, 1875-01-12
THE WEST WISCONSIN.

CHANGE or 0EFtCEhS OF THE ROAD.
A fow tlaya ngo It WAS announced TINT the West
Wisconsin hallway Company lad de.aulted IN
aho Payment ot their interest. Had tho bond
holdors pressed their claims, tho road would
doubtless haye passed into tie hands OF Its-
ceiver. Tho result Las boen simply change Of
nllcers Mr. II. II. Porter Of this city is said to
havo been elected President, and Col. ]. II. Howe
pf Kenoal,a, Vice. President and General MAN.
agcr, Tho subordinate officers Of the Company
remain unchanged.
:rhe road, which Is comparatively new, foruaa,
IN connection With tho Chicago l. Northwestern,
through lina to 1T, pnul. It has l97 miles Of
main limo, With swo branclos,--from UHdsou to
Saltwater, D miles, and from Hudson to
lsichmond, 40 iniles long,~~maklng total OF
240 n,ilos, Tho old officers also comprised tie
North Wisconsin hallway Company, which il en-.
dcavoEtng to build lino from 1t. Czol1 River CT
Lake to Dayaed, On Lake Superior, in consdor-
etion OF fecciying tho mnior. portion ol tie
famous st. Croix Immigrant. Tic terms Of tho
graut required tile building Of 40 1uiles IT
1oaa within tho past Year, and 20 nileB carl1
subsequent year until the whole is coulptote1.
1Lo completion Of tho first 40 miles Ut road
was to oattle the Company to 52D 4cctons Of
land, aud for each additional 20 miles OF
xoad patents Tor 200 sections OF land wcro to be
Issued.
Tho ccmrany eemp'iea With tho terms OF tho
grant. Gov. Taylor accepted thu work, and
assael to isaue certiacatca, when Atty.-Qcn.
Williams pronounced Lis opinion that tho
title to the lands bad reverted to tho limited
8sutea by tailure to comply With the provisions
of its csssion to tho State within the time enec-
fled. 1t ia thought probable that tho etIorta to
construct tho laud-gr1nt road, aud tho cloud
since raised on the title to tho lands, togethor
~1tn tho seuetAi ssasn&t.on IA puslheaa AMI tue
arrassed tue 1ato officers, and ptecipitated ther
xs1iroment ''
a9 aem oc'fs w. W. e'sn e.,Gnsia to ths
the rhica@o 4 Northwostorn RsiIw,v "nfee "nt ~ q
IL 19o,sn o tnnm tra,nian, hna uol,
having nt IN early ago been Attorncy-u -ueneral,
snd. until last MONTH unstodlstatos Judge tor
Rau RnAp cnNeTRIcTroN
! The following Is the record Of tle new rail
sonntruet,on ,1urnu thu war 1874 in TIM Htatea
pf Mlpois 1ndiapa. wisconsin, mud lows:
1L1,No{s,
Baltimore, Pitt.buyo T. cafsago,-EJ8ht miles of this
paw road, from te Inlana border northwest to 1iydo
10 enter Chicago. is tn Illinois,
Cairo d st. Louis-Degnning at Cairo, tho South
ern end trsok {of :feet gauge} was laid nJrthwar %
nlss to the aoath line uf Unlon County, leaving ual
ot Us miles between The nortl.arp aud southern NC
ponthwcstward 70 miles to or towards coal nlIles Ut
'pe haa Gag1Saprn,s gfaapr ro. was o,oncs from
zsin west by aost 70 aes u tas xest !as Of Kaus
County.
to- Junction viii lie VudaIia itne aud tlso srnS
@ Id l ss ions trom M reatos , soauassa sIps'ns
Cheags 4 Ssaihsr4,- This roas! whls4 IL intended
1uudcps enranes Tito Cncssq ii n.yina hsrto M ussd
bs traek Of tha Columbus uIteaao Iaiians csntrai
for nle from Dalton & it, sssiiou IA Ghicas] mas
Ghraan ''''4 ''o''A ~ '"A' 20 'at1es 'a'o