The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-08-19


who returned recently from an excur-
sion to Detroit and Niagara Falls,
we're not travelling over terra incognita
nor over lands celebrated for their scenic
beauty. 1t is an cd section Of the coun
try, its resources developed almost to
their fullest, Its local industrial status
quite we'll fixed
And yet, they will have missed the
cbIef value to them as The bearers OF It'd
ings to their people, have they failed to
notice the forces active In the section
traversed by them, which are an element
OF change In the industrial conditions of
the northwest. Phrophetic vision is
nothing more than taking full cogni-
eance OF present activities and potential
tiles. There are factors at work on the
ronte taken by the editors which will be
fruitful Of results beyond any at present
realized, These cannot be seen in their
entirety from any one point, and their
foil significance cannot be appreciated
without the welding operation of reflec-
ton. The Wisconsin Central of itself is
a local road. The Pere Marquette, iso-
lated from Its connections, is. no more
than magnificent steamboat. The F. (
2. M railroad in its courteous treat.
ment OF It's guests speaks no message to
the Pr op;e whose interests it promotes by
enlarging it's own. The Grand Trunk is
more a name than a reality to the north.
west. But taken as combination, uni
he'd, organized as an uninterrupted path
way OF commerce, and they mean to the
northwest what the sea does to England
the highway OF prosperity.
Commerce, yielding to natural lave,
follows the parallels of latitude. The
development of the northwest made nec-
essary direct outlet for its products:
but in their way to the east the line of
least resistance Vas found IN detour hy
way of Chicago. 1t put the northwest
at disadvantage. 1t was farther from
the seaboard measured by commercial
routes than places geographically more
distant. But the obstacle to directness
has been converted into an aid by means
OF The car ferry. Distance ie now meas.
ured in straight lines and mlnimjzed in
time OF traversing by superior facilities
and the avoidance of congested condi.
tons.
Manltowoc, as city, has no interest to
those who Were our visitors. aside from
the feeling of good will created by per-
sonal association. AS the gateway of a
great commercial route it has absorbing
interest for those who may proGt by Its
favorable contlgnity to what is soon TO be
the great railway, as it is one of the
waterways, of the country. 1t is the
switch to this great highway and as such
1t Is part of st. Paul, of MINNEAPOLIS.
OF Wlnona, of Oshkosh and e7rltory tr b
utary to these cities and others too nm
merous to mention.
This line is saving thousands of dollars
10 businessmen 10 the northwest. The
other lines which have come because of
The business diverted this way, b, We
added TO The iucome OF every farmer
throughout the section affected, ty re-
1ucing the cost of TRANSPORTATION and
thus lessening the expense of reaching
The ultimate market. It has heIped
every one having business relations with
hose directly benefited. as prose- erity is
generally dis, ributed.
This Injection of new blood in the veins
OF industry. this stronger pulse beat of
Industrial life, this concent,a
ion OF forces for business devel opment
constitute the real feast of the trim 10
hose who delight to be tue bea rers of
,lao tidings to the people they serve
The sensuous pleasures of table. seem
'ry and attention is the desert To the
east from which intellectual muscle is
made.
Ohe gets grasp OF the situation from
.ravel, feeling OF the solidarity of seq.
ions. ~ knnwted ye 1t the vaIna of roo.
'rofl md 60 zap l al ,nG indrs ri I
'"hultlons affecting ms immediate sur.
'onnuings. These remain with him and |
4niarge dis horizon.