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we notice as an e2tensio4 Of this line, the
milwaukee, and Prairie du ohfcn Il. e.
WILLIAM jEEv1s, Milwaukee, Sup't.
As III previous articles, ne remark that this
ispropcrly Milwaukee road; but rs it forms.
both with the Lake Shore and the Northwest
.esn, urece line:to the niissiaaippi, il is pro.
per to notice i. in this connection. It has re.
Gently passed into the hands Of its bondhold.
,eEs. 1T Waa formerly known; Ill tic Milxsa1,.
kee aud Mississippi Railroad. It's lensth il
1as miles" Aorepcrt received oftts business.
Tie next road is the
Lacrosse and Mslwaukce r.;
This Is also . Ai!wankeo road, but We men.
ton it for the same reasons as given aboye In
regard to .thc, Milwaukee and Prairie 6u Chicn
road. no report received Length zoo miles.
Our next trunk line is tAe -
.oHECAGo-;ANDs roRTBWE:s;T 1 ); en; i
-r:--;;, j." RsH,...."
TN. 3. OepES, Chicago, PrsideJt; ; >,
JAMES &. ToGSa, Chicago. Secretary. r..
GEORGE T. Lee, Chicago, Treasurer.
GEORGE /: DUNLAP, Superintendent, :,
It should be noticed that only ths1 passen-
gers who passed: between Chicago md oshe:
ko5h are called through passengers Tho lar.
gest pat Of the travel On this road. ONES from
Its western connecting lines: The road was as
completed to Appleton, 20 m11ca north Of osh..
sosli, on: THE eth Of February, .1sc1::; Total;
:4ength. sl3 miles. ~: :. :.--t.;s, -
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as southern branch Of the Galena Air Li1t
;. Sterling and Rock Island r, II,
d. s. HENRI, Sterling, President,
Il. 4. RUST, Chicago, Secretaty,
NELSON Mason, Sterling, Treasurer,
DAVID LEAvIrT, Sterling, Chief Engineer
This road is to run from Sterling to Rocl;
Island, so miles. Nine miles OF the road. from,
tue junction Of the c. g. r. !. to Port Byron
Te finished; it is all graded; the iron for thc
entire line is in Chicago, and it will be put
down Is fast as possible after spring opens.
. The next Trunk line is the
CHICAGO, BURLINGTON g. QUINCY
Il. II.
JonN VAN NoRTW1cK, Batavia, President.
AMOS T. HALL, Chicago, Secretary.
AMOS Z. HALL, Chicago, Treasurer.'
X 9: T. HAMMOND, Chicago, Superintendent.
MAX. HsoR1oTnr, Chicago, Chief Engineer.
=: This road connects Chicago with Bu.lIns.
ton, Iowa Length 2lo miles. Tho table Of
receipts shows tlic business on the main line :;
the passenger movement includes also the ne-
urcs Of the Quincy and Chicago road, with
CONNECTS Galesbnrgh with Quincy, being :or
$40 miles Of road.
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Receipts.
Total. .-..si1s,1s'.7 41lua:a e.4l.1s l;Gs9;.7y ~
.Nopen.sat efPassen7e-s. !:


sss s$ S$;:5 ss3 Ests' lsss
The first road north of Chicago runninr
West from tAis line is the ~, l..
. kenosha and Rockford Railroad.
: We have no report from the officers Of this
road. Some twenty miles or more are finished
West Of Kenosha, and es miles between :Har-
ward on the Chicago and Northwestern Rail-
way and Rockford are also completed: This.
With the Galena, gives 4 choice Of routes be.
tween Chicago aud Rockford.
The next branch line is the -
Racine and mississippi Railroad.
g. 4 THoAsoS, Racine, Wis. Gen,l Afanarer.
4 .. hEDnURS, e. ~, ~. . Treasurer.
" :fhis road is finished from Racine to Free
port, distance Of 1Dz miles.
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> CONDITION., TRAFFIC., HTU.
o1 1HE !.:.:s 4. =:
RAILWAY esNsIERIao VI; IN eA|cAah
K:=;; WITH r
GENERAL: SYNOPSIS OF BUSINESS;
IT., s: For The xeaF' '1s80.$ :
r e.
]: TWELFTH |s.1E ANNUAL REVIEW.

