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within one hundred and fifty miles from where it was originally produced. It is calculated by intelligent persons that in this way the citizens of the Mineral Country have actually lost in useless transportation of their product a sum which would be sufficient to construct this rail road; for all expenses incurred in bringing articles to market are but so much reduction of their value to the producers. The reduction of the tolls on the Erie canal of New York, so promptly made by that state at the request of Wisconsin, is only of very limited benefit to us so long as lead has to be brought in wagons from the mining country to the Lake shore.

It is known from the surveys made for the Milwaukee and Rock river canal that there is no difficulty in the way of the construction of this work as far as Rock river, with gentle grades and curves; and it is believed that by following the "dividing ridge" between the Wisconsin river and the streams running south into the Mississippi there will be from [to be] but little difficulty on the entire route.

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