, 1870-06-06

Madison 4 Portage 1e11road WIS hsld ysstEs-
isv- 10 ssree on . plan Of action 10 I'D IT,
c.I,rtruesi9u.. Aftor considerahls discuse1cn
and careful inquiry into the facts in regard to
fhe road. md the ability Of the present OWL
e1s Of the franchise e construct |. W Tnt mat
tosns aud cities, under the Ester1y bin, N
n-m,ortiou to tho 4ssessed valuation, to aoe
rtnsfrrsrt Il one hundred thouEand dollars, OF
which thirty-eigbt thousand dolassis assigned
10 .e4ha '1ri P.inceton dm-) Rp.4okoan ssys "It
.se,n. that tho long contemplated railroad
frngo Bureau Junction to Startling, By ny OF
pr;nrefnn. il 1t last about 70 Assum0 definite
nhnna, On Monday We bad visit from Judge
Kinyon, President Of the above named CON-
pauy. and he assured us that il our poopie
i,a ~ commune I'll from Sterling to the Junction, by
wsg Of Princeton, md be completed during
ths vear 1870, His road is now under contract
for buiIainx from Chicago to- Sterling. NJ;
Knyon eays the company wl hnila a
The extension named, put il go9d
nniaf st.ni.f dspos, aaas and % put On the rene stec
bsfosa be asks us for single dollar, When
tha ennpany has completed It's part Of thocon-
frsct then our town will be expected to issue
BONDS not to exceed Vi, oQ0 peg mile, and r.
ceive in lieu thereof the preferred stock o. ne re
company, which will entit1e tie toNn 10 1ta
shsra in al dividends the company may de-
Glaze. Deemipg the tey1ns offered Gy Nj. Kin.
Won ns liberal ~ could bo saksd, 4 number OF
onr citizens have united In a petition to the
Town Clerk and Supervisors to call an election
Of tho people on the subject"
Tho Dubuque Herald Of the Both nlhmo
SAVE: "Ye have It upon reliable authority
thut tho proposed extension OF the Duou9no
6.Routhwesteru Railroad, from Cedar Rapids
to tho Rock Island Road, will bo completed
this year The point to which It VIII rtn VIII
probably bc lows City. where 4 vail connect
With tho road running aorth to Ut. Louis. The
work viii Le completed, it is said, within the
next fotr months. Parties interested in tho
line from Cedar Rapids to Iowa city arc no"
in New York arranging tho terms Of tho con-
! pection ut Iowa City" I.
| At meeting At Canton, H., May SO, a
| motion waA carried that Canton Township
| struction through Canton OF tho pehn Mis-
sissirpi 1lailroua- Tho vote On tho question
| wiu be taken June %. ~
| The Dubuque Herald Of tho Sd aaya: I'll
| has been determined to commence tho con
[ atruction Of the Dubuque d Minnesota Rail
| Proposals are called for, from contractors, fol
| the construction OF tho road bed from Du
buque 10 the Turkey River. These proposals.
must Ill be in by the LIT Of July, Hhan tht
| contract will be awarded upoa them.'
The Detroit Post Of the 4th says: "Tht
Directors Of the Flint 4 Pore Marquette Bail
way met in this city yesterday. E. B. Wart
was elected President. The work on the fourif
and fifth divisions Of tho road from Avesi1ls t.
tho 100h mile post on the west line OF Clar'
County is progressing rapidly. Tho Boar
voted to put under contract still another sec
iion Of twenty miles, reaching to Hersey. Q,
Muskegon River, at tho crossing OF the Gram
Rapids Il Indiana Road, with view to haTinI
it ready for iron in the summer Of 1871. Thi
will complete 100 miles from Flint. or 10
from Holly, ;rhey also directed tho Exccutiv
Committee to PIT under contract tHenty mlle
OF road from 1udington, Oh tho Pore Maj
auette Mvor, eastward, as soon as the depo
| rrouu3a nhau be secured."