Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1868-01-03
iowa Central.
The Davenport Gazette publishes ,

The Davenport Gazette publishes a
map ofthc Iowa Central and remarks: !:
The importatice cf this road III. the
interests Of the State Of Iowa can thus
be seen at q glance, and extended ex-
The ini.latory steps toward building
this road We're taken In Cedar Falls Il
little over two years ago, and 30 earn
est and indefatible have been the In.
corporators I'm pushing forward the en-
terprise that IL II now I'm state Of for
wardness which renders its early CON.
pleti0n ceftainty.e In fact there In
hardly any doubt that within twelve
month there will be nh uninterrupted
railway connection between st. Paul
and st. Louis, through lite State of
Iowa. "A short time ago the President
Of the road, William IT.. Smith, placed
before the stock iiol,iers at their second
annual meeting d statement OF the con.
dition OF the company. In this state
ment II appeared that the route as
laid down, from the northern to- the
southern limit or the State, connecting
with the North Missouri road from st.
Louis on the one hand, and with the
Minnesota Central, to 81. Paul and
Minneapolis OH the other Is two hun
dred aud twenty five milc.. 1t funs
sOfneWli Int west of north tlifvmgh cor.
her of Davis county, thence to the
Charlton Divide, through Appanoose
county To Moraiva, then nurth In Mon
roe county to Aibia, where it makes u
connection with aud crosses the Buri-
ington and Missouri River Railroad,
and thence In u northeastern direction
along the Valley of Miller's Greek to
Eddyvills, in the northwest corner of
Wapello county, where 1t connects
with the Des Moines Valley Road. IL
then runs directly forth aloag the VAL
ley OF Muehichinook Creek aud the
line of the Des Moines Valley Railroad
to Oskal ,osa. making u distance of fiif-
~ nine miles. From there IL runs i'm
a n0rtheriy direction passing out of
Mahaskaand through P0wesheik coun-
W TO Toledo In Tama county where it
connects with the Cedar Rapids and Mis-
souri, River, Railroad, having crossed
the Chiuago, Rock Island and Pacific
Railway In Powesheik county. From
Toledo the line bears somewhat east OF
moth TO Cedar Falls In Blackhawk
county, where. after having traversed
n distance of one hundred and tifly
miles from the Missouri line, IL makes
u connection with the Dubuque aud
Sioux City Railroad, and from there it
follows up tor some distance the valley
OF Shellrock, in direction somewhat
west OF north, through the counties OF
Bremen, Butler, Floyd and Mitchell,
and flnally makes direct connection
with the Minnesota Central Railroa,i.
The whole of the roed between st.
Louis and Minnesota as will be seen
10y the taole of distance presented Oh
our map, is 577 miles, OF this distance
there are finished In the State OF Mis-.
souri,, andfin running order, ISL miles,
aud in Minnesota l9l miles--or To the
State line. In this State the exact
number OF miles completed at the pres
ent writing can.0"iy be estimated inas-
much as the road Is being built by diff
ftrent contractors, between different
points; IL is probably safe to say that
nearly one hundred and fifty miles of
road bed are prepared for the super
structure. Ties for tie whole distance
from State line TO State line will be
got out,' this winter, anu arrange
ments have been completed for fur
nishing the iron. II Is deemed certain
by the friends OF the road that 1t will
be completed and In running order by
the month of September next. The
Iowa incorporators have been doing
nobly aud to no one Is more praise due
su"h w = SsSi nAStChuys NiGt IEeslutilt,
who has been indeIatlble In his efforts.
when this road Is completed new
era for Iowa will dawn. No longer de.
pendent upon u single market for the
ABSORPTION OF our products, at the mer.
cy of railroads centering there, com
PEELED no longer TO BEG OF Chicago line
for the removal of our crops before
they rot In our barns aud storehouses
we may look for large crops, n settle
ment of portions OF the State heretofore
considered remote, aud the pay ment of
less tribute To railway cormonrats who
dictate tariffs from snug offices In Wall
street The Iowa Central will cross
tUeTy road in operation, or c0ntempla-
ted across the State. BY means of IL
shipments may be made at cheap
rates to the Gulf, aud thence to Eu-
ropeali markets, or TO the cities OH the
Atlantic seaboard. Look n: the map
and see how much of our territory
this great railroad will accommodate
All hail the day OF its completion!"