Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1875-02-04
DUBUQUE AND NARROW GAUGE.
WHAT DUBUQUE THINKS OF THE
LANCASTER RAILROAD.
Prom tho Grant County fgi,l HrRAlp

From the Grant County t@is.l HERALD.
IT is eV dent from the editorials and CORES
pondence IN The Dubuque city press relatlv'
TO The proposed narrow gauge through Gran
county, that there IS a favorable feeling u
that CITY towards securing direct raj road con
uectIon with h-westeIn Wisconsin ant
The numbering regions oi the north An ed
torIai ~ Saturdays Times speaks someWha
at lengih concerning the sui l-c', and, refer
ring 10 the action OF the late railroad meetIn!
he at Lancaster, says,
IL sre /, Lows The article of the
TIMES OF the % inst. upon which
the GRANT G. UNITY HERALD further
comments as follows ::
From the above we nav suppose that Ian.
caster and Polosi will tax railroad 10 theii
nearest cay al all early day. Potosi viii
doubtless be repre- srntrd on The occasion by
some Oi her leading citizens or a committee
appointed by them. he proposed road will
rot only connec, Dubuque directly with
rich agricu tural and numbering region north
OF her, but Il Is no less TACT that with The
comp elton oi such project railroad would
at once be buit IN connection with the mario W
gauge system OF Wisconsin, to extern along
the Military Ridge" eastward TO Madison
which ~oui give that GUY duect connection
with Milwaukee,, an thus provide for her
anoiher desirable outlet, aud the advantage oil
d compar alive line 10 The lake. We hope
Dubuque VIII see it in this hight, and take
steps 10 advance her own interests
Ii must DO apparent TO our city
readers that tho construction of this
pr, l-cted NJ lwaukee and Dabuqle
narrow gauge railway VIII prove
Of market advan age To the city and
he wide scope of country 10 the
west and northwest now having
communication with Dubuque by
rail We owe much of cur present
prosperity TO the construction and
ousIuess of the several roads now
centerlng here, and though mach i
thus due, it is but just 70 say tina,
Dubuque has contributed very Der
ally indeed to their building Bn'
generous as have been our cOntribu-
IONS TO these several pr 9cts, and
treel y as our people, and tue city in
It's corporate capacity, have contri-
nnied 10 them, We would be 10th IL.
deed TO Rave the oil status restored.
Tn ugh We have expended hundreds
If thousands Of dol rs for rail ways s,
who wo,l part with the resultant
o, nefts TO cry and peol - for thrice
the cost We have done much in
thrir behalf, but we can do more.
Every new outl,>, in 40 matter what
direction, has considerably augmen-
ted our com mercial fac l'lies and
business, aud the ,ssons Of the past
in this respect shouli inspire us to
further endeavor, and chal eDge our
best atten ion and ABILITIES IN the
way of multil lying those fac.l ties
While it is true that wide range Of
country round about Us il and ever
expects to be iC close practical bust
ness relations with Dubuque, yet
they look TO Dlbuque to leave no
rational means un,rled to ell 'rgt
our commercial capacity, and increase
our value TO the rounding trihu'
tary country. 1t will not do to stop
now; it W Ii not do to rely upol
what we have, leaving the future to
take care of itself. The 90 ts hel[
those who help thems, Ives" is 4
maxim we cannot atfJrd to forget
The past should serve to show u
that, as every important achieve
ment has come Only through hard
work, pairs aking management, and
somewhat of expenditure, We cannot
hope for successes in the future with
out like emplDyment of these same
Influences. Direct and cheap cou-
nectiOn with Milwaukee we regard
as OF more valle to Dubuque than
any other now unsupplied. True
times are hard, and money is scarce,
but surrey no more so here than
along the rursl route through WIS
conein, where they are raising means
for this very pre- jet. Dubuque must
not lag oebind her less pretentiJu'
neighoors nor forget her duty L
herself Our people should don their
thinking caps.