, 1879-04-19
RAILROADS.
TUE CHICAGO. MILWAUKEE 4, s1..

s"ii''tot Fos,p'o IccTeasa IN aHt6rcst On mort
EnHo bonds. se2,is7. The whole length Ut road
now owned by tie Company Is LOLA nilcs; MI
extension Of 100 miles having been tuilt during
INC past year under authority granted by tho
Legislature M lown at It's last ausslon, confer
Rug gu this Company tho land-grant applicable
to tho construction OF road from Algoua vest
waftl to 1unrtion with the Sioux CttY d 81.
Paus Hailroad, distance of about etRhty.1vo
intlcs, on condition that Tho road shall be conf
p|cicd BY the first day Of January, 1851. Tic
during tho gear, with fifteen miles In addition,
which takes thu lno 10 within twentr miles Of
thy east line Of Dukota Territory.
IlIe lnntlErant thus carried nntt tu1jrjng to
th!s C9npanY contains oycr s00, ,0N ucrcs Ut
ehutce LAM! In Northwestern Iowa, which # n
tension hls Dccn constructed In tho most sl,b-
stantal tllRtIuer and Mt a verv moderate cost.
nntl Inns been paid tor With tc proceeds vi
bonsis secured BY q mortgage Of this sectinn uf
ttln rhnil Alhi equipment. 1t Ia we'll equipped
with rolling atoek, aud will DO valuable feeder
to the old line OF ron1.
The entire cost Of the Company's property,
Including cpuiptnen:, bridges elevators, cattle.
yards md grounds. Is represented BY:
Common stock.... ".... ..........,.sl5, 4t1, o8l
!teEl9cu A1ocK,..s IL, eIp, iHi
Mortgage bonds.... ................ 81, 0SH, 200
"'A%t& - >OtAt " &JDt es14
from which may bo deducted! certain assets
whtci appear In tho general account hereto a1,-
ieaded, reducing tho actual cost TO SIS 0;s. 10,
an ayurage Of about s3s,4oo per milo for tha,
l,;!l2 miles Ut road.
In May last this Company purchased most Of
tho stock al!d bonds Of the Dubuque Southwest
ern Railroad IN Iowa, cxtrutil,ie FROM Farley, .
point on the Illinois Central Railroad lwtniy-
three .nllcs west ot DubMaue, in q aouthwcst-
erly direction to Cedar Rapds. The ronl OF
1HB LnTnnANY nftrnf1r frDt0 NAhtl1o fn+1
CONNECTED with the DnbuluH Southwestern III
Marion, six miles northcrly from Cedar Rnpils,
alia HOW rlltis to that city over tint road, form
'1st: NJ, Important MD long.dcsircd connection.
the mortgage bonds oi the Madison Il l'ortago
Railroad Company, whicl, had then tust cum
plG'c It's Hue from Madison to PortuEe City. in
Wisconsin, dstancc Of about furty miles. Thls
Prairie du Ctltcn Division, about midway be-
tween Milwaukee an0 the AfississIppi 1tver, con-
Meeting the Cities of Madison and Portagc, nliI
I'assln., for the entire distance, through, itnu
titity WINS presented for SECURING tile remainder
OF enfd bo'l1s, and they were purchased, n1nl lilo
Gntiro ISSUE ts now owned by this Company.
Tile rpn Inns been In possession OF anu operated
elos!src proceedings upon satti first rlor;gagu nru
pending, and thu property wtl soon be acquired
ulercunlcrat u moderate cost.
THE Minnesota Allllanl hallway Company was
ldm N VII to oqw so
westerly through the Stats of Minnesota;
ana IN May, 1875. sixty mtLos OF said
road wcro completed, extending from Wa
hasta TO Zu1nbrotn. III Mtnnrsota. This road
runs through very fine wheat conn,ry, which
l!al hercto'v1o been mainly tributary TO ,ho
lines Of this Company. I'hu control Of the road
being, therefore, dccmca Important, 1t was p,lr-
Chased Rt vtEy moderate cost, nnd the roal is
@ now y possession of, mud is being operated BY.