The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-07-13

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trains running from Ksokuk 70 g. Paul over
this line. The line Of he rod i locabsd
through the richest and most thickly popala.
ted counties Of the Stats, and it, ssccss i
fired fact.
The ground breaking ceremonies are thus
spoken Of By the Pres:
On the 4th day Of July, 1857, il vas oar
fortune, with large concourss ofthe cisa.ess
Of this county, TO b present q The "bFsaking
Of ground upon the |. n. .. 4. 4.
sult was in,ugurated ct Washinston in Jaau-
ary 1865. Il was then thought best 70 secure
connection with the North Missouri road
from this place ria. Warrington, Fairfield
and Bloomfield. It soon transpired, how.
ever, that the N. NJ. road WAS "stuck" ct
Macon, near hundred miles from the Iowa
line. with no prospect Whatever Of IN early
! extension in our direction. This led to m
. abandonment Of that project, and to the
/. forming, in May, 1866, Of coalition with
Cedar Rapids, Washington and Mt. Pleasant
. for the construction Of . road 70 keokuk.
The project inaugurated on last Thursday il
the result of that coalition.
, The surveys are ell made, the estimates
ready, and three.fourths Of the line undeI
contract. :,
The people along the route have subscribed
most literally to its stock, and it requires but
few thousand more to entirely complete ii
grading, tieing and bridging.
MANY have been the troubles that have
beset this project through iDjudicious friends
and unscrupulous enemies, but they are nov
all over, and it is only requisite that the sub
, scriptions be promptly paid ~ called for b.
the company, and IN eighteen months from
this moment Iowa City may be in direct com
munication with st. Louis and st. Paul.
r ssBREAKIYG GROUND"
Atsp. IN. the brass band and cannon
j, drove through the streets at the head OF I
long procession. upon the PFiuciPai uauue
. was painted locomotive and train with tn,
: legend II. N. c. r. X. connecting linl
+ between st. Louis snd St. Paul; ground brok'
j, July 4th 1867 and on the reverse was dir
: hungry spade, with the legend, "Spades arr
trumps."
The designs were decided hits as they hat
to be, coming from the hand of Wetherby.
Arrived at the grounds, Mayor McClear.
3 was introduced as chairman, and after pre-
lude by the band, the Directors and othe
officers of the road, with volunteers, seizet
the spades, and during the space of thirt!
minutes, amid the booming of cannon, tn,
dirt flew on all sides.
: A road bed thrown up, the crowd adjourn
q ed to the shade In the University campus
where numerous toasts were read ant
responses made.
The exercises were closed with more musi
and three times three rousing cheers for thu
t l. n G. aud its officers.
9 Hereafter the 4th of July will have a
9 added interest to the good people OF Thu
county, and Madison street, west Of the Uni
versty. will be historic as the spot wher'
ground was broken upon the most magniti
cent railroad project of the great West