Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1867-07-12

all aware that the trade Of our town
during the past spring has been very
much less than II would have been had
our city been accessible from every
point. A farmer in Mt. Vernon tell Us
that there IL not more than ono team
passing his house, coming to Cedar
Falls, to where there was ten year or
two since. This il mainly caused by the
bridge being swept away at Cedar City,
and could not be avoided during the
high water, but similar state of affairs
may be avoided during the coming
spring, and We hope to see bridge
constructed at Cedar City which will
not need rebuilding within the next
twelve months. nor a. many years. II
our citizens care anything about tho
trade Of the farmers living north and
northeast Of u, they will certainly see
that they are not cut Off from US in the
future as they have been during the
past spring.
In connection with the bridge at
Cedar City, 1t 10 time our business men
see the importance of having good
road to run from here direct to the big
woods. We believe money invested in
such an enterprise will yield one hum
dred per cent. and that any one who
will take trip in that direction will
be convinced on this point. Certainly,
no proof 10 needed for those who travelled
towards the big woods during the past
winter, when the sleighing was good,
and saw the sixty odd teams which
were daily passing In that direction.
The land northeast Of US, has been
and 10 being fenced up tn such an ex-
tent that the farmers, to get to Cedar
Falls, must travel south and west, or
west and south, in place Of south west,
and the result Is they find themselves
near Waterloo or Janesville when they
are just halfway TO Cedar Falls. A d.
agonal road In the direction Of tho big
woods IL what we need AndSwhat We
undoubtedly will have sometime, and
why isthere notenterprise enough In our
town to see that the sooner this Is done
the better. We may be unnecessarily
earnest in regard TO this, but the posi-
ton Of our town relative to Waterloo
and the towns north of us, the lay OF
the land, and diagonal course of our
river, convince us that we cannot too
soon see the importance of having
three or four diagonal roads pointing to
Cedar Falls. We want one north least
to the big woods, we want ono south
west into Grundy, we should have q
decent one northwest across the Beaver
into Butler. We know most farmers
dislike diagonal roads, and square
farms look nice, but correct figuring
will show that counting the difference
between the time spent In travelling
and building roads around land, and
running them across, the people could
afford to buy certain pieces Of land
once every eight or ten years. There
are pieces Of land which had better be
bought and turned out for public pas.
ture than for two or three hundred
farmers to build roads and travel
around them all their lives. Our town
has lost trade during the past few
months, amounting to some thousands
Of dollars In consequence Of the miser.
able condition of the roads leading to
1t, and we repeat again, that the posi-.
ton Of our town relative to Waveriy,
GAINESVILLE and Waterloo renders di.
agonal road to the big woods Of very
great Importance TO Cedar Falls, and II
the dividends on money spent In the
construction of first-class roads into
our city from every direction will not
be greater than on railroad stock, OF
time spent in political discussions, we
have not figured correctly.