, 1879-06-19
tho recent Chicago meeting, and tho older heada
DECLARE thai IN early settlement Without the atd
Of tho trunk lines Is utterly impossible.
IOWA RAILROAD MArTEgs.

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En{eiat CafFkspana*nee al Ths Tr%buns
DEs horNHs, Ia, June 16.-Tho Chicago
Burlington Il Quincy and tho Chicago, Rock
Isntpd IL Ptctdo hays hn1 another little game OF
Sunday track-layng. Thu former had begun |
track laying Oh its Knoxville branch at Knox
vtr,c. for thts city. The latter showed out ita
track across the limo OF tho ChicaE,, Burlington |
& Quincy, 10 tint whuu tho junction wns ttndo
the Chicago, burlington & Quincy would 1e
compelled to out in tho "froE" and Of course
maintain It. Frogs cost money. Tho Chicago,
Dl.llugton & Quincy, instead Of doing a. the
other expected, dtvcrgcd its line, went nround
the end Of tho Rock Island truck on 9unday.
and fns managed to keep Its track well strung
out. Tho Roek 1stut,4 fellows arc elected for a
"frog,' 10 far ns heard from. This Is tho third
Sunday tilt between these two companies, ard
there is d little matter Ia rclearanl to come OIL
when the Knoxville branch gets inside tho lin.
its Of this city, as tcr line crosses la,1 cialmed
bY tI,c Rock fstatli, as Assignee Of the old lies
Alotncs va'oy Issilroal Company Aims heokuk
s. Des AIo.nes.
The latest project reported ,s tfat Tie Chica:
20. Rock Island q faelllc Wy eonstsnet a.S,, .
tamle County tu Macedonta. an effort VIZ no
malc TO got it extended to Glenwood, ~ Mills
County. 1t will pass. through one Of the bust
etock- producing sections tn tltc State.
T'lc stor1ho'dcrs Of thu Atlantic, Rcd Oak, q:
81. I,outs Isatlroadt at recent meeting, cIected
~ thn arst Hoard u Directors: Alfred llenara,
Ri Morfary. uni Wayne ntouuett. lied Oak; +.
ko SS.si Iees 1sostS g. Doaue. % Fl J. 1een, 1. s.
0yloy. William liarton. A. II. llebasd ST. Louis,
Mu.; 1saac Dlckcfson a1'd Lafarette Young, A.
]antfc, 1a.; n. ]. Davis, l.ewis, IL. Tile ui-
roctors will meet Al IT, Louis soon and elect .
President, Secretary, and Treasurer. This road
Is brauth Of the 1t. .Ioala & Council Butfs
Short Line lsoaf, and will fnsersoct II at Red
Oak, running to Atlantie, IN Casa County, on
the Chfeago, Rock Island d Iacldc.
The old /. N. d G. K. L. Company, which
has been practically dead for fifteen years, hay-
Ing nothing tohhow for it, existence except
charter and an aoandonea und Rrass.0town
build Ills Iowa City branch to Riverside GU that
| road.hcd, comes forth like Dahguo's Ehoet, and
declares Tint II lc dues so, to Its exclusion, ~
wl get ous.ed AZ tee clalms o. tue vt stoGk .
wlole property IS held under title of mechanics,
lion. It Is not likely tho General will be hndorea
mich in his march.
| Tho Dubuque q Dakota hatlroad E@ompanJ zen J u
placing on record d mortgage Of 94,Ooo000 on
| lta proparty In tho scv0ral counties atJnH tho
ltno, as far west ~ Wright, which indicates The
road is to be built there.
Louis extension frunI Albert Lou to Fort Dodge
| will ba on alc old route tf the Iowa u Mian-
esota, vim Garner. Negotiattons to that ind ere
now pendtg With Jaan f. Daucomhe, VINO con.
d Minnesota II Dunconbu can work Into Thu
dcker his Fort Dodge und Fort fstuRelc1
bantlng, IL is likely that something will eo'ns ot
new rule, Tint At oil points where its trains
cross another ruilsaad. full atop must
DO made of al' tralns BY hand-bsakes. Thfs ap-
plies to passenger trasns supplied With air
stop 10 ,lat a collision Al crossing Is next ia
| fn,puSe!lie. II also serves 70 kcgp tue break.