The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1869-11-11
OUR NORTHERN RAILROAD
Report Of the Chamber of Com
mere Comm lttee--Lnti15 m
OF the People Determined to have
a El4IlrOa1 TO III Lkee-The

OF tie boa ReeGer Sn III. of Appleton.
10 20 ever the -ouje OF the proposed raj
road trom Milwaukee through Washing :
ton, Ozaukee, Sheboygau. Calumet and
OuIagamle counties to the Fox River. re
turned on Friday, aud on Saturday evening
submitted the result of their work to the
Chamber OF Commerce committee. having
been occupied during the two days since
their return in CONFLICTING their maps of
the route. The eonimittee appointed by
the Chamber Of Commerce consisted of the
Hons. d. II. Richards and Reeder Smith,
and they were accompanied by Mr. Edward
West appointed by the Common Council
OF Appleton and Hon. Fl ~ Smith APP
pointed by the citizens Of Plymouth, She
boygan county, and Mr. Bodendorfer IF
Cedarburg
These gentlemen give most glowing ac-
count OF the region through which the line
of the road passes, the fertility Of the soil !,
the great number of vtiuable empowers
along the route. and. above all, of the zrn
est enthusiasm Of the people on the suffice
of railroad to MIiwI nkce and the liberal
offers OF aid to this enterprise wI'h which
they were met at ali points We have
already publ he'd the proceeding, nt the
pubic meetings bed az Appleton Chiffon
and plymouth, aud The "a. ion takrn IL re-
spouse to the sfrp> taken by the Cham er
ofCommerce The committee received h..
same assurance from h. people alt alnna
the entire line, thar fEcy were rre pare,i 20
do their full share toHart- Huiding he
road whenever they cuutd have ~Iti~l icrorv
evidence that the work VA 10 .se eggriet
through fairy and honorasty Tn desire
was very generally expre--eI chat ne road
should be owned and controlled by IL,
CITIES and towns through wh,"u il +. n pass
aud that such measures BE taken ia the or
g.nizarion Of the company a. shall prevent
is beng gnhbieI 40 by other corporations
or gamhled away IN Wall street. The great
object to the people interested in having
this road built il cheap TRANSPORTATION for
their manufactures and produce to Miwau
kee. aud they believe that this object can
be best secured by the road beng bnIt
and controlled indie pendent OF all other
corporations.
The committee passed over and carefully
examined The ehtire country, from Apples
ton to Milwaukee,, fraver>Ing IA good share
Of the distance nn"n fopt and as they pro
ceeded, sketched upon map OF each town
ship the line OF the road The route sketch
Ell ~ ir committee ruEs southeast from
Appleton, follows the east shore OF Il IKE
WlnnebagO Tor some miles. then gradually
taking more easfcrlv course passes through
Stockbridge and Chiffon, in Calumet coun
~, crosses the southwest corner "f Manito
voc county, and thence to Plymouth IN
Shehoygan comfy. where it intejscct~ the
Sheboygan & Fond du Inc Railroad ana
from that point follows 'he line of the Old
Superior road, Via Cedarburg, to MllwaG
kee.
Col. Richards whose experience in con
he elton with other railroad enterprises.
renters his iulgemcn' in such matters of
some account, thinks the route Scirc'"d
perfectly feasible one. ami but Tvs" inr'i
ties were en:ountered that wnu.i r.q n i.
engineering skill 70 locate TIL ilnr. lie
recommended that an arcnratr ~ur.e, OF
81. me be made AT once. ~ ''..- 'sT
only could the net ln,,s at -
y settled. r.. '""1.
considerable Icing d @. t.,
the delegation s.
along the ran . % t'
grade AMI re IN M .su ur fH
length OF his lmpruNtd fn - hIe "t.
dr,d acres, aud ~ aadl'lnH goes #n .nsa
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