The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-06-02
OUR NEW RAILRoADTo MERCER
COUNTY.
It is to be Built at Once Great Benefit
to Rock leland aud Vicinity.

Last evening brief announcement was
made 10 THE ARGUS that the building OF
the Rock Island 4 Mercer County Rail
road was TO be entered upon Immediately. |
1t has been located via Turkey Hollow.
Edgington, Perryton and Presumption to
Richland Grove. Messrs. Reynolds, Saul |
paugh & Co. have the contract for grading |
and bridging the road, and laying the track,
and they are already on the ground erect |
ing shanties and preparing to push the
work as fast as men and money can do it.
They have advertised for 100 teams and
want 100 men as shovelers so soon as the
necessary accommodations can be secured, |
and as they pay SO per day for teams
and $3.50 per day for men, instead of $l.l0
per day, as some of our corporations are
doing, they will, doubtless, soon have all
the force they need, and then the dirt, and
the money too, will fly.
The contract is to be completed the
coming fall, and the energy of Messrs
Reynolds, Ssulpaugh 4 Co., and the fnan-
cisl resources of the parties building the
road are sure guarantee that it will be
completed at an early day.
The first station, miles beyond Milan
and miles from Rock Island, will be
located ct the mouth of Turkey Hollow,
on the Brunot farm, now owned by Mr..
Weaver, and will accommodate the north
west portion of Black Hawk township, also
Andalusia and portion of Bowling.
The next station will be on James Tay.
lor's land, in Edgington township, 10 miles
from Rock Island, and will accommodate
nearly all of that magnificent township, as
also Buffalo Prairie, Drury, and part Of
Bowling.
The next station will be 10 miles from
Rock Island, in the corner of Perryton
township, in Mercer county, and will be
the most important station on the road. as
it will furnish railroad facilities to nearly
all OF Perryton and large portion of Dun
can townships, as also portions Of Preemp-
ton, Edgington and Bowling. This station
will be the centre of several townships Of as
fine farming land as the world can show,
the value of which will be greatly enhanced
by the road, and which will furnish large
amount of freight for the road.
The next station will be at the village
Presumption, 81 miles from Rock Island,
and will accommodate all the eastern
portion of that township, as also portions
Of Bowling and Rural townships.
The next aud last station will be al
Waugh's Mills, in Richland Grove town
ship. 26 miles from Rock Island, and will
accommodate the whole Of the fine town
ship of Richland Grove.
1t will thus be seen that the building o.
this new railroad opens to Rock Island
and vicinity not less than seven magnificent
townships Of land, rich and iuexhaustibll
prairie, and thickly settled with strong
intelligent, enterprising aud wealthy PEG
pie whose trade now mainly seeks othe
points than ours, bat will Now be brought t
our very doors. This road connects will
no road at the other end and hence all thu
products of that whole region must CONE
to Rock Island for Shipment, and the PEG
pie along the line will naturally pas
through this city in going to or coming
from any part of the world, In this poin
Of view tie road is of greater value to ou
people than it would be if extended to
connection with the c. B. & Q. or som,
other line south of US. 1t will open up
new era for Rock Island. and bring back t,
us the trade of the richest portion o
Mercer county, as we'll as Of our owl
county, which, in the last few years, ha
strayed away from us.
1t will be remembered by readers os TIL
ARGUS that Mr.. Gable first proposed t,
construct the road from Coal Valley IL
which place he has railroad) to his new
coal fields the people along the line woul'
give him free right of way, saying, a
the same time, that if they did not do i
he would not build the road that way if b.
could help himself.
Believing that he would build the roa'
that way, as he would have only ii mile
to build, while by any other PRACTICABLE
route the distance would be % miles t
build, the people did not respond favor
ably to his proposition, and therefore Mr.
Gable made proposals to the people on tn
Turkey Hollow route, which were so far &C
cepted that he finally determined, yester
day, to build the road that way.
Within the last few days the people o
Rural walked up to the Importance Of sc
curing the road and proposed to furnisl
free right of way if the road could
built on their line, but Mr.. Gable advise
them that they had "sinned away the da
of grace" and it was too late, for he ha
decided in favor of the Turkey Hollo,
route-a route vastly more favorable
the interests Of Rock Island. 1t matter
not whether Mr.. Cable came to this COL
clusion on account of the illiberal trea
ment he received on the first propose
line, or because he thought it to his inter
est to build the road by the Turkey Ho
low route, he is still entitled to the lastin
gratitude of our whole community for e.
pending his money and his energies in q
undertaking of such vital Importance
the people Of the city where he reside
and we believe that all our citizens will
proud OF having man of such pluck an