Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1872-02-06
Railroad Matters.
The Dodgevile Chronicle has the
following concerning the proposed

tue Maolson q Cassvllle II. X, have
talking very freely of
pushing measures for this road.
This road, if run as proposed, will run
from the State Capital, where it will
be connected with all the railroads
running north, south, east and west.
1t will furnish direct communication
with Milwaukee, Chicago, Detroit,
Cincinnati, St. Louis, the pine lum-
bering regions, north, aud any avail
able market city east or west and
besides this, will extend across the
largest stretch of fertile agricultural,
and mineral country in the State of
Wisconsin.
The route as proposed will travel
the rich, rolling ground of the West
Blue Mounds, entering the town of
Ridgeway, in Iowa county, and take
q western direction tending slightly
southwest, through the towns of
Dodgeville, Linden, and Highland, in
Iowa county, keeping correspond
ing direction through the wealthiest
and most fertile portion of Grant
county, including Lancaster, and
reach the Mississippi river at Cass-
vile, This road when completed
will render unbounded facilities for
all parts Of Iowa and Grant counties,
to reach any market they desire, and
especially to the bountifully timbered
town of Ridgewsy in this county, it
would be source of unbounded
wealth. When further developments
are made in reference to this road, we
will embrace the earliest opportunity
to lay them before our readers"
DUBUQUE, PLATTEvILLE AND MILwAU-
KEE r. R.
The Milwaukee Wisconsin OF We'd
nssday last ia a full column article
points out the great advantage Mil
waukee would derive from direct
railroad connection with Dubuque,
and shows the importance of the i'm
mediate construction of the western
end of this route. A proposition has
been submitted to the Common Coun-
Gil of that city to subscribe SIS, 600
to this road and will doubtless carry.
The Wisconsin says:
"This company, of which Hammer
Robbins is president, has been push
ing the scheme in question, for many
mouths, and substantial progress has
been made. Eighteen miles Of the
road is already constructed, and an
aggregate Of some 100000 of aid bias
been voted by towns along the line,
and a handsome sum is expected from
Dubuque.
The route proposed is from Monroe
TO Gratiot,a nearly straight line west,
the distance being twenty-five miles
From Gratiot to Calamino, q distance
Of seventeen miles, in nerthwester-
ly direction, it is proposed to use the
track Of the Mineral Point road, it q
satisfactory arrangement tor that
purpose can be made with that COM
pany, of which there is probably not
much doubt. From Calamine nearly
due west TO Platteville, in Grant
county, is q distance Of eighteen
miles, over which the company has
already constructed road that is in
good running order. From Platte
vIno W Inc mississippi river, opposite
Dubuque, the route takes south
west course through fine valley, the
distance being about twenty three
miles. Thus the whole distance
from Monroe to the Mississippi, OPP
posite Dubuque, by this route is only
eighty miles, and over thirty five
miles of this route road is already
built, and cars running, leaving but
iorty-five miles of road to build to
complete the direct connection of thi:
city with Dubuque.
BY taking map of the State and
tracing the route of the road, as we
have indicated it, the reader will see
that it goes through the heart of La
fayette county and across the south
ern end of Grant county; and, by
means of the connection with Miner
al Point road, it would drain the
southern part of Iowa county. Here
are three of the largest and most
wealthy counties in the State, the
best parts of which are drained into
Chicago by means OF the Mineral
Point aud Illinois Central roads, that
would be brought into direct connec-
NIT 4 as,l
nection than is now or can be
had with Chicago, and, therefore, we
should get the majority of their trade.
They embrace the great lead mines,
and are, moreover, rich in sgricul-
ture."
MINERAL POINT RAILROAD.
This from the Portage Register
looks like on abandonment of the
first proposition to extend the NJ. 2,
Il. r. north TO Tomah:
"While at Madison last week we
we're informed by Hon. NJ. NJ. Strong
Of the purpose of the Iowa aud Rich
land county Il. Il. Co. TO build their
road from Mineral Point TO Portage
This company he's been doing coDside-
rable engineering betweenTomah and
Mineral Point, but the nature OF the
country has been found such that il
is desirable to look for connections
with the northern Tineries elsewh here
and Portage is found to be the most
natural aud desirable point The
charter was obtained last winter, and
Mr.. Strong is giving the road his un
divided attention. The line is to bt
via Dodgeville, Arena, Prairie d.
Sac and Portage, whore it will con
neot with road to the northern
Wisconsin pineries, and also with th,
Wolf River pineries, via Ripen anS