, 1874-07-09
NUMBER $780,:

W. Illinois and tho Northwest, to St. Louis,
Il 9 more. and Toledo. 1t furnishoa aupply of
& sE!som t!,is terminus to tho praisies u tho
q E3al part Ut tho State. It reachoa st. Lou!a
ths liza section eS sy 59u'0 b; 10 sa %ss
e Uocatur. It connects at Bement with To-
E giving an outlet for Wheat growing In
= horn 1llinoia to Toledo. which is said to bo
\, best mnrKot for fall wlloat. It oonneotB At
~ mont, its southern tesmsnsls, With Tho Ba!ti-
eago d Padtioah to tako large ahare Of tito
grain doatinod to baltimore. On account Of tha
facilities for transferring grain at Baltimore and
the itterest ct tho Baltimore j. Ohio Railroad
Company III tho ocean transportation, 1t haa loug
posaos.sod adyautagoa superior to New York os
niiy other Eastern city as 9! market for foteign-
bound grain. and this roa1 furnishes Tho tnost
direct route for moro than half OF this State,
and all OF Northorn Iowa and Minnesota, to that
market. It alHo soryea thoso produces who
n,l have no Iasern inst G Or foreeo baslness arrange
tho Chicago, Burlington L Quincy Railroad,
gives highway for tae grain aud live atuok Of
72,000 acres Of land to Chicago. It ts transport
ing large quantitfos Of soft lumber from Chicago
to Central nnd Southern Illinois, and is bringing
hardwood lumber fEoe, soutAcrn Illinois TO Cht@
cago and the manufacto.ies OF Northern Illinois.
1ht8 roal IT, not only we'll located, but haa
boen economically built. The average bonded
indcbtcdnods per milo Of tho roads in Illinois, a.
GOHlpAItu IEuIl uhtA 1tlIHlb1tu W tuQ 6thG8
Donrd Of Commissioners in their last report
(p. 651), IL S20,G52.97. The bonded inlebted-
ness OF this roal is 9l8, 600 per milo, or g. 55207
loss than the above average, and mailing for tho
156 miles 8993, ,2G422. According to tho same
authority, tho average coat Of construction aud
equipment por milo Of road III Illinois III $A5,-
Q77.40. Tho ouat per mito Of right Of way and
construction of this road for tho 73 miles for
which the construction accounts had boon unado
up for tho Commissioners is *18.820.74. Add to
this 59, QUO por mile for equipment (which III IN
aggregate Of s58i, goo for tho 70 niles), aud tha
result IN s2G, ,820.74 or $18,23C.G6 lcBs than the
above Average, which for the IS mica oquafa
81, ,832. 738.18. The road Ilus not only boon
economically but we'll built. Tho highest grade
is 53 foot to tho milo, over which trss OF twen.
tY-four freighta can bo hauled by tho locoino-
tivos In t1Bo. Thore arc no expensive bridgoBt
and only ono OF any considerable longth. 1'hi
aurtuciug for tue most Of tho way ia dona with a
clay soil and coal slack, which admits
OF TINT rounding top most desirable for drain-
age. Fifty-six pound rail is uRod and it only 70.
mains to eurfaco np tho lower end Of the road
il1Bt completed, when 1t Bhall havo sottlcd sufl-
ciontly, and. to lot tho hodge grow, to make a
well-6nfshed road.
Tho operation OF tho road is in tho hands oi
?. D. Shumway, ESQ.,, Vice-prosldont and Gen
oral Freight Agent, and his ahBIstant, 0. l.
Stephenson. The general management Of
finances, ETC.. ia In tle caro- of Mesars. Ralph
Plumb, President; Z. +. Hinckloy, ex-Prosi
lent aud ", H. II. Cushman, Treasuror:. The
offices Of tho Company aro at Stroator, ILL.,. Ani
102 Michigan avenue, Gblcago. jar.
CHICAGO, July 7, 18Th.