Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1875-09-09
The Railroad Prospect.

Judge Cothren and Moses NJ. Strong
were there in the interest of the Min
eral Point road. Much time was oc
cupied in the discussion of a project
to construct a wood-rail, narrow
gauge road from Dodgeville to Lone
Rock. Mr.. Strong is supposed to
have sustained his reputation in an
effort not to build road nor let any
! one else build one.
The most reasonable speech made
at that meeting was the one by Mr.
Thos. Laird, of Wingville. He wish
ed to have the Dodgeville people Join
the Wingvilie people by railway con.
nection To do that there arc no
SUBMITS to go over, no deep cuts to
| fill and no short curves. Whoever
proposes building a road should at
least look at the map of the county
through which his road is to pass.
The map will show that nature has al
ready filled up road-bed between
Madison and Dodgeville, Dodgeville
and Wingyille, Wingvillc and Fenni-
nimore, Fennimore and Lancaster,
and Lancaster and the Mississippi
river near Potosi The road bed is
not only natural one over which the
road may be built cheaply, but the
people along the line are prepared to
build it. Still another advantage is
that the road would be a good invest
ment 1t would open an immediate
connection with Milwaukee, which is
much desired by the people at the
points named. The country north
ward from Wingville and Dodgeville
must not be forgotten either. Wing
villeis certainly point through which
a pinery road must pass. There are
erroneous impressions abroad, how
ever, as to where the lumber would
want to go. Very little would go
over that road to Chicago. West
ward is the great lumber market.
Hundreds of thousands of lumber 90
by lake and lake roads to Chicago,
and then from there across Illinois to
Iowa, Nebraska and Kansas. If this
road is laid as it should be, it will
bring the great lumber country ofnor-
thern Wisconsin two hundred miles
nearer its best market than it now is.
1t should aim to strike the Mississippi
where it would secure the river and
railroad competition now ccntered at
Dubuque. If people think they are
at the Mississippi river when they are
at Galena they will find themselves
badly mistaken, and there is but one
railroad outlet there. Dubuque, too,
is city that the people will find as
desirable to be connected with as Mil
waukee. Southern products would
be obtained more cheaply there than
at Milwaukee or Chicago, and pro
duce of this country wo nd have the
advantage of southern competition as
against eastern.
Whether this shall be narrow gauge
or common gauge is not of much con
Germ. The ground over which il
would pass from Dodgeville to the
Mississippi river is easily graded, AZ
to scale of ascent and curvature. |
the people along the line could mo-
raise the money in themselves for {
common gauge, then cover the bee
with narrow gauge. Ten thousand
dollars per mile will complete it, will
50 IL iron rails, for this whole distance
This much is said az suitable for tht
consideration of the people all along
the line, but the place to begin is Ian
caster, and the time now.
SUNDAY SCnooL ANNIyERsARY.-A
Sabbath School Anniversary of an in
teresting character was held at tn
Wesley Chapel in Hazel Green las
Sunday afternoon and evening in tn
open air. The exercises consisted o
vocal and instrumental music, recita
tons and dialogues. There was
very large attendance, especially il
the evening when several hundret
were present. The school is superin
tended by Mr.. Henry Mitchell assisted
by John II Varker, and much credi
is due them for their zeal in Sunday
School work, and their efforts in car
rying out the anniversary exercises
Many of the young men and ladies &C
Quilted themselves admirably, mum
Der Of them being students at tn
Platteville Normal School. Such ex
ercises are commendable and sin sea
son" at all times They incline tn
intellectual, social and religious ma
lures of the young to the paths of use
fulness and righteousness. Some 81,
was raised for purchasing books 70
the school.
CoNTEMPTIBLE between the hou
of Q and 10 o'clock last Sunda
night an evil-disposed person wa
guilty of very mean, low act.
occurred at the residence of lady
this town A lady and gentlema
were sitting on sofa, engaged
, conversations when they heard