, 1872-11-25
CHICAGO AND CINCINNATI.

The New *@Aankulcc Line,'' ITS Protectors.
and It's Great Success Us a PASSENGER and
Freight Route. -
AS the new line recently opened betT cen Chi.
caeo and Cincinnati, known as The Kankakee
Line. ii attracting SO much attenAan On the part
OF travellers and shippers, perhaps short his
tory would be Of interest to our readers. The
indianapolis, Cincinnati 4; Lafayette Railroad.
extending from Cincinnati to LAFAYETTE. dis
tance Of ITS miles, is too well known to need
much comment, but as the line from Lafayettt
TO hankakee, distance Of Is miles, is the ALL
important ID link that joins these two great cities.
Clnc1nnatl and Chicago, together We will treat OF
them principally in the article.
tor several years the owners Of large track
Of land in Benton County, just west Of Iafav-
cite, have had standing offer to grade. hT;i@e
and tie ten miles OF road through their land. for
any Company that would build road thronoh
thls r1ch country, and give them an outlet, T6is
proposition having remained open several years.
a ana g9nnemen themselves, Messrs. Adams, Earl,
tract, finally concluded to take the matter in
their own hands and build the road in connac.
tlon with Gustavus Kicker, ESQ.,, Of New Yo~E
a road was undertaken and built within the last
ssar dsfaoca trom Il lafayette e ,t to st. Anne n,
class order. As there has never been tbronnh mrs,
line between Chicago and Cincinnati tbat az.
fWered the requirements Of the public. these
gentlemen concluded to extend their Ina 3 dis
tance Of eleven niles-from st. Anne to Kanka.
kee-and there forming junction with the
Illinois Central, one of the best railroads in the
west, supply the missing link between Chicago
and Cincinnati, thus making the best through
line that has eyer been opened With thei1
usual goaheadativeness, in this as in all Other
undertakings Of theirs, the eleyen-1nIle track,
although not rail WAS laid the first day of Au.
gust, vas put through and completed, and fast
t"enty-one working days from the day
the first spike WAS driven. As soon as the
eleven miles link was completed, ARRANGEMENTS
we're Immediately made with the Iulianano1ia
Cincinnati & Lafayette and the Illinois Central
Railroads for through passenger and freight
line between Chicago and Cincinnati tI1a: should
eclipse anything Of tile kind ever before UNDER
taken; and to show how successful this effort
has been, We can safely say that large part OF
the freight and passenger business between These
TWO cities 1s done by this line, and all who have
tried it pronounce the new line big success in
every particular Passenger trains are
run between Chicago and Cincinnati
without change Of cars, and with but
one change Of conductors (at Lafayette), making
ne best time ever undertaken-the time from
chicago to Lafayette being but four hours and
Fifty minutes, and to Indianapolis but seven
hours, and to Cincinnati but twelve hours: aud.
contrary to the old rule, this line do as thoy adj.
Tertise, and make their time. The time On
freight: is all that can be- desired, being but
'welve hours from Chicago to Lafayette, twenty
1ours to Indianapolis, and thirty-six to Cincin.
?atls log much cannot be said in this connec-
ion in favor Of the energy and enterprise of the
hree gentlemen above named, to whom Chicago
nd Cincinnati owe so much, and who have faifig
srned the glory their achievement merita