Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1875-02-18

tate the building of the road from
Lancaster, and hoped the Milwaukee
Il st. Paul Company would do some
thing to connect this city with
Monroe.
Mr. Jas. A. Jones, of Lancaster,
being caIlsd upon. said: As a citi-
zen of southwestern Wisconsin no
had listened with pleasure and no
little pride, to the complimentary
remarks pf Gen. Jones and Judge
Wilson to Grant county. lie agreed
| with the General that perhaps few
counties in the United States were
possessed of richer natural resources
than Grant county. 1t was rich in
| agriculture, rich in mineral, rich in
timber, and rich in water courses.
She has the natural elements OF
wealth and greatness. Her citizens,
however, are not wealthy; neither
are they in the condition of beggars.
They are generally happy in their
little comfortable homes, without
sreai ,Izury, but free from extreme
poverty, having food convenient tor
them. They begin however. to hank
er after those avenues of trade and
traffic, calculated to develop our rich
resources referred to by our venera-
BILE frond, Jones. And we are here
tonight, as the representatives OF
central and southwestern Grant, to
confer with you, in reference to q
proposition to connect us by an iron
rail with your prosperous and grow
ing young city. We seek Dubuque
because we believe it is our natural
outlet, and because our best interests
lead US to this point; and further,
because we believe the benefits nc
cruing to your city are mutual with
our own, in such an enterprise. The
people Of Lancaster and Potosi seem
willing to aid in such an object, to
tho extent cur laws and private
means will permit, and it is for Du-
budue to determine whether she can,
with our aid, assume to construct
this road.
Col. Clark, of Lancaster, said the
delegations had come to confer with
committee of Dubuquers about the
connection with this city Of Lancas-
ter and part of the country ada
cent. Lancaster had wealth Be-
tween 100000 and 100000 worth
of stock tor retail purposes had been
bought by dealers in that place the
past year. As much as | 900, 600
bushels of grain might have been
shipped from there during the year,
| but.for the want of the means. The
town must have these means. He
had examined the routes, having
surveyed one, and know it was pos
sible to build line, very easily, from
that town, either north, south, or
east. The people there were deter
mined TO have railroad communica
ton with some market. and those
who helped them should be helped
in return. A read was already being
built, to which Lancaster had voted
aid, and which was designed to con-
meet with Chicago. But thirty miles
had been completed. There are in
Grant county, and counties adjoining,
40 by SO miles of territory not tap
ped by any road, North of Grant
county was vast extent Of terri
tory now shut out from communicG-
ton with markets, and if Dubuque
wished to command this gigantic
trade it is in her power to do SO
The Colonel closed his remarks hy
suggesting that the pontOon hri tgo
BE- laid at Specht's ferry, III It the
road on this side of tho river be used
to that point, and that the road to
Lancaster DO built over by The Grant
river. Q
Mr.. S9aton, Of Potosi, said that
the gonu3men who had preceded
him had covered all the ground.
Grant county, "a had been said, was
wealthy, and tho people able to travel
on railroads. She was rich in the
products of the farm her people
know of the commercial enterprise
Of this city, and they desired an
intero0m of intercsts.
The route from Lancaster, down by
Potosi, to Dubuque, woul be bull.
It was only question Of time.
Every merchant and mechanic in
Dubuque should be interested in this
subject. Potosi had voted tax in
aid Of the proposed Dabcquo, Plat
vile & Milwaukee road, but as that
had been failure, bill was now
before tho Wisconsin Legislature
empowering the people to transfer
tho aid to any other road they chose
Dr. j P. Quigley, of Dubuque, on
being called upon, expressed his full
concurrence in the views expressed
by the gentlemen from the other
side of the river. The people OF
this city, generally, wero willing to
invest in the stock of the road. He
desired the delegation to remain to-
morrow and haye a meeting with
our citizens, when larger number
would be present, at the Court House
tomorrow figh'.
General Jones moved that when
the meeting adjourned, it adjourn to
meet tom 5rrow (to-day) at this
place, az p. m. After some discus
sion the motion was carried.
General Jones then offered the
following:
Resolved, That committee of four be
appointed from the delegates now present
| from Grant county, and four from dubuque,
to report TO an adjourned meeting of this con-
venton, to be held at the Court House at ?
O'Clock D. IN morrow, as to the proper
| steps to be taken TO inaugurate the construc-
ton of the Lancaster & Dubuque Railroad.
| Resolved, That said committee consist Of
John c. Clark, John R. Calls, Hugh A.
Moore, ]. w Seaton, Of Grant county, and
Plat Smith, J. K Graves, M. S. Robson,
| w. II. Peabody, Of Dubuque.
THE MEETING ON FRIDAY.
(From Saturdays Dubuque Timos)
At halfpast two o'clock the cory
ypnti0D assem- blpd AT he cOurt house.