Gle, th:thosc Of our twelfth Commercial Re-
view, published on the first Of January, show
eonclusfre1y that tho West has seen the worst
Of the financial disasters, which commenced
; in August, 1885,, md, unless failure in crops
: should again occur, our people may hope for
i return of prosperity and progress. The
shipments Of grain -of all kinds during the
year 19GQ, largely exceed those Of any previous
year, amounting to 81 ,25G,697 Of 75ushela, and
llad the passenger earnings Of the railways for
the past year been equal to those Of 1856, the
/ total tootings Of their receipts for 1850 would
! have shown handsome increase over those of
TINT year. Not only has the clowest point Gcen
| reached IL the.earp1ngs Of ,our railways, but
the gratifying fact is demonstratgd that immI~
grafton has again commenced; and it Is to be
hoped, that It will not cease TIL the resources
! OF our fertile pralries arefhtly developed. The
tables of the passenger movement on our
! three great Eastern lines show that 50 .265
more passengers were brought West than re-
turned, adutns, Of :coursee, ABOUT that number
i to the permanent population Of, the West. d.
The causes which hare heretofore induced
'.'so large IN Immigration, msnst hereafter swell
49, 4.,1't'Det "so'".4u ~ -, uost gIaeh1los
t proportions. faalsass are now built, and
it Is eafsto tay that not . farm III the State is
fifty miles from q navigab1ez stream or d rail-
way depot. Whatever the farmer raises or the
mechanic produces L. cure Of Already cash
market. And still another fact is becoming
well understood, that owing to!the hard times
Of the past thEse years, farming lands, both i'm
4.eseu s1o ullio pfo'eo ean' ne oousnt 1er
.1o = 4.an5 eaees 'lor 'ieas than 'half OF
.ne Prices funng 1hree years ago The same
- .'neo1 Town and elty property Both land
1.u ,sul' afe cn'eago never before Of
Is1eu 1a1' ~ many Inducements 70 merchants m and
s1im,,atsa ~ =, % 49, t. 1sr'. sas ns.; ~ AL klnus
7e-e =. ~ un :, .en'ass previous 10
Aoo'' property OWNERS, pnllt extensively, aud
teria15 hae ;,dnoe7 h,1,5 5-aa: -
make suhstont;,, ;n,,,rora,,,a1+s. ,,na-.e.7,a:s
1,ronertr For -a,rs sn.s t,,a-. Ia.s apon .ne't
SeA's tusie Aaee HUI oeeh 60
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=
Next we have the
Re1oit Branch OF the Ga Fenn &. Il.
It connects Belvtdere, Is miles west Of CHI
caeo, with Beloit Wis. Length a miles, It is
opernted By the Galena road. As an extension
Of this line we notice the
- EeIolt and Madison r. H.
This road is finished from Beloit to Foot-
vile, IT miles. Is to run to Madison, 90 miles
from Footyille, and be extended thence to
Portage City, 3s miles.
The next in order is :he.
Mineral Point "a, r..
: GEO. Y. COBB, Mineral Point, Receiver and
Superintendent,
This road connects Warren, 145 miles west
Of Chicago, with Mineral Point, Wis. Length
80 miles
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Ercesa Ct Westward movement. ....... a4.ss
In considering these results, whether az
regards the passenger movement or re,
ceipts for freight, two important facts n1ust
not be lost sight Of, VIZ: That by far the
the larger part Of Western productions
seek an ultimate market through wa.
ter communication with the senboard.
Nearly all the grain and flour ship
ped from 1llis point, for example, is bg
way Of the lake; while no inconsiderable
portion Of the pros.ucts Of thc Mississippi
valley aeek an outlet through th1t river.
The other fact is, that much Of our im1ni-
grafton seeks The West through the cheaper
but less expeditions method Of lake and
river travel; and 4 very considerable por-
tion Of it through the old-fashioned means
Of private conveyance by lind.
Taking all these facts into consideration,
it is entirely safe 10 say, that tl1c Vest
reached the lowest point Of depression in
1859; that 1850 has been year Of rapid
recovery and that she is again starting
upon an era Of prosperity. Unless the
traitors Of the Gulf States shall plunge the
country into the horrors Of a civil war, no
Imagination con prescribe bounds TO the
magnificent career unon which We hare
just entered.
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iotal.... te,''i95 Lei .s;4lo e,t:2.G3 ss;.s3;;,
lfGFsmeut If p1;een7ers
Total. ..,Ess' aa.7sa ee,s1 -5.571x 21,s6;k 3, 10
AS branch Of the Rock Island ne notice

