The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1866-06-30
Important Railroad Matters-Better Pros
poets Ahead.

At the annual meeting of the stockholders of
the Chicago & Rock Island railroad, held in New
York on Thursday last, we are glad TO be able to
state that j. F. Tracy elected president of
the company.
This is significant fact, and one when taken
in connection with the now certain consolidation
of the Chicago & Rock Island and the Mississippi
& Missouri railroads, means new life, new energy
and speedy extension of the Ii. III. road
This is no guess work, but fixed fact. We do
not expect everybody to believe that within the
next two months the III. & NJ. road will be ex-
tended to Des Moines but it is on the programme
to be done within the present yeas aa eE
The state of the case is just this The ssh
news of war" have been provided. The entire
amount of money requisite for extending the road
to Des Moines is now provided-laying idle in
New York, awaiting the sale OF the N. Il NJ road
under the late foreclosure. This sale takes place
on the 9th day OF july after which the work
will be taken actively in hand. The iron for tn 5
forty miles extension beyond Kellogg has been
provided for, and, as above stated, the funds to
pay for grading ties, bridges, &c. This really
looks encouragipg--as though something was
going to be done. A&
Something is being done already. Men are
already at work getting out ties and quarrying
rock f0rthe extended line, and during the past
few weeks q corps of engineers have been active
" engaged in searching out the most feasible
line between Kellogg and Skunk Bottom. Hith-
erto the best grade obtained through that very
broken track. was so feet to the mile, but we
now learn that a line has been obtained, running
south of Newton, the grade of which is only 40
feet to the mile, and this win be adopted.
Now the distance between Kellogg, the pres
ent terminus of the III. & III. road, and Des
Moines is, by the line of survey, forty miles, but
at point about fifteen Or sixteen miles this side
of Des Moines the NJ. & NJ road is to form q
/ junction with the Des Moines Valley railroad, the
| grading of which is now completed, which leaves
only twenty miles of grading to be done on the
H. NJ road, and in all probability the work
| will be commenced thereon, with full force oil
men by the middle of July at the farthest.
! In cutting through to the Skunk, there are
| tut five heavy cuts to be made in the now es
provided, and no scarcity of labor exists there
seems to be no doubt but that the line is to pro
gress as proposed.
The contractor on the Des koines Valley roat
having completed the work, is now ready to g
| to work upon the western diyison--between thu
junction and Newton, while on the division cas-
| of Newton, Messrs Reynolds l. Saulpaugh ar,
ready to pitch in. In fact, they are already a
work quarrying rock and getting out ties.
This string of facts goes to show that there il
now something more than talk in this extension
matter Nor is it the intention of the eompnu,
| to make any protracted stop at the state capital
further stoppages. In this highly laudable un
i dertaking, may the company meet with abundan
success.-.Davenport Democrat. rf3J