Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-05-30


road from Postage ria Arena and Dodge.
vile to Mineral Point NJ NJ STRoNG
/ Esq, is very active in the matter, and
yesterday evening addressed the people
of this city in LENAuANs Hall Our
/ forms were on the press ere the meeting
adjourned, and extended notice in thi S
issue is precluded.
A meeting in the interest Of this en-
terprise was recently held ut Sauk City !;
aad an account thereof is given in The
/ Pioneer, German newspaper, of which
/ the following translation is made for the
TRIBUNE:
Hon. NJ. II. Strong, from Mineral Point,
! Hon. J A. Bentley, one of the Directors
and the Attorney of the Sheboygan and
Fond du Lac Railroad Company, J. +. Mur
rell, Esq, Chief Engineer of that Com
| pany, and Hon. S. A. Dana, of Portage
City, arrived here by wagon from Portage
| City Wednesday evening, 22d inst, at six
| o'clock The arrival of the gentlemen was
soon known, and at eight O'Clock good
many citizens from here and the upper
town assembled at Truchcnbrocdt's hail to
! listen TO the statements Of Mr. Strong aud
others.
Hon +. w. Young was elected President
and II. Keinpell Secretary.
Mr.. Strong then stated that the extension
of the Sheboygan and Fond dn Lac Il. x,
ria Portage, Sank City, Arena and Dodge.
Vile to Mineral Point would be the most
profitable line for this vicinity, Mostly all
railroads in this State run East and West,
but this line would run diagonally through
the Statc--from North east to Southwest.
From Sheboygan to Princeton, distance
of 70 miles, the r. Il. is finished. From
Princeton to Portage City, % miles, will
be very likely finished this year. From
Portage to Mineral Point would be l7s
miles. And from Mineral Point is the r
K. via Warren, in connection with all the
Illinois railroads.
There is a line Of steam boats Running
to Pentwater. The distance crossing the
lake by this route is shorter than by the
Milwaukee and Grand Haven rouge, and
also has the great advantage that il can be
used all through the winter season, where.
as the harbors Of Milwaukee and Grand
Haven are often blockaded with ice.
The Michga Central K, L. Co, control
the Sheboygau and FoGd du Lae: X. II. Co,
and are constructing an AIRLINE road from
Detroit to Pentwater
Another great advantage which can hard
ly be over-estimated is, that all the rail
roads to Stevens Point, Grand Rapids and
St. Paul will be crossed by this line, and
thereby connection established with the
Northern Pacific X. r.
lir. Strong then stated that he had been
in Detroit and had a conversation with Mr.
JOY, President of the Michigan Central L
r., on the extension Of this proposed line
and has received favorable promises, and
also from the managers of the Sh. & +. du
L. Il. K.
To ascertain the amount of aid which
would be required from the different towns,
the COMPANY has sent their chief engineer
with Mr.. Strong to Mineral Point, ard as
soon as he returns home aud makes an 90
/ 1, nF Of . f,a
iuformed thereof, which will be very likely
in fourteen days.
After this explanation by Mr.. Strong
Senator Quimhy presented the following
resolution, which was unanimously adooted
Reso'yed, That the people of the town of
Prairie du Sac hail with the greatest inter
est the prospect Of the extension of the
Sheboygan and Fond du Lac Railroad from
Portage City TO Mineral Point ria Merri.
mack, Sauk Prairie, Arena and Dodgcville,
and We assure the Directors of that Com
pany that the tswn of Prairie du Sac will
contribute her reasonable proportion in
town bondr, towards the completion of tue
road
The following gentlemen made short ad-
dresses to the meeting: Mr. Bentley, Mr.
Dana, r NJ. Warren, from Baral 90, L, ".
Young, s. Tripp AMI j. b. Quimby.
To the Committee on Railroads-M
Obrccht. Tabor aud Qumbv-were added
the following members J. 5. Trip, T. ".
u yc,n,