Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1873-04-29
OSHKOSH 70 DUBUQUE.
Objects ana Ben. Cts OF the wIsconsia MiT ans
Railroad.

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The company was organized up-
der aud in pursuance Of Chapter ll9
of the general laws Of 1872 by the
following incorporAtors
J. L. Dorrance and Edward Sar-
gent, of Oshkosh; A. B. Hamilton
and II. t. Hamilton, OF Ripon and
D. L. Hardness OF Berlin.
The first meeting Of the Compa-
ny was held on the fest day of
Aprili 1873, and the following off,
GERS were elected
J. l.. Dorrence, President; Ed.
ward Sargent, Secretary and Vice
President d. L. Hardness. Treasur.
or and Superintendent of Construe-
tion A. b Hamilton, Attorney and
II. T, Hamilton, Chief Engineer.
4 The route Of the road is from the
city Of Oshkosh to the city of Du-
buQue, together with branch from
Omro to Menasha. 1t is desired to
pass through the cities and towns on
the line OF road, provided that suffi.
ciert local aid can be obtained to
warrant the Investment of Eastern
capital. Eastern capital can not
DO secured 10 construct Western
road unless from four to FIVE thous-
and dollars in bonds are secured per
each mile of road, and it is desired
TO secure this amount of aid in order
to ensure the speedy completion of
the road. Capital will seek a good
Investment as soon as il can be
shown that the road will pay the in
terest on the bonds. This has al
ready been shown to Eastern capt.
slists, and they 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 DO worth something to the
stockholders. And it is the inten-
ton OF the Company to construct a
substantial road, not one that the
iron will hardly be laid before it be-
gins to show tho wear, as if it had
been down ten years. At Menasha
there are ten large Touring mills, at
Neenah there are 2, and large mum.
Der at Appleton that have TO lay idle
nearly half the time for want OF
grain to supply the mills. The price
OF wheat generally ranges from 5 to
Is cents per bushsl more at these
mills than in Chicago, Milwaukee OF
Sheboygan.
The people along the line Of The
Green Bay & Lake Pepin r r., now
ship their grain TO Appleton, Mena'
,h1 and Neenah, thereby going o. eI
wo lines of road II the farmer
will look st "a State map he will find
the distance from Dubuque to Mena.
sha and Neenah, the same a. to Mil
waukee and Chicago, and taking any
point on the line OF road you viii
End that the distance to Oshkosh
Neenah and Menasha 10 considerable
nearer than to Milwaukee or Chlca-
go, hence, you will not only have a
better market for your grain, and
can have il carried 81 less cost and ii
Is safe to say you will get from five
to twenty cents more tor your grair
than a. any other point. There il
{. TX Of extending the Sheboygar
railroad through on this same line
The distance from Dubuque to She
boygan would DO 40 miles further
than either Chicago, Milwaukee, Me-
nasha, Neenah or Oshkosh, AND
what better market have you when
your grain is shipped to Sheboy gam
The distance from Green Bay tC
Dubuque is even less than Sheboy
gan and much better point, as il
would shorten the lake navigation q
great many miles. What manufac.
turing interest will you get con.
nection with by getting the Sheboy.
gan railroad only that from Fond du
Lac TO Sheboygan. You will obtain
all OF those in obtaining the w u
4. r by q connection with that road
To be made st Princeton, and that
will unite yOa With your interes
With ell the Manufacturing of Brown
ManitOWOc, Outagamie. Calumet and
Winnebago counties. You are also
in connection with the beat lumber
district Of the State of Wisconsin, al
Oshkosh, and also with the iron in
tert sts at Escanaba, Marquette and
Neegaunee. None of these will you
get by obtaining the Sheboygan rail.
road. What has the Sheboygar
road TO bring to the counties on the
line of this road, and what can il
take from your counties to the port
of Sheboygsn. 1t certainly cannot
carry grain for it cannot compete
with other lines Of road, as the dis
lance will be further, and no better
market when at Sheboygan.
On the contrary the W. III. K r.
has lumber and all the manufactured
articles that are manufactured in the
whole north and east part of the
state, which the farmers are very
mouth in need of, and the shortest
route to bring these articles to you
and also that the best market in the
state of Wisconsin is afforded upon
the lower Fox River, for all kinds oil
e. ain, and will be carried at cheap
est rates, because the distance is less
and hence the grain will be worth
more ct the door Of the producer,
than 1t any other point you could
ship it. 1t may be well for people
along this proposed route to consider
the relative value of this road TO any
other they may have in view.
lrcorperstors WI Midland r. r. Co.
WHERE Town MEETINGS SHoULr
BE HELp.-The Supreme Court has