A,iaAt
As d brunch Of the Rock Island ne notice
the ''
Peoria and Bureau valley Il. r.,
Ihls road connects the Rock Island Road at
Bureau, 1A miles from Chicago, with Peoria,
Length: II miles. It is leased at a rental Of
sl25,o ayear to, and is run By, the Rock
Island Railroad.
as projected extension ne merely notice
the
Peoria and Hannibal R.R,
Considerable work has been done Oh the
lns of this road. We hare no report as to its
present prospects. It's length Is to be 1s9
miles. -
As feeder Of the Bureau Valley We notice
the
Peoria and Oauayrka Il, r.,
We have 70 report from this road, That
portion Of It which connects with our Chica-
go roads, extends from Gllman, on the Chicago
Branch Of the Illinois Central, to Galesbureh.
l43 miles.
As an extension Of the Bureau Valley Road
ne have the '-- - . --.'''' ''''-
Illinois .ziver L. Il.
7: s: TnoMAs, Virginia, President. .
n H. L. scuooLEY; Virginia, Secretary.
FRANCIS Low, Ilayana, Treasurer. -.
L. 5. THOMAS, Virginia, Superintendent.
This road is to run from Peoria to jackson.
vile, s. miles. Il Is now completed between
Pekin and Virginia, q distance Of IS miles. !
The balance Of the road is to be finished DUR
iny The present 5'ear. 1t wiu add largely to
the business Of lbs Rock Island railroad, as 1t
runs through apopusous and very productive
country. Il
The next trunk line in order is the
4 LTAN AND ST. LOUIS
RAILROAD,
JAMES RoBB, Chicago; }p,ao;-.
: CHas. Cosapos, :Nex: York, Receivers. /
JOSEPH PRICE, Chicago, Treasurer
Chief Engineer:
This line connects Chicago with Alton and |
St, Louis. The road hes passed through nu
sorts Of troubles, hut it is nov rapidly assuml.
IN position among our best managed and,|
leadiDg western railways. Length 2S4 miles. ::
d. .Ss,{n
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The following List embraces the trunk foada
actually completed and in operation, with their
branch and extension ilnea, centcring in CHI
cIgo: ..'
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e - r'* i -.azze:..~,' 71-:fs*
Cbita9oijI.Triibptte, Il; ]
RETURNING PROSPERITY,

