The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1870-06-23
RAILROAD MATTERS

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been made to enlist Mauitowoc in the
interest of the projected Milwaukee u
Northern Wisconsin route, which Is en-
gineered by Milwaukee men, IN Milwau-
kee interests, by suggesting connection
with that lire at Appleton; but this
scheme is ignored by the people Of Mani
towoc, and the settled project Is to unite
upon
THE LAKE SHORE ROUTE
The idea is to extend line from Mil
Waukee tor near and going around 1t to
re ach Chicago, along the lake shore to
Manitowoc. IS miles thence west to
Appleton, 40 miles; to Waupaca, 20
miles, and thence to Duluth, making d.
rect communication with the Northern
Pacific road and at point between
ManitoWoc and Appleton, take a north
EN- direction to Green Bay, SO miles from
Manitowoc That portion Of the line
from Milwaukee to Appleton and Green
Bay has been put under contract to re-
sponsible parties, represented by AIr. A.
Easton, who has the direction Of the
work To aid the enterprise, bonds have
been voted to the amount OF $3.50, 600 by
Manitowoc county, 500, 900 by the city
Of Appleton, and so, 600 by the city OF
Sbeboygan-making in all $40O, 900.
Further aid IS calculated upon as certain
FROM Brown county 500, eco; OZau-
kee county, $75, 900; Sheb0ygan county,
1913. OO0-in all $500 0O0-the sum total
being 5000, 900. The contractors pro-
pose to complete the road, and have trains
RAINING to designated points before the
bonds granted by each locality shall be
delivered to them. No subsidy has been
asked of Milwaukee. Five gangs of men
are at work between Milwaukee and Port
| Washington Two construction trains
are completed and waiting FOR the iron to
arrive upon which to run them, one Of
which VIII be used at Manitowoc, and the
other between Port Washington and She
| boygan. Manitowoc county is good for
the amount voted By it In aid Of the road
/ for she does not eve a dollar. The lead
| ing men Of the city tGke hold OF the mat
| ter in earnest, propose to proceed In
| business-hke manner, and are united In
/ knowing no such word as fail. Straw
| iniunctions that have ben resorted to by
opposing parties have been "busted,
and the county supervisors have voted 10
to instructing the proper officers to
sign the bonds and place them in the
hands of trustees for delivery upon the
fultillment Of the contract.
Directly opposite the harbor of Mani
towoc is Ludington or Pere Marquette,
the distance across being sixty miles on
Y. That point is to be the western term
mus OF she railroad now constructing
across the State of Michigan, connecting
with tie Michigan Central. This will af
ford favorable route to the east, and
the harbors on each side being open dur
| ing the winter season will make it addl
tionally advantageous.
1t is calculated that the portion Of the
route lying along the lake shore will be-
come at once remunerauve, and this mas
1 prove TO be the result, for trade naturally
tends toward navigabe water courses,
and railways running along them nave
been the best paying roads the country
over.
THE NATURAL ADVANTAGES OF THIS ROUTE.
The country between Mantowoc and
Appleton is covered with the most mag
niiicent grewth of timber that can be
found in the State The timber is now
hauled distance Of thirty miles to the
lake shore and there shipped to different
points east and south, and used princl-
paly for ship building.
The water power at Appleton Is consld-
cred one of the best in the country, and
is being rapidly brought into use the
mills now in operation furnish daily an
average Of fifteen car loa1s of freight.
4 smelling furnace is projected, and the
grounds are being prepared for It's cree
ton.
New London, thriving village on the
Wolf river, supported principally by the
immense lumber business conducted on
this river, is about twenty miles from
Appleton, in the centre Of an improved
farming country. thickly settled. Through
this whole country the traveller attention
is attracted to the fact that the log nous
es have been turned into granaries and
: chicken houses, and their places supplied
bv comfortable farm houses not inferior
in comfort aud elegance to those OF the
eastern states, while the farms being
small, generally forty to eighty acres, the
country is much more densely populated
than where there are larger farms. w au-
paca. another point on this road, Is sur
rounded by an agricultural county Ilch IN
products The whole country or this line to
Lake Superior sfertile and abound>ln tim
Der OF the finest growth which alone will, Tor
coming years, tax the capacity OF rail-
road to transport. 1t seems strange that
J this country should have been so long
without railroad communication. but this
Is to be attributed to the narrow policy OF
J | Milwaukee in not encouraging railroad
5 enterprise.
f This project is one of the greatest Ell
: terprises which have been projected IN
| the Northwest. 1t embraces g direct