The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1852-11-27
Central Railroad.

/ AS this company are bound by their charter 10
have fifty miles Of the Central Railroad in run.
ming order by he lst II January reNt, We have
/ several times been asked, VIII the company come
up to this requirement Tie charter We have
never had ioub. If it, They will not only
following article from the Alton Coayi,r, show,
in condensed way what has been done IN
this great enterprise;
On yesterday We had tho pleasure Of meeting
Z with NJ. BsAYGNN, Esq, the Attorney of the
( Company who placed Is IN possession of mrch
! Information, in relation 10 the operations If the
company, and the progress of the road, which
we take the earliest opportunity Of laying before
our readers
! The entire length OF the road, 105 miles, i.
under contract and the work progrc, ,nc lun eve
~ part Of It, as fast a, labor and the requisite
MA eria's can be procured. The company has
made a loan Of nne millions Of dollars, four mil
hons Of which were procured IN THIS cosnlry, snl
the other i've millops IN Europe, as our readers
have already been advised SiSty-sigEt thousand
tons OF the best lr,n hays been purchased, dtlN.
cradle at Chicago, and Cairo aud vhieh IS now
being received RS fast As It can be used By the
company. One locomotive has already arrived a,
Chicago, tobe used GA that part O.: the rosd out
from Chicago, already finished, aud three o.hrrs
are expected before the close u nav CATION for
Cairo, ereeport, aud Ia sale.
Almostlhs entire distance between La Sale
and Bloomington IL graded, ami the contractor i
now LAYING tho rail, from Ia Sale out. Il ia IN
tended to have the cars running between Ia Sale
and Bloomington ~ the 1T Of January next. if
possible, and at al. events before spring opens
On the division rorh Vf Ia sale, lJ,g force
I' immediately 10 be Tut upon The work, so as 60
secure 4 complete Communication with Chicago,
ssrly next summer by means Of tie Aurora IL
tension.
From Freypori to Scale, Mound distance Of
thirty mies, 'he track isyery nearly finished, and
ready for the supersuucturc. The iron rail uu
this part Of the road will be laid this winter,
On the Chicago Branch tie grading IS yer,
nearly completed 10 ,h- E4ukakce. distance
Of fity niles, AL il "a ceufi,ul. expected
'he whole Of the grading between these points
will be finished tie rails laid. and lie ears run.
Mig over the whole fly miles hy the frst Of
January ntx'-oysr Is nils. ot the irya RAJ,
have already been laid
In lie irs, djT.s.-n o!tle work between Cairo
sni lie Big Muddy fiyer, over zoo D,-n are row
employed, ami o. U:hss parts oi this great vo-A
north Of The Big MGliy, the work s Eo.rc stsa.
oily foTva,i Ia, a. labor can be rro,ur,d
Considerable trouble h. been experienced BY
the contractors e the l.; southern division II
the road, in obts.uu. lahorer.. although they
have offered, anu are sal o;f-rng the yery hi.h
est wages. An Impression has prevailed 70 a
great extent among Tie hhorin; classes, 'ha; he
southern parton II our state was unhealthy, I.
which has prevented very many f,oni svaillng
themselves Of tie high wages rfrel No inn.
pr-ssicn could be mote erroneous r unjust Co
the southern portion Of the state. No portion of
our beautiful state is more healthy than the ,ouh,
and while he contractors on that part uf the
Central Railroad, are Ct'-trg the very highest
pay, 20 the laborng man. there Is Huu'hrr yrrv
important advantage in this, ,ha, the climate i.
much more mild than with Us. seldom freezes.
and enables him 70 work during The entire winter.
The greatest scarcity Of labor appear. 10 be a,
Jonesboro ard at Cairo.