=.
The elaborate railway statistics which
weplace before the readers Of the TRIBUNE
thia morning, will be studied with much
;. Interest by all classes Of intelligent people
: .As an indication Of Western developmen,
and prosperity, these tabnlated results Of
ford tar more definite and satisfactory in,
formation than can be derived tftom any
other aEai!ahle source. In the gr3ss earn;
inss, we have key: to the, aggregate in
creased production; and from ihd general
passenger movement, VIC are :eu3 3bled to
fora some definite idea OF the addj1ions to
our population by immigration By ref
erencc to those tables it will be~:sf fcn that
the total earnings Of the railroads belong
ing to the Chicago system, for the year
1860 exaibita very gratifying increA Ase over
the earnings Of 1859, as follows:
Earnings, 1855. iI,07s,so
Increase in isso. a!71a. OK
Tive confine the comparison to the earn:
;ngs Of the ten trunk lines, the result is as
follows:, ~ 8: -~+
Earotngs, 1906: SIS rs, ,1es
-. 1o'ss ;-.:-'.s.-:..:-;-::s. ]26os'11
Increase in 1860 ....,......,....... ae0o4
The ca1niugso Of these trunk LIN les for q
series ofyears have been as follows:
s5ss!s iss::::: isss s1S sss 115
The 1erulsion, setting in in 1857, it|will be
seen, caused a falling off in ,he earninga, of
nearly one million and half of dbl afs~-
the decrease continuing in q more marked
degree in 1853, and dreachin its lowest point
in 1889. The rebound in 1860 is as remark
able as it is gratifying. It is all the more
so from the fact that our figures show that
the increase in earnings has been wholly
on freights-the aggregate passenger move
ment for 1880 being actually 182,149 less
than in 1850. From tLese figures the con-
clusion is plain, that the productions of the
West IN 1860 were much larger than in
1859 CT 1858; and, taking the falling of in
the aggregate passenger movement into tile
account, quite equal to, if not greater than,
the production Of 1857. The Statistics here
tofore published in the TRIBUNE Of Lake
aud Canal commerce for the same years,
lead to the same conclusion.
The general passenger movement, for the
year just closed, while showing consider
able FILLING of in the aggregate as above
sisted, nevertheless brings to light the fact /
that the West received larger additions to
its population In 1850. Than in the previous
year. The total movement, for example,
on the three great trunk lines leading East
from Chicago, during 1860, Was 1,004, ,s27,
as follows:
Westward movement. ISIS 105 |
Eastward movement .65D, ,437
Excess orWest ward movement. .... 8, ,26s |
The excess Of Westward movement over
~. IL r.
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l'or::,a!y Eecsi7'

Theroads reported so- 1860 are not precise
y the same Is those reported for 1856, and
hence we cannot institute any general con-
par'son; but taose who have preserved our
statistics can very easily determine the rela-
tive figures for themselves. It will be found
that almost every road has increased Its aggrc-
gate earnings. Tie following table shows the
total earnings Of ten trunk roads centerIrs In
Chicago for the last five years.
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Total .5,fsl 1851 l73i .G1s0s 12N9 l57Is{
:, As q brunch Of the G., 3. q Q. B. R. We have
Q uincy and Chicago Railroad.
y. BusHsE11, Quincy President ;'-'
urer.
: CHARLES g. HAMMOND, Superintendent.
This Road connects Quincy. with the Chi.
-caso and Burlington Line, ,at Galesburgh, 1853
miles from Chicago; The-ears run directly
through to Quincy from this city,. Its length
is100 miles. :.
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Total, $36s9 ;ESs0a 7 .'33 =7t9l7 1Es,s7o 1879 :
The first branch line from the Galena, run
ming north, is the :s.t l.; j..
ElCtn and State Line Il. Il.
JULIUS WApswoRTHi, New York, President.
B.W; RAYMoSD, Chicago. seczetarg, Treazu-
rer, and General Manager: -:
.This road extends from E1gin, to Geneva,
Wis, "a distance OF IL miles.
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Total. :. ...l,77s 1,F4a a,42J lisa 1855 3:s.
as an extension OF The Ga!ena and The ILL
nols Central VIC notice the
Dubuque and Sioux City HI
HERMAN GELrcKE, Dubuque, Iowa, presi.
dent.
JAMES M MCKINLEY, Dubuque, Iowa, Sec
retevy.
9. d. BooTu, Dubuque, Iowa, Treasurer.
GEORGE YOUNG, dp. Superintendent.
j. e. A1SswoRTH, do. Chief Engiueer.>
This read, formerly the Dubuque and Pacific
Z. R, has passed into the hands Of the bond
holders under the name above. given. It is
finished to .Jcssup, 50 miles. It will be COM
p}eted to Cedar Falls, 100 miles, early in the
spring: The present company took posses
sion Of the road On the LIST Of September, and
heuce the tables give lis business only for the
last four months Of tue ycar
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.ReGeiQfs,
-17T"7 11fttH xl.1T3.!.{3
-No0sMent Of TQsfeuyefs

