The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-03-19

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Leansboro. Gen. Il. i. Winslow so
estimates the distance from Carmi to
McLeansboro, in his pamphlet issued
in aid Of the sale of the bonds of the
st. Louis and South. Eastern Railroad
of which he is President.
This makes the distance from Evans
vile to McLeansboro fifty-eight and
one fourth miles, and by way of Mt.
Vernon, f~fty-nine and one fourth
miles.
From the last price current of
Edwin p. Dwight, 47 Liberty
street, Philadelphia, a dealer in
railroad iron, 1 find the price of
forty nv pound iron 70 be
from $74 to f8 per ton. From
tables furnished by Mr.. d. Il.
Kennedy civil engineer, llearn
that IL takes or forty.hve pound
iron T0.01 tons to tie mile, max.
ing cost of forty.hve pound iron
(per mile, 1901 tons at SO 60 per
toni, 81 $3.50 rs per mile. Taxing
hi greatest length Of lines sur
veyed for safety, say hfty-ntne
and one half miles, al $3.50 IS
road viii ccost~...~.~.~.-....".". 1912. 4l9 So
Fifty-nine and one-haif miles
of earth work at 5000 per mile,
being $500 per mile above Gen.
E. r. Winslow's estimate per
mile E9I.OOO W
- AlAOWAAk NGJsJOO R0L I'LL III
WORK on say three niles GO,OOO 90
Seventeen hundred and sixty
cross-ties TO the mile, at Is cents
each, S402 80 per mile; 59% miles,
at &492 so per mile, makes the
cost OF the cross ties for the road 20.S2l 60
Spikes, as per price current, 3
cents per pound, 1850 pounds to
for o. 55H miles. SIS 90 per miie.lIs 5.2ss co
II compelled to q for right
of way for the whole distance. 1t
could not cost more than $40 90
per acre, as the roa win Iun for
miles through land worth less
than So co per acre. Right of
way GO feet wide, K Sacres to
the mile; 500 miles, s acres to
the mile, will make 476 acres,
at $40 90 per re.......s~.."... AGO 90
---
Making the whole cost Of the
track, with right of way, aud
excepting bridges only,."r,....,". S709. 239 %
No estimate is made for chairs or
fish Joint, because if driven by neees-
sity we can do without them. .
Messrs. Chaplin & Wells, 90 Dear
bridge builders, write Offering to set
up all complete, the Railroad company
building the piers, the Howe truss
bridge, for $33 90 per lineal foot; the
draw span of 40 feet, put up and
complete for forty-tWo dollars per
lineal foot; and the turn table at three
thousand dollars.
Our surveyor found the width ofthe
Wabash River to be less than twelve
hundred feet Q,145) between banks,
and the width of the Little Wabash,
at Carmi, two hundred and sixty-fve
feet. From this data, making the
width Of the Wabash 1900 feet, we
have the following estimate:
Twelve undre feet of bridge
less ITO feet length OF the draw,
oot.-..-.%~~:~"~9.e--.~@--...; $500 co
in draw, making up loo feet
length OF bridge at S42 per lineal
Rdf5ins IS5is sGsrssdsziTs.:.. 5 5:15S g
Cost of the entire superstruc- --
sli,'3O 90
best Information then at hand,
estimated that the piers of the
bridge acress Wabash, could be
built for $1,000 each. Ten piers
will do the work, making spans
II about 1855 1eet each, (the
length of some OF the spans will
be shortened or heightened by
the draw span of 10 feet, which
will have TO be given to one &
two pan OF diS.ributed), and
the cost OF the masonry viii be
for tan piers at So, 000-......-....,... $1,000 90
Which win make h cost of --
the Wabash River hrtdge"~-..-... Sl24.130 90
The bridge at the Little Wabash
will require but two piers, the span
being only 2G5 feet. One pier sup
porting a span of nipety-fve feet, and
the draw span resting on the draw
pier, making the required length, the
Slack Water Company having made
the water so deep and still that the
draw may be placed at any point de-
sired.
Cost OF 95-feet span, s83 per
Cost OF I7o-feet draw span,
81 per Ioot....Tc. : d /
Cost Of pier for GraW Y,........ 5000
Cost of remaining pier-.....,,. 5000
Cost Little Wabash bridge. s 2l,z75 90
All other streams may be crossed
on trestle-work of much less import
aace than that used by the T.. & G..
Road in crossing Pigeon Greek.
Making cost of track from Ev-
Rnsville to McLeanSboro, COM
plete, except bridging....-...-..S7O9. 239 d
And cost of bridging, which
completes the road~e~.~..-.. -. 1896 90
Whole cost OF track from Ev-
ansvllle 20 McLeansboro, in I'LL
.6H 20
The assets of the Railroad COMPANY
are, when reduced to cash. az follows
From Va%nderburgh County,
$4,000 90
S3O0. 900, in the bonds ofthe city.
which have never sold below
eighty cents on the dollar but
putting them at seventy five
cents on b dollar amount in
I~ndfViduai subscriptions.avaii- ~''OVV "
able within two years in cash. 10000 co
or me dellaTT~.~r.-~-r- 5000 90
cts. on The dollaTy---~------"-. $500 90
in Illinois.-~~"~~-~.g~r~~,~-..,.. 1000 co
Making in available cash as
sets oTthe Company at this time s0O6.5oo.Oo
Leaving for the Company to
S24S,141.23
In order to raise this last sum of
$24S, IA % it may safely be estimated
that we have the following opportu-
mites for raising money:
From Posey Co. in cash.. $1,000
From While & Hamilton
Co.'S In Illinois in cskh... 5000
From the sale of preferred
stock guaranteeing z or 8
per cent. COMMUNICATIONS
Amounting to the sum OF s250,eO0
Making the entire cash assets
of the company S606s50O n
SzO, soO0,5O W
Leaving. above cost ofroad, for
water tanks, 1865 n
To furnish rolling stock and build
such cheap depots as would answer
for the time-the earnings of the road
being Insufficient for that purpose