Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1875-08-27

without hope to cast faint, Kicker
ing light upon the prospects of the
future. Once more. after long inter
val, a meeting has been called to as
sembly tomorrow, Saturday. (28th) to
take into consideration the same old /
question: and to receive propositions
relative thereto. That the prosI ect for
having our desires gratiied are brlghttf
than on any former occasion,we would not
hazard an opinion, as they seem 10 tie
writer scarcely isht enough to throw any |
light upon the question. We may ,hoWey-
Ell, safely affirm that the interests expected
to be repres entcd in the convention to-mor
row are greater and more conflicting than
they have ever been at any previous rail-
road meet ing held in this county. Delegates
from no less than three separate and dis
tinct rail road companies are expected to|
be present and submit each their PROPOSE
ton to, and solicit aid from the citizens as
sembled, to extend their respective roads to
Dodgeville and through the county. Two
OF these roads are to be constructed upon
the uari ow gluge, the,other upon the broa
gauge plan. The former are known AS
and the "Richland Center and Lone
Rock" Narrow Gauge roads, The other,
viz, the M. P. R. r.. needs no words Of 10 lp1;
/ trasrrntrorr at this IaIe Jay TO the people
of this county. Nearly quarter of a CEN
fury of open hostility, strife and litiga-
ton, defeat and modification has made
us thoroughly acquainted wi tn the knave-
ry duplicity, and unreliabiity Of this
Janus faced corporation. And thus far
the acquain lance formed with the COM
pany in the great school of adversely,
and by the scourge of the bloated bond
holders, has been exceedingly unpleasant
and ruinous in the highest degree to the
development of our resources and our
commercial prosperity, Is it not time
that longer forbearance should cease to
be virtue ? If the quantity or quality,
or both of the injustice heaped upon US
for these many years could render right
eous indignation and resentment JUST
fable Or hasten the day of retribution,
the time for action had come long ago.
But the "mills of justice often times grind
exceedingly slow yet exceeding fine"
But the dayio deliverance may be near
at hand, and the bow of peace and pros
perity may be about to be thrown across
our dark commercial sky. Let discourage
ment and discomfort give place to hope
and zeal. United action and determined
purpose promote at least, if they do not
at all times ensure success. Citizens of
Iowa county, we should, in this matter,
be of one mind, even as one man, having
one common purpose and object in view,
the extension of some railroad through
the county. Three separate and distinct
companies, as / said before, each propos
ing to run in different direction, are now
DESTROYS of tapping our fertile county.
Neither of these companies are financially
able to build the road independent of
local aid. Local aid they must have, and
this aid we must give if we would secure
a railroad and the advantages and bene
fits derived therefrom. The questions ther
. for us to decide are-how much aid Car
we safely and benefcially give
Shall we assist Teach of these roads, ol
only one and if we can only assist one
which one shall it be? Shall it be the
Gaena and Southern Wisconsin, or the
Richland Center and Lone Rock, or the
Mineral Point railroad The questions
must be an swered by the convention,
and those W no attend must 60 there with
a thorough I'm derstanding Of the relative
merits of these roads, and dcfnate idei
of what the interests of the county de
mand. The Galena and Southern
Wisconsin is narrow gauge rail roac
beginning at the above named place anC
running to Platteville, TO which place i
is now completed and in working order
thence to the town of Wingvile, anC
thence along the ridge to Madison. The
stock holders of this road are exceedingly
anxious to extend their road, and are
making vigorous efforts to reach Wing
vile this fall. The direction this road
will take from Wiugville, is, of course
indefinite. 1t must either keep directly
north to the river, or take an Easterly
course to Madison. 1t is for us to decide
in a great measure the direction 1t shall
take. That road of this kind, putting
us in connection with the great COM
mercial cities the of West-Milwaukee and
Chicago directly by rail, and St. Louis
and other points by water from Galena or
Dubuque, would be of great benefit to us.
cannot be doubted.
The Richland Center and Lone Rock
railroad is also narrow gauge road and
is DESTROYS of extending both in North
erly and Southerly direction from the
first named village. In coming South it
would probably take it's course through
Otter Greek valley to Dodgevlle. This
would be, it seems to us,an expensive road,
perhaps little more so than either Of the
other two ON account of the heavy grading
necessary to be done. 1t however has
its advantages and worth at least mo
ment's consideration. The Mineral Point
railroad is an old, I'd ecrepit broad-gauge
road and appears to be in the last stages
of consumption, land sh ould either of the mar
row gauge roads be extended to Dodgeville
it would certainly die, if it did not make a
vigorous effort and extend its line of OPP
Grafton through the county. Should it
honestly propose to do this, and cons
mence action at once it has ,commendable
qualities which. perhaps, the other
roads have not. But let the people of the
county beware how they deal with this M.
P. r. r. 1--WE are, it appears, about to
be placed in position where we can act
with an independence heretofore denied US
Let them conform to our terms. Let
them feel what it is to be petitioners for fa-
vors. But,fellow citizens, let us act wisely
and promptly in whatsoever we shall
see fit to do. Come to the convention
Saturday, 28,O determined to succeed and
secure railroad, and let great unanimtiy
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