Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1875-09-03

HOut hdu gone up ana gone down land
still they had no railroad. At last
they had grown tired of that sort of
thing, and had determined to help
themselves. And as Dodgeyille had
had about the same experience as
Kiohland Center, the patient and long,
suffering people of the latter place
desired him to come over and say to
the patient and long.sufering people
OF the former, that they had at last
tounda way out of their difficulties, and
would be most happy to meet them and
unite their fortunes by strong ties and
iron bands-at Lone Rock. The NJ. &
st. T. road was very favorable to the r.
.. & L. &, project, Mr.. Merrill having
assured Mr.. Krouskop that his company
would provide all the arrangements for
transferring freight from and to the
narrow gauge cars, and that the NJ, &
st. I, road would receive freight from
the Il. G. y i. r. road at such rates
as would make it cost no more to ship
from Richland Center than from
Lone Rock. MIR. Krouskop had no
doubt that we could obtain the same
favorable terms from the M. & st. P.
Go. There was but little doubt that
this road, if built, would soon be ex.
tended northward from Richland Cen
ter into the pine lumber regions, and
ultimately enthusiastically from
Dodgeville down the Pecatonica valley
to Freeport, and thence to Chicago.
But the enterprise does not at all de-
pend on this for its success. From
the time of its completion from Rich
land Center to Dodgeville, or from
either OF those places to Lone Rock, it
villa be great source of profit to the
people who build it. Mr.. Krouskop
hoped our people would give some at.
tention to the project, as he was salts
fed that after careful investigation
of its merits they could but regard it
favorable.
Judge Strong here reminded the
people that they could hope for 9TH
ing but opposition from the
people Of Mineral Point to any
railroad which was to stop at
Dodgeville, while for his NJ. PIT. and
Portage City project he had no doubt
that several thousand dollars would be
subscribed by citizens Of Mini Point.
We should have mentioned that the
Judge in his first speech said that the
times were not yetripe for the building
of his read, but as the people ofDodge-
vile would not be able to secure more
than one road, he: wishes them not to
cripple their energies with any one
horse enterprise, but to wait little
and thereby get something that would
be worth having.
NJ. j. Briggs, Esq said he was alive
to the Importance Of building a road
from Dodgeville to some place. That
the Impression prevailed among our
people that the proposition for the ex-
tension of the M. PIT. road was not
made in good faith. At any rate, of
the two projects-the extension of the
NJ. Pt. road or the building Of mar
row gauge to Lone Rookie should
favor tho latter, as it would make
Dodgeville great wheat market and
give US many advantages which the
other would not. He had recently
talked with Judge Mills and Governor
Taylor, both of whom had given much
to railroads, and both were
enthusiastically in favor Of narrow
gauge roads. Gov. Taylor even went
SO far as to predict that at no distant
day the great Milwaukee & st. Paul
road itself would be changed to mar
row gauge.
Judge Strong-"If Gov. Taylor said
that don't wonder at Ed. Bragg call
ing him an old ass
Mr.. Briggs replied that when an old
fogy got his head full Of one idea he
couldn't be expected to learn anything
new
Judge Cothren here remarked that
if he had understood the meeting to be
called in the interest of narrow gauge
project, lie would have had nothing to
say, but was treasured by the chairman
that the meeting was called to hear and
discuss any and all railroad PROPOSE
tions which might be be offered:
Mr.. Thomas Laird, an old and inau-
entail citizen of the town of Wingville,
Grant county, said that he had autici-
pated, on seeing the call for this meet
ing, that some representatives of the
Galena & Southern Wisconsin narrow
gauge road would be persent, but as he
was disappointed in this he would take
the liberty of sayin g few words in
behalf of that company. The road, as
all knew,was completed and in SUCCESS
full operation from Galena to Platte
vile. The towns of Wingville, Clifton
and Lima, in Grant county,were about
to aid it to sufficient extent to secure
its extension to Wingville, and from
there he hoped to see it extended cast
wardly along the Military Ridge to
Madison. The people over in his
section had often been talked to by his
friend, Judge Cothren and others,
about a railroad along this ridge. and
sometimes the prospects had seemed
very bright, but still they had thus far
been unable to discern the smoke of
the locomotive, even with telescope;
and so they had now gone to work !,
with the motto that providence helps
those who help themselves. The farm
ers of the southern part of Highland
were ready to aid this road on its east
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