, 1870-06-15

The Milwaukee Wisconsin, of tho 9th .ayB
4' To-day track-llyiug commenced on tue Eagle
4 Eikhorn branch to connect with the Westarn
Cnion Division. Ton miles OF the road is
eraded ready Tor lie track, and little more
work is to be done to get the entno road ready.
-Four miles Of iron il on the ground, and the
culverts and bridges arc al completed. The
turntables arc DOW being built N this city ~
the cars, aud nt that time regular trains over
the Western Union viii run fnto this city. We
learn that EufIlceu. stock has already been
pledged, with the aid freely offered by towns
along the Way, to build the Northern hsllroad
to tie ShehoyGan 4 Fond dn Lac Roaa."
g The Grand Rapids (Mich.) Eagle Of the
9th Pays: The rnilro1a from Allegan to uol-
land is completed, and to-day, JuEe O. tho poo
Pile Of those two pieces are celebrating the
event.
Preparations arc being made for tho i'm
| mediate survey Of road from Wabasha,
| Ninu., to Austin and Iowa limo, via DrownH-
yiEa, High Forrest, Rochester. Egin and P}aiu-
| view.
I The Memphis {Tenn.) Ar1lanche Of the
| sth eays: Work on the Memphis l. st. Louis
Hailtoad, from Hopedcld,. Arkansas. to st.
! Louis, Mo-, wss commenced few days since,
| On Tue other side Of the rivcr. This road is
intended to r,.n parallel with tho Mississippi
| River and to act an leyeo for the purpose OF
protecting the oEer1owed lands in our sister
State. This ruad will run through Marion.
Gre Giarardean. Some SIX miles back from
Belmont, Mo-, is a station called Marley, on
the Iron Mountain Railroad, and distant
from St. Louis forty miles. II suitable az
rangements for consolidation can bo made with
the Iron Mountain Railroad, the work on tho
this point. But, in al probability, the road
will be run through independent OF all other
I roads, Large snbsidies and grants have been
gwen to tLis road by the States of A.
KANSAS and. Missouri, By means OF which
y standpoint, a fixed TACT By the
terms Of tho charter. the road viii be
on losee the entire distance. it is to be Eve
feet above tho overflow mark: thereby protect
| ing and reclsinsing Thousands Of acres Of vs'-
uable lands, aud making these now useless
acres rs valuable ~ the best land in the State.
Cpon this leveo the track will be laid. This
noyol method Of railroad building will insure
the keeping up OF the 1eveo for al time to
come. The State Of AFBansas will issue to tho
contractors of this road leveo bonds to the
nmount Of 525, ,000 par mile, and viii give
sl0,0 per mile for the pnrpoao OF laying
| down The iron. The cost OF grading will not
exceed e20, 900 per mile, and the iron will not
cost much over s12, 900 per mile"
, The Yatseka tllL) Kepu5ltean Of tho g 9th
: zens who visited 11omence on Friday last,
) that he saw gangs Of hanas engaged in grating
, on The line of tho Chicago, Danyillo i Vim
! ccapes Railroad this eide Of tho hankaket
0 River. This ought to be convincing TINT ths
J company intend to build this road thus sunmel
as promised. There WIS filed on the 1st da.
Of June, in the Recorders Office Of this county
, fo, record, mortgage decd from the Monti
. cello Railroad Company to the Union Trus
Company, Of New York, for y, 500, 600. t
secure the hrht hopds tssusd by sslt
company. According to the deed, tht
railroad of the company conmonces q
!. ! tho city Of Decatur and runs to Cham
!. paiRn City, ria Monticello, thence to th
junction with the Chicago. DanTille q Vim
" centles Railroad, at come point in this county
n making new route from Champaign TO Chi
caro-. only fi9e Of Sic miles ionger thau by tn
, ulinois Central Length Of extension, abou
:. fortT-6ve miles. The company propose =
construct, put in running order, and full
), equip the rosd, provided the townships inter
1 the gr1ding; said bonds not TO ha issued til
y tho first train has run over the Eoad."
I TOn the 9th instant . meeting of Ealsoa'
& officers and other railroad men was held
:: Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and a1tic1cs Of 1neorpora
n ton, under the lans Of Iova, we're adopted
organizing company called the "New Yor
r. Western Hallway" for the construction an
il operating OF ono or more railroads thEoug
d New ;JeTsey, Pennsylvanis, Ohio, Indiana a1s
1nce Io, Neb:aska ~ snd Missouri III tS 1or}h SGh
:, ern Pacific Railroads; and connecting An
10 consolidating with the Pennsylvsnia Wester
- Railway, in pennsylvsnia; the North America
Or Railway Company, u Ohio; the Fort Wsyn
% 4 Pacific Railroad COMPANY, in 1ndiana til
pany, in Illinois; and such other railroads, 4
Of may be acquired BY purchase or otherwise
Ar Tbs capital stock Is to be forty nillion
g. The numbar Of Directors to be not fos
X than. fifteen, nor more than eightes,1
Of following manned persons are to bo Director
ee diz.: George Green, Nm. Il. Morritt, J.
in Abbott, D. Hammer, J. L. Bevier, and WI
or Green, Of Iowa; F. Y. Bronson and J. Q. Den
H. OF Illinois: B. g. Dwiggins and J. n. stac]
house, of Indiana; 3. 6. Pennington and W
u Weston, and N. h. Boody, Of New Yos
es Meetings Of stockholdars, after the year 1877
bY arc to be held annually, on the fourth Wedas
ee day in June, 1T Cedar Rapids, Iowa ~
aa principal place Of business is to be 1T st cga
~ city and At Furt WAyne: George Green v
~ elected President: E, 2. Bronson, Vice Prae
dent; Henry Weston. Of New York. Treasure
[th and L. Edwards, Secretary. The E1ecuh
to Committee conalsts OF Geo. Green. =.
'ey ~ Henry Weston, J. 5. Abbott, and Wm. H. Nj
al | ritt. The Directors meet at Fort Wayne,
ri the 20th inst, to complete the consolidation
orn The LaSa1le Press Of the nth say
ia. "Work vas commenced on new ia1lfosa
1ot short time 6ince, which is to be ~ iuPorta
"a, ia The old American Central, commenced SOL
IN. twelve years ago, to run from Fort Way,
est Ind, to Council Bluffs, Iowa; About u ~
m sas miles Of the track Vas graded 1T thn. hT 2
om from Wenoua westward nearly 70 dAva. !
I'D Chicago, Alton i St Louis Company hsye n
sT. M cot Io1d Of It, and, by the aid Of local 81
bia solption. viii build and eqnip it from Lac
lie to Wenona within three months. A road =
leo leo ready completed from Wenona eastward 4
.eir Dwight. on the Chicago, ~ ~
Iav b Bt. Louis, md very pro
i X bIg the aame line will extend Wessx
,Ss 'e% m rom :Tacon to a.lva this season inaee;
I'm mi Of It is already finished snd IN opefsti
As Wenona, where this road cEosaes the Eo1 !
sMtill til er valley, is rapidly becoming "a import
Of >oint. The Vefmillion C0a1 Oo11Pee.p
ooD have m outlet for their coal u e7
, to irection-" . ,s,;n
1t The contfactors OF t9a a.: ~ as1 Iii
TO ,ailway have no doubt that the roaa "
A. completed to Red Wing by the LIST OF ooto