Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1868-05-08

At railroad meeting held AZ Tip
ten on the l8th ul;., Wells Spicer
and John Culberfson we're appointed
a committee to visit Chicago and a..
certain what arrangement conld b
made with the Northwestern Railway
men for ironing the road. Mr..
spicer, in writing the result OF his ef
orts, Gays:
I'VE can accomplish nothing more
than to obtain some information Of
how to proceed in future. We fee
disappointed but not dishearteDed.
The facts are these:
The Chicago & Northwestern Rail.
way intend to relay sboHt loo mile.
of their present track replacing the
light rail by q heavier one. Ofthese
light rails taken up,they will select out
the best, all such as are Of value to
to relay, and use them for their own
purposes. for switches, etc. The re-
mainder, they say, viii not be worth
the laying these they will get re-roll-
ed in Chicago, at an expense Of $40
per ton. They could not, at this
time, dispose Of any Of them unless
for cash. The company have this
year spent in Iowain operating their
roads $500, 00J more than their gross
receipts they are highly indignant
because Of certain acts Of legislation
las, winter, and withal at tie present
DO not feel further inclined to invest
in Iowa The entire Board Of Direc-
tors viii be out in June to examine the
Road. then viii be the time to strike
for it.Again get the grounds and secu-
rites of the company in readiness for
the market, 60 with them TO the large
Iron Manufactor, buy the iron, trade
for it, keep agitating, keep doing. it
will soon prove successful.-This is
the advice We get from them it is an
inauspieious time with them Just
now in few months it may be differ
emf; the Iron manufacturers of Pen
nsylvania may at once cheerfully sell
the little iron We need on our secur-
tiles the c. n. w. can't square it
Just now. We are planning now for
the future learning Row the success
full ones have done, and by doing as
they have done We can hope to sue
coed. They(the successful ones) new
or got discouraged, but kept on try
log and finally succeeded. We shall
now go home to some Of the other
companies and see some other railroad
men, and sec If still there is DO chance
for the present. We will urge our
claims upon the G. r. L. 4 P
Will do all that can be done and
learn all that can be learned"
The above information renders the
prospect of securing the cooperation
Of the Northwestern road in building
the Anamosa 4 Northwestern, some.
what discouraging. However, the
Northwestern will probably encour,
age the enterprise If firmly convinced
that it can make money by doing SO
That is the main question, after all
The Anamosa 81 Northwestern road
must either make q connection Will
the Northwestern or the NJ. 7. q A
II. r. II must also secure the coop
GRAFTON, either of capitalists Or Of cor
poraiions, in ironing and stocking tn
road after it is graded. These ar
palpaLle facts, since 20 one will sup
POSE that money sufficient to bull
the road can be raised along its route
How. then, ehall the desired cooper
alton be secured? We propose t
discuss this whole question at lsngt
hereafter. The construction of til
road, sooner or later, seems to US
foregone conclusion hence, whateyt
the uncertainties as TO the immedial
future, the survey should he prosccl
ted ut the earliest practicable momen
SO as 10 secure reliable basis &
estimates and place the natural q
yantagcs Of the route beyond all ca
all.
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