The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1869-12-23
Appleton on Rail Roads.

The people of Appleton seem 10 be TAX
ing considerable interest in railroad mat
ters, and if we mistake not, they will act
effectuaIly, when the time comes, las it
will soon Gomez when those towns in this
end of our state, that are most active and
yigilant, will be the winning towns. We
say that Appleton is the smartest town in
/ this latitude, except Manitcwoc, and We
form our judgment from the looks and tone
oe the press, which is, or should be the
barometer Of the public pulse. The peo-
| pie Of Menasha and Sheboygan have not
yet heard of any railroad movements that
might effect their interest, unless, per,
chance, they may have picked up a Mar
itowoc or Appleton paper, or have been
called upon by committee from some out
side town. The people of Sheboygan and
! Menasha, should at once enter upon race
4 for life, to see which of the two cities
should succeed in inducing the Ozaukee
Adrertizer to locate in their midst. But
We are getting little off the track. The
Appleton Crescent is keeping an eye open
to railroad matters as we'll as to other
matters effecting their local interests. The
last number of that paper in relation to
railroads says:
"W hen we published, some weeks srce
a candid and considerate article in refer
! ence to the prospect q the construction
| of this road, aiming to show that the
] tb nitu o4- Y
responsible by It's nou- action, yaSclllatIon,
and chimcrcal Schemes for the work re-
1 lnaiang uncommenced, although minor
/ ity of the Board of Directors were just as
| ready TO adopt effective measures two years
1 ago as they are or can be now We say,
when we deemed 1t duty we owed the
public here as well as there that the re-
sponsbihty for this state Of things should
| be placed where it properly belongs, some
thought it impolitic to speak out in the
meeting.
Since that time, however, the faithful
| Manltowoc newspapers have given the
Whole subject much attention, and the
people Of that locality have freely ventil-
ated it. The only unfortunate result is
that the people Of Manitowoc have divid>
ed portion beirg in favor of building
the lake shore road to Milwaukee first, anu
the others insisting on the road to Apple
ton In preference and each faction being
inclined TO try to dcleat the plans OF the
other.
This is strange. A man with one eye
can see that there is no more antagouism
! between the two than there is between a
lake shore road from Cedarburg to Alma
pee, and our proposed road from New
| London to Appleton, each having plenty
| of territory from which to draw business
hlanitoWcc is acting fooishly. She
needs both roads and should work for both
True, she will find hard work to push the
lake shore road yet awhile because She>
boygan cannot now nelp but that will net
be long delay.
But We are wandering 4 little from our
real topic. The sensible men of Manito-
voc cannot fail TO sec that it is of some i'm
portance TO them to have a road running
thence either directly to or having posi-
| tive connections with the Northern Pacific
Railway at Duluth.
They can have no hopes of attaining
| this end unless they put vitality into the
road from Manitowoc via. Appleton and
| MeEasba to Stevens Point. This they can
not do unless they can make such changes
! IN their board of directors as will bring in
| word, they must interest the owners of the
road now rapidly nearing Pere Marquette,
(opposite Manitowoc,) with K. b. Ward
as their head or the owners of the road
being built With dispatch to Pentwater,
(nearly opposite Sheboygan,) with Cor
nellus anderbllt as their financial chief.
Manltowoc can never stop or turn a lake
shore road at that point. Such a road
will be built at least as far as Ahnapee, and
probably thence to Sturgeon Bay and
Green Bay.
As friend and firm supporter of the
Manltowoc 4 Minnesota r. r., we shall
never consent to dove failing it into
lake shore road. 1t naturally belongs to
and should be put an extension Of the road
across the state of Michigan opposite Mans
ItoWoc, forming direct connection with
one OF the great railways through Canada.
The PILOT, from the beginning of our
RI ilroad taR,, has at all times taken the
position, that there should be no warfare
among ourselves, as between the two pro
posed roads, and we are well satisfied that
when any railroad company meaning bus
mess asks the united support of our Village
they will get it. We want Western road
we want Lake Shore road. The t,co
roads will be worth twice as much as one
road; and we don't care how much they
are 'dovetailed" together-only. give us
one, or both roads, and the quicker the
better. In the meantime our people will
watch and wait, and get ready to more at
any time that movement will effect any
thing.
ssT The President yesterday nominated
Attorney General Hoar for associate Justice
OF the supreme court. The appointment
OF Judge Hoar will at least be a better one
for the country than would have been tha;
ofStanton. Judge Hoar has always hith
erto been an extreme partisan, and some of
his decisions as attorney general were a
great deal better politics than law; never
the!ess, life situation on the supreme
bench may in some measure remove him