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

this whole amount OF SOU, UJo was 70 De
raid at once by direct tax On the t,lRd
OF the county, it would bs bu, 50cts Pc
acye
These figures are correct, or nearly so,
and cannot lis Are VIC in error when we
say that every available acre Of land in the
county will double in .ctual value, In five
years, with tie railroads built? We say
We are not We have sccn the land OF the
county Of Milwaukee, ujthout railroads,
valued st IS per acre, now valued at $500.
The lads Of the counties Of Winnebagn
and Nut,ganie, which, twenty years ago,
we're sold 10y the Government tor ten shli-
llngs per acre, are now, by reason OF raj
roads, settled up and worth from $50 to
1900 per acre, and the same Improvement
follows railroads in every locality, through
which they pass.
Our people must not-cdnnot deny this.
Then, why not now grasp this present op
portunity to place ourselves among these
favored counties, and like them, become
rich and prO'pcrous
But further; only the interest on these
bond. are to be paid, for twenty years, and
what will that amour. to per acre, provld>
ed it was paid alone by the farmer. The
in:crcs. is about one-ffteenth of she princl-
pal. or one fifteenth of Scots, or about Bets
per acre This is not large sum to risk,
if there was any risk.
Blu, let US figure little further for our
farmers. In ali We have figured above, as
have assumed that the land of the county
raid the tax. From these figures must be
deducted the tax which is to be paid By the
! city of Manltowoc, which now pays % per
! cent. of the entire county tax, and should
the city iucrea,e in wealth, as is expected,
and cannot be doubted, then we will have
still larger proportion of the tax to pay,
then almost mkkiug i; certainty that she
will in the future pay at least one halt ut
the county tax. Then the land of the
county will pay, instead 0! Sets per acre,
or l2Qc.s per forty acres, only l:cts, or
60cts per forty.
| And further, We are to receive stock Of
the roads for the bonds We give them. =
These stocks We are assured will BIZ worth
in market at least Scots on the dollar,
thus, again, reducing the above figures one
halt And now ia view of this small risk,
! is i, not The hight Of folly for our county to
say shat they will not 60 in and secure
these railroads. We have no doubt but
what the vote Of the county will be almost
unanimous for the tax, but We give this
statement of facts and figures, SO that the
people of the county may vote understands
;ngly.
We believe that the money We put into
these roads will be to the whole county 4
rich investment 1t makes no difference
whethe, the roads run through town or
not Those towns or 10 or 3 miles from
the road cannot help being benefited.
And even if they were not directly bcne-
and the other towns through which the
roads run are benefited and increased in
wealth, will not those wealthy towns have
to pay taxes according to their wealth
And the moro taxes Msnitowoc pays, OF
course the less will have to be paid by the
localities not Increased in valuaticu.
Again, these roads when completed
from the county line on the south of our
county to the county line on the west, with
dcpots, storehouses, machine shops, ETC.,
will cost the Company 81 500, 900; or a
clean addition to the wealth and taxable
property OF the county of 81 $50, 900 And
not only will We have this additional. prop
erty in our county, but We shall have upon
these roads employment for hund,c of
luboring men,
/ Then by sl means should every man,
whether he DC rich or poor, whether he
lives IN Mani;owoc, or Schleswg, or Two
Rivers, or Maple Grove, now pat his
shoulder to the wheel anu help secure thi.
great project.
The contracts for building both road.
are already let to responsible parties, the
Western road to be completed TO Appleton
within one year from March 25, 1870, and
the Lake Shore Road to be completed from
Milwaukee TO Green Bay 10 3years. With
a condition that those contract. are to be
void and the road, abandoned unless aid be
voted by the counties aud cities through
which tho roads are to pass. The amount
asked Of our county is S250,oOO. Let US
give it, and secure tho roads.
AA 1t is now understood that 4 few ear.
Pet bag union men are 10 be killed off in
Georgia, Mississippi or Tennessee 10y tel
egr,ph) just before every local election In
the Northern States. TO prepare tn. pub
lie mind for Congressional interference
in the afairs ,f any soutbnrn stat. ~l.ro