Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1875-07-30
THE NARROW GUAaE ROAD.
It Must be Pushed Forward.

The President and Board Of Director
Of the Galena and Southern Wisconsin
Railroad have commenced at once am ear
nest and vigorous effort to push the road
forward this season as far as possible to-
wards Wipgvllle. They would like to
reach Wingville, if possible, this fall. If
this is found impracticsble, they mean to
build at least one half that distance, this
fall and finish it up 20 Wngville early
next season. No one who has never seen
the beautiful country lying between the
mounds and Wingville can fully appreci
ate the importance of tapping that fertile
region with our Narrow Guage Railroad.
The circumstances are about as follows
The road is now completed and in opera
ton to Platteville,a distance Of thirty mig
Twenty miles more will complete it to
Wingville. This twenty mile of road
will cost only about one-half as much as
the thirty miles already completed, be-
cause there is less roug h country to pass
through, and it is by no means probable that
the company will labor under the dsad-
vantages which they had to face in their
first campaign of thirty miles. Besides
they have now nearly sufficient rolling
stock to operate the whole fifty miles. On
the other hand, the next twenty miles of
road will undoubted earn fully three
times as much money as the present thirty
miles. Mr.. Pein, of this city, who is
buying zinc mineral for La Sale COM
pany, tells us he is positive that when the
road reaches Wingville he can ship over
it an average of ten car loads per day of
mineral, or one full train per day. 1t is
reasonable to suppose that this twenty
miles will ship at least FIVE car loads of
produce per day to Galena, making total
of fifteen car loads per day for this twenty
miles. This is nearly three times as
much as is now being done by the thirty
miles of road already completed. If any
one asks our reason for figuring three
times as much business for the next TWEEN
ty miles as is done by the present 80 miles,
we answer that at present the road reaches
but very little zinc mineral, whereas the
next tw enty miles will bring it within
reach of the great blackjack and dry bone
mines of Miff1in, Cente rville and Highland,
which will, without doubt, load one full
train per day. The reason why it will
furnish more freight in the produce line
to the mile is evident. The first fifteen
miles of the present road is competing all
the way with wagons. Farmers within
this distance can come to Galena with
wagon loads and return the same day, land
many of them are doing so. At Platteville
we have the Calamine & Platteville road
to compete with Wingville is twenty
miles from any road, and when the Mar
row Guage reaches that point, it will have
no competition whatever. Every pound
of her surplus freight will be taken away
by this road
We mention these facts-and facts they
areas showing how deep an interest the
present stockholders should feel IN the
extention of the road to Wingville.
Two routes have been surveyed-one
from Platteville north through the town
ship of Lima, the village of Washburne
and the township of Clifton to Wingvllle,a
distance of eighteen miles. The other
route branches off from the present road
at Phillips corner, about four miles south
cast of Platteyille, and five miles north Of
Lima, passes through the old village OF
Belmont, near one Ct the mounds;s shence
through the township of Miffiin, passing
two miles east Of the village of Miffiin;
thence bearing northwest, crosses over in
TO the town Of Clinton near the residence
Hugh Livingston, and from this point
nearly due north to Wingville. This route
is twenty miles in length. Which route
will be adopted depends something upon
which will furnish most aid and re-
spond most literally in giving the right
of way. President Hunkins went over the
two routes some three weeks ago, and
Secretary Lorrain has been out in that vi
entity to ASCERTAIN what the people will do.
Messrs. Sidney Hunkins and W. II. Mar
tin started this morning to go over the
whole length of both routes and secure The