New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-08-07
THE GALENA and CHICAGO

UNlON hAILkOAD.-Ihe Gasna and Chicago halt
fosd commencing a. the City o Chicago IN the State OF M
sois runs 10 Freepor In Stephenson County, distance Of
- miles At %hich point u eonnec' With 'he lsena
cd u Galens and Dubuque IN The Sfate ~ Iowa The
Mississippi River
At point thirty OF Chieaso u soaaees win
tne Aurora Branch Railroad In operation nisa
and which s about being extended by that Company % the
Illinois Central Railroad point miles north
H. Jl,roi. Rivsr Az Chicss IN. -.g,sr, sro,. ~ Al
frn connections with the Michigan Central the Nich
gan Southern Railroads constituting part OF tina main ehss
Of Railroad line from the Atlantic -ts, n TIRE Hi.s9.fpd
River and the Northwest
The Road is now completed III operation sisaylOa
sies eight miles from the Of Rockford the Kosk
AiveI 70 which place the WORK IL In scye progress and
S be completed and put In operation BY the n day OF 40
gust next the iron for this section Of the Road being -
ssnd The remaining portion OF the work will he put under
contract by the 9th Asy next and probably he sompstsd
June, 1883
Tine Illinois Central RAILROAD COMPANY aanSanee suss
state OF progress u have the connecting Ina from Reopoh
70 the Mississippi completed early in the fall Of 1883
The grades upon the road are easy the runs grade sed
seins feet In the mile, ana l5 feet In the mile IN
entire cost and equipment the rDad will Is sbosi
$4,000 Inc amount Of caPita PAID 10 Tlao1 sp ~,
soi yet called in There bonds outtsndns a. oios
$4,000 first division bonds due ls June 1852: Sil0 esps
sonds ard, Si47Wo second division bonds The ross N
opened 70 Eign the Fox River distance Of q mile.
.ne month OF February, 1884, and completed and op-nep
s Of termino the 10Th dsy II ascn
She earnings Of the road for mouths from hsy
1851 % April L. 1882 were Sl9229 expenses or me sas
lime Ss a-rrnnina during that 'ime 80 sVersfe 800,
~ - miles TIE sarrinRs foI the corresponding es,
months n lS'0 81. Sere tlsoa2 on dstabss 'uo o'
niles
The :ros' ssrnins for the month OF March ls's we0
s2l7o0
The COMPANY, o) resolution OF lth pecenibsr Bo., ~
thOnked Of yb0on Of bonds for the constrlcnop
the third division Of said Road from Rockfort to Fespo
rhese bonds bear Interest 81 pei and 2s}so
ter years tro date OF Issue and for the payment o. ph
pa srd interest the property and revenues Of ths C"np
pledged The Interest and principal II tner oonn, =.
payable 10 the city OF Ne~York and the Interest slnisn
ally By coupons attached the st Of Psbruarv snc Aoe
IN each yeaI This final is-ue - ,he Conway
Tor The construction of sald Railroad. ,.nr
portion Of the bonds have been BegOtisoo ano
amount are now offered for sale which BE- oosheo
application 70 nessrs Duncan Sherman Co. oSs rs
the city Of New-YoFs, whOse bsnkinsoooso 'Ns
annual int the b0nds will hereafter be pso bs
The ample OF the country tnash Ni
toe psssea tosusain Railroad have been folly dsuons ~
By the Of the Road thus far and when {,
connected with the Mississippi River forming nsu ~ -
communication from Lake Mchssn with the coan ~ ~
xppeT Mississippi and b1nens It through me n sysfs
lead region IL NAV confidently estimated D. crsv ry
proportional It's second 70 no road IN . sr.sss
fhe present revenue Of the Road and the cef'sn