, 1879-07-03

Tho Town Central have, lost their grip on ths
ltttto .Enp between Amin and hlsi.ilton. "hi:,
Chlcsrr, Burlington " .tluInsy. I.as Hut IT,.
rnai.r.l vi. constructed tcytrul years nes', but
hard times. tl,' War. anu the raI!roa! tar;tl
laid. prevented its hen,. ruuitpe1. 1t WIS so1ti
by William iliil, ot Bloomfield, DuboIs Cnnnty,
wf., isaa siuce tried l,nei 10 :ct the strrak Of
dirt "fT hls lla'rls. Tho Chicago, DarinH,oll u
aIncy ;'rer 10 take I a equiv Il for n'tin;sss, I!
M"incs Brunch Il if.:s arc aecueol thc rlsnt-ol.
way nIl :2o,0 ,0o0 cash. anu 10 about It ~
Thirty days, ;Ttat IL a liberal proposi!.
t'',. aud Will 1oubi1cs. l!e accepted, .sI.i, "a.
u. Louis, kats"s City Il Northern a.t the
burlington u Southwestern, thus making
route Of Importance To tho Dcs hlo!Hes Wiley.
niH' giving tic benu6t of ue various. routes III
st. Louis, Kansas CITY ~ SorlheEn sorNrrl ths
gap, IT. would hayc hccn only connecting Ink
viii, the Iowa Central ~ It i, we iare tl'ose
connections, with th' ChfeagD, HurtlhEtnn ~
int tH st. Louis. ltie next move Of ttr Chicago.
burlington Il Quincy will prnbat,ly Le 10 yet
cotltrol ot The Drs stasncs Il For: Dodge, wen
t.ny wo,,lt be able to wlIoop Ut t'v. Chicago,
kuk Il I}ra stutues l}ual from under them.
itu. ten. i)raIte. of The Minnesota, Iowa Il
Nebraska lsnad, claims right a!r! sfs!a IN, thu
Abba IL Alon1ton roaabea, md has acFred an
Quincy to restrain item friIl cutUrlnE upoi,
tie premises. which Will tie ubyfatef by Lhe Or
eanzatloH IT atl independent company By Atr.
INT, wio wli build tc road, the Chlrugp, Bur-
wlli.a ncu. Drake IL pushing ILLS ruad to Mssnu-
ii VIA Cnrydot, s,lt saws It Will be ouIlt W sure
N Tic sun shines. -Four !iuca a.t prolcStrd
west from Coryton,---t]r tn Batitord vfa Gar.
to Hopkins, through tho southern towns III De.
rutur, linwgOld, n1nl Taylor Counties; thENl, to
!icsilon1 VII. l.eun uni Mt. Ayr, sl..nrc to Hop
| kfns Mo. TW north tt,tttG, via Garden tiruvt,
| rrarlryIlIc, and Funk Town. to Mt. Ayr,Inp-
pears to 10 hr cilcaprst nsnl most fcasihle, Is 1t
carries the rfn,l on f,gl ErountI, avoiding the
,uu.rrons srlhlltares to GruilA River.
| The Burlington s. Northwestern Narrow.
| Gau.c Ruah Il under contract to he completed
really lor ties a,d iron, from Winfield 10 tho
Gust ltuc of Washington County, mug. 10, Hni to
Washington. tic cnunty'seat, Oet. q. Mr.
Charles Mason Ias rrsgne1 the PrealIuncy Of
raucy. Atu recent meeting of tl.c Directors.
tue President WIS nut1lurzc1 to nltrct,usc thu
iron a,ni ro,lIrlete tlc roaa ready for business,
aMl fssno iirst.nortgagc 9nnds therefor:
Falla HatIroa1 Is being pushed alead, and Will
bt 4ultp.ctetI to noon BIZ Aul.. l. wllcs the ties
a,l trun Will o laid. anti t''e Eoad equipped for
| business.
The tl.ieago (it would not be railroad a.,.l
built without Chicago starting pnttith Bslle-
we, Casrats 1: Western lsas!roatl (:ompauy. to
| build II narrow.Fausc road. frum bellevue, OIL
thu stls sls,ippi River, via Cascade, Monticello,
iratsiebure 70 Lisyomb, ln Marshal! County, a''ti
ultimately to this clty. Several townslipsy imgc
yutctl tax, antl the roal is bcinE built. It was
IL doubtful projcct, n,ld lkefy to fall. when t,c
Chicago, Burlington s. Quincy came forward mid
gave # a boost, which will carry It TO Cascade
by Supt. l, s,,tl /. IL expected 10 extend 1t tty
miles further this ycar. St1 thousand tona .!
ra have hcen bought, md tile prospect y gootl
l0r getting II laid. 1t IS rus!orrt1 tsis Cbicngo 4
Northwestern contc'nplato NJ extension of tin
Iowa At!1nnd utvtsIun 10 Monticello, which
would hu i "dcadenur" o,, tho narrow gauge.
There is likely to be gooe many nafro~-
gaugys road. ~ in;wa as ,ssdsrs 70 trnh l!ucs
building one IRON New Albta, IN A'urnakce
County, to Ca!edontu. on an old road.bed ,Drc'
purcu live years ngo: tlcnru it will run td
Spring Grnyc, TO E,iota, passing shout twu
nIles n6rth ot llcspcr, following tho divide
| uctwccn Iowa anu Root Rtyers. From Etliotu
II will follow thu Stute llns west, wtsile branch
will run 1i,rtliWeat 10 fressoD. This will tap II
section without railroads, and PROVE good
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