The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-12-03

which existed between Wauke>ha and
jefferson, Ter month past, and work on
which bad met with the distractions of con
thued rain fall and the discovery of great
SINK holes in the marshy country, were
closed on Monday of ;hs week, and track
laying on the entire line between Madison
and ',ilwaGkee Will be completed ii. day or
two. Much balasting has yet 10 be doi e !,
but it is probable that passenger trains will
he running through from the state metro
polls to the capital, in another fortnight or
three weeks.
The Chicago & Northwestern Company
are also extending the line of their north
| eastern division, from Florence, Wis, to
Crystal Mountain, Mich, a distance of II
miles. The road between Florence and the
Brue river, thu state boundary line, is com
pleted, run of 45 mics.
The Chicago, Portage & Superior people
have large forces of graders at work, south
from Superior and aorth fresn Burnett
Junction. The distance between these
points is 625 miles. 1t is expected to have
20 miles completed at each end, before the
| first of January,-40 miles in ALL A large
quantity of iron has been coming round the
lakes, for the Superior end, and Railroad
Commissioner Turner told State Journal
representative, this noon, that it had prob
ably arrived, and the work of LAYING rails
| had commenced.
The Chicago, ST. Paul, Minneapolis s
Omaha, is grading line from Superior to
Burnett Junction, almost pareilel with the
Chicago, Portage & Superior track; at no
| point are they over two Or three miles
apart, and they cross each other once or
swice. This is branch of the North Wis
consin line, belonging to the same company.
1t is not expected to have any line ironed
! by January first
! The Chippewa Falls and Northern Com
! parry have run their line from Chippewa
| Falls to Burnett junction, and have iron on
the ground up "a far as Bloomer, l2 or | )
miles above the Falls. This line is CON
,;nuatioH south of the c., ", st. & O.'s
Superior branch, above mentioned, and
will, next year, have close neighbor in
! the southern extension of the c., p. & Su
prrior cop,nopv's limo
spur from Plover up to Stevens Point,
6 miles, in being putin by the Green Bay i
Minnesota road. in order to tap Wisconsin
Central traffic at more important point OF
contact than Amherst.
The Wisconsin Central company is busy,
at different poiais. The Milwaukee s.
Northern, which is road leased by this
company, is building from Green Bay
to Stiles, in 0couto countY,-2l.5 miles,
and will have the road bed ironed before
January first. This extension will next
next year, be pushed still farther north
through Ocouto an Martinette counties, and
ultimately to 0ntonagon, l.. S,-south Of
which point, % miles will he completed by
the end of the year, il the weather is not
too bad part of this section is alre idy
roucd, and construction trains running
south from Ontonagon. The Wisconsin
CentraI's spur, from Psckwaukec east to the
company's granite quarry at MontelIo-9
nliles-wilI be ready for the iron, this week,
and fully rallied in another fortnight. The
Ceutral's spur from Menasha 10 Neenah, one
mile, has been completed, this year. The
Centrals surveyors are engaged ins urveying
several proposed extensions, at different
points, but principally along the Penoka
branch.
The Chicago, Milwaukee & ST. Paul peo-
pie are putting in mile spur from
Mazomauie northeast to Sauk City it is all
graded, and iron-laying will be commenced
within few days an extensive bridge is
being built across the Wisconsin river, at
.Sauk City. This company has, during the
year, built line west from Monroe, to
Shullsburg, 35 miles, crossing the Mineral
Point road at Gratot trains have been
running on this road for month past.
Emile spur from Waterloo out to the COM
pany's stone quarry, in The town OF Port
land has been competed.
The Chippewa Valley Il Superior man
ayers are at work on line from Wabasha,
Mimi, opposite the Beef Slough, to Eau
Claire, also branch from above Durand,
north to Menomonie and Cedar Falls-mak-
ing the entire line 70 miles. The grading
on the main line, between Durand and Eau
Claire, is we'll advanced. and it is hoped to
have that portion about S4 miles, s,-ironed
by the close of the calendar year. The con-
structors have been delayed, from having to
build two extensive bridges at Eau Claire.
The Black River road completed its 10
mile line this year-between Merillan and
Neilsyille miles of this work had been
gotten in before the first of January last,
thus leaving but II miles to be completed
this year. The Chicago, st. Paul, Mime
apolis l. Omaha corporations recently pur-
chased the road.
The c. St., NJ. & 0 people have recently
been strengthening their line running into
Hudson, which has heretofore been exceed
ingly crooked, and this improvement is now
about completed The North Wisconsin
division has been grading north of Cable, 80
miles, and it was expected to have 20 mile
section OF it ironed by January first, but the
delay from bad weather has been so great as
to render this somewhat doubtful.
The Northern Pacific entered y isconsin
month ago, with its iron, and the road is
nearly graded to Superior. 1t is hoped 10
have trains running to Superior, from North
Pacific Jnncton'-l2 miles in Wisconsin,
by the end of the year.
The MiIwaur ee, Lake Shore d Western
is extending IS main line from Aniwa to
Pelican so miles 20 miles are already
ironed, and it is thought that the entire
line may be completed by the first of Jan
uary.
Il the weather is not unfayorable the total