to!.sH7sa l1easss 1ss.l4oA sst9s l,e5lik 1;;,5,5n
The next .reat eastern line ID the
l1sCE&1EAN CENTRAL RAILROAD.
JoHS W. BaooSs, Boston, Mass, President.
q WILLIAM +. Fow1E, Jn., Boston, Maes.,
isAAc !; \ h1yEEMoRE, Boston, &1ass, Treasurer.
T. y =: LIE, RRaeE, DetTolt. Mlch:, Superintendent,
neer.
This road connects Chicago with Detroit
aud BY the Grand Trunk, the Great Western
and the n. 7. Central, with the entire Atlantic
seabosrd. Tie Niaga1a Suspension Bridge
connects the two latter roads. The distance
from this city to Detroit is 2s2 miles.
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Here again, as in the matter Of earnings,
the nadir point was reached in. 1850, and
the rebound in favor Of the West IN 1860,
upon smaller aggregate movement, is as
large as tits gratifying. --
five take the fire roads leading west
ward from this city for comparison, we
obtain the following results for 1860:
Westward movement nt....;..5G So. .035
Eastward ..5 5,e ftt7
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=, r.. Throt' way Tetal Thro, Tay Total
G. & n. w. 1,s.3 r. ssi SILL l.c55 t1qi3 1913
G. B. A+a9 13j.s!t 1sa0:1 LIS! l&a5 ls:.73i
G. & r. EsI2St1. s46.5. o. 4,s1 ls.tio a:,l5t sn,i

Total. tsio 4.ts, s7ns5 1881 *6:,a:s :4s.9;7
From this table it appears that the hve pria-
cipal roads lending west from Chicago left in
the country through which they run or took
to. that beyond them, p, 4,sss more passengers
than they brought bnck. In 1850 the figures
were only 5,o44-a very gratifying irerca.c.
Comparing the figures Of the reads vest With
those east Of Chicago, 1t appears that o,sso
remained in Chicago OF left By the southern
or other routes. The tables correspond srtI-
ciently to slow their general accuracy.
= immigration reached its clinaxin IN 1856, ind
since than it steadily declined till LAST wear.
when it was nearly double the rcsult, ,rcacAed
in 1853. Here, too, the tide is changed. Ths
crowd Of the enterprisiny, the intelligent. the
hardy sons and daughters Of tia Easternsta.es
and Of Europe is again snrsing westward, and
It will doubtless increase in volume until it far
exceeds that which we welcomed to our Vest
ern homes in 1856: Let it come, for there Is
ample room west Of the Lakes lor al to carve
out for themselves both fams and fortune.
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It should be remembered that tha terminus
cEfhe Northwestern Railway ts now where
there is comparatively little through
travel, hence the falling off in the through
figures is only apparent, for the passengers
that leave By the Lacrosse road are really
through Passengers, though for obvious 1ea-
SONS they appear only in the tway'' column.
The following line, deduced from the tables
OF our threo eastern railways, showing the er-
eess OF the Western over the Eastern move
ment Of passengers for the Last i've years. il
most interesting and valuable:
IL 1sa5 ~ 1871. 1855 1850. 1sD.
1eo'9oo W,9ss 4a.a18 1854 a3.aSa
AZ usua1, in the last Of our statistical azu.
cles, ne present the following
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wef:: VII Mess W.. fsta Es:s Ut Ea{ ssil Esst
W;&C.3,st9 les,s9' -. ZIG s,t3, 1.5..6 e:19:l
~ 81 lt*,s!5 l4Lie3 rs - :t7, II =!
1ueh Cent .1,7G3 t.l,4}S i5t}&j S':I+ s.k:1. II f3

