Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1871-07-14

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olAbout5 two years since, and after
the County was definitively beaten in
the litigation, by the decision of the
Supreme Court, and after every hope
of obtaining indemnity or security
for its liability on the Co. Bonds was
extinguished, and after my professions
al engagements were terminated, len
tered into verbal arrangements with
Mr.. beecher, which, if they had been
perfected, hoped and believed would
have resulted in this extension. These
inchoate arrangements, brought down
upon me all sorts of yituperations, ex-
tending even to charges of betrayal
of professional trusts, and to having
been bribed. They have been hereto
fore publicly refuted, and j need not
further allude to them, as they are for
/ eign to the special objects. of this pa,
paper. These arrangements were held
in allegiance for about four months,
when in October,1 1869, / met Mr..
Beecher in Detroit, and he informed
me that the Mineral Point Railroad
was for sale; that he would do Moth
Ing whatever for its extension in any
direction; would not 7expend another
dollar on railroads in Wisconsin, but
should devote all his, means and ener--
gies to other enterprises. ~ f5r'ga!
Being thus bafied, for that. year, in
my hopes of an extensions, and think
ing that the owners of the Mineral
Point r. r. would do nothing to pro-
mote. it, 4 turned my attention to
other parties. In the meantime the
extension within short time of the
Chicago d N. w. r. r., from Madison
to Winona, vio the Baraboo Valley,
had become an assured fact; as had
also the continuation Of the w est Wis
cohsin r. r., from Tomah to St. Paul,
and little doubt remained of the con-
struction of the link from Tomah to
the .Baraboo Vale, by one OF, the
other of those companies These
were very important considerations,
as they reduced the distance necessary
to connect the Mineral Point Railroad
with the three great North-W estern
systems Of Railroad, from 100 to 60
miles. i, ni3Yeh att .y qat9RreFs
/ In view of what / have stated, /
availedi myself of an early opportuni-
| ty during the last year, 1870, to lay
the subject before the Illinois Central
R. r., and the Oh, Bur. ~ Gu. r. r..
which latter Company will very soon
operate r. r. from Aurora to For
reston, on the Ills. Cent, l13 miles
South Of Freeport, presenting most
direct line from Freeport to Chicago.
I I obtained such assurances of aid from
these Companies to anyroCompany
that would construct Railroad from
the Mineral Point r. r. to the Baraboo
Valley, that I felt confident 1 should
| be able; to induce the holders OF the
Iowa. County Indebtedness, and per.
haps Of that Of the towns of Mini Point
and Waldwick, to exchange it for stock
Tor bonds of such Company then
kobtlined, at the last session of the
/ Legislature, the charter Of the Rich
land and Iowa Counties R. r., in the
hope Of obtaining this municipal in
debtednessg in, exchange for, the stock
or bonds of the new Company, and at
the same time Of getting the County
and towns to discharge, their indebt-
redness, and receive the expenditures
of the proceeds in the construction Of
the extension. 9a,fa }fus agusaf9aess
IN The cooperation of the. owners of
the Mineral Point Railroad was es-
sential to the success of my plans. :.
When sought to obtain their assist
ance, i learned that they had deter
mined to revive the idea of extending
the M. p. r. r. under its, own charter
and amendments, and that they pro-
posed partially to adopt my scheme.
/ was not welded to- any, particular
mode of effecting the result, :, The ex-
tension of the road was the great OBJ
iect, the means a secondary. consider.
ton IF they preferred to operate un-
erotheirv own charter, j was, willing to
waive my preference, and lend them a
hearty and willing cooperation. d, !
The Iowa and Richland County r..
r. Co, was formally organized and
offio ers elected, and the Directors de-
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termined to remain passive Sc. long as
there was any hope of attaining the
extension under the. charter of the
Mineral Point r. r. : rsfsb lii !.
I have thus given a tiresome detail
of my efforts to make good the repre-
sentation that the Railroad should be
extended, made with a view to obtain
votes for the County Bonds, and hope
and expect before a, long time to see
the representations verified; not be-
cause many votes were secured by
them, but because good faith, demands
that those who viii hayeto contribute
to the payment of the debt, should re-
ceiye every benefit which was ever
promised as a. consideration for its
creation rsf9a hHe msa3 761 bo14i Il
MISREPRESENTATION THAT THE RAILRoA AID
r COMPANY WOULD PAY THE BoSDs. 9
|. Upon this subject there, is, q good
deal of confusion Of ideas, much mis-
understanding, and \ fear some mis-
representation. = This condition of
things is the growth of the last few
/ years, which is, not, singular, since. so
few of the, present population We're
here to participate in the election At
THE, time of, the election upon the
Comfy Bonds. there was no, eeonffa =