The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1861-01-31
TmgC.sR 4. 1. N. i. RAiLROAD.

TugC. 4. 4 M. n. RAlLR0AD.
Many cf our readers will be pleased
20 learn Of : certainty that the Cedar
Rapids and Missouri River Railroad i,
ct length located and the contracts 70,
grading let.
We clip the following from the 1ia,mss
It Ccdas Rapids Of the 18th inst., it
having arrived too late for our last
weeks issue:
1.-THE Board ofDirectors OF this Com.
pany have been in session in this city
for the past four or five days. The
friends Of Thu enterprise will be rcioiccd
70 hear that arrangements are now com
pletcd, which will insure the speedy
prosecution Of the work and the COM
p1ction Of the road to Marshalltown by
September, 1859. The commencement
Of the enterprise has been delayed
somewhat by the panic, and the Direct
ors have been unwilling to begin the
road, without having first provided for
the funds which would cary it through
without the possibility Of doubt.
We understand that the contract for
completing the road 70 Marshalltown;
20 miles, ready in all respects for the
cars; with depots, wate~r.stntions, side
tracks, &c, &C., has been let to q strong
c~oufttact1h9 company for $l5,0ov per
m~iieAAraynbfc 5000 IN bonds at par,
and $1,000 in stock subscription and
capital stock, At par. Forty miles Of
the foad are to be completed aud put
III r,niihg order BY December lst, 1851,
and the rcmainipg 80, during the sum-
mcr Of le62. 81
Milo Smith, ESQ, Superintendent Of
the Chicago, Iowa and Nebraska Rail.
road, has been appointed the General
Agent Of the contracting company, and
Maj. G. N. Bodfish,' Resident Direct
or.
The officer. Of tho Railroad Company
remain ~ before: Hon. L. b. Croker
Of Oswego, n. Y, President; 6. NJ.
Woodbury., Esq, Of Marshalltown, Vice
President; w. w. Walker Of Cedar
Rapids, Chief Engineer and Secretary
John Wearc Of Cedar Rapids, Treas.
urer l.. b. Croker. 6. NJ. Woodbury., !
Jno. +. Ely, Chas. Walker Of Chicago,
and Thos. ID. Robertson Of Rockford,
Illinois, Executive Committee.
We learn that the contracts for the
grading md bridging Of the FIRST 10
inilcs are to be let next Monday. The
contract for building the bridge acr oss
f1,o Ho1~r l9:,,,r Iii o1.o L. L. &. g..
days. c 4
The Prniric Creek line has been unan.
imously adopted by the Board, as the
cheapest, the most thickly settled, i the
best tirnbcred having the easiest grades,
and q stock subscription on the line of
some 475, 900 Or $50, 600. We believe
the location Of the Cedar River Bridge
and the Depot in Cedar Rapids is now
under consideration but not vet decided
upon.
The officers If the Company and par
ticnlarly its President, deserves great
credit for their energy aud perseverance,
To which the successful commencement
Of the enterprise in these panic times,
Is alone indebted"
And the following from Its issue Of
the al:h
"TmE Contracts LEr.-we know
every man living along the line Of
the contemplated Cedar Rapids and
Missouri River Railroad will rejoice
with ~ when We tell item that the con
tract for grading the first forty miles Of
this road was let lass Tuesday evening
10 the following parties:
LIST Division-Douglas / Munson, OF
Waterloo.
I'd Division-stcwart : Malconey, Of
I.angworthy.
81 Divisional. w. Reid / Co., Of
Belvidcre, III.
4th Di.ision-W of \ Smith, of Ce-
dar Rapids.
Each party has just ten miles. The
first division is t. be completed ready
FIR the ties and iron in five months from
January lst ; tho second in six /; the
third in seven. and the fourth in eight.
W. arc personally acquainted with
these gentlemen and know that the
work will be done by the time the con.
tract requires.
The @pierssf;r the bridge ACROSS the
river At this point has. been let to J. X.
Crosa q Co, OF Chicago. and builders
cf tho Mississippi Bridg, At Clinton
The location Of III. bridge here IL not
yet decided upon"
We learn that the bridge over the
Cedar will cross the dam at the Rap
ids. Also, that boards and material for
shantics have already been drawn out
upon the line Of the road at Buckeye
bluffs in the seath pait Of Benton coun-
~. preparatory to commencing work at
that point next week.
Our people will once moro rejoice At
the renewed prospects Of early railroad
facilities.
LADIEss notice.