The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1857-06-13
Meeting Of the Directors of the Sterling
and Rock Island Railroad.

The hrst meeting since the organlza-
ton Of the Board of Directors for this
road was held at Fulton, Ill.,, on Friday
the 18th ult. The requirements of the
law Of the State having been complied
with, the first steps to be taken By the
Directors was to meet and appoint an
Executive, and other Committees, in
order to carry out the work under consi
deration in the most expeditions man
ner The Executive Committee there
appointed consists of Mr. Gates, Of Port
Byron, VIM. Marshall, jr., of Cordova,
l.. Chamberlain, of lie Claire, d. A.
Smith, of Lyndon, and Mr Mason of
Sterling. all men of experience and ener-
gy, and such as will move along in this
important measure with all possible de-
spatch. The engineers are already en-
gagged in locating the line of the road,
and we are informed that within six
weeks the road will be located, the right
of way secured, and the whole route ready
to put under contract
Thc'S and r. I. r. r. is to many of
our readers an entirely new affair, and
they have probably in many instances
never heard mention of it before. 1t is,
properly speaking, an Illinois road but
the paramount beuefts to be derived
from its construction are to be found in
Iowa. 1t is the extension of the War
saw and Rockford road, under another
name. This road forms a junction with
the Chicago and Rock Island Railroad
about four miles above Moline, and runs
thence to Port Byron, at the head of the
Rapids. Thus far the road is graded
and ready for the ties. From Port BY
ron it runs to Cordova, FIVE miles north,
ans directly opposite Princeton ia Iowa;
and from this point runs thirty miles to
Sterling, and there connects with the
Galena and Chicago Union Railroad,
which company have proposed to furnish
and put down the iron as soon as it shall
be graded, and also furnish the entire
rolling stock for term Of years The
advantages to be gained by the construe-
ton OF this road are too many and Of too
much Importance to be considered in so
brief an article but of the many we
would speak Of one or two points which
bear relative position with the c and
X. |. Il. r. BY building this road, the
people of Davenport are Is miles nearer
Chicago, which in these days, when time |.
IS of very great Importance, is not to be |
disregarded by any means. But the /
more important feature is, we get two /
lines of travel from Davenport to Chi !
,ago by rail, which at once institutes a
between the two, the need
'f whieh has long been felt by our peo-
pie. The stubbornness Of the {. and r.
K. Il. company is aud has been only
squalled BY similar monopolies they
lav: literally had everything their own
way, and neither asked nor granted IA
'ors. The great advantages secured to
he towns in whose vicinity the Sterling
nd Rock Island road runs will be the
ubject of many remarks in future,
through these columns
In conclusion, We are authorized to
ay that this road is now fairly under
Fay, and is sure to be built and fully
qaipped by the lst Of September, 1858. /
he country through which it is to be
ui.t Is Of an easy grade. and, with the
mercy and means now enlisted In its IA
or. We look Tor early and speedy COM !
!etioa Ct the same State DEM