ENp. 83
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p. 8399 The [crossed out] great object which it is most desirable to attain by works of internal improvement in Wisconsin is the transportation of the thirty millions of pounds of Lead, Copper, and Shot produced in the western counties to the shore of Lake Michigan, and the supply of that "Mineral District" with merchandise by way of the "Great Lakes." This, and the transportation of the surplus agricultural products of the intermediate country to market, and the supply of goods to the interior population, it is believed can be best accomplished by means of a rail road from Milwaukee to the Mississippi river, a work entirely practicable. The two great obstacles at present in the way of the construction of this work are the difficulty of deciding upon the points at which it shall terminate, and through which it shall pass- and the want of adequate funds. For the want of this improvement the products of the mineral country have been transported to the Mississippi river, and from thence by way of New Orleans and New York, back to Milwaukee 53 | p. 8399 The [crossed out] great object which it is most desirable to attain by works of internal improvement in Wisconsin is the transportation of the thirty millions of pounds of Lead, Copper, and Shot produced in the western counties to the shore of Lake Michigan, and the supply of that "Mineral District" with merchandise by way of the "Great Lakes." This, and the transportation of the surplus agricultural products of the intermediate country to market, and the supply of goods to the interior population, it is believed can be best accomplished by means of a rail road from Milwaukee to the Mississippi river, a work entirely practicable. The two great obstacles at present in the way of the construction of this work are the difficulty of deciding upon the points at which it shall terminate, and through which it shall pass- and the want of adequate funds. For the want of this improvement the products of the mineral country have been transported to the Mississippi river, and from thence by way of New Orleans and New York, back to Milwaukee 53 |
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