The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-07-03

land donated by Congress $40 Ooeleavng an ampis
margin above estimates for all contingencies.
The chief engineer has made an estimate Of the cost a
the construction and equipment of road and branches
including the following items :-Embsnkment, rsck
excavation masonry bridging superstructure raAs &C.
40 passenger stations and house 40 freight stations and
houses 70 locomotives and tenders 10 passenger cars 20
baggage do TOO freight do 600 platform do 900 cattle
do and also right Of way, land damages fencing ongi
neoring engine houses machine shops, wood houses,
water tanks &C. &c. The whole foots up s165s1, 212
The road through the centre Of the State from
north to south, nearly in straight line until it
the Illinois river when It takes western bearing to
Dxonvile and thence to Freeport in Stevenson county
and thence due west to Gaens, from Dxcnville 10
Savannah the Mississippi and thence up the river to
Galena-the route not having been definitely settled
upon. From Gslena It Is continued up the river opps-
site Dubuque in Iowa. The Chicago branch has bear-
Ing east of south and then we and strikes the trunk in
Marion county There is road under way from Quincy.
on the Mississippi ria Springfield which will eventually
inersect the Chicago branch at Urbanna in Champagne
county The section between Springfield Naples On
the Illinois river IS miles, is already completed The
Chicago and Gaena road will ntersect tho trunk line to
Freeport, in Stevenson county where it will undoubt
eddy terminate.
Weearn from the Chicago papers that the sales Of can
lands are active, and that numerous body Of pur-
chasers in attendance from abroad But few years
ago these lands could not be sold at the government
minimum price of dollar and quarter acre. Now
they command, in most cases thousand per cent ~
and at that five thousand per cent cheaper
than lands similarly situated in the old States. The
canal has made this difference and furnishes ilustra
ton of what the projected railroads will do when finished
The land offices contiguous to the Illinois Central Rail
road will be open, and thousands Of industrious
will O
lands near the line The demand land along the line
of the Alton and Springfield road nearly completed
8 daily increasing and may expect, in short time
to every of it incorporated into fourihing, pro-
ductive and beautiful farms The effect is also
visible the line of the Chicago and Galena road Va
lagos which but half dozen years ago numbered only
their hundreds boast their thouands of population
and farms have been opened in corresponding ratio Of
increase 1t is also along the line of the Chicago and
Rock Island road-a work which is progressing with
rapidty unsurpassed in the history of railroad enter
prses in this any other country 1t will be in opera
ton in than two years. and the knowledge Of this fact
has brought the contiguous great request The
projected roads leading from Quincy and other points
have attracted their share of which is visible
in liberal enhancement Of the value of adjoining lands
These railroad projects will this year bring into the
State greater immigration than at any former period
Hitherto the growth Of that State vast has BEEN
has nevertheless been greatly retarded by the difficulty
of to the markets of the Union This drawback
will be removed in less than half dozen years Within
that time the State will be checkered with railroads.
and be placed the very threshold of the great comm
cial marts Of the Union.
The railway returns of Great Britain for the week end
ing June 10TH give the following result of earnings IN
the aggregate and per mile
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