The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1882-06-15
THURSDAY, JUNE Is. 1851
RAILROAD AID ELECTIONS.

Indian Lake, On SATURDAY, June z4tn.
BiEelow, Saturday. June oath.
In most Of the towns the proposition
will doubtless be carried by large ma
torities. Some doubt is expressed a. to
Indian Lake and Bigelow, and We BE-
lieve chat tho opposition is due to not
understanding what the proposition 10.
The aid has been called a bonus, but it
is not. Tie bonds to be issued are an
Investment, and certificates of shares
of tho capital stock OF the company. to
an amount equal to the amount of tho
bonds, are to be issued to the several
townships which vote the tax.
Another erroneous impression is
that taxes will DO increased if the prop
osition carries. This is true only in
ono sense. We add penny to our
taxes in order to gain pound. We
expead few dollars In u common i'm
PCevea,ent Of our lands and villages,
In order to increase their value to tho
extent of hundreds and thousands of
dollars.
But the fact is that instead of in
creasing taxes, the building of the rail-
road will reduce them so far AZ each
individual is concerned. The Burling-
ton road will pay heavy taxes in the
counties and townships through which
it passes. These who have figured it
up say that the tax paid by the rail-
read will amount to at least 500 a
mills. Take, then, Indian Lake, which
seems to lie 50 set against voting aid.
The road runs through nire miles of
Indian Lake township. The tax paid
Into tho treasury for this strip of road
will therefore be say 5000. Moreover,
Indian Lake and the other towns in
the vicinity Of Werthington will deub-
jle in population in year or two after
the road is built. This will divide the
present burden Of taxation by two and
lift one.halt off the pockets of those
penny wise and pound foolish men
\ who are so much afraid Of the tax.
LOT course there are a few men who
do net want the country settled up and
therefore do not want any more rail
*Eoaaa. They want vacant lands for
,.pas*xi,e and do not want to see the
Eangek spoiled. 1t is useless to talk
tetkhem. We must carry the tax in
spite # them and We believe there ia .
'.Aeage majsrity in each township Of
mnR 10 prefer to see the couatry de-
ovsoP even though = few fine cattle
r:ya49e1 are spoiled.
0s-tlemen, you have come to tho
.,fos,kc of the road. II you take the
Burlington prong you strike rapid de-
. velopment, brisk business, lower
; fssights, cheaper lumber and coal, un-
L. broken railroad connections with Chi
."eage and st. Louis, and competing
y, markets. If you stick to the old north
"a and south prong, you will simply
=. :'poko" along as you have done for the
, the past ten years.
LIZ the Burlington comes, the Mil
l.: tsdukee will no doubt follow 1t right
r'up 70 Worthington as it has done to
/, Spirit Lake. This fixes Worthington
s.. forever rs an interior railroad center.
= Then the orthwestern will have to
.. come and will doubtless push through
j its Toledo s. Northwestern or its Ira.
10y project.
RUSHING ALONG.
The Spirit Lake Beacon says that at
the rate track laying is going on, the
Burlington cars will reach Spirit Lake
by July 4th, and that contracts this
side Of the lake to the Minnesota line
were to have been let Oh the 10th inst
Since the above. we learn on good
authority that the contract has been
let to Silver Lake. ten miles this side of
Spirit Lake. Silver Lake is where the
road forks. or can fork, that is, the
Burlington from that point will take
either the Sibley or the Worthington
route. II we vote the tax. we are sure
of the road. II not, the road may take
tho Osceola county route,
Tho question Of voting a five per
cent. bonus to the Is. &. II. T. N. will
soon he submitted in five towns in
Mobiles county. The company pledges
itself to complete the road to Worth
tpgt0n by the first Of next November
If the aid is granted. We are afraid it
will be sorry day for Worthington
and Mobiles county ii this bonus is re-
.fusod.->pirit Lake Beacon.
It will Ike sorry day il the peop'e
turn tho road away by exhibiting an
illiberal spirit. But they will not do
IL. ThIee-fonrths of tho voters are
thoroughly embued with the fact that
Our" future turns on the Burlington
pivot.
Enjoy health aud lie lappy.-For de-
preston Of spirits, general debility and
i'll health. also rs Il certain strengthpnpr
OF every part "f the system, nothing
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