Rensselaer Union, Volume 3, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 February 1871 — Prospect of the Railroad. [ARTICLE]

Prospect of the Railroad.

Many of oar readers arc vitally l »i*t\rctlnd io the prerent piospchts ; ami ultimate late of the New York \ and Wrttfrn railroad project. We 1 ►peak sd'isedly when we say that, the fntttre residences of many of j the most active, energetic and in- - ulligcnt men, not of llenssc', nor j alone, but among those in the country. depend npou and will be go' - i emeu bv the fate of tlii»- enurpvbc. ; To them anything and everything touching upon this subject is of in tcroH and eagerly sought afli-r. Without entering extensively into ! details we will give an outline oi l the present condition, hopes, prospect* amhwvmtitigenoies of the enterprise ns they are represented to '■ At it a inception, the gci.ilvtiun cennectcd wilhjtbis project did | not contemplate anyth ng approxi- ■ maiing to the raagnitudetli.it snbse- i quota combinations have made it, j consequently the commencement of * oik has necessarily been retarded. The elaborate system of comhina ! tions make tiiis the most stupendous. com mere ini enterprise cur; planned, reaching out as if will when completed our the whole; T'nitcd States, north and south, east j and west. Even in this age utj oe*4n telegraphs, Pat iti . railroad irom-lau navies, great thoughts and stupendous achievements, an epitome even of the vaiied and imj*er- ■ taut commercial resnits to be attained by its success, is almost up- : palling and scarcely cmnprvdtetisi- --- - - - , We have before us a private let- • ter front a gentleman prominently connected with this project and w ho is w orthy of all confidence (we 'allude to Mr. Henry \Ve-l--n, ■©£ New York,; together with a confidential circular, that arc- furnished n* bv a friend, from tv liich we are permitted to compile ts follows: ! This project embraces a vlouble track steel railroad from New York to Cjticsgo, with a single line of rails from the Chicago junction (wherever it may be located) to Vonncil Bluffs -ami—nitiniat'.dy i through to the Pacific coast. There are seven local companies, covering the whole line (from New York to Council Bluffs) embraced in the consolidated organisation. ® 1 Of these companies, the Fort Wayne A Pacific, Hon. R. S. I)wiggins. President, forms the fifth link in this stupendous chain, and reaches across the State otVludiuna fr.-irucsst to west. Ii is on this portion of the line that the Chicago junction wHI he located. About one-third of the second link is completed and in i mining order. This ; j is in the State o.i New Jer.-ev. Ifv , the completion of this great trails- ' pom aiif ii arttrv, there w ill bo at-' laintd, by way of the connections it w iil make, the following highly I impoftaiit commercial and travel-j ling advantages: It saves in distance from New York city To Cincinnaii, Louisville, Cairo and points on the low or Ohio river, from silty to seventy-five miles. To Jst. Louis, about one hundredmile*. To Little Lock, eight' -eiglii * miles. ’1 o Cleveland, one hundred and, thirty-two miles. To Toledo, one l-.undrcd and lorly miles. Tiiis connection at- I fleets the important trade of De- j troit, together with much of the ; whole State of Michigan. ~ ■ To Chicago, ninety mile*. I o the trade of the Northern Pa- f cifie railroad, when built, over two hundred miles. j To the principal trade of the j Mississippi river, one hundred and j fifty miles. ro Omaha, one hundred and six tv 1 mites. The country through which it 1 will lie built comprises the valuable j fruit region of New Jersey, the | vast eoal deposits of Pennsylvania, ; the great grain districts of Ohio and lowa and the extensive com and cattle plains of Indiana and Illinois. f Such a stupendous enterprise require* never wearying, indefatigable activity, an immense outlay of money, and time to complete. The -JU-st is secured in the persons now dMhrolling its movements, the speend requisite is now being negotiated for, and the third is nqt remotely distant. The ultimate sucrendu] completion of this grand trunk railway, destined to be the main artery of commerce across the country not alone lor domestic prod net* but also the rich wares of Chios and the ludii‘*7 is a* certain Mje-Uei'enitnt as any human event

