, 1876-07-12
RAILROADS..
Experience Of a Wisconsin Town
In Railway Construction.
The Facts About the Proposed New
Northwestern Depot.
Efforts Of Western Noads to MIKE Con.
ductors Honest.


ROAD.
MAIv1L1n. Wis, july 10.-Tho population
through this and several adjoining counties are
almost exclusively German, hl,l are, with Ger.
tain predtlocttons for lnRcf.bcer, an industrious
md thriving people. When these parta were
frst scttleti, twenty or thirty years ago, AmerI.
ca1ss, mostly, commenced induktry's struggle
against Naturo's chaos; but gradually the Tcu-
tonic wave began to How in ard IL soon washed
tho Yankee element entirely out a ridge a
few miles away was discovered to contatn valia-
bic scatn Of tron-orc, and 4 Company was started
to stnelt little pr1mcva1 forests Of oak and
n,npic furnishing m excellent supply Of char
coal, Which natlc the products Of the
Northwestern Iron Company justly famed
throughout the Union. Then tho town
grew apacc, for the Rock River afforded
uncxceptio1,able water.powcr, and Visions Of
hugo soltfng-mills, stupendons iron.furnaccs,
mammoth manufacturing establishments, and
cndlces prosperity I!llcd the heads Of Tcufea-
drochk'e countryincn, until .tllcy became "a
thc bTnin Of CaslyIos {icro wiz Ills philosophy
Of clothes. But years passed. oil, and By de-
grces the trutl. became apparent that, attor the
first squirt, tho town hal ceased growing, and
voeifcrated orcr their lager that It was the best
place In Wlscsnsln for Q town, and that Il must
become great city, tue more 1t remained
mere vfllage Railroads. Ind crcpt on to sur
rounding towns and enhanced tlcir property.
but none came to Mayyillc. One DAY village
worthy was struck ~ an idea,-a bright onc,
too,-a discovery In fact; he beeamc Intoxicated
with his mental triumph. and, like the Greek
mathematician, rushed through the streets and
by-ways, announcing TO all and sundry his ns-
founding revelation. Hc Ind found out that
tho town laDguIshel for want Of a railroad; and
since railroad companies, IN their biindncss ncG-
lssts4 ln.s Mayvllle' AayTille would build rail"
Tho idea spread like wildaFe: Never was
there suclt an excitement rs quickly prevailed
among these usually caus!ous.golng Gcrn,anat
%o tsy ysnq 5 hS a taw gs apoa Teee es
citizen individually. Nothing wae talked of but
railroad. .mnttcrs; grading, track-layins, rolling
stock, dividends, excluded all othcr useful Or
ts ,h hnd Gas,a! auak
called, and q vote unanimously passed to levy q
tax on thu property within tic town, Tor the
purpose Of constructing railroad to lron
RIDGE distance Of 8 miles, tllcrc to join tho
preliminary steps wcrt takcn, and the contract
lor grading the road was intrustcd to groce'
in the village Operations were pushed on yls-
e.gas; ern;d ra hap pT@ .s nan Sf soureea c ~
yilago Affairs did not. calculate upon
ttlSS tlsyS e4pestsa Tic the MlSaaltse = s.. Fsul
Railroad Company would lay th9 Iron mug
ruinor had onec been circulated TINT such
promise had been mado, and everything went
merry "a a inarHage-bcll until the grading WIS
nearly completed, when It struck the wlee rncn
that they had better find out when tho Mllwau-
kec & 81. Paul Company meant to commence
tracl1.laylug. Then they wcre informed that
TINT Company cared nothing Tor tho Mayvllle
| Road, md nsver intended to e1pend q cent upon
It.. Then rago that knowcth not expression
filled the town; the hearts OF all MayYtlle Tcrs
stepped in unuttcrablc saduess; and tho wise
| mon, who should hayG been covered With con-
fusion, cursed loud and deep at people general.
| their uliamaungculent had led tho town Into q
| useless expenditure Of $24.0o0
| The unfinished grade remained a silent, bnt,
to somc pockets, particularly eloquent, test!-
niony that Mnyyillc had been Thoroughly hum
buggcd, md the word "railroadn u became eoro
sub 6icct oil rount,-to few having tho effect
that red Tag has upon an tnt4riated bull.
| Yeers again rolled on and this spring tho
Railroad Company sent engineers out to survey
their proposed route. Engineers often meet
with peculiar treatment wlicn they get tranpling
among tho lands Of plalts;talking farmera; but
precincts Of May7lllo. Every German
was ready to order them away; for had
it not been proved to their sorrow that railroads
sonns rsrs ss'ssfs nso ss.s astae IT,
Railroad Companies progress, however, With ccr-
tainty and ins!stance; and, despite tho opposi-
ton Of landowners, tue grade Of tlsis new mar
connect Southern Illinois with tI'a riuerics ot
Northern Wisconsin, and these parts again with
the coal Of illinois,, WIS surveyed. Thu
work Ut grading has bccn progressing slow
ly for tle la4t two months, the right OF way be.
lng denied iii ,nany lnhtanees between here aud
| Fond du Lac. Commissioners Warc appointed 9
few days ago to value the disputed claims, and
their report will enable tho Company to push
Ia tad ftEnt