, 1869-07-08

eiai Mtenosnco OK taose interested A shucl
Mayor McGrew, or Kankakee, Illinois, writes Il
the G1-tt,e that the PennsslEania Central RaIlros.
yw:ill. w:il probably lease ths Kankakee ! 1ll!9o!
nersisors Of Ka1kakes Comfy haze Aesi Issued to
the roal 100000 Of bonds authorized By sht late
vnte. Ea e. Pnsnan M Eonnt{ votes on subscription Of
The kenda.iEtle, Indiana. Standard says: 'eThe
second twenty miles Of the Grand Rapids i in'
secures the land giant = anI pu,s tic compans % on
sound and permanent haAs. We may expect to
see the *prk commence soon On this end OF the
road, Is most q the grading = donn between kal-
JOB TO complete IT,"
Is. ts understood that the Rock Island t St,
banks near Chesterfield. Ii, and viii eventually
tIn switch 70 them from sneir mad. three miles
TIE Grand Trunk Rai1way, aoco.dtas to & receo,
report Of the Railroad Commissioners Of New
Hum pshirt, 1uust be IN very bad way indeed.
They sa{ It 50 slow that stases have u wAt for
IN eight miles; II Is entirely uncertain At wha: time
70 expect passengers, freight, nni malls: the Eoad
y ssety TS Gu f0nany tew Of oa1 Feadets
estimate Of the Iron anu Stce! Association places
The Average wear and tear Of the tracks in the
to tons Of ras, Ehca- At .he rate Of - tons
% the mile, Is enough to iAy as1o miles Of track
The amount Of iron, therefore, nee1su to Eeplaea
than enough to lay = track nnm this city to san
Francisco Our cheap and shabby fashion Of con
sIucttn9 railroads is evidently very poor ecouony.
The Average cost OF construction OF the English
tines has been about 2sa 90 IN gold per D!e, OF at
least four times the average cost Of construction
The pike County IN, Democrat says: IA de-
epa!ca that was Printed IN the newspapers 3 few
days ago, ataied that the Toledo L Wabash Raii-
$4,000 ooo intend exrena Sl9oo ,o5o for the pur-
E0se OF extending the road iron Quincy raa uan-
n.cA, and Moberiy 10 kansas CITY. II 1oald nut
UfNlIY O& Inferred frnYYY fhtl nan mar fhA
company desie2 70 build q railroad from Qnlncy
e Hannibal which, We presume, Is not the fact.
lne Is to secure road Of It's own through Illinois
and Missouri. and not be compelled to use the
roads Of other comnanleA For this purpose, they
the road through Pike County to Hannibal, where
they intend to bridge the Mississippi and Will
bald The road nom Hannibal i1 Nooeriy, an.i md
thence to hans1s City. The Toledo l. Wabash
Railroad Company. With the Great Western, In
fenl to haFe tNp crossings hndEes} on the Atssls-
sippiIone At heoknk and The other Al Hannibal.
Their bridge II keokuk Il now being constructed"
The lawrence {KAn Journal OF July ! says:
:. AZ Will Re seen By one Of eur North Lawrence
9sa TT, moug fseset eas haze T.
RallWay through from the hannibal i St Jo-
sepa and Chicago, Burlington Quincy Rail
nSao ao1 ;h aas1ng er9s9ea the neE rsload erass
mar1s new era II the business Of Ka1sas ulth-
erto even thing has been Transferred at kansas
cars run through dlrcc, from Chlcagu, mud, by Way
OF the North Missouri Railroad, from S. Louis
also. The Missouri Pacific Company are cnaug-
route"
which rtl-s from 1stln to the State line, there
connecting with The Cedar Valley Road Ia lows.
;s slnE rnsns foswai rapitls The Intervening
olts Roaa. while from the State nns to Charles
panY."
Tie Oregon 1n-> REPORTER Of July says: "wc
! ,esrn fnat, at recent meeting u the Chicago
was passed authorizing the President Of RE COM
pany to conclude Q contract with The Chicago 4
eueedy construction Of the former rosd to Ike
Aisssstrp. River. We believe the terms Of tho
contemplated contract an already agreed npoa
between these companies, and, aside from few
fornatltiea nothlng remains but to see whether
the people Of the towns through which the roaI Is
70 run really destEe ~ construction. and will
! Iowa Road tM1: F. E Htnekle5) Is giving the
matter bis constant personal attention. =
fen III s1a.a q Tue Sn!
neld IN Warrington, Tazewel1 County, Ill, JUNE
q, 1850, The following Directors we're eiected:
c1rIs Fssst Ga1uRf' Gsss
=; W@. A. A. hos. GE.1elaqa1 Il Hs1rs; Ai.
9vrtbo',. 1aaae De1enbsaEh Mafscn.sNE.T +. Pea.ee,
The Directors met the saue day and Organized
boafu:
S,t7asrs-9. SStar-g9tss &sbop,fd. ) afstyRta Pstsn.
Ttsa~rtr y: poushcft!. Washington.
N. a: e Tins rlii ast Is Chic, Engineer until
Fa1heI action Of the board. -
earn from air. Jameson, of The nm of Prescott
. Jameson. thai theJ expect 10 have the grading |
lone to Galva within ten days, and to Wyoming ID
hlfty; thea the onlJ remaining link ungTal:ei 1ilI
nom " YctI1fnu tn JAfAFnfttA a lam