Democratic Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 December 1883 — Railroads Ten Miles Apart [ARTICLE]

Railroads Ten Miles Apart

I asked a wealthy man who is a heavy stockholder in many railroad lines and also a farmer, if he thought there was not too much railroad competition coming. Said he: “I have expressed the opinion for the last fifteen years that a State as rich, for example, as lowa, where I lived a good while, could support railroads ten miles apart, and I see reason every day to confirm my judgment I mean that, when the land is settled as thickly as it should be for the character of the soil, railroads ten miles apart can get all the traffic they want!”— “Gath,” in New York Tribune. It has now become fashionable in Eastern cities to be married as early as 6 o’clock in the morning. This gives the bride’s female relatives time to say good-by to her before the evening train goes.— Boston Post.