Tst.l.. ,a,I 47da:s 1870 gsls 1873,
This table shows that these three roads
brought to this city 35,2Gs passengers mora
than returned East. It may be assumed,
therefore, that nearly, if Hct quite, that
numbe erof people. brought By these Ines be-
came permanent residents Of tie West
In the following table Te omit the tables OF
the Alton and St. Louis and the Illinois Central
roads, IS theJ are so 1argsly connected with
The Southern trade. The Milwaukee road is
Included tor the reason that passengers go ty
1t west and northwest from Milwaukee, Tbs
table shows the passenger traffic on five roads
leading vest from Chicago:
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M0rt71tnt Of P1sssg7<7s.
Total..s7's sAst9 zs2 20 1854 9t1's ss ss6ol1
Land Department. IIlInois Central
kAt1roadsl:

1osa1 u ''us 75s1 " 77s 2a3 tl5 i@6 QlI
Land Department. Illinois Central
Col. J. ", FOSTER, Commissioners.
J. n REDMOND, Treasurer. J, 49,.
The entire sales of land since the Company
commenced operations amount TO SIC, ~, ,o00
Ihe operahons OF the Land Department for
the last year are given below In detail:
95'SSlnal Sa3S gTant ant vas, acres %
>'p - A' Oh iooo. tscses- 46
Sold II 1850 Il ISL ac.es: 8, ,1s7;547. 40 -
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'1us~1 ''.acos II ,o'7 5l,SS t9.1t3 li5.S7 alA9s.
The next eastern trunk line IN our order Is
the
MICHIGAN SOUTHERN d NORTH
E EffN INDIANA RAILHOAn,
f;Lt5HA u. GILBERT, Utica, N. Y, President.
D; l. BAHHYDT, Office, Is William street. N.
e, SECRETARY. So, >0'' 1''
HENRY kEEr, Office Is William street. N.
T., Treasurer. '' N''
JSo- D. CAMPBELL, Office, Toledo, Ohio, su-
perintendznt. 1'~'
THIS road connects Chicago with all the At
lantlc cities from Maine southwark. Itslencth
to Toledo ls ss2242 miles. Il has branch to De-
troit and several other branches. The total
length of track is not stated in the report
given to us.
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| ToTst,'@ 1s',ts3 lssrAs sl,zf.x LIE ss7k 1sgo;3
| As branch Of the Michigan Central. We no
tice the
Now Albany and Salem Hallway.
We have no returns from this road. It con-
meets Michigan City with New ALBANY. on lie
Ohio, 2s4 miles. Trains run, direct BY. The
Michigan Central, the New Albany and salem
and other roads, through to Cincinnati.
OTHER RAILWAYS IN ILLINOIS.
The first east and west line south Of the cjty
Is the Joliet and Laporte Railroad It's noms
indicates its location. It's length in this State
is about thirty miles. The Michigan centra,
hare lease Of aud operate the ros;d The Pc.
oria and Oouavka Road is a,readS ,,o+;,aa
The next road south Is the Quincy and Toledo,
It was formerly called the Great Western. 1t
connects with the Quincy and Chicago Road
at Camp Point. 1t runs through Naples, on
the illinois River, Jacksonville, Springfield
Decatur, and Danyilc, mud thence to Toledo
It is proving Of great advantage to tbe ,ich
and raplaly improving part Of Tie State
through which IT runs, Ienzth- in 11,,no.s
about :2io miles. 4 rcad-the Miasiasir;T; sn5
, 1861-03-09
FROM MADISON.

