Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1867-01-25
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Iowa Central Railroad.

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A grand conception was that OF leon-
Meeting the citics Of the two Saints--St.
| Louis and st, Paui-by railroad
through Iowa. The different links In
this chain Of iron roads go by diff. ,
ferent'names, and are being CONSTRUCTED
by different companies. Tho Narth9
Missouri II. r.. extends from st. ,.
Louis 10 the Missouri line; the Iowa
Central from the Missouri line to Cedar
Falls, the Cedar Falls and Minnesota
II. r. from Cedar. Falls to the MINNESOTA Z
line; thence another company is bull
ding the northernmost section, from
the Minnesota limo to st. Paul.
The Iowa Central Railroad will ex-
tend.-commencing at the Missouri
Iline-through Davis county, (south.
west part,) Appanoosc southeast part,)
Monroe, Wape!lo, Gust touching tho
northeast corner, MahaskA, Poweshiek,
Tema, and 'Blackhawk, to Cedar Falls. r
The initiatory stops towards its con-
struction were taken in Cedar Falls, In
September, 1868, on the 10th day OF
which month the frat ground was
broken. Since then the work has been
prosecuted with great vigor aud energy,
and nearly forty miles have been grad
ell, viz: ten miles I'M Black hawk county, !
froma Cedar Falls south to tho county
line; twelve miles in Tama county,
from Toledo north eight miles in
Monroe county, from Abba toward tho,
| Missouri line. ....... ...s.,sT B.,
Or the remainder, tho section from tho
State line to Eddyville, Corner of
Wapello county, has just been let to B.
Il. Roberts, Of Des Moincs. Tho dis.
tance 10 forty-nine miles, OF which fas
mentioned abovey eight miles nrc al
ready finished. The whole is to DO
ready for the iron and ties by Sept. 1st,
1867. In Mahask., the county next
north, tho whole :amount required,
Sl25,000, has been raise for the road,
and We expect daily to hear that tho
contract has been let for building the
road from Eddyvillc to Ossaloosa, ten
miles In Tama county, next to tho
finished portion ut the northern end
of the road, Mccoy & CO, nre hard at
work. There remains only Poweshiek
county, which is little behind in hor
subscription. but the citizens are hard
at work, and will not long delay tho
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On this line, the entire distance
through this State is 22S miles; 15i
miles from tho Missouri line to Cedar
Falls, and q miles from Cedar Falls To
tho Minnesota line. or tho 1Gl miles
between Cedar Falls and Missouri, 80
miles are finished ready for the tics, 30
more are already under contract, and
80 moro will lie in week or fortnight
In Missouri, the road is under full
lieadway from st. Louis to the state
| line, and 10 contracted to bo graded by
the. first of September, 1887. It's conf.
IDENTIFY expected that by the close ofi367
the cars will be running from st.
Louis northward To Oskaoesa, sixty
miles the the Missouri line; and from
Cedar Falls southward to Iuka, connect
ing the Dubuque & Sioux City road will,
tho Cedar Rapids and Marshnlltown
road. And then we shall not have TO
wait many months longer before st.
Louis and ST. Paul will he connected
| by four hundred miles Of railroad cx-
tending through the very heart OF Iowa.
To Blaclshawk county, first in every
good work, belongs the credit OF being
the first to raise its quota Of subscrir-
tions, the first to commence grading,
and tho first 10 finish and to one Of
her citizens, Hon. p. A1elcndy, Vice
President Of the road is due very much
of the energy displayed, not only by
her, but Throughout the State in the con-
struction Of tbs road. Dub. Times.