, 1870-04-06
RAILROADS,

The contracts for building the extension OF
tie Heuesille Southern Illinois Railroad
from New Athens, in St. Clair County TO Du-
Quoin, in Perry County, have been awarded
The contracts arc Ill to be completed by the
S0th day Of October. 1870.
The Grand Rapids (AIich Eagle Of the 4.h
aays: ave are informed BY Nj. J. l. Will
lams that it is tho intention to push the def
Traverse DAy, making firrt + careful final 1oca-
tion ready for construction as far the Man.
ietee River. The total Distance from tho end
Of the present contract, at Paris, On tho Mus
keeoD, is 100 miles, seventeen Of which was
located last season by Mr. E. B. Talcott- On
sturgis: tho grading is nearly completed, large
quattities Of iron arriving, and tIacklayers at
work at both ends. with prospect Of meeting
near hcndAnyi1le before June"
The Detroit Post Of the 4th ssy st
was stated in the Post some days since that
tho Detroit, Hi[sdale i Indiana Railroad Conl-
pany hAd contracted with the Wyandotte Roll
Ing Mills for iron sufficient to lay its trick
from lpsilAnti to Hitlstialo; that the delivery
OF rnn wss to commence eAtly in the present
tober next. There is no doubt but that the
contract will be fulfilled by the Rolling Mills
and that cars will pass over the road from De-
troit to Hil1slalc by the middle OF October.
The company intend to havc the road in COM
plete running order by tho 1st OF November.
dale being thus assured, the Directors arc al
ready considering projects for ita extension
beyond. When the road WIS organized,
LogsnspoEt, Indiana, was the point originally
,sd S.nE wa s o,es9 1xse ten n sse ss
! railroad from that city TO Detroit 4 section
OF thAt toaa, called the Elk River Valley Rai1-
road, about ninety miles in length, was put
under contract and about thrce-tou1tl,s OF il
graded. A quantity Of iron WAS purchased,
h41r f5n h1r%4Sy
wae sold, md the grading was stopped The
road laa lain thug until the present time. Re-
Gently sufficient means have been raised to
complete tic rca4lbed, and now the Detroit.
NillstlAle 4 Indiana Railroad Company arc
aaled to accept it as past Of their line.
The Detroit, Hills4iae 4 Indiana Roal strikes
the Jackson / Fort Wayne RoAd three miles
beyond H1ledale. 1sunniug Arrangements
can tse made over tho latter road 10
The pcint where it strike. the Eel River
Jackson i Fort Wayne Road will be completed
during the present yeAE. II, then. the Detroit,
HillAda1e 4 Indiana Company iron the Eel
River Valley Road, the grading OF which is
nearly. or quite, completed. cars will, IN
a " n 1an Gss, .ssn ss snt5S a line h. '1
will he the route followed. although it has not
been definitely decided upon. Bn,. eyenn the
road is thus built to LoEan.port, the Directors
have still another project under consideration.
With the chances in favor Of its Adoption: and
that u the continuation Of their line beyond
lli1ls3ale. IN direction due southwest. through
Lagrange, Elkl,art, and Marshall Counties, In
diana. and thence in direct line pointing to
SpEnde!d, Ill"
The report Of the Directors of the Kansas
Pacific Railway for the Year ending December
81. 1s*2 shows the groes earnings 70 be g %, l.
s5O.11, and the net earnings, Ss5a,670.0s. The
average length Of road IN operation during tie
year was ssh miles. being IS miles more than
III ls6s. ihe report ssys: q Fifty thousand
AID forty head Of Texas cattle we're shipped
eastward u 1853, eheLy from the stations OF
Alkaline aud SalinA. This class Of freight has
heen materially Affected by recent restrictive
legislation in the State Of Illinois the leading
market for Texas stock. and tho shipments
over the road were thereby confined to Two or
three months Of the year. With free t1ansi.
east OF the Mississippi River, mach greater
nssuaher would be moved By this COMPANY. It
Is now we'll est2 2bEshcd that alnaost ali kinds of
stock cs;Je can be raised more eheaplv IN
Northern Tex1s. Eastern Colorado. md
g,s Ws.rn to R'1sa, r. ,nss 5ssons H. directly t
other portion Of the rnited States, and we
may reasonably reg1rd the Transportation oft
stock II one Of the Permanent sources Of
revenue to the company. The cattle ship-
promise soon 10 Tval those heretofore made
from Ate!inc, six Thousand head being nov rs-
ported axaitiug transportation It Fit Carson,
451 miles from Kansas ctE.-At the d2+e OF yout
last annual Meeting the weetezn terminus Of
the road WIS 1T Sheridan, Hos niles from the
State line of Missouri and II lis rniles be-
yund the point to which the bonded lid f.orn the
government extended At this dite the track is
lAid and the road in operation to Kit Carson
- miles west Of Sheridan The grading is Ill
under contract, and iron and other material
ordered for delivery within the next thtee
mouths for the remaining $50 miles between
Fit Carson and Denver, and it is expected to
have the whole road finished md in
operation BY September next No poai-
your road ria the Seth parallel has besn tsksn
since the date Of Last report. There is at prra-
ent N unwlll1nGness On the part Of Congress-
to grant further bonded nd to rzilrpajs. i
bill, hoveser. has been submitted to Coneress
proposing grant Of lands to this COMPANY ia
aid in the construction OF roAd from TIA rnoxt
eligible point On the line 1t OF west Of Flls-
WORTH cid the A1k2osas 1nd Rio Grande R;v.
e1s, to point Oh the northern boundsrT of tbe
fepEbhc Of Mexico. This bill has feceiyal a.
.uz1l,l. consideration from the Pacific n.i1.
road Committees Of both the Senate snd
Hous., and. should ii become law, will en.hIe
the conrany to commence the work 1t oncs.
The extension- - proposed in this Hill, wiU
form the frat Link in the great continental lina
to the Pacific BY WAY OF the S5th or sd pArsl-
lels, which the demands OF commerce Will re-
Iuirc 10 he built before many yeara, either
With or withou, further lid from the govern