Year: 1870

property owners ana trends or superior re
main yet to be heard from Report to thi:
office Immediately, gentlemen!


THE DEFEAT OF THE BOND QUESTION


so much has been said in our columns
on the bond question, now that it is dis
posed of we cannot close the subject with
out a few words.


The causes which led to the de-
feat of the proposition that Douglas
County should issue 100000 ofits bonds
to aid the State Line Railroad, did not
arise from any antipathy Of our citizens to
railroads. On the contrary, they are ex-
ceedingly desirous to obtain railroad commu-
nication for Superior, and are willing and
anxious to generously assist, by all means
in their power, any project looking to that
end, which carries with it the prospect of
a consummation within Il reasonable, fixed
time With them it was not a question,
Shall we, or shall we not have railroad :?
The question was, Is it best to vote $780,
600 to the State line Ruihoaa9 The re-
suit of the election on Thursday shows the
verdict.


Had Mr.. Stnson and the other large
owners ofproperty here, whom we are look
ING to, to build the road, furnished any tan
gible assurances that in case the aid was
voted the work would be proceeded with
ut any defined time, or at all, there would
not have been dozen votes cast against
the proposition. The absence of such as
Surances, we are sorry to say, killed the
scheme No blame is attached to Mr.
Stinson for the failure of his efforts to raise
the means to build the road. 1t is beley-
ed that he did all that could be done, all
that any one could do, in the matter The
cause Of the defeat of the measure is laid
ut the doors of those who were relied upon
and expected to join with Mr.. Stinson in
building the road. 1t is indeed deporable,
il not humliating, to the people of Supe-
rior to be linked to and dependent upon a
class of men, (whose individual names we
will not now mentIon) any one Of whom is
able, ont of his own private purse, to build



seem to lack either the will or the nerve to
move in the matter. 1t is earnestly hoped
Mr.. Stinson will not relax his efforts to Sc
cure the means to build the road. Let him
be able to show that the voting OF the
bonds of this County only stands in the
way of the enterprise, and their issue will
be authorized by our citizens with cheer
fulncss For ourself, we still have faith in
the State Line road. Although short
road, only % miles, yet we believe its con-
struction will be of more real benefit to
Superior than any other now projected, ex-
cept the great Northern Pacific railroad,
the continuation of which into Superior the
State Line virtually will be, enabling that
road to reach the lake over a route incom-
parably shorter, more direct and of easier
grade than any other. We believe the
building of the State Line r. r. would do
more towards indelibly fixing the lake ter
minus of the Northern Pacific in this town,
where natureintended it should be, than any
other means at the command of the place.
Therefore, as long as there is hope for the
road we shall endcavor to advance its in
terests. We wish it understood, however,
that our great desire to see that road built
shall not stand in the way of our advocat-
ing other railroads; and, as we said before,
the people of Superior are willing and
anxious to aid literally any other railroad
CO ming to our town.