Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-10-25
RAILROAD PROMOTERS
STIRRING UP PEOPLE ! !: ] !:
coLsssuRG RESIDENTS HAVE HAVE
RAILROAD PROPOSITIONS
PUT. BEFORE THEM.
THREE ROUTES PROPOSED

one Plan, !. Z connect with IL y i. l,
Q. AZ ,oneid.
4 s3 s53 Junction.
That rich farming community con
prisdng the two northeast towns
CT Delaware county s just now ei
5oying considerable railroad tall
Colesburg i is the center Of activitie
and the people OF that vicinity ar
being promised all sorts OF thing
IN the way Of railroad facilities. Pre-
.noters from Omaha have beel
working in shat neighh orhood TO
BE seral weeks and have promised I,
builds q railroad ii the people wi
a come across with liberal contribu
lions. The first plan was to rur
tlna line from Colesburg, east t
Luxembourg, Holy Cross and connec
with the Great Western or Illincd
" Central at some point at or near Fl
Il ley. Another plan was put forwar
which would take the line from
Co!esburg to Luxembourg then sout
through New Vienna connecting
with one OF the trunk lines at Dyels
VILE. The latest proposal is to com {
south from Colesburg to Petersbur
then wes'.. to Oneida making connec-
tiOns with both the Great Wester8
ind Milwaukee at that point ant
coming into Manchester from Onei;
da over the NJ. & o. Ry- The res
dents Of Colony and Bremen towr-
chips will very Likely favor tn:
last named route for, the reason thai
4 1T would afford them direct railroad
communication with their county
seat and wosAd give them connections
with more railroads than either q
the other two lines. 4. Ss
The following report on the worl;;
that has been, done toward the pr,
ject in Dubuque county was sent out
from Dubuque last week:
III plans which are not only urdel
way but are well developed mate
ize. the Region about Colesbnrg an
Luxembourg will echo me whistle Of
decorative within a short tin1e. s.,. IN
laas.
been IN process for the; ssaSeybraI
weeks is taking definite form and
IL enthusiasm among the people Of
the communities directly INTERESTED
and those OF the immediate surround
ing territory may be accepted as
forecast Of results the. success Of tht
proposition already is assured.
Line Long Needed.
The acquisition Of a railway Is n
new idea with the communities o
northwestern Dubuque and nodtheasl-
5ern Delaware counties. No less than
three distinct projects have been
before them. Each in turn has fall
en- through, due to a variety OF rea.
sons hut principally because on the
crucial test the promotion end OF the
enterprise failed to make good.
4 There is a new deal back OF the
present affair. There ds no promo
ton stock, no scheme to swing the
money end CT it through Wall street
exploitation. It is a plain case g
the community to be benefited BY
the line paying for the road and re-
scetvlng in return the manifold ad-
advantages accrdng from its pres
ence.
Construction Plan.
Under the agreement the citizen
Of Luxembourg and vicinity are to
raise $s5. 900. the people OF Colesbur2
and vicinity $40 900. this to be paid
as bonus for the road. The con-
tracts further provide that not do
lar is to be paid until the right OF
way and grades are established and
the road4bed is In condition for tn
laying Of ties and steel, and then
only in amounts to assist in taking
care OF the purchase cost and ex-
pense OF laying the steel and ties
nile by mile, said material to be
consigned to the local banks, where
the cash is to be deposited. Tho
people pay their cash and receive
in return the benfits accrlring from
the presence OF the road.
Money 10 Being Raised.
'The people OF the section through
which the proposed road will pass
have canyassed the situation thor.
oughQy and express themselves as
/. eminently satisfied.
sit was six weeks ago that S. G.
Dmant, a promoter OF wide eper
fence in railway development ant
who stands high in official radlwa,
circles, took UP the proposition
completed the preliminaries, made
substantial deposit with the Lu1em
burg bank as an evidence OF goot
faith, and furnished from railway OF
Nicials and other responsible source
evidence Of his ability TO carry on tn
project. He since has been activel.
engaged with the people directly in
terested in getting the work prelim
mary to construction in shape.
The line as new projected WI
be twenty miles in length"
The. aid society Of the Baptia
church will have market Day
in Oscar Hockaday's meat market o