The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1869-07-16
lall Manitowoo have a Railroad ?


lall Manitowoc have a Railroad
" bile railroad projects are being pushed
pidly forward to completion in all por>
ms CT the country East, West and South
as, oar~leading real estate owners have
t yet become inspired with that spirit Of
terprise which is building up other To-
l'ties and making their people prosper
aud happy. but seem strangely, most
aceountably and inexcusably apathetic
the subject of the building of railroad
est
A railroad is being pushed to completion
IN Detroit and Port Huron across Mich
N to Pere Marquette, opposite this
zee, and a road will be built from
snasha to Superior City, connecting with
Northern Pacific road now under pro.
IS of construction, anu from Menasha ria
'hkosh, to Portage City and Madison,
d Manitowoc should take hold at once
d build this forty miles of road West,
d secure connections with these important
es of road and the trade of the valleys of
Fox, Wolf and Wisconsin Rivers, and
.ereby make itself the second largest COM
ercial city in Wisconsin.
To build this read Manitovoc and other
;alities must contribute sufficient aid to
epare the track ready for the iron, and
an the iron and equipments can be pro-
red. The cost of this road would be
pm one to one and half millions of dol
rs, and its construction and being put in
Grafton would add from ten to fifteen
lions to the value of the property along
line, and Manitowoc were it to be bond>
In one half million of dollars for stock to
at amount to secure this road would
axe five millions by the operation.
To show what is the effect of railroads,
d how built, We copy the following from
e Philadelphia Railroad Bulletin, pre-
ising it with the remark that the State of
ichigan through municipal aid to raiI>
ads will expend within the coming two
ars, $1,000, 900, and Illinois SIC, ,000,O
anitowoc can make more by building this
. rty miles of railroad than can any other
calily We know of do by building two
lndred miles. IF we would have manu-
ctories, found-ies and machine shops
wing employment to thousands of opera
Fes-if we would have massive blocks of
pres and elcgcut dwellings-stone or brick
3urches, and school houses of archtec-
&rSl beauty, and thcaters and museums,
in fact prosperous and beautiful city,
e must build this railroad
The rogress of railway building goes on
gorously in many parts of the country, and
G general II oyement indicates that the rail-
bay is destined to become one of our grandest
litional institutions Great numbers of
|crcly local roads are built and worked sue
fssfully as feeders to main lines, the compa-
cs owning the latter finding the business
by so we'll that they encourage Jy practical
Ia The projecGon Of these duxitidries, and finally
PSor5 them Jy long leases In the Delaware
hd Chesapeake peninsula lines have thus
Zen established that formerly would have
zen deemed useless, and the same is the case
ith railroads of local character in southern
ersey and eastern Pennsylvania. In fact the
hole of this section of country, so naturally
Fibutary to Philadelphia, has been reticulated
18th railways. Yet still the work continues,
nd, all the lines projected find somebody
badly and able to build them.
We are glad to see the agricultural region
round us, now so dsnsely populated, SO fa-
lous for fine farms, and dotted everywhere
ith towns, villages, hamlets and factories,
ngaging in the work so vigorously. The
rt of building up the business of such roads
y encouraging local interests and Offering
pecial inducements for industrial interests
nd real estate improvements has been
rought to perfection under the mana cement
t very able men. Companies operating these
Dads do not wait for time or chance to do the
ork. They stimulate it by unfaihng means.
The region referred to will bear mucn
lrger development of the railway system
nan has yet been witnessed, and large as it
lay become, and much capital as may be en-
arkci in it, our conviction is that it will all
ay. Manufactures are multiplying every
here, and take advantage of any favorable
ite on a railroad route Neglected mines an
uarries have been reopened and worked sue
essfully Capital, in this respect is bold
nd unhesitating. 1t embarks freely in what
yer offers n chance of profit.
For o country where the spaces are SO vast,
nd tlN interests requiring development SO
nboHnded as the United States, ;he railway
ystem can scarcely be overdone To be sure,
requires good management. But the rapid
lcrease of our population and capital and
would make any properly located
ne pay. Just in proportion as our railway
.cilities multiply will waste lands be brought
nder cultivation, stock and dairy farming in
rease, crops be augmented, the wealth of the
lral districts grow greater, and consequent
the business of the railway lines themselves
e made profitable.