Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1871-01-04
GREEN BAY q LAKE PEpIN RAIL
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terminus is yet unsettled. During all
these past years Of inactivity, from the
time the charter WAS granted. TO the &C
tual commencement Of work upon the
road, Wabasha has taken unto herself
the honor of being the river terminus of
The line and no town has thought it
worth the while to upset her airy rail.
road schemes by showing the possibility,
even, Of the Green Bay road taking an
other course. But since the prospect of
its speedy construction is SO certain,
nearly every newspaper along the river,
from La Crosse to ST. Paul, inclusive, is
putting in its oar for long pull and a
strong pull in favor of its Cwn locality
all of which is very distressing to Wabs.
sha and quite satisfactory to every other
town.
Since Wabasha has tcnderly nursed
this railroad bantling during these long
years of doubt and uncertainty it is IN.
kind in her neighbors TO entice it away
from so faithful a guardian. Towns,
however, like individuals, nre selfish, and
they cannot bear to see railroad com
ing toward them without making a grab
for it.
We entertain the opinion that the road
will cross The river at this point and con
meet with the st. Paul & Chicago road,
and also with the Hastings IL Dakota
road. The Dunn County News evil
IDENTIFY takes the same view Of the silua
ton as will be seen by the following par
ngraph which we extract from tina. pa.
per. 1t says;
Within The next eighteen months the
Green Bay d. Lske Pepin Railroad. will
he completed 10 its junction with the
West Wisconsin Railroad, making an
outlet 10 Lake Michigan about one han
dred and twenty miles shorter than by
way of Milwaukee, and more than two
hundred and fifty miles shorter route TO
Cleveland and Buffalo by the Lakes.-
Sixty miles Of the road is already fin
ished. rhe western terminus we hear)
is not vet determined. There are very
strong reasons and inducements for run
ming the road so rs 10 strike the West
Wisconsin Railroad at Augusta. and
westerly through Eau Claire, Dunn and
Pierce counties to Prescott, to connect
with the Chicago and - Paul road
Such route would give it y decided ad
vantage over more southerly route, in
that it passes through much better sec
ton of country, and makes connections
not only with the Chicago & St. Paul
railroad at Prescott. but the road run
ming west from Hastings. and timately
with the Bay field & ST. Croix railroad
An article on this scheme in recent
number of the Chippewa Herald ex
pressed substantially the same opinion,
to wit: that the road would cross the
river at this point. We have mislaid the
item, but insert, inlieu thereof, another,
commenting upon it, which we clip
from the St. Paul Press of recent date.
1t SAYS:
We referred tho other day TO the
Green Bay & Lake Pepin Railroad as
forming in connection with the West
Wisconsin, al outlet from st. Paul to
Lake Michigan from 100 to $50 miles
shorter than by the way of Milwaukee,
and Chicago. We learn that the Green
Bay road is almo.t completed 10 New
London, distance of Sc miles. and
that its managers are pushing it right
along. Its route to the Mississippi be
yond that point is said not to be determ
ined. The Chippewa Herald SAYS
there is a probability tina, the rad will
go to Prescott. where it would connect
with the Chicago & St. Paul Railway.
In closing let Wabasha be heard
We omit the dissertation on moral phi
losophy and total depravity with which
the article opens, that portion being
merely a personal matter for the editor
of the Chippewa Herald to look after,
and of no particular influence in rail
road schemes. This is the way the Wa
basha Herald disposes Of those cormor
ant towns which show an inclination to
gobhle up its long cherished railroad:
The Chippewa Herald, unnecessarily
building its only hope of possessing the
Green Bay d. Lake Pepin r. R. upon
the fact that that road runs to the head
of Lake Pepin. announces as the result
of lis profound observations and far see
ing penetration, that the said road has as
good a prospect of gong TO Prescott, as
1t has Of going anywhere else. We
think so Too. if "aUywhere else" means
Hades or 'Ninona. --..-s
And then the ST. Paul Press with the
insatiableness that charactetzes all things
81. Paul, says Hooray! and therefore
quotes the aforesaid Chippewa paper
for the first time in its the HeraLds),
existence. rse.:sesl
Next. the Winona Republican speaks
in its piece. With a degree OF calm
satisfaction that was intended TO be con
vincing, it declares that Prescott shan I
hava tina road-fhaf all tina combine,