The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1869-04-22

G. Miller, of Mechanicsville, will open
drug store.
II. II. Miller is building a hotel or,
Main street, south of the railroad,
where he will soon be prepared to ac-
commodate the travelling public. Board
ers are now kept and we'll cared for at
several places, Mr.. Flanagan's, on Broad
way, and James Turkle's, Oh the south
side, being the only two names which,
We learned.
During the short time that We re-
manned in town we were pleased to
make the acquaintance of two Of the
proprietors, Messrs. VIM. Preston and
3. ii. Maley, who answered cur many
questions with the utmost kindness and
cordiality until they were SO beseiged
by persons who wished their respective
lots located and staked of that they
might be at work upon them, that Mr..
Preston was obliged to go about the task
of settling them, which, by the way,
must be Il very satisfactory occupation
to the owners Of town. In reply to
inquiry concerning the time ut which
the depot buildings, &c, would be put
up, we were shown the following letter
from Mr.. Stanwood, the officer of the
Northwestern Railway Co. for whom
the town was named, which, as there
seems to be doubt In some localities con-
corning the Companys intentions in
the premises, we publish entire:
Iowa DIV. {. Il y. w. RAILWAY
Asst Supcrint"ndcnts otlic",
CLINTON, Iowa, March ., lSG9
MEssRs. M>IEY 4 PRESrnS:
G''HS-About the depot at Stanwood.
Just now our carpenter gangs are busy
with the bridge work ut the "Wapsie"
and the iron structures at the Missis-
slppi. So soon as the hurry is over we
shall commence Tic station buildings
or say, in April. With the force we
shall then he able to put on, it will be
only the work of a few days to put up
ana complete the structure, when we
shall open the station for full business
II. 4. SrANWOOn.
Assistant superintendent.
In a recent conversation with Super
intcndcnt Stanwood, the proprietors
were assured that the station should be
completed by the close Of the month Of
April; and informed that all the mate
rial would be prepared Mt Clinton and
sent down the road with n gang of
workmen sufficiently strong to complete
the work In a very few days from its
commencement.
AS yet 40 preparations have been
made for n school house at s.; but its
citizens are the "frec SCHOOL, kind, and
informed us that one would soon be
under way. The materials for the found
alton of church building are already
on the ground and it seems probable
that house for religious Worship may
be completed before II single "saoon'
shall have been opened, which is not
arrays ,hc ca c in railroad towns. And
let us say, Just here, that the moruir Of
this community is such that intcmper
ance Will not easily obtain n foot-hold-
the founders and citizens, generally,
freely stating that they shall do all in
their power to discourage and prevent
the coming among them Of "beer jerk
ers,' or dram sellers Of any kind.
And now, after thus briefly stating
what facts we have gathered concerning
this new town Of Stanwood, and while
we desire every one to make their own
deductions therefrom, allow us to say
that, in our opinion, it is going to prove
an emisent success. That is, it will, in
very short time, become IA healthy,
happy, handsome, lively railroad VIII
lage. We are influenced i'm this belief
by the honesty, activity and enterprise
of its founders and first settlers: by the
beauty and dcsirability of its location
10y the fact that it is in the middle Of a
large and rich agricultural district, of
which it will be the natural outlet; that
it is by miles the nearest railway sta
ton to Upton, and will be the thor
oughfare for whatever travel and traffic
may flow to and from that point; and
lastly, because the fast developing re-
sources of our county are fully sufficient
to nourish, support and make useful
this, and even more just such towns.
So, here's to the success and prosperity
of Stanwood! May she prove to have
been born with golden spoon in her
mouth, and not wooden ladlc.'