Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-04-24

and learned from them fully their object
and prospects of the company, which
were entirely satisfactory to him. He
has also furnished us With circular
Issued by the incorporators, which we
publish and commend to the careGu! con-
si,leration Of our readers:
LAND RAILROAD.
10 rHY PEOPLE ALONG ITS LINE.
Ro ts-Frons Oshkosh to Oa,ro Eureka, Der
lin, R'ncetom, .Noatetio, Portage L;fy,
Hianeconne. PrdiYie du >a4, Sa4kCify,
Arela- R,dgeray. DodgeriVe. Mineral
Point, Belmont, I4atteviHe. and
DUBUQUE
The company was organized under and in
pursuance OF Chapter 1l9 of the general laws
| OF lS12-by the following incorporators
j. l.. Dorrance and Edawrd Sargent. of O.ll-
kosh; A. b. Hamilton and H. I. Hamilton,
Of Ripon; and d. l.. Hardness of Berlin.
The first meeting of the Company was held
on the LIST day of April, 1873 and the follow
ing officers were elected:
). l.. Dorrance, President, Edward Sargent,
Secretary and Vice President ID. l.. HaIk.
| ness, Treasurer and Superintendent Of Con
| struction: A. b. Hamilton, Attorney, and Il
I. Hamilton, Chief Engineer
The route Of the road is from the city of
Oshkosh TO the city OF Dubuque, together
with branch from Omro to Menasha 1t is
desired to pass through the cities and towns
on the Ii of road, provided thai sufficient
local aid can be obtained TO warrant the in.
vestment OF Eastern capital. Eastern ca pital
cannot be secured for the construction Of =
! Western road IN ess from four TO five thous-
| and dollars III bonds are secured per each mile
OF road, and it is desired to secure this amount
| OF aid IN order TO ensure the speedy compile
| ton OF the road. Capital will seek good
| investment US soon as il can be shown that
| the road Will pay the interest on the bonds
This lnas already been shown to Eastern capi-
| taiists and hey have such confidence in the
! PROJECT as To say the road will pay better than
We have calculated. Hence, You can plainly
see that the stock will be v ofth suinel hing to
the stockholders. And it il the int en;ion OF
/ The Company TO construct substantial road
not one that The iron will hardly be laid before
/ IL DeSlns 10 show the wear, us II it had been
! dowi. ten years. At Nenaslla there are 10
large Touring mills. at Neendh there are 2,aud
large number at Appleton that have 10 lay
| Idle nearly hall the time f,sr want of grain to
| supply the Mills The price of wheat yener-
ally ranges from 5 TO Is cents per bushei more
al these mills Than in Chicago, Milwaukee or
! SheOoygan.
| The people along the line of the Green Bay
q Lake Pepin K. r., now ship their grain 10
| Appleton, Ncnasha and Ncenah, thereby
going over two lines of road. Ii the farmer
will look at State map be will find the
distance from Dubuque TO Menasha and
| Nceiiah, the same as 10 Milwaukee and Chi
cago, and taking any point on the line of read
| you will find that the distance % Oshkosh,
| Neenah and Menasha is considerable nearer
| than to Milwaukee or Chicago, hence, YOU
VIII not only have better market for Your
| grain, but can have ii carried at less cost and
it l. safe to say you will get from 5 10 20 cens
more for your grain than at any ther point.
there Is talk OF extending the Sheboygan rail
| road through on this same line. The distance
| from Dubuque To Sheboygan would be 40
| miles further than either Chicago, Milwaukee,
| Menasha Nee ,ah or Oshkosh, and what bet
| ter market have you when your grain is ship
| ped 10 Sheboygasl. The distance from Green
| Bay TO Dubuque Is even less than Shcboygan
| ana much better point, as it would shorten
| tue lake navigation great many mics.
! What Inanniact uring interest will you get Il
| connection with by getting the She boygan
! railroad only that from Fond dn Lac 10 She
! boygan. You viii obtain all of these in OBJ
| tanning the W. NJ r. K by connection with
! THAI road Ia be made at Princeton, and that
| will unite you with your interest with all
! the manufacturing of Brown, Maniiowoc,
| Outaganie, Calumet and Winncbago,counlies
| You are also III connection with the best lum-
! Der district of the State OF WISCONSIN, at
| Oshkosh, and also with the iron interests at
E>canabi, Marquette and Neegaunee Nome
oi These VIII you gel by obtaining the She
boygan railroad. What has the Sheboyeap
road to bring to the counties on the line OF
this road, and what can it take from your
Counties 10 the port of Sheboygan 1t GER
| talnly cannot carry grain for it cannot compete
| with other lines of road as the distance will
| be further, ana no better market when at
| sheboygan.
On The contrary the W. NJ. r. r. has h,m-
Der and all the manufactured articles tina, are
| manufactured in the whole north and east
/ part OF the state, which the farmers are very
/ much III need OF, and the shortest route to
| bring these ariicles to you and also that the
/ best market III the stat of Wisconsin is aft rd
ed upon the lower Fox River for all kinds OF
/ gram, aud Will be carried at cheapest rates
| because the distance is less, and hence the
| gram viii be worth more at the door of the
| producer, than at any other point YOU could
| sh-p II. 1t may be well for people along this
| proposed route to consider The relative value
OF this road 20 any other they may have IN
! view
Incorporators Wisconsin N dand Railway Co.
The route of the Midland Railway,
| from Mineral Point 70 Princeton-abou,
| 100 miles is the same as was proposed
las, year tn be occupied by the Sheboy
gan and Fond du Lac X. K Co, bu,
owing to the serious misunderstanding.
between that Company and the Wiscon.
sin Central in relation to dividing the
land grant, the extension Of the =. h r
K r. in this direction from Princeton
| appears to he abandoned If, however
the Midland Railway shall he constr uct
ed as proposed, all the advantages of a
connection at Princeton with SheboyQau
will he secured, and the additional ad
vantage Of direct road to Oshkosh, Nee,
nah. Menasha, and thence By {. Il n. W.
X. K. to Green Bay ana Lake Superior
We also learn from Mr. Strong that A.
b Hamilton, Esq brother of Gen
Hamilton, L. s. Marshall of eastern dis
trict of Mis.-will give a personal ex.
PLANTATION of the project in public meet
ings to be held at Mineral Point Dodge
vile, and other points on the line in
about three weeks, of which due notice
| will he given.