The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1868-04-02
Important Railroad Extension.

The main line of the Chicago, Burling-
ton and Quincy Railroad, as is well known,
extends from Chicago to Quincy, with
cross feeder running from Peoria, on the
Illinois river, to Burlington on the Missis-
sippi, the crossing of the two lines being
at Galesburg, SO miles west of this city.
There is also road owned and operated
by the same corporation, running from
Yates City, on the Peoria branch GO miles
west Of here) down through Fulton coun-
ty, to Lewistown, distance of 80 miles
from Yates City. The distance from
Galesburg to Chicago is 1865 miles. 1t will
be seen, therefore, that in going from Peo-
ria to Chicago by the Chicago, Burlington
and Quincy, we have to travel distance
of two hundred and eighteen miles, which
frightens everybody from taking that route,
even if they had the courage to face the
other vexations of changing cars and lay
ing over at Galesburg. Owing to the fact
that the road has no direct route from
here to Chicago, under its own control, it
has necessarily been compelled to discrim-
mate against Peoria in the arrangement of
all freight tariffs, and there has conse-
euently grown up bitter feeling here and
at other points against the whole corpor-
alton.
We are happy to state that the proposed
xtension of this road is certain to be
realized in the near future, and that on its
completion, there will be an entire revul-
sion Of the present universal popular SEN
timent, which, cropping out in the verdict
of juIies on TIE one side, and hostile freight
tariff on the other, has been subject of
great annoyance and damage to all con-
cerned. The proposed extension will cross
the river here and run through Metamora,
the county seat of Woodford county, and
o,,r fo ffor nd
Ottawa up the Fox River Valley to Auro
"a, and thence over the main line to Chi
cago By reference to sectional map of
the State it will be seen that this road
forms nearly an air line from here to Au
rora Going up the valley of the Ten
Mile to get out OF the Illinois river bottom,
carries the road little east to Metamora
out of the direct line, but otherwise it is as
straight as the crow flies.
The distances on the new route are as
follows:
Peoria TO Wenona. m!;es.
Wenona to OTTAWA ....-.................5U miles.
Ottawa to Aurora. Az miles,
Aurora to Chicago 40 miles.
Making total of $50 miles, and forming
a shorter route by ten or fifteen miles than
we now have to Chicago, and at the same
time presenting the agreeable concomitant,
"no change of cars"
lQaI pOIIloH VI tAe Ioe1u ootWSoH OsSe1-
wa and Wenona is already completed and
operated a distance of seventeen miles.
It is used to haul coal from the mines on
the Vermillion to Wenona, on the Illinois
Central Road. Some grading has also
been done between the Vermillion and OF
tava-the parties owning it desiring to
reach the latter place with their coal also.
The Fox River Valley Railroad, of which
Washington Bushnell Clate State Senator)
is President, has been organized fer some
time, the city of Ottowa having subscribed
ST. 900 to its capital stock. Other local.
ties on Fox river have also subscribed con-
siderable amounts to the road.-PeoriG
Democrat