The Lincoln County herald., 1871-06-29
THE HERALD.
TROY, NO. JUNE -, 1871.
xedd's Railroad Article.

On the drst page will be found On ar
tisls 10 relation to our railroad matters,
. few points Of which require somo notice
from us, ns our correspondent appears to
DO laboriug under Z series Of mistakes.
The "fsw gentlemen Of Troy" are not
quite - reticent as many suppose; tn
fact, they are rather fond Of talking about
their project. and are as sanguine Of its
success o. il IL were all bu: completed.
II Zedd will interview them, they will
doubtless answer oil his inquiries with
ffauksess. i.
In the 6rst place, our correspondents
information that We had been toSd BY
one Of these gentlemen that We said too
much 10 our editorials, 10 erroneous. No
sueh remark was made TO Us. All, or
most Of the railroad news published by US
was obtained through them, and We have
spdsavored not to reserve anything from
tho readers Of the Herald; and We have
st ali times freely and plainly given our
honest convictions Of how matters stood.
If they have ever been displeased at any
Of our remarks, thoy said nothing to Us
about it.
Aedd makes few missaKos. Inere never
was survey We believe by Mr.. neadys; /;
but there has been ono by the bridge on
Big creek. He is again mistaken when
hs ssys tho road was definitely and per-
nanently located by Chain-o Of Rocks !;
this survey We think was made by Mr..
Wolf, but he had nothing to do with To-
eating tho route of the road. From the
best information wo can get from three
instrumental surveys between this place
and the North Missouri road, the St. Louis
and Keokuk road will be located by Mos.
COW min, the mouth of Big creek, through
Dog Prairio. Our correspondent appears
to confouud the surveys with the location
of road. He should remember that by
instrumental surveys only can the cost Of
the road be obtained aud the cheapest
route selected.
Another error into which he has been
lead is, that the road was located by way
Of Old Alexandra. This route was sur.
veyed but found impracticable in conse.
qusnce Of cost and high grade, and was
abandoned. There were one or two lines
run up Cuivre trying to get on the ridge
route from Old Alexandra by the way of
Auburn, but we're found to be very costly.
The best route was found to be BY way
Of Fort Spring branch; but owing to tho
grade and heavy work, Mr.. Wolf, the
contractor, surveyed route by Millvood.
These routes have all been examined with
regard to costs, distance and grade, and
the best will doubtless be selected 10 q
few weeks, the road located and its con.
struesien commenced toward the Pike
county line.
Zedd says that for this 100000 has
been expended. No. quite the county
appropriated s3, 600 for instrumental sur.
veys, and the remainder was paid for nine
miles Of road bed. The contractors, not
she county, paid for these surveys.
In speaking Of the railroad law of the
state. he figures out that it will cost
$3.50, 900 to build the road in question,
allowing $4,000 to the mile as be holds
the law requires, and then concludes that
At most the company cannot make show.
ing Of more than 1875, 900. Let US see
Lincoln subscribed $500, 900; Rails s275,.
900, and Pike 5000, ,OOO-for in spite Of
the Pike county courts attempt to rescind
tho order, the company still holds it for
the appropriation /; the amount was sub.
scribed and accepted before the order was
rescinded. Here, then, is s775,OOO. Our
correspondent evidently forgot about the
above subscriptions.
This road, We arc informed, is certainly
located by the company from the North
Missouri to the Hannibal and St. Joseph
'oad. BY way Of Troy, Louisiana and New
London, and will be built on that route
when the means are procured. The work
Of construction has commenced between
this place and Big creek, aud the road
bed will be finished in about ninety days.
Tho remainder of the work in the county
will be under contract before that time.
If the object Of Zedd's letter is to convey
the idea that the road bed of the St.
Louis and Keokuk railroad is myth, be
can disabuse himself Of such belief by
. few hours ride. and see nine miles
nearly finished for the ties and two to
four miles under contract, and tho pitch.
ing Of dirt actually going on.