The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1898-03-23
FOR THE RAILROAD.
THE TREND OF SENTIMENT rs
NOW TOWARDS BONDING.

NOW TOWARDS BONDING.
PAW PAW Is ABOUT TO DECIDE WHETHER
TO ACCEPT OR REJECT WHAT MAY BIZ ITS
LAST OPPORTUNITY TO SECURE BETTER
RAILROAD FAcILITIEs-wHAT WILL you
DO ABOUT 1T?
Through The courtesy of the local rail
road committee and The officers Of the 8.
III. Dc Il. rdiLrodd, zoe haze been priUiteged
TO Uis1 Benton HdrbOr and Buchanan.
TO inspect the " b. II. d; G road, aohich
the same company has constructed be
t1oeen The tho tO,0iaS, and TO become ac-
quainted o0ith The officers ofthe company,
and 10 Investigate their business methods,
and 10 become somewhat familiar NTH
their plans. While zoe l0ent there opposed
TO bOnding Pau Pau township IN favor
Of The road, oar Investigations haze
caused uS TO change Our minds, and zoe
'aOW stand ready TO cote .foy. The bonds,
beLievsng 10 TO be for the best interests of
The township TO do so, and zoe belteUe the
road ooiH be Uorh much more TO this
township than The amount they are ask
ing 0fuS
G. r. AVERY. h. f. PARKS.
l.. b. CONNER. G. W. YOUNG.
&. A. SHERRoD.
Heretofore, the Northerner has desist-
ed from taking any part in the argu-
ments for and against the railroad bond
ing idea, because sufficient information
had not come to our hands as to the re-
sponsbility of the company asking the
bonds, or their ability to give us any
thing in the way of a railroad that would
prove of benefit.
On Friday last, the five gentlemen
whose names are attached to the above
card, representative citizens of this place
who doubted the advisability of voting
the bonds, were invited to visit the off
cials of the company at Benton Harbor,
and to inspect the other end of the line
with which it is expected the S. Fl. & h.
will some day connect. They went, and,
at the solicitation of the Northerner,
have prepared and affixed their sigma
lures to the above card, expressing their
satisfaction with the company and its
plans.
The Northerner now desires to be
counted among those in favor of issuing
the bonds, and we urge upon the voters
the necessity of not neglecting this,
which may be our last, opportunity to
secure railroad.
No better or shrewder business men
are to found in this community than the
five above named. They have been af
forded an insight into the company's
affairs that could not be given to the
general public They are thoroughly
satisfied that the company is able to
more than carry out the agreement with
the taxpayers of this township. They
will all vote for the bonds. Can any
voter, without knowledge concerning
these matters, pretend to say that the
company will not do all that it agrees to
do?
We have had extended interviews with
the five gentlemen concerning their visit
in Berrien county. They say that they
found the road from Benton Harbor
to Buchanan one of the best built and
best equipped new roads they ever saw
At Benton Harbor, the company has
very valuable dock location, bought
away from the officials of another road
that were after it. They have a fine
depot site and large building for ma
chine shops this property, including
the road and equipment, free from bonds.
The company is now Just ready to com
mence an extension from Buchanan,
through South Bend to Nappanee, Ind,
to connect with the great b. & o. sys-
tenn. There is not the slightest doubt of
the connection Of the s. II. Dc T.. and NJ,
Il. II d c., il our local road is widened,
which would give us very fine facilities
indeed.
We favor the bonds for the following
reasons:
because we believe such action will
give US a first-class broad guage road,
that will ultimately give us first-class con
nections, including the Grand Trunk
and the b. * ..
because we believe that first
class line even from Lawton to Hartford
would be worth many times $4,000 to
Paw Paw township during the next 10
years
3-Because we believe failure to vote
the bonds would retard the widening and
improvement of the road for several
years, if not forever, or at least cause it
to be widened in a cheap and inferior
manner.
because we do not believe it good
business policy to try to get something
for nothing. IL we get the worth of our
money, and more, let us vote the bonds
Because a very large portion of the
money voted would be spent in buildings
in Paw Paw village and township.
6-Because we believe now, and have
believed for some years, that the only
hope for Paw Paw in the way of rail
road lies through improvement and ex-
tension of the narrow gauge.
because the amount to be voted is
so small and the payments to be made
so gradual that the bonds cannot prove
burdensome to taxpayers.
S-Because Paw Paw has made more
railroad mistakes than any town in Mich
igan, by sitting quietly and refusing to
aid projected roads, and we do not care
to see another added to the list of lost
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