The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1893-07-06

itself. the road seemed likely to be detri-
mental instead of beneficial to the busl.
ness interests of the city, to counteract
which, the creation of home industries
was suggested and finally adopted, with
! the result that Sheboygan now teens
with factories, and has population three
times as large as ours; thus showing, that
while railroad may be disastrous to a
place, just the contrary is likely to result /
If proper advantage is taken of the facll- !
tiles it affords for increasing the bust
ness Of the place.
Manitowoc and Sheboygan we're long |
rlval cities with prospects generally con-
coded to be in favor of the former. The |
railroad found both places about alike as |
to the extent and character OF business, |
and converted them both into way
stations. Sheboygan rallied, helped
itself and became prosperous, and at the
same time helped the railroad and both
are and have been harmonious; while
ManItowoc, priding itself upon its super
Ior geographical position, splendid har-
Dor, natural advantages and 1atterlng
prospects depended solely upon the rail-
road to improve and develop them, only
to find itself now langulshing in statu
quo, and in mutual antagonism with the
railroad.
There are times and circumstances when
a railroad, especially one of great extent,
may, while beneiting ITSELF also greatly
benefit place to or through which it
runs, and those conditions S 9em clearly
l to have arisen IN favor of this city, and
are now presented for its acceptance.
a The M. L. S. & W. Ry. has been absorb
n ed by the Chicago & Northwestern Rail
way Company, which is understood to be
L part and parcel of the so-called Wander
E bilt system of railroads, forming together,
i the most gigantic railroad system In the
world.
Its business Is SO vast and constantly
= so increasing that it needs additional
l. terminal facilities on the west shore OF
IS Lake Michigan and it has shown and eX-
h pressed preference for Manitowoc as
one of It's terminal points on a through
line from the far west and north to the
remote east, via the G. & n. W. roads IN
the west line of transfer boats across
Is the lake, AID the Vanderbilt roads in the
lie east. With such line as that, estab-
to llshed, controlled and operated under
le one management, with no connections
le to make with, nor contributions to any
~ other roads, no such causes can arise for
" it's discontinuance as led TO the suspen-
sion of the late arrangement with the
III Lake Shore road, but it will mean basi-
to ness, continuous and permanent.
be The Northwestern road now owns more
1g than three fourths of mile in length OF
IL property on the lake front, and its
as authorized representatives frankly tel
ly us what they propose to do with it, TO-
In wit: To excavate slip nearly or quite
m the whole length of SAID frontage of suf
nj date the largest of lake vessels, to buile
if a very large general freight warehouse
as and to construct docks for the handling
"a and storage Of hundreds of thousands O
il tons of coal, and millions of feet of lum
Dr. Der, timber and pulp wood, the initiator.
of expense Of which we are told will be som'
tic SbUUUO TO SiU,UUU, ana ono uua> oApens'
he much larger, nearly all of which will g
to the laborers doing the work. rather al
n important item for our people to consider
at, With preparatory works and facilities
* Of such magnitude completed it Is easy
be to perceive that the using thereof to thei
20 full capacity will involve the constan
to employment of a large number of men
ITS which is another and further importan
ch matter for consideration.
N With the above state Of things exist
~ ing, 1t Is easy to see the veriication O
pit the statement herein, that an eytensiv,
railroad system concentrating large
by amount Of It's business at q particular
"a point or place may be of very great bene
I'd fit to such place, even in spite of the pre-
de vailing and notorious lethargy and supi
IL neness of it's people, who it would seem
TO should be delighted with, and readily anc
re cheerfully approve the idea now present
er ed, getting something for nothing.
- The writer fully believes that the G.
u N. W. BY. Company is thoroughly con
% WINGED that Manitowoc ia the most eli
gible point existing, through which te
-, run its proposed probably continental
~ line; that It's present propositions arr
% made in good faith ard will be carried
:. out to the letter, provided the slight con
cessions it asks are granted, and that
when its proposed operations here shall
= be consummated, this city will soor
-, realize many of the bright anticipation in
- which its people have so long and pa
tiently INDUCED.
". For if through the fundamentally OF
at the railroad company this place becomes
or prominent as great transportation cen.
n ire, that fact alone will, almost necessari-
d. ly very soon attract to it the foreign
a capital SO long desired to make it thirty.
s ing, prosperous and beautiful city.
of The only concessions required by the
TO railroad company are the vacation OF
q the stubs of streets on the lake
or front, mentioned in the beginning of this
id communication, and the right of way on
n the so-called belt line, not along but
ii across certain streets, the most import
to ant OF which grants to the company, and
e. the most beneficial to the city, being the
be vacation OF the street stubs; for without
Mt that, the proposed vessel slip cannot be
e. constructed, ana without the slip almost
r. every prospective advantage, deriyhle