Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1868-12-18
fsnenr TO THE rOsNr.

lfthcre is any person in 1ndpen.
,1cNce who doubt. II at A railroad up |
The Wapsic, passing through this city, |
would bc Of immense advantage TO |
tho city, as wcll as the county, We
would call their attention TO tho follow
in. remarks oftkc aurora Herald re.
ia,ive ~ the Very principal involved.
The citizens Of Aurora take no such
harrow contracted views OF the stu.
s,ion. 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.
FIVE 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 -6ve per cent II would
chearcu transportation on both the
farmers produce and the mcrchants
goods It would put an additional
value of from Eve to fifteen cts per
bushel upon every bash.l Of wheat.
Our city ard tho county would grow
fny per cent. Easter than at present
The idea that it would iniure the
trade Of The city is sheer nonsense.
Aurora is crying for cross road for
sse very purpose cfhuilding up trade,
as Wen rs manufactures. Make
En,lcpc@ acmcc railroad center and
her population in less than Eve years
thereafter will reach ten thousand.
But here is whit the Aurora Herald
says:
Bloomington has two railroads
Rockford has two or more; Peoria
has four aad the river; Ottawa has
railroad and . canal; Fecport has
two railroads; Mendoza has two
railroads, and 80 on. All these cit.
les are doing from twice to three
times ~ much trade in grain and,
&c believe, in merchandise, as our
city Of Aurora. There is cause 70,
this. 1t is not chance, but the incv.
liable result Of there being . city Of
twelve Thousand inhabitanta, wholly
dependeut on one lise Of railway fol
fuel, transportation Of grain, and gen
sral traffic with the outsidc world.
Had Aurora another railroad a
IN outlet and an inlet for grain, Goa
and merchandise, real estate would
ut oucc be from. fifteen to twenty
i've per cent. more valuable than il
10 now, and the trade Of the city
would be increased In all branches
at least 6fty per cent
The truth il, Aurora has growr
clear beyond her transportation e
cili,ics, and &c doubt If there 10 {
city in the West Of her size, which /.
more Fssrly II in this particular
Great business ccntcrs cannot IL
made without superior conveniences
for getting goods to and from mar.
kct. Two railroads we're construct
ed across each other 10 open prairie
Tee years ago. forty miles west Of
here, and now, surrounding the spot,
stands the thriving town of Mendoza,
with its six tho=eand prosperous in.
habitants. Facilities for transportation
made this rich little city as they have
msde many other ones, aud the more
city has Of Item the greater il
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, place Of over tweni,
thousand inhabi' ants, with every sor,
Of business paying twenty per cen,
better than now.-Four thousand
dollars kept in the city annually BY
having direct access to the Grea,
Vcrmillion Coal Fields; from one t.
five cents per bushel more paid foi
ull kinds Of grain to farmers who nov
sell their produce in Lockport and
other towns about, and - conse'
Inence do only small portion Of thei,
fradin. in Aurora; frcights reduced
4.n every pound Of goods that comes
int. our city; double demand fo'
Siolp's wooden goods, the products Of
Carriers Foundry and Wr,ght's SASH
f.eiery- these are only few oi
the good things that will come Of
building the Fox River Valley Rail.
road, and now the question Is Shall
il DC built!''