North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1868-03-25

r. R.-Thc following strongly argumer-
tatiye letter merits careful perusa|. 1t
is from the pen of a gentleman who is TO
" Attorney for the road :"
McGREGoR, March 81, 1868.
MEssRs. EDIToRs The article in the
McGregor News of this date, misreprescnt- !,
ing and traducing the citizens of McGrcg-
or, and classifying the reasons for their
attitude in relation to the so-called 43rd
Parallel R'y Co., being calculated to mis-
lead the public mind, and create the inn I
preston that we have been governed by
motives purely selfish, and hostile to the
interests of the territory by which we
are surrounded the following proviso in
Section p of the bill presented by that
Company to the Legislature of Iowa, ask
ing the Land Grant to aid in the construc-
ton Of its road is presented to all un-
prejudiced minds within the territory indi-
Gated, for their serious consideration, as a
complete answer to the aspersion OF the
Ne,cs, and Justification of ur action in the
misunderstanding. as it does upon its
face, as well as in the admission Of its
partizans, an nnmistakahle intention 10
deprive the whole section Of Iowa lying
East of the Cedar River. of any p,rticipa-
ton in the benefit arising from said grant.
The proviso in said Section reads as fol-
lows - Provided, that for the purpose Of
securing the earlier construction of the
Western portion of said Road, it shall be
divided into two divisions that portion
lying East of the point of intersection
with the Cedar Falls and Minnesota -Rsil-
road to be known as the Eastern division,
and that portion lying west Of said inter-
section to be known as the Western divi-
vision, and the said Company may at its
option commence either at the foot of Main
street. South McGresor, or at said point
Of Intersection with the Cedar Falls aud
Minneapolis Railroad, both, to build
said road.r ,aa..l. ..a
Is it at all probable or reasonable to ex-
pect that corporation, overwhelmingly
interested to construct the Western division
and to oppose the construction of the East
crn division, would not avail itself o.
the option sought in this bill of commcnc
ing at the Contributing the Western
division--inding its outlet to the rive,
and seaboard by the roads. already built
from its point of intersection !--whicl
roads are owned and controlled by the
corporators of the 43rd parallel Company
their friends and allies-thus absorbing
the whole Land Grant at the rate of .
sections per mile for the Western division
and leaving the country cast of the Cedar
without its Railroad, and with no lands to
influence the contractors of one.
That this is the policy and object of the
43rd Parallel Company there cannot be a
reasonable doubt. Its Corporators and
Stockholders who may be intrusted with
the construction Of the Eastern div'n, rep
resent {. portion Of its capital SO inaprecia'
bly, small, that their influence to control
its direction or operations is too inslgniti
cant for consideration. IL
In using our best cndeavors to frustratt
this scheme to despoil the people of NORTH
Eastern Iowa of their just share Of til.
Land Grant, and Of the benefits it Wa:
intended to confer, we have labored ear
nestly and conscienciously for the common
interest, as we believe, of our section.
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