Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1868-12-18
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lfthcft Is any person in lndpen.
dcncc who doubts II at a railroad up
the Wapslc, passing through this city,
would I've Of immense advantages to
The city, as wcll as the county, We
would cAN their attention to tho follow
ins ,cma,ks uy,he aurora Herald re.
la,ive ~ the Very principal involved.
The citizens Of Aurora take no such
narrow contracted views OF the stu.
Alton. They have only one line Of
road and they feel the great necessity
for another. Tire Herald claims that
the value of real estate would be at
once advanced from fifteen to twenty
Eve per cent. by the construction Of
another road. We have not the least
doubt that the construction Of road
up the Wapsic would increase the
value Of real estate in this city at
least twenty-five per cent II would
chearca transportation on both the
farmers produce and the merchants
goods It would put an additional
value Of from Eve to fifteen cts per
bu.hcl upon every bashel cf wheat.
Our city ard tho county would grow
finy per cent. caster than at present
rhc IDEA tia, it would injufe the
trade Of the city is sheer nonsense.
Aurora is crying for . cross road for
sAe very purpose Of building up trade,
as wei As manufactures. Make
tn.lcpcs aemcc \ railroad center and
her population in less than Eve ycars
thereafter viii reach ten thousand.
Hat here is Whit the Aurora Herald
ways:
Bloomington has two railroads
Rockford has two or more; Peoria
has Tour aad the river: Ottawa has
. railroad and . canal: Errcport has
two railroeds; Mendoza has two
railroads, and 30 on. All these cit.
H.. are doing from twice to three
times as much trade in grain and,
90 believe, in merchandise, as our
city Of Aurora. There is cause 70,
this. Il il not chance, but the incv.
table result Of there being = city Of
twelve thousand inhabitante, wholly
dcpcndens on one lise Of railway fol
fuel, transportation Of grain, and gen
sral traffic With the outside world.
Had Aurora another railroad ..
IN outlet and an inlet for grain, Goa
and MERCHANDISE, real estate would
81 oacc be from. fifteen to twenty
live per cent more valuable than il
IL now, aud the trade Of the city
would be increased in all branchei
1t least Say per cent
The truth II, Aurora has growr
clear beyond her transportation Il
cili,ics, and &c doubt ii there 10 /
, city In the West Of her sise, which i.
MOTE perly a in this particular
Great business ccntcre cannot IL
made without superior convenience.
for getting goods TO and from mar.
kct. Two railroads we're construct.
ed acroS each other in open prairie
lee years ago. forty miles west OF
here, and now. surrounding the spot,
stands the thriving town Of Mendoza,
with It's six thoseand prosperous in.
habitants. Facilities for Transportation
made this rich little city as they have
madc many other ones, aud the more
city has VI item the greater j,
grows. Give Aurora the Fox River
Valley Railroad, and it Immediately
becomes the center Of the riches,
farming and manufacturing dis,ric,
In the whole west, and will be, inside
Of five years, a place Of over twenty
thousand inhabitants. with every sor,
oi business paying twenty per cent
better than now.-Four thousand
dellars KEEP, In the city annually By
having direct access to the Grea,
Ncrmlllioa Coal Fields from one 10
five cents per bashel more paid for
all kinds ofgrain to farmers who no "
sell their produce In Lockport and
other towns about, and a. conse.
gnence do only small portion OF their
tradin; in Aurora; frcights reduced
.aa every pound Of goods that comes
INT" our city; a double demand for
>,olp's wooden goods, the products OF
Gar.rr's Foundry and Wright's Sash
tseisry-- these arc only few Of
the good things that will come of
building the Fox River Valley Rail.