Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1867-01-01
Progress Of iowa Railroads.

The progress made BY the railroads of tnis
I State during the year nov closing il very en-
I conrag ginr. Established Iiaes have Lcen
! pushed aaea9, and many ncw ones projected
'hst pfornise fsfturc saecess. Begiun.02 10
4 the Norllera p4.t OF tee Stale We find the
I Me5nggF Road h4s bcea c9nplete5 from
! Go,ameF 3 Cre4e0. W.aaesbiek county. lhs
/ D4bsque & SIOUX City Road has been iin.
! isasd 20 Iowa t aiIs in Hardin county. The
/ &orlawestera Road, from Chicago 20 C0uu-
! ell Blaas ria Clinton, Cedar kapids, and
! Montana. Boon county has bean crowded
( iorsarf with remaSkabe signr, and its en-
1 gine IS now almost within sound Of the Ms
souri River. The cars viii probably ba run.
Z lrpg u C0lEcL. Bluffs eafly in the coming
\ ar. Tie Mississippi l. aissouri, Had has
not made much headway IN the way Of build
ing. bat il has pa ssed into new hands, and Il
will doubtless soon be put through to Dcs
Moiaes. Tie Burlington q Missouri River
Road has been completed from O;.g.nsa 10
Abba, nearly finished .rom Alba to Char.
ton, and put under contract from Charlton 10
Atom. lbi. road = to Dc pushed sorHa ard
vigorously untll i touches the hanks of The
Missouri. TIE De5 Moiaes Valley Road
witl<most comneulab.c energy, has been
completed to Des Mo;nes. Il is making pre-
paraii1ns To ~ %. and Will next yaas, doubt
less. b. fni.het 70 some p5int in Green Or
Carroll counties, intersecting the Northwest
ern Road The work on the Council Bluff
4 ST. Joseph Road has progressed, and the
citizens o. the two places are looking forward
to az early connection by rail.
The newer companies have not been be-
hind tee older Ia energy and zeal. We can
10. ussaertake n0v to SPEAK Of all tie rev
projects 10 existence il different parts of the
State There are several North ani South
roads rrrDosingt connect =. Louis with
81. Paul. The lowa Central + one Of the
more prominent Of these. II proposes 10
connect With the North Missouri 1t the State
line in Appan9sse cgn4tv. and passing thro'
the eoeatie. of Appauonse, Manroe, Mahas-
kA. Poweshiek. Iama. B.aekba VII, Butler.
Floyd and Mitchell to the North line of the
State. there To connect with a Minnesota
Road for St. PAU. The Iowa Central has
graded ten miles Of track in Blaekhawk conn
-, twelve In Tala4 county. and eight IN APP
pans5se county. The contract il nov let,
se beiieye, fyr grading the whole distance
from the Southern terminus - Cedar Falls
in Blackhawk, with the exception Of that
part IN PsweshieE county, having local sub
scripti9ns en1uga for the work. TIE II.
Loais & Cedar Rapids Road also propose
To connect with tie North Missouri a, the
State iine, al3 run 2, r;h through the coan-
ties OF Davis, Wapello, keokak, and iowa,
t0 ce,l4 Rapids III Linn county. The en-
tire liae has bean surveved and local sub
scripti0rs secared sufficient % grade and tie
the road from the State sc 70 Sigourney. IN
kepleak coaatv. distance of seventy five
miles. The contract has been let and the
work Is now in progress. Running north
from Cedar Rapids. ani practically a part of
The s.. l.. & c. r. Road. i the Cellar Rap
ids 4 -. Paul Road ria Waterloo in Rack
hawk county. II has TWENTY-FIVE miles Of
track graded, ard has received during the
past vear $4,000 in subscriptions, aud lo~
Gated thirty five miles Of road. The keokuk,
Mt Pleasant & Nuscatine Road has revived
considerable daring tie year. II i now pro-
posed % build iae road 70 Iowa Civ through
Henry and Washington Counties. Meetings
are being held and subscriptions raised for
this purpose. 1 con pany. # which Senator
Grimes IS President. was recently organized
20 ha.ili = road from Burlington - Farming
ton gia F. Madison. The work of raising
subscriptions is in progress, aud the road
bits fair to be completed 1T an eariv dar. Il
is slso proposed 10 extend roa3 no-fhwari
through Louisa and johnson counties to
connect with the net work Of railyavs in the
c dar VALLEY, ard thus make the Ink from
Fl. Madison ria Burlington, Mapello, Iowa
Ciy, ETC., a part of the Grand Trunk Rad
extending along the west hauk of the Miss
;ss.ppi froHa It's mouth 10 the frozea re-
ginas.
There are other roads. IN progress or pro~
ieetea, that We should mention. among them
the Iowa & Ms on-i State Line rad but
oGr article IS already long eaeagh From.
this sketch 1t viii - seen tsat tha railroads
Of Iawa are making most Commercials pro-
gress. ant our peoYie, by their zeal n these
matters, exhibit TO the world that they un-
ders.snd one Of the most important prereqgis
s'tes 70 individual and general prosperity.
This network of railways will sid materially
in giving our beloved Commonwealth raai3
and wonderful development. Let these en-
terprises be pushed forwarl-let our citizens
unite with capitalists from abroad in CON-
pleting these indispensable lines of conmu-
nica,ion, and Iowa viii soon take ratk With
the oldest and weal,hiest States ofthe Uhion.
Bur. Ha,rte5e