The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1870-03-17

majority OF the -uii"auAee corpoTstorS.-
who would one day pledge that their route
should te on the Ike shor. to Green Bay,
ana the next that t would be to Plymouth,
Stocktr;dge and Menasha -a.k.,i to be
included in the new charter. whic!. was &C.
cortiingIy so doos-
The original charter was drawn in Nil.
w.uaee; 1t was, Ike the swinging char
ter OF the so-:aied Central Route de
fective IN sODe particulars, and especially
unsatisfactory te the sub committee of Al
pietonlans designated 10 look after il, be-
cause il was indefinite in its ronte from
! Nan:towoc, Appleton not being named in
the bill. \ Sriet conference, however, with
! the leading representative men of Manito>
Voc, afueruards unanimously endorsed hy
! tina entire Lake Shore representation In
and out OF the Legislature, settled the
question that the bill should he perfected
ana Appleton distinctly named As @ point
| on tn. line OF the road
/ Onlhe 22t of February. 1870, Hon c.
| Z Mcintosh declared in The office of B.
/ Douglas, in tie city Of 4 ple;on, that al
/ though he did Tot ike some features in the
/ bill, he should vote tor it, urging as one
/ objection that A 'pieton was not named q.
point on the road. Just prior to the
/ passage of the &c, utrsl Route" Swinging
charter bill, 0. Il. Waldo and others of
It's especial champ ons pledged that inter
| est that if their I'LL was allowed to pas,
without opposition, the MauitoWoc bill
! should not be obstructd.
/ Without going into the de- ails of one of
/ the warmest courest, ever fought out on
| the floor and lobles Of the Assembly, it is
/ ouly necessary TO say shat Waldo wa. con-
venien;y absent, end bis associates all for,
got their pledges and that Assembym4n
! Mcintosh changed front and fought the
| bllt to the extent Of bis p over, even to de-
/ ciuinE TO assist In pertectl 1g it and amend
ing it 50 as to make Apr Teton q point on
the road, voting for an amendment to
! change the cOrporators so Is to substitute
men who would no, only not put \ dollar
! il 70 the road. but would las In the case Of
the Central Route ssInging charterl
pocket the act Of incorp 'ra!ion for some
I indefinite time, and th Is prevent the
! building OF an important Il ,ilway the cap
/ ituI for uhiich tcus and is 1s1dy ,cd1t,nq for
nrestnent; and he capped the CLIMAX by
voting to klll the bill after 1t was perfected
and this locality fully protected.
Our citizens had learned through their
lobby representatives Meesrs Blood and
! Doucla,) that their As,emblyman had
| ttdbItu tDSC4i hiiiet, anu NdS III
| full communion with tlic enemies of, Ap
! pleion lntere>ts-not even according to
Appleton citizens Except to one Reeder
Smith the ordinary CT. litles AMI courte
sizes due between gentleman; and that the
only excuse he offered or retense lie made
~2s that he was representing the people OF
ApvIvton and lie knew the prevailing SEN
timent Of lis pcop's to lie IA accord with
his position on that sub ct. Accordingly
% Monday, the 2S;h uitimo, the tvlI>wlng
document was sigfsi by ece'y Busines>
Nan and NuHuTucturer SAVE ONE TO whom
1t was presented, and cent TO the Legisla
tire, and probably nlns:ssn-twsntieths Of
the remaining business men who could
not be seen before train time, would have
signed il on Presentation:
To The Legislature Of Wisconsin:
The undersigned. the Mayor and Common
Council Of Appleton the members Of the Rail-
road Committee of said city, together with the
Business Men whose names are hereuuto ap-
peaded, beg leave to state that we regard it Of
vital interest to this city and section Of coun-
try thai the Railroad Charter kci for by the
authorities and people Of Manitowoc be per
mittcd 10 become u law without delay.
Il Is untrue that The psopLs Of App.eton 10 not
9saire speedy ratlrdy connection .cit .h,fnito-
scoc. Nor IS 4 ts7ss That THIS PRoJYCr IS n
hostility 10 The construction Of direct road FROM
aILwAUKsE TO APPLETON. ten miles Of the
route being available for both roads,, and
none Of Us being willing TO forego any effort to
procure ,he speedy construction Of said road
to Milwaukee
Appleton wants both roads as soon as she
can get them, ami vii! give liberal aid TO both .
We can, with the aid of Msnitowoc and the
intervening country, speedily build TO Mani
towoc.
VIII the Legislature refuse to pass this
Charter On the plea that there IS an old
grade of about fifteen wears standing over 8
part Of he route, controlled by few persons
who make no effort to build, notwithstanding
the p-opje on the Aae hare for years Jesa ciGm0r-
Gus Ucr.t9r AID liberal IN Meir propositions 10
grant a.d ?
The arrangements have been made for the
immediate commencement of work undel th IS
Charter if granted. Will the Legislature bar
the people against building railroad in Wis
consin
We further disc;aim all opposition or hos
tility TO the construction of Lake Shore
Railway from Milwaukee to Green Bay, but
on the contrary believe such road woull
largely assist in the development Of the re-
sources of North Eastern Wisconsin, md not
in any way initiate against either Of the pro-
jeots hereInbefore referred TO.
We, therefore, repeat our wish for the pas.
sage of the so-called ''Manitowoc Railroad
Bill.n ans believe We represent nine-tenths Of
the Business Men, Manufacturers, and Citi-
rens of .lppeton.
Appleton. February Goth, 1870.
Here follows the signatures of some fifty
OF sixty Of the business men Of Appleton,
which We are obliged to leave GU, for want Of
space-Ep. PiLoT.l
Alter the reading Of this document BY
the Chief Clerk, our Assemtlyman arose
in great rage aud denounced the whole
thing, and pulled letter from his pocket
signed by three resident. OF Appleton, IA
copy of wh Oh We was unable to procure, }
which charged in substance that the Rail-
road Committee we're ''leeches on tte city
treasury ard "a stencil in the no.tris OF
the people" and that our people did not
want any railroad to Manitowoc
After long debate and much skirmish
ing, the vote was taken on the n otl0n OF
the opposition to ,trke out all after the
enactlng clause, with the following result:
Ayes A. Noes, 42-Mr. Mcintosh voting
IN the affirmative. Before the result was