The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1867-05-09
Letter from Springdale.

81 S1AlnoDALA April S6th, lo0.
Ml0na. EDITORS:-Just now We ~
having railroad on the brain, ON thi
aide Of the river. No doubt you have
Ind rumors Of the fact before now, as !,
! % several weeks since the trouble com.
! menced. I have waited till something
tangible presented itself In order to give
you something more than mere rumor'
I A near - I can ascertain the truth In
.,.s A large number Of the prominent bus.
iness men and capitalists of Burlington,
In conjunction with others Of Cedar
Rapids, projected . railroad to run BE-
! tween the two places. At drst It was
proposed to 20 by way Of Iowa City, but
itom some cause, the precise nature Of
which am uninfor,ned, that route was
abandoned and . preliminary survey
was made from Cedar Rapids south BY
-way Of Scion, Honey Grove, West
Branch, and passing east Of Downey,
across the Chicago, Rock Island q Pa
cific r. R., and continueing on south
between the two rivers, passing through
Wapello to Burlington.
West Liberty perceiving the great i'd
vantage to its interests which would re-
suit from having the junction at that
point, Immediately rallied Ito citizens In
mass meeting to offer Inducements to the
sew company to make that point on
the road. The result wa subscription
Of SO, 900 toward the capital stock Of the
: Cedar Rapids and Burlington Railroad,
. on condition Of it, crossing the c., n. I.
4 P. r. r. within quarter Of mile Of
the present station ut West Liberty.
The citizens Of Springdale held pre-
G liminary meeting on the evening OF
Tuesday the 10th inst. to consider the
matter, and were addressed by Mr.:
shaw d Bagley, who stated what action
had been taken by the citisens of his
town, and urged upon the people of
epringdale the importance Of some de-
cisive action II they would avail them
selves Of the benefits Of thoroughfare
20 the South. He stated that Burling-
ton had already subscribed S200, 900, and
Cedar Rapids SIS, 100. He could not say
what the prospects OF the company were
for putting the road In operation after 1t
was graded, but thought from the stand.
Ing OF the men engaged In the enter
prise there was no danger Of failure
The matter was discussed at length aud
Il was decided to appoint u committee OF
live to propose conditions and report at
the next meeting, which was to be in
one week.
At that meeting the committee offered
report, the substance of which was
contained in resolution, declaring that
30 soon as the people Of this community
were convinced road would be- built
and put in operation they would con,
ksihute literally in aid of the project, OH
condition OF It's passing east Of Hickory
Grove "a point about midway Of oul
township from east to westl. This die
not suit the ideas Of the property. holders
OF the town" Of Springdale, who wert
In the majority at the meeting. The
resolution was therefore amended by
substituting the words. within half 4
mile Of Springdale postoffice," In the
place Of least OF Hickory Grove"
- DR.. II. c. Gill and Thomas James,
Esq, were appointed delegates to the
meeting Of the company, to be held in
the early part Of May, at Wapcllo. Nc
convince that audience, that Springdal,
is the most important point this side 0
~ Mississippi and Is the only rea
drawback to Chicago becoming . larg
town To the majority of our people,
,ceutrai location, like Hickory Grove
would ho acceptable; but as is too Offer
the case with the farmers, they let some
body else attend to their affairs; and o
In this case, the real sentiment Of tn
community will not be represented q
the meeting of the company by the gen
tlemen who are chosen delegates.
WILL.