The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1870-03-31

Thursday, March 81, 1870.
The Railroads

bsild tho two roads Que road ask. for
~lOO, OrO. and me other for $4,000.
= he question 10 be decided hy the voters OF
our county on the l2th day Of April is,
shall that aid be given? VIII il
pay this county 10 give her bonds,
p,yable in twenty years, for $3.50, 900 and
re. in exchange therefor the roads proposed
q be built. In de;i1lng thi, question, We
should canvass the subject carefully and in
4 business Ike manner, without haste,
prejudice or jealousy.
Oar rs,d.r. will r.-1llcct the late s.rug
sls, lA the Legislature over the charter
asksi for BY the .ans parties who now
propose to build our rosds. That charter
vas defeated 10y Milwaukee, because she
WAS jealous Of our position and our superior
natural sivnntase. the North Western
and 81. Paul railroads because they wished
20 defeat any comps ing lin. TO their roads
end By George Reed because he WAS in
tho employ of these roads.
They saw chat Manitowoc was on the III
rect east and we.t line Of communication DO
,ws4n til. Atlantic and Pacific oceans; that
the Norst srn Pacific road Was 4 certainty.
On | unless the charter Was killed, Manlto
voc would be the terminus of that road
But, Provdnntally, a little amendment,
three years ago, h>d been made TO a char
ter tor road running west from Appleton,
containing .1ii road east to any port on
Lake Michigan. Thi. charter has been
duly transferred 70 the Company now ask
ing aid, with Joseph Villas as President,
and C. G. Barnes Treasurer. Thi. charter
il now made to run from Manitowoc to the
Fox river, and from thence westward to a
connection with the Northern Pacific.
tn. Legislature grsciously condescended
TO give u. a lake shore charter, from Mil
waukcs to Green Bay. So uniting tina t
old AppIetou charter with the lake shore
charter, and We have all that could be
desired. in the shape of charters.
Now the Lake Shore and Green Bay
road asks for twenty year bonds for 800,
600, rs follow,: $50 900 when the road is
fully co ,npleted from Milwaukee, through
Shsboygan county, and ten miles north OF
the south line of this county; 333, 200
when Il . road i, completed TO this city and
81, 600 when the road is completed to the
Brown county linz.
This Appleton and New London, or
wester, road, with Joseph Villas as Presi
dent and G. c. Barnes Treasurer, ask
Us for $l5O,C0 OF bonds when
$4,000 whea the road is omploted and
cars running twelve miles ont of Manitowoc
$50 600 when the road is completed to
the Calumet county line. ard $50, 600 when
the read II completed to Appleton. Making
the delivery of the bond. to them condition
al upon their first giving US the road con.
sequcntly, there can be no possible chance
tor swinie on the part of the Company,
AMI thus leaving the pcoplo only the single
Question to decide; will it pay to give bonds
for $3.50, 900 TO secure the roads: those
bends due In twenty years, with interes, at
seven per cent? interest amounting to
viii man owning farm Of 40 acres have
to pay, and will hr make anything by pay
ing it? Lot us see. II is admitted by I'll
that these roads, when built will make
large city Of Msnitouoc, a city, perhaps.
second to none in the wet; city giving of
itself a market for everything that farmer
raises; when now, farmer living in
Sshlo,Nig, Mishcatt Q. Cato, DESTROY.
hla tinbsr TO get :. out of the
way, he will then find \ marke, fer it.
" here Ne nov rs,e. only enough bsc,s,
carrots, cabbagss, ssa., for his own use be-
cause he cannot sell anything of that kind.
he will, with rsiro,d and = city giving
him a market, be enabled to raise and sell
al such vegetable. to any sxtsnt that he
may desire, and ia this one item Of vege.
tables alone lies = great source of prof, to
every farmer in this county, whether be
lives 10 the tcwa of Mauitovoc or In tbs
farthercst corner Of the county. Again,
the markets of tho north-o. Lake Supe
rior, and the immen,s lumbc, districts o
the north Of us, will be opened up to Us,
and 10 the produce OF the farmer; aud
wher now he can get but small price fo.
his hay, oats, butter, eggs, etc, he will
then he enabled 10 realize the high price
xhich Is always paid FOR article, OF ,hi.
kin | to supply tn, lumber camps and mines
If the north. Aad how much gain of thi,
Kind can a nan make of Of one acre of
Land. Nheie nov he raise, Two ton, Of
hay from ona acre AMI sells it for S. per
ton, lie will then get nearly the Lake Su
rerior price Of so per ton aai this viii
be paid 10 him 1t any iePo: on tho line Of
the road Whra h. no~ has no msrke, /
for vegs,abl-~-wilh \ railroad he can give
hi, wife AMI children one hsif of al acrs of (
land to cultivate, AMI from that Eit- patch I.
they can make 500. This thing i. done
in every county in ia, Umtcd State. where
the-. i.a M. kot, AMI say nj do it here
MaDltOwpc county /. on, of The hrs, .c-i-