, 1866-02-16

The CrAyvIlte, Ofner Il Wattoon Rail-
roxd-An OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES for
the Ro1d-Preaent Prospects Of the
Enterprise.
fCo1,eepocdence Of the Chicago Tribunal

The ErAyv1lfe, Otner Il FIsttoon Rail-
roxd-An OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES for
the Road-Preaent Prospects Of shc
Enterprise.
Correspondence Of the Chicago Tribunal
CHICAGO, Fab. IL, 1865.
This project was chartered several years
ego, the Company duly organized, and, when
about to commence the survey and take &C.
tive steps for subscriptions and stock, 1t WIS
temporarily suspended under the pressure Of
the times in 1858, aud, until now, has not been
revived again. desire to give It more ex-
tended notice thsn It received the othcs day,
when, In connection with notice OF the pro-
rosed extension Of the Chicago, Alton s. St.
Louis Railroad to Cairo, yon remarked:
s'Now that the resumption Of work on tho III. s. R.
10 secure Tia completion. tho G.ayvile q Aattoon
r. K scheme 10 revived. Should the 1l. =. r. e..
become f.xed tsst u we believe t Tin the road
from MAttoon Will become = necessity,
Whether in that you mean tho old III. s. r.
r. from Cairo to V11eennes, on which con-
siderable work has been done, but which has
been suspended Tor the last three years, or the
new line IRON St.. Louis to Cairo, am In
doubt, but I submit that the success of the
G., o. Il ". I. r. does not depend upon either
of those lines. The. Grayville, olney Is Mat.
loon lAllIuuu, III 1ALL, pNlula LO LSall4F1lct
on the Ohio, as It's southern terminus, and the
Evansville people hare always stood ready to
build their branch OF 1t, and Indeed are now
more Jealous than ever for It. BIZ glance at
the map, it will appear that this line, running
direct from Chicago to Evansville, would cou-
neet with the line running. from Henderson
Vile, across Kentucky, and far into the centre
Of the Southern States, making indeed long
but direct line, connecting Chicago, nnd her
great commerce, and before long the vast
mnnutactosics OF this latitude, with the COT
ton regions of the South.
Although the Illinois Central Railroad, Of
which the G. @. & u. r. r. Ii properly a
branch, cannot build the line, yet we have the
l assurance Of their Warnlest moral MD and
favor, and that they will stock the road and
operate it upon the most favorable terms to
| the builders !
We are further we'll persuaded that upon a
flushed road bed the first bonds Of the COM
| Ing only the expense Of grading bridges, ties
and tanks, to be risked by the citizens. 1t
mry be asked whether the citizens arc willing
to do this. For the most part Of the way the
| people orc thoroughly alfye to the mattef md
willing to do their utmost In three Of the
| counties they hare no road, and this line
while It traverses long district uuprovided
with any adequate facilities for their business,
| runs through the counties centrally, passing
through four county seats, and commands the
| popular tayor Of every one
1t Is not my purpose TO enter into any eatt'
| mates Of cost, or show how this work can be
most easily and surely accomplished, bnt
when We perceive that In the four counties
| referred to, "a distance Of about serentY.lye
| mi1es), there are over 800, coo acres Of land
1 that, ior lack Of better facilities to market,
remain at comparative low rate Of value,
| will be ephanced BY this new thoroughfarc al
least Il, ,500, 900, there Is no reason to anticl
| pate that its cost will exceed Its value to the
people of these counties.
i It IS my purpose mainly, in this article, tc
bring this project more directly before tht
Chicago public, who ought, think, to g1E'
that It's succcss ought not to he placed upor
the contingency Of any other railroad under