal OF Saturday gave notice that the
ceremony would be performed. Satur-
DAY night, the City Council voted to at
tend in body. Sunday morning. the
Courier called attention also to the mat
ter, and '.grand old time this after
noon was the result.
The first train on the Muscatine
Upton Il Anamosa Railroad was big
one. Carriages, bnggies, and wagons,
starting from the corner OF Second street
and the Avenue, formed big process
sion, composed Of Mayor and Council,
business men, professional men, work
ing men-all classes of citizens, the
Band discoursing fine music, at the head
OF the procession. Arrived at the viciu-
ity OF Dorn's Brewery. just north of the
city, IN the valley Of Mad Creek, the Ger
emoiics were performed.
There was tremendous crowd pres
ent, there being a number of ladies
whose public spirit and interest in the
prosperity OF our city caused them to i
brave the rain.
His Honor, Mayor Ncason. opened
the ceremonies With handsome speech,
We do not have time at this late hour
TO report the speeches. Hon. r. NJ.
Burnett, }. 8. Dougherty, Esq. J.. u.
Ingersoil, Esq, l. II Washburn, Eso,
and + Wienker We're called upon, and
each responded in short address. The
speeches were all enthusiastically re-
ceived. The band discoursed, in the
tnterims, several fine pieces of music.
After the speeches, al immense circle
was formed, and Mayor Meason, J b
Dougherty, and r N Burnett broke
ground on the Muscatinc, Upton, and
AnamoAa Railroad, amid the cheers of
the vast crowd, and the music Of the
band. The crowd then, about o'clock,
dispersed, the universal expression be-
Ing that II was one Of Muscatine's great
.pccasions.
Thus has this great enterprise been
fully inaGgurated From this time
forth, work will be energetical!y pur-
sued, and not ended till the road shall
city and the country round abou, abso-
lutely assured.
THE NEWS.