Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1865-11-17
IOWA CENTRAL RAILROAD.
Progress or the W0rk...EncOuragi NJ
Prospects.
BLACK HAWK COUNTY.

BLACK HAWK COUNTY.
The work of grading the Iowa Cen
tral Railroad in Black Hawk County
being pushed forward by the contrac!
ors with commendable energy. Abou
two miles are now graded, and anothe
force of hand has been put TO worl
about six miles out at what is called tn
summit, where there is quite heav.
cut to make. The people have the ut
most confidence in the success Of tn
enterprise, and stockholders pay thei
stock cheerfully and promptly. TIL
contractors are hiring every man the.
can find, and have now about fit.
hands at work. Black Hawk is al
right.
rAMA COUNTY.
The contractor in Tama County, ID
G. Apologize, who has ten miles t.
grade, intends to complete his contrac
this winter. He advertises for one hun
dred laborcrs, and has now about nifty
at work. The greatest interest is mani
tested on the part of the people, and
nothing is allowed to go undone that
will tend to the early completion OF the
road.
Tama County is emincntly sound.
FROM CEDAR FALLS TO TOLEDO.
The contractors in Black Hawk and
Tama counties will be given the remain.
ing work on the road between Cedar
Falls and Toledo, as soon as it can be
prepared by the engineers. The whole
distance, thirty-seven miles, will be
graded and bridged by the 1st of July,
1866, and it is expected that the iron
will be laid and the ears running by
January, 1867. There are parties stand
ing ready now to furnish the iron.
aa POwEsHIEK COUNTY.
But little has been done in Powcshiek
county as yet, but we understand the
people are ready and anxious to furnish
their proportion of the stock as soon as
the surveys through the county can be
made. Poweshiek will not be back
ward. ...e 7...
MALAYSIA COUNTY.
Proud Mahaska is doing the proud
thing. The Quakers have gone into
the work with big hearts and liberal
purses. The greatest interest has pre-
vailed of late. and meetings have been
feid nightly in all parts of the county.
The apportionment of stock to the
county is one hundred and twenty five
thousand dollars. A week ago they
had over one hundred thousand dollars
subscribed, and were sure that by the
time the engineers, who were then at
work, should complete survey of ten
miles of the line there, the whole
amount would have been subscribed
There were old mems purses, young
mems purses, old women's purses and
young women's purses. The ladies had
subscribed about ten thousand dollars.
The greatest enthusiasm prevailed, and
unbounded confidence was entertained.
There are twelve miles of the road al
ready graded in Mahaska, being por-
ton of the original line of the Des
Moines Valley road, and it is hoped to
complete ten miles in addition before
spring. Mahaska and the Quakers are
doing themselves very proud.
EeaT wAPELLo COUNTY.
Tho superintendent to Wapello coun.
ty is forty thousand dollars, and ten
men have guaranteed the amount
The road crosses the Des Moines river
at Eddyyille, and merely passes through
o corner Of the county. Wapello is UP
to the scratch. a. ~ s....
-9 MONROE COUNTY.
Eighty thousand dollars is the stock
apportioned to Monroe county, and
books have been opened to secure the
amount. There is no doubt about the
ability or disposition Of Monroe to raise
her stock. She has just given forty
thousand dollars to the Burlington &
Missouri road, to aid the completion OF
the same from Ottumwa to Abba, and
will be ready with her eighty thousand
dollars to the Iowa Central as soon as
needed. The people are praying for the
Of the road in their county immediately
under contract. Monroe ~ oil satisfac
tory. s la.
APPANoosE COUNTY.
Appanoose is the border county, and
has raised her seventy thousand dollars,
The people there are very anxious fol
the final survey, and desire to have the
entire distance through their county
put under contract at the earliest posi-
BILE day. There Ia no question abou
Appanoose.
GENERAL REMARKS.
The Board of Directors had full ant
interesting meeting at Oskaloosa on thu
7th inst. The Board are doing all tina
is possible to further the work, and
hope to have grading commenced in
every county on the line this winter
An additional corps of engineers is t.
be organized, in order to facilitate the
survey. The prospect is very encour
aging. Old railroad men are frank t.
acknowledge that more life and vigol
have attended the Iowa Central enter
prise since its inception than ever char
acterized any other similar undertak
ing in the United States. The Presi
dent of the Pella route, in railroad
meeting at Oskaloosa, said that tn
Iowa Central would be the best payin,
road in the State. The State over, tn
road is looked upon as a positive fact
and is prominent topic Of conversation
in railroad cars, aboard steamboats,, IL
hotels, and everywhere that busines
men and capitalists congregate. Tn
prospects of the road have very mucl
improved of late, and general conf
dence has been established in it's speed,
success. No other enterprise for cen
tra! road through the State bears an.
comparison with this, and all are sink
ing into insignificance beside it. w
do not falsly color this matter. We ar
honest with our readers, and assur