yet. to transpire. It is demanded*.; it is needed and it must and will I be built. Hut it* completion may bo retarded or advanced by the ac- j lion of those who live along the | line it will trnveVAe. The pimple, now living irrav have its great benefit* by pursuing a grm-rntt* and wise course, or tlb-v may neglect and refuse Tc assist iu its construe* ; tion and delay its completion until j another and more enterprising gen- ; oration shall take .their places. Prom the circular before us we i learn that means are already provided to complete the line from New 1 York into the midst of the nnthrncite coal basins of i'etmsylvania , and that this will he accomplished by Tti'e lii>t of November, J -71. - \Ni have nsMiraiyics from sources i perfectly n liable that work upon ; the line in Indiana is ready to be ! commenced tis soon as the local aid jis secured. It is the desire of the i officers of tlie Indiana division to I have the track laid as nearly as po- ! slide on 11.0 old survey of the American Central route, but this i depends wholly upon the action of j the people who are to be itmnedi lately affected by it. If they will give the right of vv ay through their | property and give an amount sulli- ' cicnt to grade, tie and bridge it, j they may have its advantage*, but 1 should they look coldly, hesitate, ; and refuse to assist, the route will be taken through a district that will.be friendly and is now bidding ! for it. To sum -up: From the information before us, substantiated as it | . r — r ' • :-is by gentlemen we 'nave no reason to doubt, vve think vve can \ safely my to our readers, Ist. 'This road will certainly be built. 2d. It _wyj.ll run through Jaspur. county,—• , 3d. That its early and rapid con- ; struct ion depends wholly on the action of the people along the line. The W'iiaiiiac Ifanocmi ‘‘goes through" the Logansport Pharos for its unjust attack npou and mali--1 (-ions insinuations againM I lon. T. Ib Washburn, our representative in tlic (rencral Assembly, because he refused a bribe front the Toledo, Wabash A Western Railroad Company. lie sides other pertinent rei marks, it says: ; ‘‘jir. Washburn is a high-mind-ed, honorable gentleman, and though u republican, can not be in- ; llueneeil i r controlled by the' usual method of buying up members. Mr. Washburn concidve* his obliga- | lions to his immediate constituents ' paramount to those of any torpor a- . lion, and lie is one of the few who j will'stand faithfully by the iitterj ests of the peoply, * * * I If Mr, Washburn lias failed to secure tiie approval ol the Logausport Phan s, that paper may rest assured • that the honorable gentleman has ! the approvAT of nine-tenths of the people of his disu lot, in his position towards those monopolies." In these dapf ofpartisan journali ism it is rare indeed that papers ' deal justly with members ol the OpposititjU ranks Tiie compliment to 3!iv Washburn in the loregoing ! fvtraet is a just and tleserved one, | and tiie more noticeable because , coming from an uncompromisingly ' democratic paper of zcalotis and j bitter parti/, inship as may be inferred lrom the Pharisaical fiing at I at the republican party in the first i three lines. r ldie jmper that is indejiondeiit enough to rise above I j.rejudiee ami truly ami resjiect- ; fully speak ol a ponticai opponent, S particularly one occpying a public : \ position, must be Oiiiled by liigli- | minded men, w ho, though erring iu judgment, are uprig<?t in heart, i The course ot our contemporary in , j this matter is commendable and j I should be more generally adopt "*ll 1 j by the public press. v ' ' * 1 "i he ratification ot the fifteenth i amendment tw o years ago has been j repudiated by tiie Indiana Senate, by a vote of yeas kb, nays 20. LI-1 liott and Hughes both voted with j the democrats. — JiV/momr Pernor rat. j Oh no; that is a mistake Hughes i introduced the vvhereasc-s and KHi- i ott a,ml twenty-buir other demoj erats, thinking there was a negro I jin them, went ‘*bi!in' ” after him : j like sheep after a drover with a dish | of salt. j Senator EKiott, <«f Fayette county. has writteiT to the Indianapolis 1 Sentinel that Isis Self-respect forbids . him longer to acknowledge himself, a member of the republican party,! or to act with it. The hondrable \ gentleman is very like the fellow who married to disgrace Lis wile’s relations, but wanted a divorce on account of uncongemality of temperament. Time is a slow but an* fnfitllible dispenser of justice. The day of compensation alvvavs eo'tnes. — IWpara iso VidtUt. Wiiat per cent, will the 1 id<tie ( give for siibscription accounts and take its chance* for <; the day of ' compensation?' 1