Rensselaer Union, Volume 3, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 July 1871 — The Railroad. [ARTICLE]

The Railroad.

Almost everyone ;it tliis plat c is frequently askcil the question “Will the railroad be a success:'” We would gladly answer the question and put it to rest for all time to come. But this we cannot do and perhaps no other mortal can. We can only say, and we say it in good faith, that we earnestly believe that the building of the east and west railroad is only a question of time. Any one who examines the map must readily see that the route is the nearest and most practicahie of any tHaiilics between the great commercial points of the west and New York City. Tliis being the case, enterprise and capital cannot be slow in availing tbejuselves of the advantages that the making of such a railroad will surely command. And we also believe that the present effort has flattering prospects of success. — The men engaged in it are men of enterprise, and if they fail, it will not be through their fault, but from obstacles which at present no human sagacity or determination can Burmount. They are eminently deserving y>f the co-operation and assistance of all interested in the road. If they fail, they will still be entitled to great credit for their unrewarded time, labor and money spent in an enterprise in which others were equally interested and would have equally benefited by success. If successful, ns we earnestly hope and pray they will l>p, titty will be entitled to the last

ing gratiutdp of a vast scope of oo tin try whose development and and wealth will hayc been pi peed upon a sure and permanent basis by thy completion of this,much needed and highly important thoroughfare.