Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1875-01-21
The Narrow Gauge to Lancaster.

| The r. lroad meeting at the cour
house in L .ncaster on Saturday after
noon last was largely attended. Th
farmers were out in full force, an,
the citizens of the village crowded
10 to listen, speak and act. Mr.. Levi
Holloway was chosen President AM
Mr.. Chas. Baxter Secretary of til,
meeting. The Secretary's minute
of the proceedings appear in anothe
column.
The meeting was addressed By
several persons, all uttering wha'
appeared to be the unanimous senti'
ment of the assembly, that the citi
zens of the town of Lancaster were
paying heavier tax in keeping rail
roads away from the place thar
would be required to build one which
would accommodate the center of the
county. The sentiment as expressed
was almost unanimous in favor of g
conn ectiou with the Galens Narrow
Gauge. But Messrs Calls and
Jones presented some strong reasons
in favor of connection with Du-
buaue which would at once unite GEN.
trial Grant with con peting railroad
and river transportation. General
Calls Insisted on this scheme with
great force Lancaster would give
$50, 900, Potosi as much, and this
would do great desl in grading to
Dubuque 1t was argued 10 reply by
Judge Mills and others that before
Gslena had begun her narrow gauge
nobody thought OF the Dubuque
project Had Dubuque attempted, as
Galena, 70 build a railroad from Dun
lieth into Grant county there would
have been ut ali times readiness to
C4lGnu TUG iOdd ~ 0auChbtCIs Inv
the town possessed of county seat
should eudeavor 10 facilitate the
means Of travel TO and from it as
well as traffic SO far as travel was
concerned, the narrow gauge from
Galena would enable the citizens of
Plattevlllc and the south part of the
county to reach Lancaster by rail,
while road from Dubuque, except
from Pot0si, would not enable o
large part OF the population of the
county to reach the county seat.
There would be little freight between
Potosi and Dubuque To enable
short road to pay it shouli run
through farming country the en-
tire route, so that every mile should
contribute something to freight and
passengers. A railroad connection
with Galena and the southern part
of the county ought to be under
taken some day, and there was no
better time than when GaleDa was
actually pushing the road into the
county, and certainly Lancaster
ought to have some influence in de-
termining what line or lines that
road should pursue in passing through
the county. We had as much right
and interest in controlling this mat
ter as any other part OF the county
Messra. Moore, Mills, Burr, Clement.
son, Bushnell and others favored
these views. 10 fact, the meeting
might be considered unanimous as
regards the railroad wants OF Cen
trial Grant.
The resolution OF Mr.. Moore,
which will be found in the published
proceedings of the meeting elsewhere,
was passed without dissent, whore
upon committee Of five, consisting
OF Messrs. Mills, Holloway, Ryland,
Moore and Clark, we're appointed
TO procure such information rs might
be advantageous sn also to furnish
u draft of railroad cdGrter. This
committee will call another meeting
of the citizens of Lancaster when it
has it's report ready.