Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-02-08

LODI. Wis, Feb. %, 1872.


with one Of Mineral Points old and hons
ored citizens, who informed me he was
looking for a place to make his future
home, as the prospect for your city to
him looked 40 dark We talked Of the
County Bond Question" the action Of
the County Bond in rejecting the prop.
osition of g. w. Cobb, and refusing to
appoint committee of compromise X.
r. extension, etc And when we sep
Grated confess ! had light attack Of
the blues"
| Knowing the decisions Of the court in
! favor Of the Bond holders, and the OPP
inions Of eminent nri,,s and lawyers
have many times wondered why such a
determination to contest the matter fur
ther, We. J have never censured the
county Board, but gave them credit for
having more light than one at a dis
lance, and therefor sufficient reason to
justify their course,
| When resident in your city my dutie.
threw me much into society, and gave
frequent opportunities of hearing the
F., opinions OF Others an this subject, and
| know men of health and influence, who
would gladly have in e-ted their capital
in Iowa county, and many of them in
| Mineral Point, had it i, not been Tor the
disputed Bond Question.
| Feeling as ! ID an interest in what
ever is for the in,eres, Of Iowa county in
general, and Mineral Point in particular,
! was gratiied to learn by the last IRIS
| uNE that u move had been made in the
right direction; and there is 3 prospect
OF compromise and settlement of that
| question, which for years has initiated
against your prosperity; and in this mac
ter, the County Board, should receive
the hearty endorsement Of every tax
! payer in the county.
To day from The Lodi Journal
learned OF a new project in regard to K,
! K extension from Mineral Point, north.
eastward that there are difficulties
along the proposed route to Tamah, oc-
casoning its abandonment, and a new
route is proposed, via Dodsesille, Arena,
Prairie du Sac, to Portage. Any person
consulting the map can see this is the
most direct line to the northern Wiscon-
sln pinerles, and any one acquainted
with the geography of the country knows
that Railroad can be built along this
proposed route from Mineral Point to the
pineries at a less cost than any other 49,
And as it would be the only Railroad in
the State running in northeast and
south western course it would be one Of
the best paying roads in the State. IL
could not lall to be Il paying Institution
as it would necessarily cross the Mill
waukee Il Prairie du Chen road at
Arena, and the &. Il y. W Il. T. at Lodi,
or Merrimack, and thus meet II felt want
10y accommodating the travelling public,
and trayersing some of the best country
under the sun.
Persons travelling from West TO East
or from East to West, have now ample
K X accommodations, but only those who
haze tried IT, can form any idea OF the
difficulties attending trip from north
east to southwest My own experience
will illustrate the difficulties OF others
When appointed Pastor Of the Nj. +.
Church in your city, | was living at II
station on the line OF Milwaukee " Prairie
du CHEN K Il. near forty mics IRON
Mineral Point About that time vlo.
lent rain storm having so swollen the
stream that every bridge along the route
was washed away, it became necessary
to make the trip by cars. We--myselt
and family -too> train to Hanover (nIck-
named Hang Over, on the &. n y. w.
X Il, thence to Beloit, Ereeport, War,
rem. Mineral Point; changing cars four
times passing over hive different ines
OF road requiring - hours to make the
trip; at cost almost sufficient to pay
my fare to New York If should UNI
! dertake the trip tomorrow by cars, even
from the Capitol of our State, it would be
necessary to take same tedious and ex-
/ pensiye route.
| The proposed extension from Mineral
Point to Portage is direct, feasible, ami