The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1869-11-18

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Road But let thar pass.
The very arguments the Pilot now ases
for the building OF the Manitowoc Railway
are the ones above all others which neo
pie so long and faithfully urzed upon Man
iiowoc to induce 1T citizens TO commence
the work although we added the fact that
roads are being built across Michigan TO
points nearly opposite Manitowoc, and be
sought them if they would do nothing, at
least to give the controlling interest into
the hands Of some such fnancier as h. b
Ward, the owner of one of those Michigan
roads.
There is not a sound reason presented
to the people of Calumet and Outa gamie
counties why they should abandon the Mil
waukee enterprise.
The people on the line could Just as ,ceH
hare buih the road from Mnnito,ooc to Ap
pleton and Menasha az 1867, (aad aoere
Just Us miliing and annious as they can
be az 1870!
But the Pilot knows. or ough. to know,
that the general belief in its own town and
along the whole line of the route, Is that
| he road will never be built under the pres
en-, management.
There is not nor can there justly be. any
antagon,m between these two roads Ap
reton wants to he on the line of both =
Our people see that the Milwaukee road
Can be built right speedily. and they viii
do all they can to help build it.
When ManIsOWoc rights itself for the
work, Appleton vii be just as willingly,
energetic and lihc al in he ping TO build
the Manltow0c road
In this position, we think we speak The
>ent mrnts of the great body Of the peo
pie Of Outagamie and Calumet counties.
May we not at least ask the Pilot TO copy
this article?
POSTSCRIPT.
1t would seem by the following pithy ex
tracts from IA communication IN the Mil
waukee NeCs Of the 9TH, from the pen of
leading citizen of Manitowoc, that at
least portion Of the people of the lat er
city DO NOT WANT the Monitowoc DC Ms
sissj;ppi Road!
Read:
"On behalf of the citizens of Manitowoc
and Two Rivers, | wish to state through
your paper to the citizens of Milwaukee,
that our towns, and believe also all the
towns on the lake shore, are alive to thei'
own interests in regard to a lake shore road.
4 movement is being made to locate
road from Milwaukee Uio Cedarburg, Plym
ou.h and Chiffon, to Appleton, leaving
the lake shore towns ont in the cold The
lake shore t0,cRs are ready to meet thtS
prQject ,cih oil the force necessGIy to de-
feat At
This is the road we want ~
Loud words, sgnifying nothing save
foolish attempt to Irevert the building of
any road at present When Shcboyean
city frees herself in part from her heavy
Indebtedness. We expect to see the lake
shore road built. In fact, as there can be 30
just tagOuI III between the two projects,
We hope Mantowoc will 90 right along and
build IT to the junction at Cedarbnrg.
And We say, that the citizens Of Manit-
owoc are, aud always have been ready ana
willing to do anything in their power to
secure railroad conn ction with a0ty point.
a road to Appleton aud Menssha, to
connect with the land grant road Is the
best road Wcst, that could i've built for OK
interests But pW that road erer he batit ?
If not, then any other western or northern
road WE MUST and will unIe with any other
road in building - can assure our Ap~
pleton neighbors that you are our first
love, but if the ''old folks prevent cur
marriage with you, We are going 10 do he
next best thing, aud propose 10 Green
Bay. And we believe that ,ghcn We once
have lake shore road, that nothing can
prevent road being built from here, eth
er TO Appleton or Green Bay.
Now, Mr. Crescent, do you catch our
ilea, and the idea of the correspondent of
"Nelcs
Our citizens have had railroad meeting
and appointed committee, who will call
upon you soon to see what can be done