Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-01-27
NUMBER AZ.
CHEAP TRANSPORTATION.
Is This 10 Prove tE,c solution OF Ia

Is This TO Prove tfae Solution OF the
Great Probienl
New York Telegram to the Chicago Tribune.
Various repofts have been recently published
throughout the country concerning the con-
struc,ion OF an entirely now and direct line of
railroad from New York to Chicago by an inde-
pendehtand newy -organized corporation. While
these reports have not been without founda-
lion in fact, they have been incomplete in do
tl.h aud misleading III statements. visit
10 the offices of the Continental RAilWay
Company, situated at No. Corllandt street,
resulted IN the procuring Of the iirst autheil-
lie statement OF facts which has yet been
made. The Continental Railway Company
is corporation existing under special char
tiers grsnsed by the Legislatures OF New jersey,
Pcnnss wanna, Illinois and Iowa, and under
general charters fIUIn the States of Ohio anu
Inuiana, granting authority 10 build . contlnu-
GUS line vi Railway from the Hudson r1ser, OPP
poslte New York, TO the mississippi river, opp
site Omaha, With extensions connecting Chi
cage and 81. Louls with the East. This ilne has
been surveyed tue enlife lerstl and eral lnil-
ions Oh dollars have been spV III IN the actual work
OF grading. Arrangements have already been
maze 10 pat lU,uuU nien at work as soon TIC
westuer will permit III the sprnlg. 1t Is STAYED
10y the officers OF the company that ample i.nlcs
are at their command 10 construct the gv4i ana
ID 10 De q double track the enilye Instance vi
the heaviest steel rails OF Engbsh manu-
tacture. This route Between Avw York
city and Chicago, according to the surveys
docs Lot vary niteen miles Ia the entire Sis-
tance from straight geographical line. Inc
distance between t-ese two po1Ilts Is ISL nules
or LIS miles shorter than the shortest route
now III operation BY the Pennsylvania Tall
road and Its connections the DISTANCE 10 Lni-
cago is 9l4 mlles by Tie New YORK Cenirala and
tLe Lake Shore, $50 miles by the New York
Central and Great MestS IA OF Canada, SCI miles.
Beside BENG the most direct Route 10 lne West,
the elevations viii lie less than those OF any
other road, not exceeding folty feet to the
nnle ut any point. The survey strikes the
Delaware river at Bctsidere, and the Ale
gheny ut Mshonlrg, Pa The PENNSYLVANIA
State llne Is crossed ut New castle, ana thence
the projected road runs 10 Akron, New
London, H,lp, Fot Wayne, Ind, Iseasse-
lstf, aud Ctiicasyo. The most diiiicult engt
neeriug obstacio to he met With on
the me is the crossing of the Delaware river,
where q iier lrIdge is to be constructed 30
feet high. 1t is estimated that this read vii
be completed and in operation two years from
next spring. A large stan OF engineers will be
distributed along the Inc of the road early il,
the splns TO complete thti labois- They viii
DO tVl,esed by trains with iron and supplies.
The entire work Will thus 10 pushed forward
with the utmost expedition.
IL thus appears probable that the public VIII
soon be provided with system OF cheap trans
portatIon by the construction OF new and
continuous line OF railway III direct line from
New York 10 Chicago, with low grades and
Ugh euEXes, built III the Most substansi Il man.
ner, with abundant appurtenances aiiu faclii-
tics, operated ID the interest of commerce, and
as the benefit OF the people requires.