The Northern Pacific farmer., 1884-07-24
Bending wadena
Township for
fHE VADENh ( PARK RAPIDS R. R.
Benefits to be Derived Therefrom.
Wadena to Become a City
in a Short TinAe.
Tho Value OF Lands In tho Town.
ship to be Greatly Enhanced.
VOt0 fer tho R0nas.

1t seems to US that enough has
already been said to convince every
wide-awake citizen that is interested
in the welfare and progress of the
township Of Wadena that the build.
ing of the Wadena & Park Rapids r.
R. will be as great a tenefit to him as
anything he could possibly desire,
and that he will seize this opportun-
ity of heaping up for bimself riches
by voting tor the bonds the company
ask. In our issue of last week we
showed some of the advantages to be
derived from the building Of this
road; they are so many, however,
that our limited space would not
permit our enlarging upon all of them.
We will therefore endeavor to re-
view and present few others for
your consideration. Before we 20
further, however, we wish to state
one thing that in our haste last week,
We failed to mention, and that is this.
In return for our $1,000 bonus the
Railroad Company will Immediately
Issue to us ITO shares( ($ll 900 WORTHY
of their common stock, which will
make the township a shareholder to
that extent. We therefore only
pledge ourselves to take that amount
Of stock, and the Company allows us
twenty years time to pay for it.
During this time we will receive the
profits of the investment; which, if a
man stops to think, will far exceed
the interest on our bonds, as the road
when connected with the road south
is bound to be paying institution
tapping rs it does, one Of the best
agricultural districts in Northern
Minnesota, and also some OF the best
timber country in the States. Now
it can be plainly seen that we are
getting more than value received (.
There has got to be one good town
through the country with a district
of about so miles surrounding it.
Wadena is in such a position, provid-
ed she grasps the opportunity that is
now offered her. Other towns, OF
course, are as centrally located, but
have not at present such an eppor-
tunity of becoming railroad center.
1t is evident, as we stated in our last
issue, that if we get the Wadena Il
Park Rapids R. r. other roads will
follow. Now, would it not he policy
for us to secure these roads while We
have the opportunity. Let this tide
in the history of Wadena pass, and
such another may never occur again,
as probably some other town will
have secured it. Property in and
around Wadena would then be left
with little chance of increase and a
probability Of depreciation in value.
Shall we, by voting these bonds,
make Wadena a metropolis, or show
ourselves ambitiOnless to raise it
above the innumerable small towns
throughout the country? We only
draw this picture to show our people
the result ofrejecting the proposition
we are confident that the vote will
be almost if not quite unanimous for
the bonds, as the few who were un-
favorable are beginning to get their
eyes opened, and are becoming ZEAL
ous workers. If Wadena becomes a
city of several thousand inhabitants
as it no doubt will if this road and the
other prospective ones are built, the
lands in the near vicinity will become
much more valuable than they now
are. There will be a home market
for vegetables, and a great many GER
eals that there has heretofore been no
market Tor. 1t will also give our
farmers = chance to ship much of their
produce to other parts as compete
tion in freights will greatly reduce
the expense Of doing 50. 1tlooks to
us as though it ought to be clearly
seen by our farmers in this township
that the building of this road and the
other prospective ones is going
to greatly benefit them in many
ways. We are confident that within
fifteen months trains will be
running over the WADENA 4 PARK
RAP1Ds r. r. Next Monday is the
day that will tell the story. Let all
interested voters be present and cast
Itheir votes ron the proposition