The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1872-03-08

the county are interested IN the prosperity o
the county seat, for by it the prosperity of tn,
county is affected. Now that our citizeni
have hit upon this enterprise which promises
to afford good paying investment, let all take
hold of it and make it a grand success.
D. L. June, upon being called for said thai
come men could tell a good deal more thar
they knew and others can't tell half as much
He didn't know which he should do. Our city
has now arrived at q point in regard to mau-
featuring similar to where we stood in regard
to railroads, in 1850. He then referred to the
action of the county in regard to the L. S. &
NJ. S. Railroad, and said: ave have seen the
necessity for manufacturing here for several
years 1t has been said of US long enough
that we live in dull Fremont, and now it is q
glorious fact that our people have started to do
something in the right direction. In raising
this money, our town has done well, with a
very few exceptions, and I am sorry to say
that those few exceptions arO the very men
who are able to help with their money, and
from whom we should expect better things. 1t
tai should be provided. No one knows as
well as 1 the result of attempting to do business
on insufficient capital. No large enterprise
can be carried on successfully without abund-
ant capital It will always be cramped, and
hard up, and bankruptcy is almost sure to
follow such an undertaking. No class of men
is more interested in this than farmers. A
good market is essential to their prosperity,
fects one affects the other. We can not bene-
fit the mechanic without benefdng the mer-
chant, and so on through all the avenues of
life. The producer and consumer should be
placed side by side. It is at an unnecessary
cost that the farmers Of Ohio are obliged to
ship their products to Massachusetts,, and in
return ship back the manufactures of that
state, when by the establishment of manufac-
tories in our midst the producer and consumer
are operating side by side. In regard to loca-
ton, 1 think it makes no difference whether
or another, or even if it be located outside the
corporate limits. The effect upon our city
will be the same. 1t now remains for every
man to do something. If you have money
use it, if not, use your brains and tongue. AS
to the business which this manufactory pro-
poses to do, there can be no doubt. As an il
lustration of the great demand for cars. was
talking with Mr.. Cooper, Superintendent of
this division of the L. S. q NJ. S. Il. II. in re-
gard TO freight cars. He said they had Just
received the last of two thousand freight cars,
and in July would receive another thousand,
but SO great is the increase of business, that
the facilities of the road for transportation
will not bo as good then, as they were six
months ago. lam SO sanguine of the complete
success Of the business, that predict that it
will continue to increase until its capital stock
in ten years, will reach five hundred thousand
dollars, and those who live till that time will
say that June told the truth that night"
F. S. White said he felt glad, on account of
the success of the project thus far,and were he
a Methodist would feel ike shouting hallelu-
jah. In one sense our city has done well, ex-
tremely well, and yet in another view of the
case not so we'll after all "Would you think
it strange if l should say that more money is
spent in a single year, in our city for beer and
tobacco, than has already been subscribed on
these books; and yet it is true. Still it is diff
fcult to get men to combine their interests and
means, and in view of this fact our business
men have done well in raising the amount to
the present sum. Twenty-Five years ago
1900 people, and was dead so far as being a
point of any commercial importance. A lit
tie grain was bought here, and lew goods
sold, but the town was dead Since that time
it has grown TO be town OF 5,400 people,
perhaps few more than that number In
1850 there were men who said that we did
not want railroad, and refused to aid in
securing the Lake Shore Road to this place,
but it has come to be understood now that a
town away from a railroad is no town at all.
People viii not live there. Farmers will not
buy farms unless near some town that is on a
railroad. The time is coming, and the child is
will have but little value, unless located with
in short distance Of some railroad. The
rapid extension of railways, and the building
Of new lines, are causing our country to be
covered as it were like gridiron, and it is be-
cause of this rapidly increasing demand for
cars that it has been thought best to UNDER
take this class Of manufacturing. Our present
position is such, that those who now live here
and are doing business, can not continue to
prosper unless we extend our operations. 1
doubt very much if our business men as a
class, have done more than to live and support
their families, during the last three years.
The time was when we covered large extent
Of country, and drew from it for our support.
The time has been when wagon loads of grain
came distance Of sixty miles to this market,
but those days are past. The growth of little
towns about us has cut off this trade, and it is
desirable and right that such should be the
Ease. We should have q town without cover
ing the whole country. The object of extend
ng our operations is that those who now live
here may prosper, and bHild up q pleasant
-Own tc live in. We need not expect to be-
come rivals Of Cleveland, or the larger cities.
We do not desire it, but we can cndow our
,ity with a healthy growth, and make it
pleasant place to live. And right here desire
70 say few things as 10 what would be desir-
lble, l would like 20 live in town where
nogs do not run at large in the streets. do
not desire to oppress the poor, and it IS not ne
,essary. Is it right that my neighbor should
be allowed to keep fifty or one hundred hogs
10 roam at large, imposing nuisance upon the
public which they are obliged to endure
should be a public pride in putting our
streets, sidewalks and grounds in order, and
keeping them SO. 1t is gratifying to know
hat during the last year our streets have been
materially improved, and their condition
made better than it has ever before been. Our
sidewalks should be put IN order, SO that peo-
1le may walk upon them with safety and COM
'ort. In the last two or three years, property
lere has wavered and deprecated in value |
This condition Of things is illustrated by the
I'D saying that when there Is one hat too !
many in market hats are cheap; but when
here is one hat too few, hats are dear. So |
With property. When purchasers are plenty, |
property is brisk and advancing, and prosper
ty will make purchasers. In regard to pro-
,osals for location, it has been agreed that |
hey should be made in writing and handed |
o some one of the directors, The question of
ocation is an important one, and advice and
tudy are necessary to assist in arriving at a
,afe decision. There are two great objects to
DC attained in this enterprise: First to make
he works successful, and second promote-t the