The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-05-31

ROCKFORD, Rock ISLAND AND ST. LOUIS
RAILRoAD.-To Capt. Abbott we are in.
debted for the following information in re.
gard to matters along the line Of the Rock.
ford, Rock Island and st. Louis railroad
The location of the road is perfected from
Mscomb to St. Louis, distance Of over
one hundred and forty miles. OF this dis.
lance, one hundred and seventeen miles are
comprised Of old grading, now being rapid.
ly repaired by a large force of hands. Of
this latter distance, thirty miles are ready
for the laying Of the iron and twenty miles
more will be ready inside Of two weeks, at
the end Of which time the laying oE the iron
will be commenced.
At Beardstown, which is somewhere in
the vicinity Of one hundred miles from
Rock Island, h. X. Mccormick, of Cor.
doVs, has the contract Of putting up the
depot and other buildings, and has already
made considerable progress.
Mr.. Stanton, engineer in charge Of the sec.
ond division Of the road, which extends
from Macomb to Rock Island, about seventy
miles, is now engaged in periecting the 10
cation. Little doubt exists but that the
work on this division will be put under con.
tract by the first Of August
The right Of way has been secured from
Rockford Junction, two miles above Cleve.
land, to Rock Island, with the exception Of
between Moline and this city. The road is
now ironed to within sixteen miles of Rock
Island, and unless some unforeseen delay
occurs, the engines Of the company will run
into our city and salute re before the end
Of July. A large force of hands is now at
work, the road being let in small pieces,
and before the close Of the week, an army
of construction will be engaged upon every
mile.
1t is the present intention of the compa.
ny, unless some unapprehended circum.
stance trsn'pires, to lay double track
from the eastern limits of Moline to the
western limits Of Rock Island.
The buildings to be erected at this point
are all under contract, and as soon as Judge
Green issues the necessary order, they will
be commenced.
From every point on the road, the most
cheering intelligence of success and pro.
gress is being received.
BY the Journal we perceive that the PEG.
pie Of Muscatne are becoming little anx-
ious about securing connection with this
line, and have no idea of letting it strike
directly southwark from Andalusia. They
are waking up, and may do something be.
fore long, though it is not perhaps Of any
very material importance to the company,
as heavy inducements are being held out for
it to take the new route. What h"" boon
dome nv e. >o.eoauue people, however has
stirred up the Davenporters a trds. In the
event of Muscatine securing a connection
with this line, the Davenport Gazette
says;
All that is now needed to secure the
building up of Muscatine as the rival com.
mercial city to Davenport, is that our prop.
erty holders shall fold their hands and thus
secure the failure Of the Davenport and st.
Pau railroad. The Burlington, Cedar
Rapids and Minnesota road, now building,
crosses Muscatine county. That road will
give to Muscatne admirable connections
with Northern Iowa. Then, if we have no
such connections, as we cannot have advan-
tageously except by the proposed railroad to
Wheatland, Quasqueton, &c, the trade nat.
uralIy seeking Davenport will be diverted to
Muscatiue. Do you see it?