, 1860-07-03

Railroad 1y8fetu OF the West.
,Fnra ths N. 7. us,sld. Jups :a1
A,.r,on.1 in,nectou of tb, W.,,eru railway
pstsoa1aa - ~ *" sa,ansn1 wh;ch II mani ~,
M sns ~ rn.. ~ ~ iioht .on. f..sl errors in ,hp
s' saas.;a 9. aaa. " snd oTsst deel Of roouer, IN
!ncat'oo oi toeo. auo 49, !. .3.o ta,ch.~ 4 ~
.te'F pass I.a1s ~ Kill tn. r.i,waya If
~ .ae uasn "no PlAuau .u 9ai. ~ ro,,,,, and thst
t;o II, 'fa-J sr,ots hu.inr.s for nearly iii Of
nme w! e1osd ample pasios1s ;s ~ nnss-. t. ~
.ao Prlne'pa!; auss 49,. hnnsst develon.
@ .nas ,vh;eh hi m nreyiona
,,I.. III soat;, - th.;r co.t nronor.
t;ansd %,a - pHy Psun' - ths omonnt Of monev
snent IN hn;id}nv tnem hnt hat roads built for
he nprnose of di,ertinv trade from a patural
channei into m nnnst,,ral one viii seldom pay.
The State Of Illinois contains about e,700
miles of railway comn1eted- than any
other Stats In he Union accent Penusylvania
and Ohio the average cast per mile waa 1885,
173. With the exception Of the Illinois Central,
which stacds aioue in the Western railway
system, and will be noticed presently, most Of
these roads are sensibly located. The leading
Of Western produce-to various points on The
Mississippi There is safi i;1ent distance between
.ne ~ Gs.esn tefmlni o. az tnese hnes 10 gre
aod ~ 10y ~ tsis d ID WEE ane soPs 5se
tbsw thatr Mnen ne snnd wn';n
hsra a,1 ;,ano-.a - noto s1y Peupen ,Is3 WI
nass aa impot1an. leeaI tfase: ano witl ne more
Several Ens. tro1.rss ~ ~ "o,,ha- .5 ~" s. ~.
State cannxc,;na ~ for;" s1J a1,pa n'.t ~ 1oe
diananol;s md fnc;ros,; Thasa yu ,a ".A T. ~ ~
manner will nroh.h]v do r.,, h.r..fts- +h..as
tbeir pro.pecta IRA lrs. nrnm,s;nr n M
the road. leading to fhicapn~ths 1at,s- Ss;nn
the natural e1part city Of the S1ate. There e i
hnwrrer. Mt Ieast ma ro..i ~ ,,.r,, ..,as;.
eaat and west hctxesn .hs ay thInu'u9
fnEt;eth n.r,ife,s The 11i;., ~ e'sL1tn 4uu
knnun. ia an isolate errar;n,sn, :" 49, as -
evytpm IL 90 M h,,,tt 80 49, - 49, ..n o""a
;9os It rnns nnr,h md Sopp,h ri, :: :: tsn!e earn
w;fh The t1;ss:.. I'M. I'D .. ~ ~ :onpentlon
hr;;t .bara 80 i,t,1.' .sE A'u'@ II MAs
osan - M.Ao ..s " ~ 'taMe oet*een Chi
Iis-s " u aaJs ~ ~ ~ Seu.h 'et ana taiso,
aJ', ~ enuo as 1ue 1gau. otlii It has suc-
teets edsa III; ~ n.eso t. 1ng call 1ust made On the
J ssosk WI WI :ea,e t-V s!li available Tor future
@ aesos, % anu u 9as certainty Dull: up some basi-
ce7Tsinn u snaa-sna Image aa me south. 1t is
yeaf w;fi cssrx % h-sadotu dtg9 nr..n"a7u and next
1T. VII ry efsy nleaas1nIs dorm. If the land
fass ou.ueI W pa5 .ne 'hIerest on the bonds
&c" Jeals 1ouse1, sue BLOCK WILL become good
fWP;a.
s.s.a .o;.i' i'eesents ad,tteFent picture This
tlatsH 't41tHa} which cost '}3.siinS" ts.1d g.:
and bad management} f4a,59l u:;.e. Aswe
srated above, every road in r.. st.,a i :, ,hs
hands Of receiver, and nam. nor ~. e ;,ts,sar
on their bonds. tt rrason IL rerv s;mn].
The Wlscon.;.1a roads ware not hu;,t ~ darI5on
new l-u tbey wers bui,t to diper. trad.. fT"
! ! It's natural channel ;nto new ones. ,h.v xsre
designed to bui!I I'd Milwaukee. Kaeioe and Ee-
nosLu, at the e1pease Of CLica.o # the % neo- ae
pie Of Wisconsin had had The sense to combina
their Efforts for the purpose of hui,3;ng IN one
seaport on the lake. their fai1ura wnnld hsve
beeu less eonspicuou.: a. II is M;1Tantee Ia.
cine and kenoahn hurt each oth.r mnra thsn
.hey hurt Chicago. but il Wisconsin lad BEEN
rnntent pc;,h da9aion;n.. H. 49,, sl.-;s..i...ta
sources aud building roads tn se1ye No t.a3ara
to the Chicago and Sorthw estt rn and the Ch1c.-
90 and Gaenn, its people, towns and compau;es
would now taye been rich and prosperous. ia-
stead Of being inso:rent and dsfaulters. We
confess that We see very little prospce. Of nav.
ing business on the In aCroese or the Milwaukee
and Mississippi roads, They have taken from
| the Catena most Of the business Of the Cnntr
| Mississippi; but there il rot nearly enoupf IA,
Themselves. The Racine and Miasi.s;nni md
the ha.fhni he'd Rockford and Kenoaha canno,
even do as well a. the roads leaulno IN M;fr,n'
tee; no sensible farmer wants to send bis nro 70
duce to little towns like Racine and karnehs