The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-03-16
Ottumws, Tama City & Min.
neSota Railroad,

Ottumwa, Tama City & Min.
nesota Railroad.
On Tuesday, March I'd, q compa.
ny was organized at Tama City to
build a railroad from Ottumwa, ola
Montezuma, Malcolm, Tama City,
and some point north in Minnesota,
to DO determined hereafter. And
now it remains to DO seen whether
tho people along the limo will give
the project tho local aid necessary to
secure its carly completion; as for
Poweshiek county, we can assure
tho projectors Of this enterprise, q
prompt and hearty response, in the
way Of voting a tax, and subscribing
Literally besides, by many persons
who are anxious to have q railroad,
and have heretofore been lett out in
the cold go far as railroad commune
cations are concerned. A glance at
tho map shows every one that this
line as projected passes centrally
through one OF the very best agri-
cultural districts in this State, and
opens a direct communication at o.
tumwa with st. Louis, tapping the
North Missouri Railroad at that
point. Besides, at Kirkville, in Wap-
clio county, this proposed line taps
the best coal fields in tho Hawkeyc
State. There are veins at that
place of the best bituminous coal,
seven feet In thickness, now opened
and being worked, and that being d
point on this proposed railway, II
another reason why it will be q pay
ing institution and speedily con-
structed. Further, the farmers have
commenced figuring with regard to
the enormous freights that they are
to-day, and have been for years, com.
polled to pay on account of the lack
of different outlet and compe-
ting line, which they now readily sec
and desire to obviate, and that quite
soon. And being 80 thoroughly CON.
WINGED, as they now are upon this
point, almost every one has put his
shoulderto the great wheel of bro.
gression, and with . voice as of one
man, say this enterprise must and
shall go through. r
At lama City the people are thor
oughly aroused to action in this mat.
tor, and in conjunction with our PEG
pie say the road they will have; and
having spent the greater part OF last
week in said town, in company with
many others Of our county, the YER.
dict is unanimous that Tama CITY
means business.
Furthermore, this road passes
centrally through our county, there,
by making it one Of the very best
IN the State, and doing the creates,
good to the greatest number of III
inhabitants. The same may be said
of lama county, for it will pass thro
Tama City, through Toledo, The
county seat; from there by way O
Buckingham, in the same county, OF
to Waterloo or Cedar Falls in Black
hawk oounty-to be hereafter deter
mined-to some point in Minnesot.
on tho Mississippi river, probably
Winona, or to point opposite Greer
Bay or La Crosse, Wisconsin, which
is undoubtedly the best lumber mar
ket to be attained anywhere in tina
whole region of country.
! In this, (Malcom township) ant
jackson, preliminary steps have al
ready been taken to vote tax o
five per centum upon the whole O
the taxable property of said town
ships, to aid in its construction
which shows tho feeling manifested
along the line in this county. l
only remains with our people alon,
the route to say, whether or not
they will have grand North an,
South line. Prompt action On thei
part is only the one thing neo
cssary to insure the ultimdtum dc
sired in this enterprise. Our neigh
bors on the west of us say emphatic
ally that we shall not haze this road
knowing full we'll as they do, that /
will in q measure take from then
the through travel and freight OF
tho Central; for the simple reason
that our connections South will be q
much better and direct, that it take
but half an eye to discover that fact
l-Mdlcom Bulletin.