Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-11-20
APPROVES ACTION OF
BLOOMINGTON BOARD
Thomas Mcdonald Writes Letter Con.
corning Postponement of Railroad
Election in That Town.
From The Bloomington Record.

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Bloomington. and other interested per-
sons:
The action of the town board of
the Town of Bloomington, in passing
the date November 12th) on which
the proposition of The Chicago Short
Line Railway Company was to have
been voted on by the electors of the
town, is in the writer's Judgment
highly commendable on the part of
the board.
Having found that there was a
statutory requirement for the time
of opening and closing the polls. and
that an election held under the call
and notice as published would have
been an irregular proceeding, without
effect, their action was justi6able and
proper.
As we view the matter, this
temporary delay will be benefit to
all concerned, giving additional time
for the people to familiarize them
selves with the Railway Company S
proposition.
We have just a few words to say
concerning our company, the proposed
road, its service. how it will affect the
territory served. etc.
Our company is composed of men
local to this county, with an ample
capital stock of individual subscrip-
tions for all the preliminary costs,
and our present work of soliciting
municipal subscriptions, from the
villages, towns and cities, is to secure
to the company its necessary PRL-
MARY financing; by this we mean
the securing of sufficient amount of
municipal subscriptions, to be payable
in bonds deliverable according to
law, to cover the discount on the
construction bombs 1.-THE mortgage on
the road) which insures the ultimate
financing, building and operation of
this lire.
particularly desire to point out
what we believe the coming of our
road means to the people of your Sec
tion, no matter if they live at a con-
siderable distance from it. In the
first place there is no compal ison be-
tween the service Of a line Of stand.
ard constructed. electric operated rail.
way and line Of steam road, from
the fact that the electric road will
in hot Soro
movements FREQUENT LOCAL
service that steam operated lines can
not afford to give.
There is no question but that agri-
cultural interests dozen miles from
our line will at once become our
patrons for the reasons above stated,
therefore we conclude that the farmer
will see the advantage of securing to
your section of country our proposed
line, and viii! favor the town of
Bloomington aiding our company
when its proposition is again sub
mitted.
In behalf of our undertaking I ask
that every taxpayer, farmer and home
owner, or those desiring to become
such, will give this matter the most
careful consideration, as we fully
believe if you do, your vote will be
in the affirmative, you believing in
che we'll founded business policy that
to benefit the whole community is to
benefit yourself individually.
The cost is small when compared
with the benefits to follow, and we
ask you to determine the difference
between the additional item of tax to
apply on your bond issue, and the
ordinary taxes you pay. The bond
tax can be fairly said to be a re-
munerative investment, something
that will bring you certain returns
commercially ald industriallY build
ing and developing your community.
making possible new vacations,
adding to your already diversified
interests lastly and most desirable,
bringing new people to seek homes
and farms among you.
Remember, if we secure the
peoples help our company will
succeed and the road will be built.
Our connections for financing the con.
struction bonds are SURE; our road
will become a reality despite the
observations of the skeptic Keep
before you what we have accomplish
ed during the past year. All that re-
mains to be done is to join with us
IN the interest OF yourselves for the
future. Yours very truly,
Thos Mcdonald.
Lancaster, Wis, Nov. II.