, 1870-06-17

12th says: The Chicago L Southwestern
naihoad Is now in operation, seyeu miles this
side OF Washington. Aul Will 5000 cfusa the
DceMo!nes NreE: Tuxt psxt Of the road viii
DO done to The Mssou, line before tho first Of
January. Tho rest Of thn limo ia making e1-
cel!cnt progress Our readers may rest As.
sured tl&t th6 through line will be done from
LeAvenworth TO Chicago 1t the time agreed
upon. 1he company il Also ready to aid in
building the bridge and tho rosd from hers to
Tho Bloomington Qll) Paragraph Of the
) 18th inst. BAyB: " The contractors nrc work
ing on tho extension Of the Dwight 4 Wcnona
Branch (of the Chicago l. Alton Railroad) TO
Lscon, and The contract has been let for lie
construction Of ! part Of the connecting Ene
between this branch and the Jacksonville Di-
vision This connecting line makes juno
ton with the Dwight + Lacon Line, not At
W.nona, but At = point eight miles 1est Of
that town. 1t IL under contract from this
point to Washington, Tazewell county. about
Is niles. Washington il about 20 miles north
peona BY the Toledo. Peoria d Wabash Road.
Mr. Blackstone, tho President, hsa not re-
turned from the East. When he does, We may
expect that it will be finally eetslel whether
the Louisiana 4 Missouri Hiyer Railroad VIII
be leased and comFleted BY this company"
a letter in the Washington County (1o"a)
ErFss, 1elatiye to the lows Northern Central
Railroad, FAYE: "Ny conclusinna RE- that,
under present management, the work from
Keoknk 10 1owa City will be nearly, Il not er-
tirely, completed during the presont season.
The vote Of St, Clair County, H., on th 9
qnestion Of subscribing elo0.0o0 OF preferred
stock to aid in building the ST.. Louis and
Southeastern Railway vas as follows: .Fos,
sclptioD, 3,t69, '$.-
-alaaaac county, Ill, will vote. June q, On
proposition to subscribe s1z5,0uo to the cap
i,ai atock Of the Bei,cvllle' and Southern ILL
nois Railroad
Tho city Of Cairo voted almos. unanimous
y in favor Of tho subscription Of 400 900 By
the clty to the capital stock Of the Kentucky
i Tennessee Railroad.
~ "a T1i,er na,; from Litehheld: NJ: to the g.
business men OF Springfield entertain the pro
ject OF introducing into the next Legislature
q charter for railroad from the State Capital
to Lichaeld, to give the citizens OF the for.
mer city more direct route to 81. Louis ria
the Decatur i East St Louis Railroad"
The Lansing tMich.) Republican says
':Mozt OF our readers know that by gaining
control Of the Lake. Shore l. Michigan South
ern Railroad, Vanderbilt has secured to the
Hudson River and New York Central the righ
Of the direct route to Chicago. TIE. Enc Ran
Of through connection with the greA
West. The Michigan Air Line
!! which Waa to connect with the new and shor
line through Canada, having been absorbed b,
the Michigan Central The only way tft is
consolidation Of through limo by uniting tn
! interests Of the. Erie and .No1thHester,
Esil1oads, and by the Canada line an
| Pe,linsu1ar Hallway connecting New Eos1
and Chicago BY a route Of thirty min
uliles shorter than any now m use
1lis line would pars through st. Clair. Romeo
and Holly, enecting junction at Lansing
Tue combined capital OF the Erie L Eorthweal
e1n Roads Ii about s125, ,O00, 900. It is able t
ouild any connecting link without delay
President Dibblc left Tor New York on Monda
last TO endeayor to coneun1Iuaie this arrange
ntut, and there is but little doubt that it vii
succeed
--1he Aurora Qll.) Herald OF the 1lth says
Work has been commenced On the Fox Rive
Valley Railroad between Wenona and Peoria
and within short time direct communicate
will be had between Auro1a and Peoria by thj
rorte. In the menatinle, work is rapidly b.
ing done between OTTAWA and Aurora, and
il believed that tho cars Will DO in running O.
der between these towns by tho LIST OF Oct,
ber. Surveys arc being made from AurorA
Geneva, and the road viii be extended to Il
iatter point as fast as possible The manager
OF this railway company have proposed to III
people Of St, Charles to extend the ros
through that town, il the people VI
vote hd to the amount Of esq, 900 for tn
, purpose. Extending past st. Charles, Il
road will intereect this Fox River Road
tween CGntonvills and Elgin, from which poi
there is now continuous line to Milwaukee
except about Il niles, which the people
that city propose to build."
Tho wife Of Minister Motley is describ
as the best-dressed l.dy at the Dritish Cou'
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