Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1853-01-28
THE PALLADIUM.
RICHMOND. IND. FRIDAY MORNING.
JANUARY, "a, 1859.


RICHMOND. IND. FRIDAY MORNING.
JANUARY. "a, 1883. /
C;.eia NATL CamSriJge snd Chicago Short Line. Rail
~sy Cowpssy The Cincinnati Gazette, says:
IA Company with the above title. organized at
Cambridge Civ, Indiana, the 18Th inst. a Board
Of Directors elected consisting Of hos, Iy"e.'
So,oruen Meredith, John Csnn, Charles u Raymond.
Piesssnt Johnson, Ja.ob Vor~. Jesse Hiatt. Robert
Marrhy. Dicks,.en !"l.. ard W|; y Bennett 81 In
diana. si,d Caleb b. Smith. 3. :. P"rkhunt aud 'eo
1sr.h.sr Of Cihcinn.s. Cul~b 81 Smith VS. elected
Preside NJ OF ID. Board.
J.. Ths Company has been organised - construct
,o.d lson, N.~cas,e, by Of C.mbridg. City: TO
the line connect with the line Of the C'"c"
I:ii Western C6"'p.'y c-..-...
1T 10 designed to consolidate these two CD"Ps"ies
aud thus make line from Cincinnati TO Newcastle
From, N~wcasi- TO Chicago = road Inns been located 0"
a direct line, q I'd on I.rge part Of the route. The
work !. now in progress The work PROBE ted is
.ssigned to complete straight line from this city Z"
A.kjraso .d by connecting with The Indians d-n,r
rosd VI Cambridge City, TO make a direct road from
here to Indianapolis.
A comp<ten, Engineer ha. been employed. s"d ope-
rstioNs the line, informed, are 10 bc ni'e-
diasiy commenced" -
We arc informed that between fifty aud sixty thou.
and dollars re subscribed Cnrnbrdge during tn.
meeting held there tho 18Th i".tant. There are
routes pFopo.edone to pass over the hills from
Cincinnati TO Cole rain, and the Miami near that
place, then up the valley Of Indian creek ~ the de
,.ctjon Of College Corner, and hy a straight linz TO
@ies,h Of ,h. place. Another. fro" Cincinnati TO
f.rr.ou the nee III. the w is-wnter valley to Brook
vile. and up the west fork 10 Cambridge Survey
II 10 said, will be need at early day, aud the
route detsrmined by a.c-rtnnne the most direct line
which is at all practicable.
D.,ros AND w.srx.S RA,L.o.u.-It j. understood
shst this rord will be completed to New Par'' during
the present week and that the track can be
he O this place. less this n
ose mo- nth. should tho weather prove at all favorable.
shalt have the running to this place The tino
10 anxously look ed for.
EAToN AxD RnuxosD Roam work on he grade
Sf this road progr.ssne rapidly tho state OF the
west,-r will permit The Impression with those best
arauant~G with the work. is that in four weeks the
vrsde can be completed and that With" two months
te track be completed. May tho day Of its COM
p1etion soon be here.
Fous MIX VALLEY RoAu-A corps Of engineers
connected with this road now Tcconno'trring the
country in tho vicinity Of this place. for the purpose Of
making a permanent location Of this road The high
Land. this place aud Elkhorn tho principal
difficulty in securing u straight route. Little doubts
are entertained, however, but that good route will
vet b. obtained. Quite interest is felt in this work
BY some citizens who have subsc r'bed be raj y
10 tho capital stock. A delegation Of citizens from,
Fort w ny ne and Winchester have gone to Cincinnati
for tho purpose o. examining into the probability OF
max ing this road and IL said committee should be
WINGED The ny Of the Of this road
road from this place Fort Wayne will Immediate y
become = "ixed fact"
Tho practicabty Of tho route North is doubted by
no one Tho country is comparatively almost a per.
fret iev-I-the streams 10 be crossed but few-hc
country rich aud feTiiIe-the citiz- becoming
wealthy, and only need such work make their
ton Of country second to j" Indiana. In speak
lug Of this project. the editor Of the Winchester Pa,
o, ssys:
The subject Of the conte npinted railroad. passing
FNAr Nils Valley, IL becoming one Of absosbipg
interest with the citize along the line. SIEVE raj pub
liz meetings have been held recently Al this place,
which we'll atts ndcd bv ctze and the right
kinI Of spirit prevailed, especially at tho meeting
last evening the most intense in'eres manifested
~ every present No better evidence Of the inter
set that pc take this ought to I've
Gured the tla they sul'sc riding stock lib
orally. The town Of W inchcsier has already taken
thirty thousand dollars aud the lively interest that
people take III tho enterprise wo have no hes
itntion that the subscription can be doubled
without any extra effort. Camden, j" Jay county, has
.u,,sc rb-d about 5000 0, aud Richmond, we are in
M aggregate Of SSO.OOO. already taken by the
o( Richmo nj. Winchester and Camden; which is $780,
900 than the law requires to organize the COM
pany
r. r. Bailey, Esq of Fort Wayne, who has been
nppo nted by the Of that place pass nong
,s lines Of the proposcc routes TO rxane their reia
tive positions. aud ASCERTAIN the probable amount Of
that can be raised along the lines Of the proPo
sed roads, reached Winchester last evening. meet
ing 81 citizens immediately called Together al
the court house, where Mr. BaiIy addressed tho
ing in very nbie and practical manner lie thor
oughIy posted up tho subject Of r~iiroading. lie
left this 'nornng in company with Mr.. Stone Of this
place, for Richmond and G. incnnati.