The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1869-11-18
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portance.
A movement is now in operation start
ed by one of the railroad kings Of New
York. to connect the Northern Pacific,
that is now being rapidly built with the
New York Central. via. the Lake Shore
and Michigan Southern routes, thus Civ
ing New York a great northern as well a.
central route to the Pacific coast. The
only link now wanted iii this great chain
is "a northern transit across y iSconsin, and
a consequent establishment across the
lake of a line of steamers and propellers
in the interest of this northern route. Ar
rangemcntS, We are tod, have been al
ready perfected, and are now being carried
out, to complete this important link, and
the probabilities are that the Shebnvgan
q Fond du Lac will soon become the She
boygan Il St. Paul. and will reach the
after point inside of two years from this
date
That the people may see tina. we arc
advancing no Wild goose" theories re-
>pectlng this matter, we viii! state that
the prime mover in this enterprise is no
less personage than Commodore Van
derblt He already has the controlling
interest in the Hudson River and Harlem
railroads.&c. New York Central, the Lake
Shore Toledo and Cleveland Michigan
Southern, also the Jonesvile. Grand
Rapids and Northern Michigan route
which will be cnu pleted to Pentwater,
point nearly opposite to Sheboy IAN. in
very short time. The distance from Pent
Wa er, across the lake to Sheboygan,is IS
miles.
Il is said that the Commodore has
lately purchased an interest in the She
boygan & Fond du Lac. We think this
Is probable, for it is we'll known that he
and Jay Cooke and Co. own the control
ling int rest in the Northern Pacific, and
the work on this great thorougfare is
b. ing pushed as vigorously as it ever was
on the Central Pacific route.
Northern Wisconsin and Minnesota
have long wanted reliable outlet to the
east. that viii not compel them to travel
many hundred miles south by way of Chi
cago to get around the lake, besides being
coIlrelled to pay tribute to Chicago at all
seasons of the year.
That this gigantic railroad scheme will
be accom- lished ere long is very possible
and more than probable
1t will make Sheloygan IN time the
commercial metropolis of all northern Wis
c'.nsin and next to Milwaukee the largest
and most ! rospernus city in the state
Sheboy0nn County Herald.
"7He only Ink no,v nanted an Mi;S
great chain IS northern transit across
Wisconsin, and consequent establishment
across the AXE of line of steamers and
p'opeilers in the interest of this northern
route That will be readily acknowl
edged as a fact. But what superior ad
vantages does Mani towoc offer over She
boygan, ard how much more readily can
this grand trans continental route be built
BY WAY OF MANITowoC? Have we not
the best harLor and the largest rive
on the western shore of Lake Michigan
and is not the country through which thi
road would pass equal to if not superio
to that of Sheboygan County? And there
is no tin to loose in this matter. De
cided action must be taken, and our.
western lead must be built by the time
the road directly opposite to US, at Pele
Mlrquette is finished Should it be
bailt by hat time. is there any reason
to doubt but what the road will make
Manitowoc its metroi Tolls? Certainly not.
All that is wanted is just this little fort,
miles Of road between here and Manasha
and 9e can command the influence of tn
men spoken of above. 1t is calculated to
tx'end our western road to ST. Paul,
Minnesota, and from there the cars can
IN fo-siny to the western part of Mis-
souri, How much nearer to St. Paul
would this way of transfer be than by way
of Shehoyean? A great deal. Tis true,
Sheboygan has the start of US, for she has
her forty miles OF road built, but if the
citizens o! Manisowoc will only wake up
and make decided move we can get the
road to Menasha finished by the time the
Pre- Narcotic road is done. and it will
follow, as q consequence, that connections
WI be made by steamers, and freight
Every one knows what the benefit of
such connections would be to US. /
would build up our town in few years
and make Sheboyean Just ,chat .Sheboy-
gan aciU make as inside Of taro years
unless our road Is built: just no Eldce at
all Will our citizens never wake up to
the fact that we must move in order to
advance our interests, or are we to be cut
out by our neighboring citizens? We
shall see
In our opinion there is no need of a
Lake Shore Road at present, and what
is more, Milwaukee don't want us to
have one. If it did we would have re.
ceived proposals from them long since
And the reason Why it wants to cut off
Manitowoc is because it would soon be-
come her most powerful and dangerous
rival. We are not surprised at this, for
it would prove true Manitowoc po7,M
become what our neighboring town of
Sheboygan expects to be-''the great com.
mercial metropolis of all northern Wis
consin. and next to Milwaukee the larg-
est and most prosperous city in the
State.
RAILRoADS.-The following is from
tie Island City Times, and demonstrates
the importance of immediate action on