The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1850-05-11

! Central Rail Road.
/ In our telegraph dispatches # las, week IL,
important fact was announced that Mr. Douglass
bill for agrant Of land to the state oi Illinois To -
in the construction Of the Central Rail Road in
this state had passed the United States Senate
by vote Of 90 to IL. We ind in the Sta;r Re
gistr Of Saturday, the following Synopsis 81 la,
important ill.
The bill n i, was originally Introduced laul W
learn that it has Undergone bIt sigh. m,li.isS
tlons) granted to the state the right OF W., tho
the public lands for tie construction ol raj. road
from the southern terminus Of The I.'u"., and
Michigan canal To point ~ or near the junction
of The Ohio and Mississippi rivers, with branch
of the same to Chicago; with tie right also to
take necessary materials Of emth ,touc timber.
.sc DC, for the construction thereof the ri,ht Of
way not to exceed 100 feet on each side
The. I'LL further provides that quantity Of
laul equal to alternate sections mile, wide ul
each side Of the road and branch, for the length
thereof shall b, granted To tue state 10 be ap
piled, under the direction Of the legislature in tie
construction Of the road
II further provides tina, the road Shall he com
menced at rs southern terminus at or near the
junction If the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, mn
gan canal simultaneously, and coutr-ci from
each Of those points anil compile 81. when The
branch roai ,h1ll be c.Hr-tsu.' II ec,prlin. IL ia,
survey ami location there
1t provides further rat the lands zrau!s = =. -,
be applied in the contraction = no ,.,,l AMI
oranch re'pe'' .oely n oy~r,tties corresponding.
WIN .h' q mt ior EACH -nI shall b. disposed OF
oniy rs the work pro- csses, AMI applied to no
other purpose vhat,aeyc,
ALSO 'h!' the lited States shall have arigh;
to transport Their mons md m1ntion, of Wal o
r'r the r3'l # branch free of all charges; AM
,'e'' "."'S AL be transported over the same to
W. H.'1 compensation paid for Ike railroad ser
NV. also, that the right Of way aud Lands re
''' .nng uniispo-ed oi by the act granted shll
exert to the United States unless the road shll
be commenced within and finished within teI
years from tie passage Of the act.
The bill was, at the suggestion Of Senate
Shields, modified so A. to provide for the con
structon Of an additional branch 10 Galcna, an.
the Telegraph says, it was further modified so q
to form link in the great southern chain term
mating at Mobile, in which form It passed the Sen
, ate
This is the second time this measure the in
portance of which to Illinois is incalculablc ha
been carried through the upper house of consres
by the industry Of our senators and we sinccre
hope and trust that it will not be lef; again to tn
last hour Of the session to BE- killed by the fol
Of its friends in the house. With the aid granite
by this BILL the construction of this rail road woui
no longer be problematical The land itse
I would afford abundance Of means to construct til
road, as may readily be perceived by cOmpr
son with the grant for til, construction Of til
. canal The canll Ian l. t1tnn ~ t''ai- 80
I. ...,,.r worm 10 our state over 100000
which would be some $4,000 per mile for I'll
T whole length Of the canal Now $4,000 p,
mile i, considered pretty large figure for IL
= cost Of rail roads in Illinois SO that suppo,H
the lands along the Central rail road to be wort
as much as the lands on the canal are. and "
: eau see no reason why they should not be, O,
, state could build this central rail road with II
-, means granted by congress, and have n yet
handsome sum left to extinsuish the old debt Wit
At least, there can be no shadow of doubt b.
3 that the road could be commenced and prosecute
to completion without interruption.
Is to the important results to the stake il
would flow from the completion Of th, road
, cannot be n.cc slry that We should enlarge. y
there Is Of Illinois lies along Interchangeable stream
where neither the land Tor tiila;c nor for health
q ness can be compared with tie interior region tn
. would be traversel by this road But con,ru
this rail roal, aud instead of the river region, II
central portions Of our state would at once Dccpn
the wealthy populous, and commercial; for as
meansof communication an transportation cana
! or rivers bear No comparison with rail roa
u which has not it, season Of business and season
p, suspension, but is open at all seasons.