Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-05-31

woald have upon its local pro srsrity Whsl~ Il hs
oeon co.sendsd By ssne that tia estatlishm o.
railroad sestions and prov diag railrosA ac ss
points trpm I've 10 twenty mjIes north Of N.nersj
Point would cut oM large amount Of IT, BUSH 60
y has been claimed BY Others, Of which l am oss
tI.t ."noaea sash might be thu resc u to limited
extent. yet that II moral Point IN add tios to Il
otbsr Advantages, WAS 70 he . station upon gr~s,
shorOuGhfave connecting with the pineviss ana pr
sentiag facilities Ut co,.petitoa between Chicago
and Milwaukee, tie Increase Of business from Oca
ites which would be 70 the new rail- rad
stations thar 70 Minstal Point would more thru
coapsussts for what those stations would TAX :
away. In Other words that the inct enssd
from waidwick. Ae~cow, Willow Syringe Mifiin.
Il ndrn aud the town Of ~ ineral PoInt would NOR
thns equal the decreased business from Dodseviiis
But Whatever Difference Of opinion may have pre-
vailed upon this question. long - there was No
dagger OF its being edecte, ny the construction Of
any other new road, yes all now compelled to
Of the place hiss been somewhat injured and 1. II.
able to b. still more injured BY Ire building OF an
other new road. which win take from It bu sincss
that would surely nsvs II they were not
and plattsviilc Railroad has taken from Mine, al
Point n considerable business from the towps Of
Kendall, Belmont aud Mihiin. which, IL Il had not
been built. whould have been tranAac ted here. The
narrow gauge Il. X. from Gaesa to Piatteyille, al
though It has not yet encrosched upon the dom, In
81 busiDess which naturally belongs to Mineral
roint. proposes possible, to extend ies line to
Ningv,I and themes through tn. center Of Iowa
county along the great dividing ridge to Madison
ru Mig within eight miles OF Mineral Poiut, an.
r..a II .", po
nacuf. would have the pHcity 10 transact the bust
ness within its re ch, nd take It AWAY ON Mineral
Point whore Il now o. mes aud 10 that extent di
mlnsn ito trade and pr Osperity.
Again, the prject ola marrow gauge railroad from
Lone Rock, through the towns IT Pulasai. Clyde,
Dodsev lie. Wsldwick, NJ seow, eianchstdi.le, Ar.
Ryle, Wiotw, Wayne and Cadix, In this State, and
thence TO frseport la Illinois. is attracting the
serious attention Of tho citizens Of these localities
aud eulisttng In its favor . powerful b.
cal Influence. A Company has been org rn'7ed nn.,,
the general laws Of the state tor the fvgpps. q
building this road. "ficers poe essu. the trerg,
and the other elements necessary To ntse,s have
been "secte'', sufficient means few msAn. tne nee
cssSfy preliminary surveys have he~n raised, aud
they are being prosecuted, while public NEE ngs
being held At d Iffrrent points 70 swAken and de.
velop "a interest in tho project; aud whatever may
IL the result, u Is certain that the people who
interested In the project, especially In snd about
Dodgsvile. are terribly In earnest in the matter.
Abe effect Of the construction Of this road upon
the busiaos OF Mineral Point, passing, ~ Il will
within elk miles IL, "a il follows the valley u the
Dodge branch. can be better tmnaGtned than de.
| scrbcd 1t 10 su0ccnt for my pre- sent purpose, to
say that Will DO the part OF Wisdom f'r the poo
pie Of Mineral Point 10 unite with those Of Dodge
vile In promoting tho successful construction Of
roitroAd which while It will secure to p,dgeviii
greater railto ad advantages than the narrow gauge
will furnmh would At the sause tiMe bring to Mine
ai Point, the business which would 20 W rail, in
| sterd OF carving II away from II.
MAN. persons are greatly dispcaeA to BE- incredn-
lous aud this disposition leads them to believe that
| he Q is no danger OF nuy Ut these narrow gauge
schemes being carried out. This incredulty has
exhibited itvelf in many ways during all time aud
often 10 the serions iriury Of thos who wee In u
encsd by IT, An early illusrs ton Of 1t was In the
story VI the ants.dci Wan who told Noah that he
didn't believe it would be niue Of storm. A later
ilasrstion ia seen In the construction Of tho 'ne.
ROM masoal twenty ,e"s aSo, "nc, WIS :. ssar"
an nscom';Iisn.s f.,t .nd "a now pnyinr invest .
ment and stiIl later, Is the Marrow gauge iron,
GsiaA. to PlAttevle, while the la'est 10 from Rich
land Center 10 Lone Eockone Of whic! already "a
W." ,. ANU inc ~ ), WIZ, "a ",n.
Ter vi i'm uxrn. mnies aud no r.s.. insur @. he com
! pi~sion Of the other. Both these nr.ow gang,
rosds were regarded only WIN ~ ,nau'""s "s'
onu' certsin.y e"ok the place o. donoa ON!
.rs - s,.v won,% - "rs :. mreh ~ no, hi. IA,
dsuser 10 their uro.n.ri,y 10 rosn, ir ~ COW
| struction OF tho marrow gxnss ru.d from Lone
Sock wa Dodsevtls 10 FrsePort, 10 TO aet u o
tn: ,, nen ""nv'ctoa that tus roM w'm s",s De
~ 49,. ,..O," ~ S,o. Az, !" 81 .noth or Kan,
'.d connection whch viii meet their wants b. ttet
han they would DO met BY the narrow gauge.
such eert Unity can only be pre- eat Wy the sx-
hibition bs the eeoHe o! M'h.'M pow. VI W. ~,
position 20 r".,. H. r NY T..rs, r".n, 4, The
Wi.c.nsin iv I'll ~ mid bo their lust lr,por iou
Of the entire amount necessary 10 secure the bunl
Of such road
IA neither wise nor honest . deceive our o,
s.sMp, 20 ,s..i"n. .osrsy and fairly in
tie isec and scxu.wieix. II truth t. o.ch other.
II may a. well be said, for Il 10 III true, that for
moro than twenty years. feelings ~ t's',y, jesl-
'"sy. snd 70 some extent ~ wiz. "s.' ''.I, VIC .o,
'Mss0 n ~. tso, 3. N. onIv m alter IF nres
"",n m. ~ IN. con..ou.nces OF thi.
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po.ou ..;iro-d .-tsnsor
| o,as " n"a.S.;,,. - ~. wi.oon.;n River
| .o!oaSu ;.n 800, a;S,.ns, md NAM or m,
n as: r"a s"..,S h.,;.x. .nd others sav
| uooso.s p.'p .;ns..s and !. onv 70,
! nv 'oe s~A - s,n..,;n. ,h";, .,,.n,;on from
.ue pa.p IT," . !"
so".o " 49,. =, ..e.,.r.. IN N. M;no,.,
| nno NJ" ns.. = ~. ..;Iroaa wh;ch -,