The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1873-07-03


time careful and economical use of money
could accomplish The ties, which are a
foot longer than are generally used and
have bearing on the bed the whole
length, are so closely laid that as you
look at the recedlng track from the rear
OF the last coach, as You are borne
smoothly and swiftly along, 1t presents
the appearance of being almost covered
with ties. We have been told that there
are one-hfth more ties than are usually
laid to the mile. The iron is also heavier
than is generally laid, and when it is re-
membered that the cars are new and ele-
CANT IN their appointments, with all
modern Improvements In running gear,
that the road is thoroughly baIlasted, and
that every thing about it and the ma
chlnery, by which thepassenger is borne
along to his destination, are as near per-
lection as money and the vast experience
of those who have built and equipped
the road could make them, our readers
viii believe US when we declare that the
passenger ON this train felt less jar and
had the smoothest ride of sixty-thIae
miles he ever enjoyed Id his Life. The
road, though in operation over a year,
has not cost fifty dollars all told for re-
pairs. The rolling stock consists of Is
hCSFy AOCOAiOb1fCo, L. pticoSlS0I CotIS,
200 fiat and 100 box cars, 40 gravel cars,
express and bagge cars, etc. We saw
several cars loaded with two lengths of
/ Is feet logs, which gave us the impress
sion that this company is determined to
excel in every particular, have longer
freight cars than are usually built for
our railroads. Indeed, We do not see
how the Wisconsin Central Companycan
do more to satisfy the public than they
are, and have been from the very start,
acting IN perfect good faith.
Accepting the invitation of Mr. Phil
lips, President OF the Wisconsin Central
Construction Co., to accompany him
from Stevens Point to the end of the
track, We found ourselves in the COM
panys business or palace carve think
its luxurious elegance and convenience
entities it TO the latter appellation,
passing over road which, though pene-
trating an otherwise unbroken wilder
ness, was equal in every respect to the
| division between kIenasha and Stevens
Point. One popularity observable
throughout the whole line from Doty's
Island to its present terminus, tiifty-eight
miles north of Stevens Point, is, that
! the road IS entirely completed as they
advance, graded, track laid, iron down,
permanent bridges and culverts built,
| the track nearly ballasted, fenced where
thereare clearings, drains made, telegraph
wires stretched, and the last office al
ways advances with the head-quarters
tent, and right of way settled every
/ thing In substantial readiness for trains
/ to make the same rapid and safe transit
over the last mile as the first.
| Twelve or fifteen miles out of Stevens
Point We struck the first heavy timber.
/ Thence as far as the train took us the
road IS walled in on both sides by an i'm
mense growth of timber, the different
kinds prevailing In about the following
order pine, linden, or bass-wood, birch,
hemlock, elm, maple, and a little oak
We were told by Mr.. Eaton and others
VINO have traversed these immense
forests, that the timber seen from the car
was IN quality and quantity fair index
of It's growth for ten and Ia some places
twenty miles each side OF the track. The
road the whole distance is an easy grade,
there being no heavy fills or deep cuts,
and the luxurlant growth already attain
ed OF sef-planted grain and grass where
teams had been fed onthe track Iastyear.
10 convincing proof Of the agricultural
/ richness of the soil from which this re-
narkabie growth of timber has sprung.
What do you think of that. Smith q
would be the remark of mayor Wadleigh,
who was with US, addressed to Ira, as we
passed grove after grove of towering
pines, interspeTsed with hard wood, and
Smiths mouth would fairly water with
the desire to have few millions of them
accessible to his mill in Manitowoc. We
saw pine that We think would cut so per
I anyz+ into u I = I
from quarter all the way up to a mil
hon feet per 40 acres. When this pine
is OFF, there is left very large quantity
of other kinds of timber, which viii be
valuable for manufacturing purposes and
doubtless viii result in the establishment
all along the line of this road of manu-
featuring towns, And when this immense
harvest of timber has all been reaped
and its effects observed in the upbuild-
ing of holr1shlng, popIIlolis s,nd wealthy
towns, the productions of the sell will
still be made to contribute to their sus-
tenance and growth. After enjoying the
/ hospitality of Mr.. Phillips, which in
/ cIuded sumptous meals and luxurious
| touches on the car, together with the
/ kind care and consideration of this gen
| tlelnan aud Messrs. Harris end Bacon.
/ the General and Assistant Superinten-
| dent, we g came out of the wilderness -
and stopped again at Stevens Point.
Forty-six miles from Stevens Point
| Messrs. Spaulding & Co. have erected
mill that was removed from Black river.
| and is now making its Bonn feet per day
OF ten hours. This company, besides
getting out eighty million of logs during
the last winter to supply their mills on
the Black river, have put in from eight
TO ten millions on ON the Au Planes for
this new mil on the line of the Wiscon-
SIN Central. One Of thr company, with
his family, Is living ON the ground, and
when we passed, the mill was in full
blast, and piles of lumber and timber ac-
eumulating along the track. To lum-
bermen In this vicinity we need only to
say that logs got out on the Wisconsin
and along the line of this road when seen
IN the water show one-half or more
above the surface, to indicate the quality
of the pine.
An incident occurred while the train
stopped at 8 Colby and after the loca-
| ton OF the station at the s' elm tree
which illustrates the far-seeing sagacity
as well as liberal policy pursued by the
officers of this road. and under which
we predict that their road will become
the most important and prosperous in
this State. i man who has machinery
for making clothes pins, broom handles,
ETC., at Menasha. where the timber is
| becoming scarce, wanted to know of Mr..
Phillips, at s. 81, if the company would
sell him a site for a mill Mr.. Phillips
Immediately replied that he might select
his mill site on the track and the CON-
pany would give him ten years lease
without rent. They do more than this.
They will take machinery to be used for
manufacturing purposes on the line OF
the road for one-half the regular rates
and we are told that regular rates ae
lower than other roads.
Such road with such policy govern
ing its management, can not fail of
marked success. It viii not only sue
ceed, but VIII do it Immediately: and
our only regret now is-we say it with
all due deference-that Manitowoo was
1sou ID the start made its base of opera
! tons, its initial point on Lake Michigan.