, 1881-12-26
IN Interesting Chapter On Early
" Railroad Building in
d, Illinois.
,.count OF the Construction OF
the First Road in the
State. <-c<s4
An English Critic Gives the Ca.
nutllnD Pncislc - Lively
Turning Over.
ia e. Paul & Omaha After the Ohioago,
Portage G. suporior's Land
Grant.
vne Oldest lxnffrnmt in 1llfll0t..

s,.,tat U.,,rtch to Tnr th;cipo tribune.
cryty,;YIE,,,, ILL.,, tlct.. 2l-1ilo S,ute of ILL.,
=. t,4 ,uurc miles nt r1,lrtt,,! tY,lM iii roi,nl |
pp"m,"rs, tban my s,tlssr state III snu linton.
.,ut,slo,, ,,u,f extent l this immense inter-
~ -. nor,. II cy.,pr,xIy Interesting 10 1n tack
',ha n,rjy hs,urv md cr,e etrorts In thls H.
s,nn forty. tlr yctlra nl,,,, tho ,lutn inr which
49,, t,rcn lntr,y gui.wrr,, III tho Nul;ru,uI uutl
w,,c,nt,sn Cptflnltss ssnra ulpn ut St,rl,,yilctl,
III. SECRETARY. The tlrat s.litrnt built Int this
s',,o or. ,ntrtJ. II, tho Western Ntutcs, wis
''"s, tho Sorthoyu t.ro.s llnllron1, rr,un Mere
Ist, on tho lllirols It,ycr, in Springfield. It
w., rnrt IF tho grant, jntcrpni- -tuIrvcmcnt
WAN, of tho stutc ulop,rd Fe,,, =. 1871. Thts
shro,,, tbo t,iI,1tnv t,r svpt distinct lines If
.In,od. which. with tho ust,m,tcl cost, wcrn
.."Iws: j, Tho Ccntr,,l, frptn Ealr To tiu!unu.
n,,, stftyNO. p 4 br.,1lct, or Tho suns trn,n
ut;.,,or to stutc IIuo tust sy5),J6l, T. 4 R.u,th.
~, t,rnss tuIlrpad frt,tu Alton tn Atn.,ut Carmel
ntnuS, ., Tho Northern Crnss linllroAtl, fr,,in
nnry II, [piinnn Suite line, sfsi0,UU 4. Frnm
rs,rtn ,o Warsaw, $7OoOkO. Il. From Attou epst
,,ntcrsrct rio Central. 9UDoUU}, q, From t,e.le.
,IIa to ;utersect the suulhor,, Cr,ss, $lS0,OGl.
. from bloomington to Machlnu,y, with Il
s,,ncb 10 rcurlu un,1 orc to pukn, $50, 600,
m,k,uu total u:,prpprlnt]on for these purposes
,ionn Of tho HuuH llttly sum Ut SgANlIlsj, 4
n,,r,I Of Public Works to curry s,,t these urcnt
,,nt7,yrnu.u,s wns eIertrd by tho Legislature
v,nch 1. lxt7. and Mt first was cpupusc,t uf tho
ioI1oyfnR wGi-known citizens nt TINT tlinu In
M, ,,,rt Ut tue State: uefrnp N,.rrny AlcGun-
set, william Ecnnny EilJuh willard, M.
Alexander, 1ncl rWrIgut, JAmca
II, stc1bensut,, und l1:Denexor Iasls,
cor for racl, judicial tllstrift. Thu Fund Com
u,.,,,uerq. ,I,,on wl.t,4u tlevulvrd tho duty Ut
se1aIatsnR for tho n,oney +" construct tho pub.
IL wnrk4 nurecd hmm. md ,tpon whotn tho
H!""' i"o"' "".n7 VIZ" =" ''h" 10 w
xpFS I'll lselr Respective a1strlefs pfh9fpssru'
we're niso elected by tho Legislature. ~ fellows:
hhn s,n,,,cr, C,,ar,cs Oukoy, ut,l btUsus n.
",x,,rva f;"u Mctn,nrf, Una n,,Io unl oncr.
ts.Ic. md, living OIL suo line VI tho propospA
XnFtfern Cr0ss ffoa,l. wns mt nt I'LL backward III
,,t,up advantage uf tho proylslou enRraf.c,t
"san ,ha I'M t,n, +,,nt VIM, p,.m,,1 h, i'm
eP'a 'Ao - t n,. '' sao 81" n ~ ~
tFt cofhpleteo' iae way thht provision
ttno to hs adopted wns MS follows:
Eenator ynurc. frtJ1 Vcr,ntjlon County. WIS
ann m thn.o n,,noscd T., ,hn ,vh,Io Gvstom
I'll. ~ tsu ~. F'e ~ ~ NV '"u s''
aaa 1haRht u Hnr" oa It e"tuFalf "hea INC cS'
clement III tho Leksluti&rD rntl high Mr. Vance
nm iii ID Judge 'rhu1uas lsu,utur from Musxan)
M I,rrIc,.,,, ino,,irad. nWhcrc IL f,roiry Inn.
W. as "a ~. ~. .''".. '
Other senator from alnrEithh hcnr lhat even
tetAlks Of voting for TINT bill. II he HDes, nil
nronp!" IN tim following sfnnhiy ,yhlls thu
.,n,, n .,,, ,,a,,rt, In, .,,. IN, n,rort,l nnd
.s'a'' VI NV p.'A W" WV" ~. u"se' - aAa
h1fIchus aR*'oalH III sechre Fotes 10 tho sur"
ptlae o[ hntb uurtirs EGHntnr VunGu rot ILL anil