Year: 1869

Shore Railroad.


Last week the PILoT contained an article


ging the importance of railroad from


anltowoc. northwestward, opening up to


the rich and almost boundless territory


rough which such a road would run.


lat road is bound to be built, and the


oner it is built, tie quicker will Mani


VOC start upon career of prosperity and


owth never before experienced by lake


ore city.


But another enterprise of equal, if not


eater importance to Manitowoc, is the


llding of q railroad from Manitowoc,


nth, via Sheboygan, Port Washington


d Milwaukee. This road is also bound


be built Both roads are bound to be


tilt, because both are demanded by the


untry through which they will run, and


ecause they will both be among the most
sying of any railroads ever built.


1t may be urged that lake shore road


ould injure this village That it would
raw from us instead of to US. Let us see.


ad We lake shore railroad competing
ith lake navigation, what would be the
ssult. Our merchants would net have to
ay an extortionate price for freight upon
leir goods from the south, and would not
c obliged in the fall to buy goods enough
carry them through the winter, conse.
uently they could sell cheaper, and at the
,me time could make more than they now
0 on what they do sell, aud the excessive
reight and interest on the cost of the large
tocks they have to carry through the win
er would be deducted from the price Of
;oods to retail customers. Again, produce
ould be shipocd south and east cheaper,
nd at all times Of the year, again bene6.ing
he merchant or buyer, as also the farmer
Who sells. A much higher price could be
)ad for produce in the fall and winter, as
could be Immediately shipped, and shipp-
ID at one half the present price.


ANY merchant or buyer of produce in
N anitowoc will admit that with lake
shore railroad, at least 10 per cent. more
could be paid for produce than is now paid,
and also that goods could be sold here at a
discount of 10 per cent. from prices with>
out the road


Now what would be the result of all
these advantages if we had them. Far
mers would bring their products here in
stead of taking them to Green Bay, Me
nasha or Sheboygan, as they now do, and
they would purchase goods here because
they could get them here as cheap or
cheaper than they could be purchased
e elsewhere, and our town would be a bust
ness town, our merchants would have
something to do, and every farmer, not Only
in this county, but thousands in Kcwau-
nee, Calumet and ether counties would
benefit themselves and those with whom
they dealt. Therefore let US pray for
railroads; for railroad from Manitowoc,
southward; for railroad from Manitowoc,
northwestward, not ending at Menasha or
Green Bay, but reaching clear through
that rich and fertile county to Lake Su.
perinr, thereby making Manitowcc a great
reservoir Of trade, a uhoIeSale city, town
second to none in Wisconsin. Our natural
and geogra phical position calls for just such
city, and Manitowoc is bound to be just
that, and there is no particular re ason why
the present generation shall not see it and
profit by it. 1t only requires ACTION
ACTION on the part of our business men
men of all business, from the day lahorer
TO the bondholder-to bring all this about
inside of five years.


We are not called upon to do this all
alone. The whole lake shore from here to
M 8aukee are ready to move in the mat-
ter, and we call upon the press located
upon the west side of Lake Michigan, to
urge the importance of this road; and we
reach out our arms imploringly to railroad
men acho hare money, to ''stand i'm and
make themselves and US rich


Manitowoc has waited already too long
'for something to turn up" whereby
railroad might be built without any help
from us. We have slept the sleep of
Death" long enough, and Gabriel is
now blowing his horn. Who hearss


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