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UP AND ALONG THE DES MOINES”An Important Project!!fee Ft Dodge Northwestern Railway Company-tinu1ihJHon. JNO, F. DHHCOMBE PresidenttIsThe are that Emmet county, rwhich, up to this time, has been some;cwhat behind its neighbors in railroad Ismatters, is soon to take a front rank injiicommercial advantages and railroad in* terconrse with other parts of the country. We hare given, heretofore, accounts of the organization and progress of the M., St P. U* P. R R Co., and our read’era are familiar with the voting ot a five per cent tax in this and other counties in aid oi it: This road, when completed, promises to be oneol the most important lines in the state, and one whieh* in passing through this county, will be fertile of profit to every part of it. There eeems [to be, at this time, every indication that ^ jtbis road will be built and is operation LC»fn the time prescribed bylaw, and that It a j will make point of this place. Saute ofjb£|the capitalists who are hacking it have;14recently, as bondholders of the Des|° Moines Valley Railroad Company, pur-it chased large Quantities of that Compa-U jnj’s lands in this count}-, along the pro* it!posed line, and self-interest will be aj^ djixm_erful lever with them to forward theju rCj early completion of the road in order to ^ [enhance the value of their lands and f bring them into ready market 'j But the building of this road is not ourp only hope and*reliance. We have long;AeupAb%%fun jbeen. advised that, the old D. V. R R Co.1 {having through, financial inability aban-£ jdcned the idea of extending that road mr-e;ther north than Fort Dodge, a new Com*1 pany would he forpjed of a^a whose in-lt;- • teirsU. as weft as incTnations, would im-ltipeJ. them, energetically and immediately; s:to6honIder the opportunity lost by the 0 |D. V. Company and engage in resurrecting the project of opening up this spleu-s did Vajiey of the Des Moines river by ^! railroad cotnmnnicattna to Fort Dodge L (*nd other point* whieh have long looked ! with wistful eyes op on the wealth lying\siyit j In store and undeveloped in this region*ucOur readers and the entire people along ® j the Valley and its borders and across the j P ^ j line into Minnesota will learn with great!*’ e (satisfaction and laudable elation that the;**a} preliminary arrangements arc all made—| a company organized and controlled by :rimen whose reputation and standing lijPJ i full guarantee the enterprbrc 13 a re*; J 15 liabie and trustworthy undertaking. )° From the published incorporation no*-* d tice, we learn that the name of the new j® it [company is the “ Fort Dodge and North* !e • western Railway Company f that itsau-lbi _ _ i0 ithorizetl capital stock is three mill?on!T ^ ; dollars; that t/ie purpose-of its organize p : tion Is “ to construct and operate a line cf ja jrailway from a point, at or near Fortj^ lc* Doigc, Jowa, in a north westerly direct ioa;0S. I i,up and along tlia Des Moines river, to; 11 j the north line of the state of Iowa, andj £ \thence in a noyth am}- westerly direction j.^ A ,CTit U lll/i ItAPM 1.«to a connection with the Northern Pa-te! n • ». t i i . «• t* • ifljcifip Railway. Its place of business isit[to be at Enunetsburg, m Palo Altoeoun-hre?.■d»i-nlrty, anti the officers arc Hoa. Jno. F, Oaacorabe, of Fort DcxJge, President; Lindsay Seals, Secretary; and O. E.Palmer, Treasurer. 1 U is the purpose of the Company to commence active operations at once, and it is confidently expected that from torea-ty to sixty miles, .if not more, of road 1 will be bnitt this year.There is no doubt but that a five per (S-ceut. tax and the swamp lands of Hnaj» boidt county will be given the road, and most likely a tax in Palo Alto. What jiliis county will do or be called upon to do remains to be seen, but we da not expect to be slighted, and believe our people will not be backward in aiding this enterprise, wb?h is second to none in prospect for oar town and the county generally.A toad to Fort Podge Is direct but-let to the Immense coal fields of that region ; and north of os. it would tap the pineries of Minnesota.This road running through our county will rapidly settle it up, induce capital and in a hundred ways contribute to. elevate it to a front rank among otho- counties of the state.Hon. Jno. F. Duocombe’s name, aa President of the Company, is alone atower of strength, and his character asone of the most able, reliable and successful rail rued men of the west is sufficient to entitle the company to the confidence of the people. We ate satisfied that bis name would not be connected with the enterprise if he was not in txmcti, and if he is in earnest, we may all be assuredthat BtrsETBSS IB WEiKT-Gea. Seals and Mr. Palmer are well known enlerpriring and experiencedraOroadeB, and thdr asslstanee will be valuable to the company m forwarding Asptena,Thu may be seen what * grand pn-Jeetis btAreuaind what a big fbture isnear at hand fbr Emmet coctnty. AD dt-eaa 'wiD greet Its comiag with Joy, and rec« »r their pride m t^rir adopted land, Ija* only needed what is now at ikB^^i0mwltti^losae(n Id to financial pnaperityafid in mope rapid pro-gress to the sptere inteaded by jpdonse-ofwissoit*rsitr-ue*tsa-ha*stiea*wIfwhi-nfa‘Jefi-itrA9ljOu t: h b o lt;? F%VPtiJ7ePdkoeti*
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Northern Vindicator
Estherville, Iowa, US
Sat, Jun 01, 1872
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