Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1866-05-11
Railroads.
DUBUQUE & SIOUX CITY,

The cars on the Dubuque & Sioux City
Railroad commenced running regularly
to Cedar Falls on Monday, April LIST,
1861. The time when the town should
enjoy the advantages of railroad COM
munication with the cast had been anx-
iously looked forward to for number
of years, and the Iron Horse, we dare
say, never had, from any people, a more
enthusiastic and hearty reception than
was extended to him here on the banks
of the Cedar. On Thursday, the 18th
of April, q Grand Celebration was had
in honor of tho event, on which occa-
sion prominent railroad and business
men of Dubuque, and from the various
places in this portion of Iowa, were the
honored and handsomely-treat guests
Of proud and happy little Cedar Falls.
On the route which The procession was
to take, were hung flags, cedar wrsaths,
and profusion of notices, thanking
and praising nearly every one, were ar
tistically arranged. Hon. A. +. Brown
made reception speech to "Mr. Presi.
dent, Gentlemen of the d. 4 s. G. r. r.
Co., and FellowC Citizens" in the new
depot, after which the procession was
->>rched to Overman's block, where
further speaking was INDUCED in. The
heroes of the day, and a few of the prom
inent citizens, next proceeded to the
American House, then kept by J. l..
Wilcox, now the popular landlord of
the Carter. and partook of an excellent
supper. A splendid ball in the evening
closed the exercises. The GAZETTE of
the next morning came out with a two
oolumn-and-a-half report. Cedar Falls
remained the western terminus of the
road until the first of June, ls65-four
years-when trains began running to
New Hartford, ten miles west. Seon
after, trains ran twenty miles west, then
thirty-five, and now the western termi-
nus OF the road is at Iowa Falls, -four
ishing town of about 700 inhabitants, in
Hardin county, on the Iowa River, fifty
miles west of Cedar Falls. It is expect
ed that the road will be extended to
Fort Dodge, Webster county, fifty miles
still further west, during the next year
or year and half. Cedar Falls derived
great advantage from being for four
years the western terminus of the road.
CEDAR FALLS & MINNESOTA r.. r.
This road, in operation to Wsverly,
Bremen county, fifteen miles north of
Cedar Falls, is an outgrowth of Cedar
Falls enterprise. Though the road has
never, as yet, proved advantageous to
this place, still it is destined to become
valuable as feeder to the large manu-
featuring Interests which are soon to be
In operation here. The grading Oh this
road was commenced in the fall of 1860:
during the winter following timber was
gotten out, and in the spring of 1851
there was much zeal manifested in
pushing the road northward, and it was
confidently asserted that twenty miles
OF the road would be completed during
that year. But the war came on; the
contractors We're unable to get pay for
work done, and the construction of the
road stopped. In 1854 the ID. & s. G. r.
Il. Company leased the road, and pro-
ceeded at once to complete it to Waiver
ly. On the first day of December of
that year, the first regular passenger
train ran over the road and gladdened
the hearts of the Waverlyites. The
road is still operated by the d. & s. C.
Company. There is no immediate pros
poet of its being extended beyond its
present terminus. The road forms a
junction with the ID. & s. c. road about
a mile and half cast Of Cedar Falls,
where small depot building has been
erected. We believe conductors desig-
nate the place az Minnesota Junction. -