, 1881-07-23

who nre prominent shippers, fur the tleten-
that ruud.
IOWA RAILROADS.
Special Co'rtspottttset AZ 7ht Chicago Tribune.
DIES MolSEs, July D.-Narrow-gaugo rail-
roads III Iowa lsave a precarlois le.sa Of life.
No sooner arc they fairly in operation thun
some broad-gaugo corporation pounces oil
them and gobbles them lip. There wns the
Des Nloines s. Minneapolis, destgned to be
the central figure Of m extensive narrow
gauge system OF this State. So sooll as It
had bec0illo d paying Investment the Chicago
s. Northwestern captured 1t, broadenRd 1t,
anu added It to tho iron web which 1t Is
weaving all over the Northwest. A few
months ago the Dcs Mnlnes s. Osccoln Mar
row-GaMge started out with flying cOlors,
and WIS making good heAdWay toward the
Capital, When tho Chicago. Burlington &
Qnincy came along and decided to
build broad gauge from Osceola
to Des Afoincs, under ule corporate
nnrne Of OsceOla Il Des .Moines. OF course
that suue1cles the narrow gauge, whlcl, Is
unfortunate for the littIe road, as the grnl-
1nIice, md tho preliminary WORK. dome tIe
el!lire distance. ,
There Is ullother narrow gauge, the Dcs
Mpiies n 3 NoItllwesteri, from thlS Gity, open
e Grtans oc cont1 a e'ff gaasd Sns T. s1 hs 10
a,ul sllakinE money. But tho Wabasi, hns
got one eye nn II, md rs soon as they reach
li,y tl'ls ely It = privately understood tic Dcs
2ss S%tfhTtss' s2f " s wsba. M b. 9%!SseR %st w
81; Louis, Bss Soines 4 sNoqther,,.wwhiei, aa s
Is being plsl'ed to Minnesota. As the owllors
IRE Gol'federatcd with the Wabash,
will ultimately become broad.
gA,lRe road. Thl,s all efforts to establish
systeu, of narFow.gnuee ronds In Iowa fayS
hui noIng to En- Mith Il nea] a fars hsy ss
seem only to llave been In the path Of broal-
gauge rt'atls.
ratller. arranging, Y new lumber linp from
Menomillce. al Ea!i Clntre A1 tha d' roai Vii Si
erusS Clllppcwa lsiYur> connecting with tile
mills OIL the west side OF tho river, then re-
cross at porteryilc, connecting with tile
VIII VIII coaae Q" t. WI @abasaM s eross tsf o Ill., Il
slsStpui. and connect Will Tia HtVsr iitVt.in,,
Froi Wab.saW It viii Tx tiki ay lie ei1, NarroW.
Gauge Division, which Is to he Groatielei,
teen miles, contisctJur with ihS1' IT, lawn s
md Minnesota UivIslOlI: ti,eilen tn Ai,stln
md AlAsun City, whore il will connect With
Wisconsin, lumber factories thmu hv saI.S amW
other route. j, G. Eastoll. John Iawlt,r. ai,d
4 civil engineer are now c,laagcd III rarfant- T s
ing the c0mbiuutloD. ii Viii rennfea fEe
9lildiug Of sixteen miles On easy gra.ie from ON
Hammond IL Rochester, and iron. Mason i1
Which Is provided for i'll tho new hiasnn tGsiH; Gitv;
i Fort Dodga route, ''' ~ A-''' wy
I'eouIu nluna tie rotta arr n,ov,n1 IN ra+
tho Minneapolis IL 81 IDufs Road nxtnn,Fr,i
70 Dus Molnes fran Fort DoiK. i'HIa via
tr tFa acs 5vstop v|s M ep9ttse sse trq% 6s IL
OF: tic rOad, n few days a9o n,,d
5aar to ota nz O. the rote he
iiariiy probabjo the % company viii tisilcct NO 20
Iar to tic wust, aid fai lGo wost tiftscls Of Of
bridges, to niakS f;rami .1mmctio,, HGis" ,Mint
ami ttle,, co,io To this cty Sjnnssie III" hvons ILL.,
MOnas Il Fnrt lotue VhaW ~, ,,nv ,uIti,f,'
6ixtV mills. of fi,s sitv n" ff'a n.,xt III. -
Des Moines River and eytrv iila nf Ia rna,i nj
runs over conl-be.!s, wjci viii reo,iira @ ao nj
wiilsj tile demand in % tho Nnrthweat liz II m. M.
Tia i;,test rntlroot, nrotact ia 4ba q r o,,.
NoWtuIl & NurthTasferii. This nav rnnH Z
to rI1l, from NuWtol, III, the GhitMSo & ffn.is
il il roaiiy IN sxte,,slou Of thv Eow Si'arn'
Coal Valley IL Eastern. 4 iI,1yul feat,'rn uf ~
tlfs new nrufrrt IN tnt In ret,1rI, Nv tMx ut II
votuj tto cGiti,aiy viii riv aac M tnx,',nt W. NV
iii towns wlIeru niti Ia V,,t,.i csrtii@a{n ~
the Nnlount Of tnX ilp pays. Wliini II IN h. h.
trsnstSes nsss',st S Ief;sySSa 4 fE Ssxt ad
tisaie n II W.iirc,y % asg9 rs'o,na MM.ai' t.e Ger
Virtually TIM tnx vt,ts,I iS ~ 2o,,, t"ee
Tie cOi,u,,Iy. 'li.e pnn rccaiv.s 4i,n ia tnv1p ~
Ut The PEOPLE. ono hundred unI tun s iMlles nIi