, 1869-10-13

The ST. Paul ftoa<rr OF the 10Th says: I'VE
Learn fEuIn MI. J. II. CnAey, of The conttact-
urz on tar Ch,cngo / st. raul l.oad that they Mill
tonmeL &c .aAipg The sruD week frpn to.mor.
to~. ard III !a1 Il at the tAie Of half nile frr
day, The ssa,'.s tCug sufficiently at'vauccd along
The euttr line to llnstlreh TO admit Of thtar tcrR
50. AE. Conkcy says that the road will be rca.y
or the cars hJ Tie nss1 week In II ccmoer, no.
wn6stanotpg the great ,1lt,cult5 tney havc met
With IN III way Of unfAvorablc weather.
The Bloomington lIlLI Iunfagrrph OF the 1lth
sa.s: "Toua,s N 2 o'clocA, the mat ground Will
he bIoten preparatory 10 commencing actise pp-
top X Mississippi Roa.l The building contractors,
MtRstB. Howard Weston, and Mt. iiut.tls, the
Eua contractor lnt the INST scctson deserve great
CFrdlt for the activity aud enterprise They nnve
shown IN 70 scon commencing the wurk .pnn the
fine. 1t Is but about t~o weeks snce the contract
wss made; and now everything Is ready"
The ST. Loula Eepul iiaIn OF The It'll RsJs: "Nr,
LindfsJ, lfsst tdcnt Of the Peoria, Atlanta peca-
!ut Rauroad = in TIE city, stopp.og V u wm:
Saaa -. IL sn4 ra4ts ,,nni 1s iea' M q
meets With UNUSUAL success This ltae OF ro11s
connecting Fc0HA and DttntGr-two OF Ine rail-
slso 81 fsss1
I vlth the East St Louis 1 Decatur Ro1dA nAk.aH
tplcndd line from RoCk 1sla1d to St LoalA,
on sns " routs s o saa s. oa. = nost
1slard = III DC two hnD:1ed and snrJ miles, run
pinR through the lest parts ef 1NlnotA The en-
| turning Eheir attehtIon TO eonaec&1nns' with St
| LOUIS and the South The reo1a, Atlanta i be-
calur Cosppaur has made Arrangements ut Prorta
| to Cross on the T., r. ". bridge, and pusposc>
| 10 rent rtx mt1es pf the road OF k2iA company.
Tins enterprise has been trTAtkAbls sucrenstu,.
Nj. Ia6dasy obtained the charter bur lA4t WINTER
| antf he has now sock enough SUBSCRIBED TO grade
II ii bridge the entire rp1tc'
| The Fort Waype fa:e.t< s,sE. ".A'thuukn It fas
| hetu scarcely four NefEa stnrc the Kroard wAs
btokt for the Grand Rapids Indiana Road. uutei
| tbs fupcrtoi+ndtLcy OF Aaf~hAi Achay, tue WORT
on .as ecd OF The Eosd Is fast Assuming talgthe
shape. We Were dr!rtn opt to tnr works this
| nt f:pg hy Mt. Neil Mckay, the cnatssc,of, aud,
from ot<ei1At1ous. arc enabled to report rr0szes.
South Of The canal force co1.lslag OF lsa work
| nta Is e1pl".c cd IN srad,nS between tho canAl
| &Ed the Pittsburgh, Fort Ware d Crtcaeo flait-
| rad. The RtAlitg between tecse two peinis II
rer. heavy, farStnR fruu efteeu to seventeen feet
| be complt ted tn about four d., = after ehch the
| E1aditE tScouts lighter, AID pnTress will tt
u adc more lsrtdli. Sos1h oi the raua'. GEa!E 4
| has Nep PARTIALLY nnsnt d for tlsta.ce OF b 81
mile, And over mlsr has been Cleared through thu
xotds. At :his point snc tnouSard Ties have t'tc1
ain ucy t3ke,l out. Al the crossing OF toe cAaa
we notickd that preparations FIR tbe erection oa
| ihc b1cec 1t that rnint hare Atrea'y commenced
| Stone Iof the AhnHnitnss. ami tEnher for sht
c11uKe hare tcen lehsc1el AID are rra,iy for the
| bt1tSe-rnfloets L2tnz Of The Ties W1i not com
mtI &c tefu1e ce1t spT1nR, hui The grading viii X
| huithed before winter colnpe4 the di.consnuaac:
Of The Npik.