The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1856-03-22
Rail Bead ItemA

I, appears from the Clinton county pa
pers ,.la, Convention is going on in re-
Ia,ion o the rail road projects ,hrougi.
THAI Coun,y.
The Dam. Prsss Of Chicago, having
given the Chicago, Iowa and Nebra SKA
Rail road regular puff, the Mirror Of
Lyons. takes occasion 10 show up the
aatecedcnt OF that Company, as follows !:
Some three yeau ago the Lyons loSa Cen
la Railroad Company was organized, with
v. ADAs. as PRESIDE II al | head conr,ctur -
We got into biz hauds million dol! ~, more or
less OF County bonds, aui other securities vi tbs
evmpaay. lie progressed smoothly for oue
year. Ia that tine Ae .xpcni ! over twC hua-
drod thousand dollars IN grading on the fire o.
said 70 al, bu; som= b W or other the retIrtinin !,
eight hundred thousand dlliaIs were | =, sigh
at Although toe Company inL esi < ,.td TIE
matt r. To hing c0gii he found, atd he never
did account f,r il. Tie maa wao b Is Jtmnjt
trd sach franz, will do 10 ~ ain wb-a an p
l#ortanty is Aifyr.lcI OF course BE- & IN sa,s
tailed, anh what Company would no 1. ia Ia
wIli4r f.lluxiug aaes Company was fTTa
apon the ruins II the oil one, ~uh o1c or tso
ps,s',ely acknowledged As President 90 contrsc
or, but privately 20. Lust spring The rev OF
ganiz ,tion conneae-d Sorh Oh The Old linz.
punlisbiifg through pIpsrs at distance from
their operations, that they were pushing III:
road ia goyi earnest; fht, ilr.y had i've haa
dred nea mplv,ei, ~haress lhry he'd 81,
dozen OF twenty five. But ~ Id .lly "a y O. Az
yed the Termination of tbeir goal o. tsO miles
avn the river when IL @as discovered that
saRher vf Hien fra npossd of Oh 5cs OF r
Rsil roal & mpaay, " In one exc..ploal has.
,urehis.d sufficient lad where he roaI MAS To
.rm-n IL, for city AMI had organized Ihrm !
g ives iuto Land Company nlthng &c naiuing /
to1,ericct the orgsuir ,tion but 10 pub!i.h the
arr 'cirs Of Incorporation. They sIryryvs the /
Eslid b yusht, nAO lit. steanboats @ste t. d |
charter I'll to b IL p epic toaL;eni II igd bar I.
b cue aud Jut dor oal Oh when OCCASION
-trccts were laid ou., and prcrns 70 b. grads. /!
and o.nsmenied with shade trres ths corsei |
ITO cs VI school houses and churches were aid !
aud one OF the largest h.t-Is pr,j ctsd ~ b. |
bnili. Quite M nber Of Lots we're disposed o. |
At this tune On various terms; amoag lbe rest |
We bell. W the Davenport Gazette ~. to receive /
u number ~ a consideration Tor publishing the |
grandeur and sablimi;y If the occa.ioI txLi n |
nd 4 mp't msgnilea Aeotly) and trying TO max: !
tn WORTH believe mat Clinton womb be the
70 Ssst city on lhs Mississippi. Dsring the /
GUNNER thy kept dnasn or i,sore msn grading |
str ets ana ca the !! r. Ct The railroad. This !
aiLtcra tAsrd ORGAN y II o, has h-ea IN !e and !
another comqsny formed. with III ? Adam. a.
coa,ractor. At ih- tao previous organizations
Council hunr was considered the western termi !
MS vi their road bat nox IL il 10 be on 81 en- |
tr.ly dffer.aI roite, in some direction to~ ard.
N-bra-ks Cedar Rapids is the only po,ni nea |
tion-d on The whole route, and II was only |
withthe mot strenuous .forts that 10 % .
from that section secured even ttis. IL il
commended that the n.w Company has nc; hing
to do with the old one. IL may b. that they |
have nothing TO do with its affairs, such sspay
ing d-bss. etc, bat the m-n who compo Ell The /
old { ,mp.Hy also do the new one, with NJ bet |
Ter basis True, they hare associated With them /
10 An = III sbtne N n that have influence. They .
have selected thtm fr N parts widely scattered. /
without l'cIta,ioa. asd III mos. instances with /
oar their consent ~ the way the ID .renpor. j
Gazette b " not q VOID to say ABOUT ue1 or !
< t1'zsul m. or the death u the Railroad Com :
i's"y Which 4, prophs<i=d would produce such |
srsi, r,suits.)
The above shows up pretty plainly the
history Of the Company, aad gives the |
Gazette rather a left. handed sonlpli- I
merit.
1t canno,' he expected a railroad will |
he built from any point, ,hen, until new
and more reliable Company, than any /
now IN exitence, will be formed and one .
which shall have, either, cnpil,l or good |
credit TO work upon.