The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-03-18
Another Railroad,

so many schemes have been projected Tor q
railroad from Chicago, running southwesterly
rom that city between the existing c., B. & Q.
and the c., r. |. & P roads that out of the bunch
one road ought to be built. The first was the
Chicago, Hannibal T. St. 10 extension, OF which
such men as Jay Gould, Russell Sage, Joe Me-
dill, Chas. Farwell Sidney Dillon, &C., were
named as incorporators. Then was the Chicago,
st. Paul, Minneapolis IL Omaha road; then the
keokuk Kansas City & Chicago; then the Chica.
go& Peoria; then the Chicago, Streator Il Bloom.
ington; and now comes another, mention OF
which is made In the Chicago Times OF Thursday,
to wit:
AN "AIR-LINE" PROJECT.
A telegram from Springfield announced the
Incorporation of a company under the title OF
the Chicago and Kansas City Airline Railway
company. The nominal capital is given at IS,
0OO,OOO and the lncorporatOrs are named Elias
Norris, George s. HardenbroOk, Robert l.. Mar
tin, Frank H. Dickey, Horace F. White, of Chica-
go; John A. Leslie, of New York; and John M.
Davies of San Francisco. Areporter called upon
the five Chicago parties TO ascertain something
further about the project The only one that he
found at all willing to talk was Robert l.. Mar.
tin, Spectator in real estate and stocks From
him the following inform alton was ELECTED:
1t is intended to build a line from Chicago to
Kansas City, the route to be about fifty miles
snOrter IL Is Claimed, tnau by any OF the existing
lines. Surveyors are at work now, and will re-
port in few weeks as to the result of their la
bors. Meanwhile 1t has been settled that the
road will run through the following counties in
Hlinois-viz: Cook, Du Page. VIII, Kendall. La
Sale, Putnam, Stark Knox, Warren, Henderson
and Hancock. The last mentioned county is
bounded on the west by the Mississippi river,
and the Illinois terminus would be opposite a
point somewhere between the towns OF Augusta
and Canton, IN the state OF Iowa. From these,
IN ha al DoiDt
City, the route has not yet been determined upon
It is intended to build the road, far as it cross
es Illinois, midway between the Chicago, Bur.
llngton IL Quincy and the Chicago, Alton & st
LOUIS lines, and will probably touch Galesburg.
The cost of constructing the road was estimated
by Mr.. Martin at between S25 900 and $4,000 a
mile In Illinois. The remainder of the road will
be considerably less expensive, owing to the less
settled state OF the country, and the comparative
cheapness of the land. The high figure nam ed
for the cost of construction in this state was &C.
counted for by the fact that great deal of the
right of way mad to be purchased and the aver
age production OF the land in the counties to be
traversed was $40 an acre, and, therefore, the
cost of purchasing the necessary soil would be in
itself considerable item.
What probable sum total would be required &c
build and put the road in running order, Mr.
Martin professed himself unable to say He
stated that all the incorporators have engaged in
the project with the serious intention OF building
this line, and to push matters as rapidly as prac
ticable and make it pay. AS to the parties who
are to furnish the capital necessary to make the
whole scheme something more than dream
the reporter was unable to get any reliable in
formation. hint was thrown out, however
that someone connected in official capacity will
the Northwestern road was to do the principa
engineering in that respect meeting Of the
incorporators is called to take place within thu
next ten days, at which matters are to assume
somewhat more tangible shape. The statement
made by Mr. Martin cOrroborated by tn,
other Chicago gentlemen named in the list o
inCOpOrators.