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Newspaper
Sauk County Standard
Location
Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1854
Page
2
Farmers on the Baraboo favor a Baraboo Valley line or Lemonweir route and expect strong support for a railroad. Sark county shows growing lumber and grain trade, needing passenger freight service and a robust iron horse to speed goods eastward. Also notes builder activity, oak and alpacas stock, and Thomas Ritchie’s serious illness in Virginia.
Correspondent from Portland reports Governor Stevens arrives at Fort Vancouver with the surveying party. Efe departed for Olympia to organize the new territory. Reports claim two Rocky Mountain passes and two Cascade passes make Puget Sound feasible for a Pacific Railroad route with advantages over southern lines. Olympia expected to be the territorial seat. Salem to host a December convention on the railroad issue. Rogue River rumors claim renewed Indian hostilities. Detroit of Commerce notes New York fires cause over four million dollars in losses.
The Wisconsin Assembly débated on Richland county prisoner maintenance, state prison reforms, and bills amending revised statutes. debate on capital punishment abated as the bill to repeal the law and restore prior punishment received lengthy discussion.
Washington Globe reports bills in the House to grant right of way and land for railroads in Wisconsin and Michigan, with routes Milwaukee to Prairie du Chien and other termini. Mercantile firms plan a daily steamboat and rail route from New York to Baltimore to Wheeling, lowering transshipment costs to the West. Dodge County hops show rising profits per acre, with substantial earnings from small parcels and favorable prices. Filibuster accounts vary, reinforced by gold exports totaling 60,873,505 dollars for the year.
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