Ltneotnss inaugural IApproVef1--Judse
Cole Candidate for Re-FtlrctiusI.S
Legislative 4'ems Geo1og cal Survey
, 1861-03-09


The fourth Trunk road is the
GALENA (FULToN) AIR LINE II. Il.
= Officers the same as the main line. Also,
receipts and passenger traffic included in ta-
bles there given. Runs directly west to Full
ton, 1876 miles,
As an extension we have tho
Chicago, Iowa and Nebraska r.. r.
JonS BERTRAM, Salem, Mass, President.
- JAMES NJ Ham, Clinton, Iowa, Secretary.
> CHAs. A. LualnARD, Boston, Mass, Treas.
ii. Smith, Clinton, Town, Sap't and Chief
Engineer.
This road connects Clinton, Iowa, with Ce-
dar Rapids Length 81 miles. The bridge
connecting this road with Tie Galena Air Line
Is: completed to Little Rock Island, whence
the cars: are taken across tho main channel,
700 feet, on large ferry boat Seventy mi1ts
Of On extension Of this line westward towards
the Missouri are now nnlsr contract and tie
contractors are a1e at work on it.
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Tie table shows the very encouraging fact
that the earnings Of these tan trunk roads ex-
coed those of last year BIZ &, csc, ,cs4oz. They
also show a handsome increase over thoso O.!
1858, and reach within little more than a mil
lion those Of 1857. With the large sarp,us Of
produce still to come forward, the active re-
turn business It will stimulate, and it is hcnce
the revival Of emigration and the increase Of
The passenger traffic ne shall expect to sec the.
earnings ofthese ten roads II 1861 ea cal those
Of 185G-the golden ysar OF Western railway
progress. Al increase only equal to that q
lust year Tl1 accomplish SO desirable & result.
moVEmEHT OK PASSENGERS.
The movement Of passeDgcts On our dig.-
ent railways affords the most valuable sta:;=~
tics In regard to western progress. Hare a.
in the receipts Of our roads the fact Is drmpr.
stzated that the worst is over The following
table shows tho movement Of passengers Gu
our three grcat Eastern lines during the rsst
year:
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II a'.-' ..-f1k o1.3l 75e.9H.H SG,653,15 7,
.A0p:nent uf R1ssenaers.


Tot2l...ld,.ol 6'.di5z as,ab7s 1910 s3..5t a},4A
As an extension of the Rock Island we have
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:-.* -. - :: = Aortz7ent e;r- Pnssengers.;
TW9sa West Mszt Meyt It'll Nsst TsEs Essf Mey Teta
.Ian.,:' d13 = ..7..4f t.ntl az. rE|E e-s:t
:FEe6.:., s!:K s35;H saa fss::1 ':,5 f.T-
1prl. l.so71s s,12x ie:1 - ta1-. Sss; E.s: Ss:s::
My: a1y: ;;s ;lsE s;ss s, 51g;4 3oy :,si tss;s
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, 1861-03-09

, dADlsON, MATCH bI]. 1S51- :
GEST1EN1S:Ia am IN receipt Of your coraluua nj.
cation requesting to allu the use Of nv name
as candidate for reelection to the office of Asso-
ciAte Justice Of. the Supreme Court.;.t ~ :,
have HkaMiec received other communications
Of similar character signfd by citize:s i'll differ.
snt parts q the State. and making like reque-t
ons communications tEaL 10 return herein my Ein-
eere thanks to The ssners OF them, for the scnti-
menta Of confidence and rcg'rd which they have
their Ecquast, to annonnce myself candidate for
the Office Of Associate Justice Of this Supreme
'Corrt ut the coming election ~. -
T.. fireman. respectfully yourr, :
, 1861-03-09

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I{opeNent Of HnsseF1erF.