The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-12-09
TOwAA M1ssOUaI STATE LINE RAIL-
ROAD.

ROAD.
Within the last two years have noticed an
increasing interest manifested everywhere,
within the vicinity of this road, particularly
among railroad men.
The Warsaw and Alexandria people are
pushing forward, with great energy, branch
extending from Alexandra, to connect with
the State Line Road at a point on the State
line near the East line of Davis county, being
a distance of about forty mile from Alex.
andria.
They propose to have their line completed,
up to the above point, within the coming
year, with the understanding that the State
Line Road is to be finished in the same time
up to Bloomfield, Davis county, being an ad.
ditional distance of about sixteen miles, max
ing total of tifty-six miles.
The Company was organized for the pur-
pose of building a railroad from Pennington.
connecting with the Des Moines Valley Road
at that point, aud extending TO Nebraska
City, on the Missouri river. making a very
important connection, or link, between the
Eastern and Western roads.
Owing to the war the work has been par
tally suspended. but recently business has
been revived all along the line of the road up to
the East line of Wayne county, distance of
eighty and e-half miles from Pennington,
between which two points the road has been
fully located, and the surveys are completed.
Owing to some misunderstanding, or want
of interest manifested by the citizens of Keo-
kuk, and the people along the line of the
Pennington end, the work has been suspend.
ed up to the Alexandria connection, leaving
off within about twenty miles of the Eastern
end of the road, and reaching the Mississippi
at Alexandra, which arrangement appears to
be quite satisfactory to the people along the
line, as their only object is to reach the Mis-
sssippi river and get connection with the
Eastern roads, which objects are fully attain.
ed by this arrangement.
The road is located upon one of the most
desirable prairie routes in the West-with
easy grades, and light curyatures. The road
can be constructed in the most substantial
manner. at a comparatively small expense
he line usually follows the divide, and is
only interrupted in two instances, to any con.
siderable extent. after leaving Fox river TO the
East line of Decatur county-having only the
crossings of the Walkendaw and Charlton
rivers for that distance, being nearly one hun
dred miles. the former of which is only a
small stream. reanlTing only a bridge of ss.y
feet span, and the latter only a span OF one
hundred and twenty five feet
Much more favorable routes were found in
crossing the above named streams, finding
dozens in both instances upon which, With
reasonable grades, the line can be taken from
prairie to prairie with little more than the or
binary expense of grading.
There is at present large proportion of the
grading done from Pennington to the Western
slope of the Charlton, and portion of the
work has also been done West of that point.
The general character of the route is very
remarkable. 1t passes over beautiful prnries.
frequently upon lines Of from two to four
miles in extent. and through one of the most
fertile and productive portions of the State
Upon general viewing of the line from
the termination of the point of location TO
Pleasant Plains, in Decatur eounty-heing
about central from the two points of terminus
the general character Of the route is about
the same as above described, or even more
favorable, especially through the county of
Wavue.
Aside from the unexcep,ional character of
the agricultural region through which the road
passes, it extends to some of the most enter
prisng and promising towns in the interior,
viz; Bloomfield. Davis county Centreville.
Appanoose county, and near Corydon, Wayne
county-being the county seats of their re-
spectye counties-besides many other srbaIler
towns Of equal enterprise
The people along the line, and especially
from Bloomfield and East of that point, are
taking effective measures. under the manage
ment Of the Company's very worthy and
efficient agent, Mr. Reynolds, to furnish the
road with the requisite number of ties, which
will ensure the speedy completion of the work
up to that point.
The whole thing has been, from the com
mencement under the management and con-
troll of +. Robinson, Esq, President OF the
Company, who will long be remembered by
the friends of the enterprise for his untiring
perseverance and personal sacrifices in its
behalf BARroy.