The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1867-12-19
Fort Wayne Railroad.

bestAorough1v aroused te-tsfe vital Impor-
tanlce. to the city Of Richmond Of the
Cincinnati, Richmond and Fort Wayne
Railroad True. they hare felt that the
Road world be of great benefit, and, if
made, all would bewell witi1aus. But |
have never seen so lively an interest
manifested as now And when the PEG
pie Of Ricamand learn the fact that
a1 road has been built, and in all proba-
hility, will be extended on parallel line
only sixteen miles west of us they seem
disposed to quarrel and find fault with
tiiat Fate which did not make Richmond
a natural railroad center And, while
refusing to believe it impossible to build
a railroad without money, they refer to
the railroad connections at Cambridge
as proof Of what her citizens have done.
Now the fact is, that Cambridge has
done just nothing at all TO secure her
present railroad advantages. They are
the result of her location in the center
of rich and highly cultivated agricul-
tural region And if her present rail
road facilities had depended upon the
iiberality and enterprise Of her citizena'
she would be- without a single railroad
to day. On the contrary, the citizens OF
Richmond have given Of their utmost
farthing in aid or the Fort W ayne Road,
and had it been in our power the road
would have heen built long ere this.
The trouble is, our wealth is not suffi-
Gent to bear the outlay Of million dol
/ lars or more. 8 s58 za0e9 kssS IL.
And here we might very properly re-
fer to what Richmond has ecentlv done:
to the $4,000 in cash given and ex-
pended upon the Road, 10 the $4,000
given by her eeitizens5;} TO the 100000
Which she holds ready 10 give rs soon as
assurance is had that, with other means,
| the Road can be built es4eo~
l. We deem the above a sufficient answer
/ to all such notices as that fronithe Win
Oh ester journal, copied in last week s
Telegraq7a The jon nal editor seems to
beiu blissful Ignorance of the above
facts. and seeks to hide his own short
comings by the old cry Of stop thief!'
and very modestly suggests that ''a good
/ leader or two is necessary. We hap
pen to know where one can be fully en-
ployed land that one the editor of the
| JouraaI ii hurrying up the $4,000
prom sed by Randolph county in aid of
tie road Winchester wants the road,
but She wants Richmond to build it, and
while iIer citizens are waiting for some
thing TO turn up their, energetic neigh
| hors are at work, Union City is secur-
Ting all the roads, I'VE already see it
stated that 900 houses are to be built
in Union City, Winchester has seen
her best days unless she goes TO work
for herself la@ aa gtfre
Union City will become Il successful
rival, and WINCHESTER thereby lose mil
lions npon millions Of dollars. Would
it not be we'll for the editor of The Jour
ncz to extract the beam from his own eye
before taking the mote. ont Of his
brothers. as.HaT sis 81
Another feature which is overlooked
is, that as a North and South road we do
not offer to capitalists that inducement
to invest, as road running East and
West. In addition to which the country
through which our road runs from here
| to Ft. Wayne, is to certain extent, new
and undeveloped, the cities Of Richmond
and TT Wayne, though important OF
themselves, are not points from which
large trade and travel could lie expect.
ed. The country North and along the
line OF what is known as our Northern
| connection, is quite new and is as yet an
almost unbroken forest. 4
With these facts before them, capital.
lists have refused to invest in our bonds,
and have turned deaf ear to all our en-
treaties for sid There is practically
but one hope lett us; and that is. that
! our road may become n necessity as a
connecting link to some other road
from which we may receive assistance
| Entertaining these views, the managers
/ of the road have cndeavored to meet the
! reasonable expectations of our people
and have sought aid from any and every
quarter that seemed available. Negotia-
/ tons have been, and are now pending
with other roads, with every prospect
Of securing the much needed aid, and
without which we fear the road cannot
be built. Should We be Disappointed in
| these reasonable expectations of aid. we
have discussed the policy of beginning
| the road with the means now available
and with that end in view, the Board at
an informal meeting passed the follow
ing resolutions: @ ~