Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1865-11-03
THE IOWA CENTRAL.
Progress Of the Work-Enc0uraging
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AL but fifteen miles of the Iowa Cen
trail railroad between this place and To-
ledo is now under contract, to be COM
pleted by the LIST of next July. The
remaining distance will be let in time
to insure its completion with the con-
tracts already made. &EA.E.G t. 81
On Wednesday, the 9th ult., con-
tract for grading ten miles from Toledo
North, was let to David Appellate, Clerk
of the Court in Tama county. VIM.
Mccoy, of this place, obtained the con-
tract for bridging. Work will be at
once begun on this contract, and push
ed forward as rapidly as possible.
The people of Tams county are fully
aroused to the Importance of building
the Iowa Central, and are determined
to know no such word rs, fail. The
county voted SAC, 900 in bonds and 80 900
acres of swamp land to the stock of the
Company at the recent election. The
unanimity Of feeling prevailing among
the people may, be understood from the
fact that out of a voting population of
about hoo they gave 900 majority for the
proposition. They are prepared to cash
this stock as the Company may require.
Tama county is.eminently sound. EH5
The Engineers have now gone to sur
vey the road from the State line to o.
lkaloosa, a distance something over fifty
miles, we believe, which will be put un-
der contract as soon rs the progress Of
the survey will admit. Mr.. a. d. Barn
um, the wide-awake General Agent,
started for that portion of the line on
Tuesday morning, to look after and ad-
yanceths interests Of the Company
The Osl5aloosa Herald, and the people
of that locality, will be happy to learn
that the Iowa Central is not lifeless
enterprise, and that the people of Iowa
are not, by any means, letting it Sc
yerciy alone,n the information of q
certain newspaper, of which, better
things might REASONABLY have been aex-
pected, to the contrary notwithstanding.
There are great many railroad en- ter
prises now in Iowa; but the Iowa Cen
trail, in the magnitude of its work and
the surety OF its success, overtops them
all. The Iowa Central does not ask as
sistance of capitalists or corporations.
The people desire to build, own and
control the road; and they are able to
do this--williDg to do it-bound to do it.
yCitI owl I;srn,;t;n, 4,
to hinder? That another organization
contempIates road on "a Ziz-zag line
from Cedar Rapids to Ottumwa, certain
ly will not interfere. Our Company
would not expect, under any circum-
stances, to get dollar from the people
interested in such other road; nor do
the people with that enterprise at heart
have any anticipation of getting dol
lar from those whose interests are jden-
tilted with the Iowa Central. If we had
ever so much confidence that a road by
the ottumwa route would be built, we
should have none the less confidence in
the success Of the Iowa Central Why
Chicago and Dubuque are more friend
ly to the 0ttumwa and Cedar Rapids
route than to the Oskaloosa and Cedar
Falls route is obvious. All the friends
of the Iowa Central have to do, is to
keep straight forward in their good
work, unmindful of the sneers and con-
coetions of their enemies, and all viii
be we'll When other companies can
compare stock booksand contracts, aud
feasibility Of route and grade, with the
Iowa Central, then, and not before, will
they be equally worthy of confidence
and support. As expressed by one of the
notices at the celebration of break ing
ground at Cedar Falls, ave are rather
a quiet people, but the level, chain and
dollars will tell" Words will not build
railroads; and the management of the
iowa Central So understand. Those
other companies, which, with affected
unconcern, turn up their corporate noses
at the Iowa Central, may learn some
thing, by careful thought, that will di-
rect attention to stocks, surveys and
contracts, in lieu OF gas-a very INSULT
cient thing for the heavy work required.