, 1869-08-11

The e1tana.an Of the St. Louis -acksoay1.Ie i
chicago ltaal:oaA from nopstlale7 IazsEeG Coun.
nEder contract Hopedalc IL sxentJ-mlies IRON
bloomington. The new road rms thence due
Harshau and IssalIe countles i Crosses thc i.
ftnuls Ccr1:al II Wencna, anu follows. tie Yer
million Coal companYs TOAD TO- .Sl1eator, from
A proposition to take stock n the Chicago Il
Iowa Railroad by the city Of An1nta. ~a4 carried.
on Ta715dsy, bJ ~ majority: whole Tosa, 1,a37.
1.-THE Erale on Tic third ten I1i1as OF tho Hastings
DakDta Ra!tvaJ Is about completed, the iron
ant ties arc Oh the ground, ard the tsa-k will be
rceay foT The cars in 3 MONTH The nrst OF Sep
ten bet we expect to take r!te On the roaa thirty
Lilies srHaras Big Stone Lake..
The New YORK Tribune Of he .7:h says: Rock
Istaad y a. more active upon tle rene~al o! the
Eepost that The managers OF. the renns5lyantA
Central Road have Leen absorbing. the g:ock, with
tas ln.sn!i9a q mailing hsoax eonnee.ioa
The movement, but 1t Il nei1 understood that the
peansylsania Central witt tnke etthaf the North
western OF the Rock Island Road, IL faelr plAns
enaEace through ronte to unlaha. With the tn-
te1tton Of aklng an AlEmpl 10 control the Pu-
e11c Raitruat business. Tue fallure Of the New
tha tAtch!gnn Southern tcousodatedl Foa4tJ hal
postponed nnJ hopes that sheJ my hare had OF
inakne ~ ~, l9mentase Gohase.toh resI Of Ch!-
1essed their LEE 10 Ca:cagu, arr prepared to make
another move forwas,!, and have the choice OF txo
Dividend paying roa,i either OF which VIII answer
thels purpose, and en- be made to produce much
Larger incomes than At presrn, under centralized
management The SoFtawes Rna4l Offers the
The Rnrk 1ssand, teslles having a large number Of
he S1ana 1uns ss inc pfessnt eleeioa m oi
the Hpck Island hiss continued Itstf for i've years
and would probably defeat any attempt to absorb
&he road by any conb;1At!c1 Unless paid round
price by The ccatra but VIII i"o roads 10 ehooze
fsun II II prob1he that tha Peunsy1va1is Ceutra!
will DC cnahe to 1nske d through connection 10
otgab1 BY The close q .hs present rear
Ste, Genesiese bare procured 1ne eurve5 Of 3 r..-
road from tao Rozfer coal mines. sttuated near
srss's, ksnavira Sans;.. ~. to tae e. easteIn a;5a
being to b1l1t road from the mines 10 the EAats>
slppt Tae ea6tef:, Ink OF tae line from saatk2t to
the Illinois Contra! rs also being surveyed by par
Ling OF sJstetn cf railroads which has Tor Ia atm
the opttlnE up Of the resources Of southern Nils
tour! and giving = uartes At ne East without
Louis The Companies who arc Woyto:. IN {ne
matter, are amply able TO put II through,
ias e. e sae 'ee Sse i5Toasa eE qf
from STE. GeEevie1e to the e1ueEe south
western naEt Of the State, viii be sEsvesed and
tocated IN shon ume- Tue receri resalts Of
land Furnace 10 Calondelts, have awakened capt.
tstl.ts to the importance Of raxroai which will
brig Als:ouE iron AMI 1llinom coal 1ogethe.,
without compelling e!ther 10 FcJ tribute to 8.
Louis. 1t Is tut ~ miles by ihF most practicable
railroad route fruo: Ste. GenesteSe to Pilot kn0o,
ncd ID firm the former point to Roz:er coal
cosi yet discovered In the Western country. Yet,
With no outlet Int the Iru1 Mountalu Railroad,
the ore from Pilot Knob ho7 TO te trans ported %
| po:e, - anen ras;road ~ :1v,a PtG., @ I 5ooS o. ii 10 ss
t;enesiesc snd one ftnra the coal Mtnes opposite
the latter point would hstng them together at the
Mos: favorable POINT 10 Manufacturing Oh the
tssI!,rpt by carrying the coal ID and the Iron -
niles