Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1850-05-23
Grcas xorshc,n sIlchican Punk Road.

over travelled tie Michigan ro=5. learn that
there is a good prospect If This Rad being turned
int" plank rad. and fully completed. the entire
distance from tie city IF Indianapolis by the way Of
Kirklin. Lugnnspor,. Rochester. Plymouth and South
Bend to Niles la Michigan, distance Of one hun
drrd and firts six miles, where il connects WITH
The great Michigan Central railroad. l'nding 10 De-
tro. in little over two years from thi, date That
the road will be completed in the period designated
we ofnr The following reasons
: l Beginning at Niles. tie Michigan C.ntrul Rail
road Company urder agreement to- construct
plsnk road If ten nil. from Niles 10 S,uh Bend.
aud II is well known that this small matter for
that COMPANY.
g. Al S'uh Bend company has been org nized
for more tI4nu year past and rapidly
S,ruciing plank road. the Michigan rnad, towards
Lngunsper aud expect Ia have twenty miles completed
this summer and BE- able next complete half
of the distance from S'u,h nd to Lrgansport.
3. At LoganSpnrt, company has been organized
for time. with Judge Wright at It's head which
is actively engaged in constructing rond North of
that place. They have recently put up their first
gate aud already receiving tolls for short DIS
tanc-. There is doubt that before two years this
company will be- able to meet the Souh Bend Com
pany half way between LoganspOri aud South Bend
So much for the road North of LognnSp"r.
4. South of Lrganspori seven miles were planked
last season by company having charter Ia plank
the NJ chigan rad To Indianap os. This crnlpany
expects to complete the road to Burlington distance
of nineteen miles from L1g1nsport, the present
sun. ca rly in the
5. The last mentioned company have agreed to
render up half of the road nearest Indiana polls
a distance of thiry-hve mcs-to indianapolis
company. with the privilege Of organizing under the
general plank read law and will aid such company
In procuring any amendments from the Legislature
that may be necessary for the speedy completion of
the road. This law requires subscription, IN stock.
of thousand dollars per mile, $50. Co., before
q company can be organized. Nathaniel West. Esq.
and others have been engaged in negotiations with
the Lngansport company and in procuring sub~crip-
tOns Uf stock for several weeks past, and Mr.. West
and N. Bulb,n have just returned frnm Kirklin,
the Northern end of the indianapolis Division. aud
able to say to the public that $50, 600 in stock have
been procured and if the ciiIzans of polls
will come upto the work md take the remaining five
thousand dollars of stock company will at once be
orgarized and the work be immediately commenced,
and with this subscription of S35. 900, which is
than half enough 10 complete the indianapolis DIvs-
ion of the road to commence with. the work
tanly be completed IN two ycars-ihus making the
whole line complete To- lis connection with the Gen.
trial Michigan Railroad a Niles. in that period.
The advantages OF the lndianapoli Division are
superior TO those of any other portion Of the road, al
though is the last to be commenced At Plymouth
a plank road from Laporte and Michigan city inter.
sects the Michigan Rad, which will add materially
L0gansport all the travel, high up Fort Wayne
at least, will pass the road to Indianapolis -Four
miles south IF Burlington. at Puds m tavern, PLANK
road is about being constructed distance of sixteeI
miles, Ia Kokumo New London, the latter a very
fiourishing village on Honey Creek, where there
valuable water-power and only seven miles from thu
Michigan road. This connection will add immens
amount Of travel. AT Kirkn, three miles south q
the Northern end of The Indiana polls Division veT
important plank road will connect-being planl
road from Delphi, the county seat Of Carroll county
on the Wabash and Erie canal via Frankfort, to tn
| Michigan road, which several miles have bee
completed and gate or two erec ed near Delphi, ant
the road in rapid progress, under charter from th
State. West of Delphi road is about being con
structed in the direction Of Chicago, twenty miles il
length, for the purpose of securing to Delphi on
Pittsburgh the trade of the country an The Tippecano
river and of the Grand Prairie, which is settliD
with great rapidly, being ct the finest portion
of the State-ihe travel from all of which will pas
the Michigan plank road from Kirklin, in comm
to Indianapolis. North of Eagle Village, anoihe
plank road will with the Michigan road froi
Lebanon, distance of only eleven miles. Leblanc
is the county sea, of Boone county, and is located o
the nearest route from Indiana polls Lafayette
ten miles over the Charlottesville route and when
plank road is finished that point, will overcome III
part Of the road from Indianapolis the cit
: Of Lafayette.
These are few of the local advantages of tt
= road but all these of but little Importance, whe
: we consider this road, when finished TO Niles,
great link, connecting indianapolis with Detroit. Oh
cago, Milwaukee, Gaens, and the Great NortheI
Lakes, including Lake Superior; and were we II
afraid of giving offence would say. and be able
# prove that it will afford rival the city
!, New York. both in speed aud cheapness of passag
J." u large portion Of the year, when the Gre
Belefntaine Road is fully compleed in all link
h which will not be for full FIVE years after this paI
N road may be finished to Niles, should the predici
that il will be made in two years be verified by reu
iiy and there is nothing in the way to prevent
~ but the completion of the indianapolis Division
& that time. There would then be no link wanting b
le tween Indianapolis and the cities Of New York a
10 Boston.
g When the plank road is completed from Indiana
" lis to Niles-l46 miles-a line Of Omnibuses, ri
c ming at the rate of miles an hour "a very slow q
he on plank road) will accomplish The distance fro
i'll indianapolis to Niles ln............l Is hours.
From Miles TO Detroit the running time
on the Central road is........... 10 ..
or From Detroit to Buffalo the steamers
H. make the trip regularly n.. Is "a
:. From Buffalo to Albany the running
time by the on the Express train
II Is IL I"
n; From Albany by steamers the Hud-
lie son to New York city. ............6 I"
- Thus il will be perceived. that the moment the r,
" is planked To Niles, New York city will be within
u hours travel Of Indianapolis-on q route, too, VIII
by the connection of the different lines compl
Ia than on any other route in the United States-and
,r- lowing only eight miles travel to the hour
N plank road, when ten miles be easily accC
III pIshed. which will give ample time for all delays
ar stoppages the road.
Ii is not the intention to set up this great North
plank rad ia a rival work to the Beefortaine ROT
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