Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1870-05-27
Correspondence Of the
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WATERLOO, Iowa, May %, 1870.
EDITOR CEDAR FALLS GAZETTE
In the Dubuque Times of May Goth,
notice correspondence from this
place on the prospects of our city, in
which it does not do us justice. The
writer, who signs himself Sub"
speaks of the location of the Machine
Shops and number of railroad pro-
jects, but merely glances at the pros
poets before us. You are perhaps
aware that this is to be the leading
city in Iowa. To confirm this state
ment, have but to cite you TO facts.
We are just now in the midst of an
intense excitement caused by the To-
cation of the machine shops of the
Illinois Central Company. We were
given until the 18th of this month to
raise $25, 900 and twenty. seven acres
of land, (this was in addition to what
was woi ked UP l1rirdtely,) and at the
expiration of that time, Judge Couch
went to Chicago and guaranteed the
bonus. Since then it has turned up
that the amount was not raised by
about S., 900 and Ackley, who by the
way is some such man as Winslow
of your city, declares that the shops
must be removed from under his
nose or he will not pay cent of his
subscription, and is generally con-
trary about. We had meeting the
other night to see about the amount
back, and it broke up in row, and
some of our leading citizens, l.. Mil
Ter being one of them, said he was
sorry anything had been given, that
he did not believe the shops would
be as much good to them as they had
anticipated. am not certain but
that thesuggestion about the squirrel
up tree,n made by the GAZETTE a
few weeks since may yet come in
play. But the shops are temporarily
located here, and this, our most con-
fident citizens assured us when solic-
ting the subscriptions, would bring
II, 1000 more families to settle here
during the next six months. We
propose to make a big blow over this,
for you know if we only get the FAM
lilies here they must lose money be-
fore getting away again, and this is
distributed through town. Their
loss is our gain. We are compelled
for the present to conduct our bust
ness mainly on the money sunk by
new Corners. There is strategy i'm
building up "a town and our people
understand it. The Cedar Valley
road viii! reach our city some time in
August, and this is expected to be
the terminus for at least sic days.
The Des Moines and McGregor
road will give us an outlet with Mil
waukee, thus affording Waterloo
large advantages over places of lesser
note These roads are within our
grasp; but Of the other projects un-
der way.
The Ottumwa and St. Paul, which
will soon be built, is to strike our
city. This road is already a certain
ty. 1t is believed that the lows Mid
lan6 road will be changed so as to
touch Waterloo, also.
A company has been formed for q
new line to he called the Bungtown.
Waterloo and Poduuk road. But of
this I shall have more to say in
future.
1t has been kept quiet for good rea-
sons, but the matter has so far pro-
crossed, that l am justified now in
announcing . new company formed
in this city. for the building Of road
to Alaska, to be called the Alaska
and Waterloo. This is to be built
with a view of furnishing our people
with condensed cold, during the
summer months. Judge Bagg is
President of the road and will ar
range for all the supplies" Meas
ures are on foot for the building q
plug" road from Grundy Center to
Waterloo, making the latter the ter.
minus. / also understand that the
grade Of the Iowa Central is to be
naoucd dorm so as to run in to Water
loo through the Black Hawk Valley.
should have stated before that the
Dubuque Tunnel is to be moved to
Waterloo. This will he a great loss
TO Dubuque and Dunleith but an inn
mense gain for us.
From the foregoing synopsis of the
railroad interests of this place, it Is a
fact apparent, that at no distant day,
the railway connection of Waterloo
will he better than any in the United
States. "Greatness is thing that
some persons and places cannot re-
sist, and such seems to be the case
with Waterloo. Hereafter she will
have o name on Railroad maps indi-
cative of her real existence"
WATERLOO.