, 1875-09-11
THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL,

How intimately associated with tho develop
! 1nent Of this State Is tho Illinois Central Hail
road Company ; how cicso 4Ieo tho connection
between tho prosecution OF tho Froject aud tho
honorod namo Of Stephen 4. Douglas. whoso
| mortal rematns rest within fcw rola Of
! the great limo 1hich NOW unitca Tho Garden and
, tho Crchcent City,-Lako Michigan aud tho Gnf
| Of Mexico! The Illinois Central waa tho pioneer
trunk line OF this State and tho West. 1t uas
grand rrojccs, Which. unlike many promising
enterprises, haa moro than fuldlou ths knticpa-
tious ofts founders
It Ia not tho de3fgn OF tAia article, which must
contIns itBef to material facts, to entor Into a
history Of thia great corporation, though such
history would bo full Of rho livcost ntereat. 1t
Ii OF the road ~ We tlud it that ve have to deal.
THE LINES.
Tho lines operated by lhis Company aro o.
follows;
Mtles.
Cairo tn Duuieh. 4si73
eeattAna 70 ch'enRo.
f.snath Of main line owned by tho Company. 30
lows Division:
nu6u9a: put q 1ova Falls. F.ll........"...."..1.a.so
cslsr Fa4l, to Minnesota State line: SIS
- to2.ls
Total direct limo in owned and leased rofdR ,ln76a
With BdingB, osc., ths total length Of roads
onnod and leased Ia LEU. .o6 rnilcs.
MORE FIGURES.
Statistics Of this kiud arc OF dcop interest,"
provided that too many aro not brought forward
AS showing tue magnitude Of tho Conlpany's
operations. the reader sIEl be Interested in tho
showing Of tho amount OF railing btock owned
~ ths company Passenger engines. 10; freight,
!lo switching, as; othor, 2l.-neking a totsl At
tue date Of the last annual report fTom which
those figures ara obsolned, Of l9;. Tha pahsen-
Eer.chra Of various kinds, Including slcepcss,
4.6i5.
Tho reader will bs stiit further in.orcstcj in .
atatemsnt OF tho passenger and freight traffic for
!sM: Tho number Of passengers carried was
IosS'a5a; carried l mile. 81. .li5.26s; io ILL.,
nols s i,,s5a so; IN Iowa 22s.347. Tbs rsvenuo
OF tFeeht moved was: III Illinois, 1641 B55; III
Ions' d3So!o total toas. 2.o6oo35; moved
n'sse, 273. .6392 tous. Rayenus from thts
sa"5ss =, re- M ~ Illinois, -. .0o5,9 ,977,s2; Ia Iowa
*l.u35.193.la; total, 85.700. .672G].
GLAN0x At THR MAI.
~ loeA OF tho Importance ct tho Illinois Can :.
tIa1 and ~ CONNECTIONS may bs gained by :
elansa At ths nAp. Chicago IT, Of course; tho
tLat by what Nc may call the 11ilpoie Central
h3stom We may efosa tho northern part Of Ill.
nols, p1eh over tue river 1t Dubuque. aud reach
slonx ~, OF iantton Oh tho Missouri, or, stop
s ptns %awas ~ %s 70 r. State OF Iowa. We may 60
or ny ths KAnkakee route we may reach Gu
clnuati on the southeast,
Or by = short line Ut. Louis on tho SOUTH
west.
oF from either tho northeast or northwest
corner Of tho State us mar b. ths grand trunk
lues Of tho road reach Ca!fo,
Ihsnco tho route to Now Orleans. by the Uop. |
tEArs connection, ia direct and uuu,pcdod.
Ihe system and IT. rR1atAeskious are 90 AZ |
tended. covering such grest area OF COUNTRY,
aud 10 placed that they may bo sail to drain |
tho travelling public. Sincs It IL possible 10 The
Ittlnois Central to acaomuodate tho public iu |
a:mo.t any dlrtc'ion, it bus given pstticulkr |
stsont:on to lta passenger traffic.
rASAKN0kA ROUTES,
These are:
The s.. Louis 4 Chicago Through Line,
Tbs St, Louis Il CaIto Short Lilo.
r. Tho u. Lou1s Dubuqns Sioux City Line. -
IAo Chicago L CAiFV Lima