Rensselaer Gazette, Volume 3, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 August 1859 — Toledo, Logansport and Burlingtou Railroad [ARTICLE]

Toledo, Logansport and Burlingtou Railroad

This railroad moves- hr., ve ly 'forward. The the track is laid Irani the N. A. & S. R. It. to within two and a quarter miles of this place; and it i- thought it the ties were easily come at, the ohgitle- would he here by tomorrow no n. As it is, taking ail things into consideration, tin- cars w ill certainly be running into M ■ntieello by the last ol tips week. Scores ot incch.inios are busily engaged framing the bridge to cross the rivi r tit this place. Tnis bridge is rather a. stupendous affair—’>.)’> feet long and 7.5 tout in height. It will, when completed, be one the largest st uetures of the kin I in the West. We are inform-d the tr;u k-iavers .will be divided into two companies as soon., a? they get to the bridge to facilitate the transmission of timber, one of tiie-ii t i lav. west from Ry no id's Station the other west - from Logansport. The object oi laying track west from I.oganspbrt, at that time, is to et at the ties, which contractors are getting out in large q:i inlities along that part ol the line. M in'icell-o begins to look bright 1 already with her numerous German and Celtic laborers Mont'i.ccUo Spectator, 10 Ih ins!