River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1878-02-07
Shall Vie Have a Rail Road !?
The Question About To Be Answered in the
Affirmative

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Never before has the prospect of a
rail road communication with the out
er world been as bright as it is to-day.
And never before have our people
| been as Unanimous in their desire to
assist in the furtherance of the reali-
| cation of their heretofore disappoint-
ed hopes, as they are to-day. True,
there are few who claim that rail
road will i:.jure this place as it has
injured other places; and instances
are quoted IN substantiation of such
claim. But, the comparisons thus
made, are not well taken. This mag
nificent water power afforded by the
Kinnickinnic, is ours, and no railroad
can take it from us. Only partially
improved at present, under the impe-
tus Of increased facilities for shipping,
will any body dare to say that our
manufacturing interests will suffer
These grand farms in Pierce Valley,
Glas Valley, Mann Valley, and the
! valleys of the Kinnickinnic, Trimbelle,
| and Rush River, are ours. Does any
body stand ready to affirm that our
farmers will be less industrious, if they
see the smoke of the locomotive at
| River Falls These forests of hard
| timber, only waiting for the establish
ment of some manufacturing institu-
ton, to be sawed and bent and turned
| into some of the thousand and one
| shapes into which wood is sawed and
bent and turned, are ours. Who is
there to affirm that these forests will
be allowed to decay, should the steam
whistle startle this village with it's
shrilI notes!
On the contrary, is it unreasonable
to expect that our manufacturing in
terests will be improved the moment
we are placed into connection with
the markets of this and other States
| Is it unreasonable to expect that our
water power, backed Ivy one of the
| best timbered and greatest grain-pro-
ducing regions in the North-W Vest, will
draw capital ready to be invested in
manufacturing enterprises, thereby
establishing a better market for the
products of our farms and forests is
it unreasonable to suppose that, under
these influences, our mercantile inter-
ests will be largely benefited
We may be too sanguine; we may be
visionary; but. we know of no inter-
est connected with this village and the
surrounding country that will not
largely share in the gains accruing
from the building of rail road be-
tween Hudson and River Falls.
THE ST. PAUL RAIL ROAD MEETING,
A number of gentlemen friendly to
the proposed railroad from Hudson to
River Fails, met few of the principal
fnanciers and rail road managers of
St. Paul, at the Merchants Hotel, ST.
Paul, on Saturday evening last. In
| the course of the informal cOnSulta-
| ton, all of the st. Paul gentlemen eX-
pressed themselves as favorable to
| the building of the road. Not only
this, they gave it as their opinion that
should Hudson and River Falls agree
to secure the right of way and depot
grounds, they see no reason why the
road should not be completed by the
the first of next August. And when
such gentlemen as Horace Thompson.
A. B. Stickney, E. F. Drake, and A.
Ii. Wilder express themselves as favor
ably as they did, the project means
| something more than mere talk. All
who were present at the meeting, left
the hotel parlors feeling that the
| Hudson and River Falls Rail Road is a
| foregOne conclusion.
THE FEELING AT HUDSON.
At the st. Paul meeting, Hudson
was represented by Messrs. Comstock,
Jefferson, Glover, Taylor, Fulton, Bak-
er, and others. They represent that,
although but little had been said or
done at Hudson in the furtherance of
the railroad project, the people of our
neighboring city are unanimous in IA
vor of building the road, and will do
every thing reasonable required of
them.
| TIE FEELING AT RIVER FALLS.
To ascertain the sentiment of our
people upon the desirability of rail-
road and the probability of our being
able to do our proper share in the
matter, quite large number of our
citizens met at Esquire Holmes office,
on Monday evening, for consultation.
The manufacturing, the real estate,
and the mercantile interests of the
village and vicinity were well rep
resented, and the best of feeling pre-
vailed. After free Interchange of
opinion, Messrs. McGregor, Powell,
Putnam, Stevens, Bradshaw, and
Strahl, were chosen to represent this
village at the meeting which was to
be held last night, in st, Paul, by the
parties interested, for their better I'M
derstanding and more definite arrange
ment. All of these gentlemen except
Mr.. Strahl, went to st. Paul yesterday.
THE MEETING AT ST. PAUL LAST NIGHT.
The committee appointed met SIM
liar committee in st. Paul yesterday,
and after harmonious conference, all
parties being stirred by single wish
to construct the road at once, the Hud-
son and River Falls Railway Company
was duly organized under the laws of
the State, two thirds of the necessary
stock was subscribed. officers were dn-