Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-05-13
Chicago h Rock Island Rail :
rOad Extension.


1 subscriptions to secure the building
| 0f the A. X. & ID. road to Knoxville
the JOURNAL, not wishing to distract
the minds of the people from that
| important business, forbore more
than brief mention Of the proposed
extension of the Chicago, Rock Is
land & Pacific Railroad from Sigour.
ney westward. Our renders have
been informed that the Company
proposed to extend their road to Os.
kaloosa this year If the people along
the route would give them depot
grounds, right of way to Marion
county line and $40, ,os,o. The money
Required has nearly all been pledged
and the right of way mostly secured;
I bot the Company are impatient to
get 70 work, and stir up the people
with this letter, under date of May
/ ., from the Chicago Office, to Hon.
NJ. r. Cuts:
Dear .S;r.--1 am quite disappointed
at the apathy manifested by your
citizens in making up the amount
required to insure your getting the
benefit of our railroad this season.
Our company will need all the slim
ulns your assistance will afford to in
duce them to push the work rs pro-
/ posed, and you may rest assured that
unless our proposition is responded
to favorably and that without much
| further loss of time, the completion
Of the road to Oskaloosa will be
postponed indefinitely. 5st,a.a /. M
Our engineer reports that he has
found favorable line from Sigour-
gaey via Springfield. coming out in
Fthe north OF Gskaioosa, and the
worst and most expensive portion of
the work, aside from the crossings of
South Skunk Is within two or three
miles OF Oskaloosa.
/ A recent offer Of assistance from
Pelia has led me to examine the ge-
ography Of the country In that direc-
ton, and ii Is by no means improba-
BILE that a survey | propose 10 have
4 made will demonstrate IL Will be for
our interest TO defect this northern
line In the direction OF Pella. am
we'll satisfied that u shorter line can
he constructed from Sigourney 10
Carlisle, via Pella, and as we are
likely to have plenty of time tn ex-
plotr the country, l intend to have
liz thoroughly done, and then avail
Yourselves Of the best route, all things
Iconsldered. Yours truly,
HUGH Riddle,
Vice Pres. and Genl Supt.
| The Herald OF Last Thursday says |:
The oise Is desperate; the Is. d NJ.
has secured the A. h. * Ii. road and
iavaded the territory nf tire q. II. /.
LIN II. II. r.. and II Ii ttl3eEgfure s9s,t
fnnxiOus to 90 To Knoxville, but II
lbuiIt, will take the shortest route to
intersect its other road, ut Carlisle,
and that is dB Petid. Don't 90 TO
sleep when the town Is In such dan
ger, but come up and do your duty.
For months and years the people
Of Knoxville have been proffering to
the Rock Island Company eneour-
Laeement to extend their road, and
begging for proposition. A short
time before our arrangement was
rDnsse with Mr.. Buell. the officers 81
the A. X. & ID. Company wrote r,
Rock Island headquarters asking for
proposals. Their letters were not
Eheeded--pot even granted the cour-
tesy OF reply. But our contract
with Dir. Buell. was not q week old
before they were asking as for aid 10
extend. This aid we could not then
give; and to have made the efiort
would have proven disastrous 10 the
work then in hend.
Our people pseferrsd to secure the
road from south ward first, hut would
all rejoice to- have also the east and
west line; sa,l will probably be ka a
situation IN another year to subscribe
literally for 1t. While we were rails
Ing stock far the A. h. & d., and np
to tile. tilse the contract was maest,
with Slr. Merrill, at Ottunwa,
letters we're received almost
daily by our citizens from
psSiiss who profcssed TO know
that the Rock Island road would
give as-a hberal offer IL We would
| iisteRto. their pleadings and arsist
thPm in preference 10 the other
project. Now we hear no moro from
thens. gpae, we Are unable pow to
give them sur grade, and II onr
other road Is built the Rock Island
could not come here and secure q
monopoly Of our business. Aii In
ainDunt and value ~ large rs that
asked or Mallaska could however be
pledge.l,in this county.
Lfthe Rock Island cannot aflord
to compete with another road for
business mt Knoxville II Is not qpite
plain to M how IL can afford {. COM
pete with two other roads central
or Iowa and ksokuk Il Dies Is,ine.,
a lra.,iv IA, at,eratioui and another