The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-08-04
RAIL AND BARGE.
A Ncw Railroad to tho Mississippi.


From the Anamo~a Eureka, July 81
An article in the st. Paul Pioneer
Press OF July l4tll, says:
1T Il the announced policy Of the
i've controlling through Chicago
roads to curry grain us chcaply
hereafter from Mississippi and Mis-
soury river points to the scnboard rs
II can be iloated down the river
This policy Is what Mr.. Tillinghast,
the acting President OF tho New York
Central, says he has been advising
Mr.. Vanderbilt to adopt for the past
six months. In no other way can
the new opposition roads now pro-
icctcd be choked OF.
The new roads referred to in the
above extract are to compose what
IL known as the Wabash system
designed to be the great feeders TO
the barge line system. 1t is the poll
cy OF the old lines to prevent and
check US faras possible the construc.
ton of thes" new lines. The Wabash
system is already reaching we'll into
Iowa. Col. Lampherc, shrewd and
sagacious railroad protector, has
spent the last sixty days in the North
west, examining carefully northern
Iowa, Minnesota and the Red River
country, and has kept his plans and
purposes SO quiet that the irreprcs-
siblc reporter has failed to penetrate
the designs. There il no further
need Of secrecy. The purpose Is to
build a new road, starting from some
point on the Mississippi River near
the Upper Rapids, and running north
west, through the counties Of Cedar,
Jones and Linn, and onward to the
north line Of the State IS far west rs
Worth county. The company is fnl-
" organized and will soon commence
preliminary work. The name Of the
company is the Mississippi & West
crn Railroad and Barge Line.
The great advantage to Iowa and
the Northwest. secured by the con-
struction OF this new line, all will
readily see. There will be Il sharp
competition along the line to secure
the advantages Of its connection
This may prove to be the long look
Cd for road to meet the desires to the
Wapsic Valley. Citizens Of Anamosa
what are you going to do about it
Col. Lamphere now spending day
or two in Anamosa, is giving this
matter his entire attention.
COMMENTS By THE Gazette.
/ We have some knowledge Of tht
enterprise referred to above, and as
We understand it, the scope OF the
work contcmplates nothing less thar
the occupation Of the whole tribntn
~ country west Of the Mississippi
river. II the location Of the lines Ii
Iowa is left to Edwin o. Lampherc
the people Of the State need have II.
fear but the work will he well done
The men who control this system
/ rake few mistakes, and It's reasona
bic to hope that the citizens Of tn,
Wapsie Valley, and the entire regiol
westward, and northward Of the Mis-
J sissippi point selected as the eastern
) terminus, may secure i share Of tn
! benefit.
1t is we'll known that this railroa,
, system referred 10 by our Anamos'
, contemporary, has recently gather
, ed in several roads in other states
and it is not improbable that the
; already control some roads in Iowi
1t is safe to assume that as fertile
: State Il: is Iowa. lying in the yer
. midst of their field will be fully occu
pied, but the precise location Of tllci
new lines is not yet made public, an
probably in most eases is not yet Ia
: IL determined.
The Question Of cheap transport;
5 ton has been the great problem
the people of Iowa, and this system
: utilizing the great river, that no me
5 or company can momorOlize an
realize it by II natural system OF cas-
S grade roads in which the people sha
have an interest, will doubtless con
l mand the attention Of our citizen
" rs We sec it already has the after
I ton and the antngonism ~ the gre;
, competing MISUNDERSTANDING
{ Gazette.
!. The road referred to in the foregt
: ing articles, is the one which is 6,
ing through the southwest part I
= this county, We presume. IL
q financial standing of tho parti,
named, warrants the belief that Il
road will come. Should ii, 1t Civ.
/ the west part OF the county bctt'
assurance Of prices, than il cnioyt
by anylother portion OF the county