The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1869-02-27

~sy 49, IoNuS 0fS1Ci0 IN SAho + HkG TRADER
in reference to the Fox River Valley Railroad.
gets OF the following:
New this extract il intended to b . back handed
hit ct someof oar most prominent and entsrpris-
ing citixens as we'll - several capitalists from
distAat city, Khof hlpe hssa locking ever tie
route Of the Fox River railway With . view 70
assuming the entire rsspsnsibiity Of its construe
ton, without soliciting additional subscriptions
to tho stock. While We would much prefer that
this railway sAsale y owned BY people living
We wssla M i1yo ~ 1sad q all If it were to
be swned By patt1os reading elsewhere. On the
contrary, having made up our mind that the
rssd is essential TO IL erity Of the country,
W should ssy b. - sa1ons bald it and that
idea would Involve the M Of any nsesTs BY
which is might b Done II IL means to aooomp-
lisA the sad eean not b obtained bers, we
should ccasi4ee a emiaently proper, means being
OMered slsswAeEs, that thoss means b accepted.
What il wanted. aad Ill that the business men
OF the country want u completed Fox River
Valley railway, swnsd sad managed at homo If
possible, bat in any event they ssou aAs road
Which is anothsr illustration in proof of the
saying, that g Feoh rush in where angels fear
to tread" The shove article means, if it
means anything, that there are several CAPT
talists from distant city" now here, "who
have been looking over the route Of the Fox
River railway" and who are ready to assume
the entire responsibility Of its construction
without soliciting additional subscriptions to
the stock" This statement is made in full
view Of the fact that on tho Goth inst, (yester-
day,) four days after making the above publ
cation, the city Of Aurora was to vote on the
question Of subscribing $4,000 additional
stock to the road The people Of Aurora Of
course knew that certain gentlemen from the
East we're at Ottawa talking about taking the
contract to build the road, and just a. they
are proceeding to vote an additional sub
scription in aid Of the road comes paper
from Ottawa with the above statement, that
no further local subscriptions are necessary
that there are capitalists now at Ottawa ready
"to assume the entire responsibility of tie con-
struction of the road without soliciting I'D.
ditiOnal subscriptions to the stock What Is
the result The only hope that the proposed
Aurora subscription IL not Overwhelmingly
voted down arises from the insignifcsnce Of
the journal making this statement, and the
probability, arising from its limited circula-
ten, that nobody in Aurora will 500 it. Were
the statement unAdein journal Of character,
and the people Of Aurora should have an op-
portunity of reading 1t before voting, of course
they would be fools not 70 vote against the
subscription. Should unhappily the paper
have reached Aurora in time and its character
be unknown, the defeat of the subscription in
that city, which is equivalent to the postpone
ment for year, at least, if not the final defeat
Of the road, may be attributed to the ignor-
ance Of this laundering fool of and editor.
Now what are the factsa 1t is true that
certain gentlemen Capitalists" if you please
were here from the East, looking over the
profes and talking Of taking the contract to
build the read. They talked with the leading
citizens Of Ottawa, they talked with the officers
of the road, At Ottawa, and they went to
Streator and talked with the owners and mana
gers Of the Vcrmilion Coal Company, and with
the contractor who has agreed to build the
road when . local subscription Of $650,0OO
shall have been made up. And after al this
talking, they furthermore agreed to meet the
managers ofthe Coal Company, Mr.. Contractor
Young and the officers Of the Railroad Comp
any to have another toll at Chicago The
meeting At Chicago took place on Wednesday
Of this week. DR.. Streatsr, Col Plumb Mr..
Young the Contractor, and aundry officers of
the Railroad Company were there. Were these
eastern gentlemen willing to take the contract
to build the road without g additional sub
scriptions to, The stock r. Not much. Would
they take the contract Oft Mr. Young's hands
with the subscriptions raised to $650,0O0 !?
They were not prepared to say. Something
was said about the Coal Company claiming
right Of wheslsge On the read. The Coal
Company, there and then, knowing that the
chief business Of the read must be carrying
coal, and that to get this trade it must deal
fairly with the Csal Companies, said they
would not insist on this right Of wheelsge. -
Were they satisfied with the route Of the road
as surveyed They made no objection to it.
Was there any difficulty in the way Of those
eastern gentlemen's taking the contract Of the
road immediately which those present could
remove: There was none. All the gentle
men from In. East could say wss, that they
had been invited here to look at the road
thr i,nd rome and seen il. that they were