Rensselaer Union, Volume 2, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 March 1870 — For the UNION. Meeting of the Directors of the I., D. & C. Railroad. [ARTICLE]

For the UNION. Meeting of the Directors of the I., D. & C. Railroad.

Delphi, March 24th, 1870, The following officers were pregent: Mr. Ridenour (President) of Marion county; Messrs. Perrin and Givin, of Clinton; Mr. McCoy, of Boone; Messrs. Dugan and Schermerhorn (Secretary), of Carroll; Messrs. Hughes and Reynolds, of White; Messrs. Stephan and Thompson, of Jasper. No official representative from Lake county, Mr. Halstead the director from Lowell, having sold out and gone to California. Mr. G. W. Lawrence, of Lowell, was present; he is a warm friend of the road and has taken a deep interest in it since the organization of the company. R. S. Dwiggins, Esq., of Jasper county, President of the Fort Wayne and Pacific Railroad Company was also present. A goodly number of the leading citizens of Delphi assembled in the Court Rouse in the afternoon and listened to a short address from Mr. Ridenour touching the present, and future prospects of the road.— The good people of Delphi seem anxious that the road should be a

success. —. The chief engineer, Mr. Campbell was present with the Board of Directors, and presented a very satisfactory and neat report of the survey from Indianapolis to Dyersville, on the State line between Indiana and Illinois—distance miles—showing estimates of work, and profile. All who examined the report of the engineer pronounced the line practicable and of easy construction. The estimates for Jasper county are as follows: Distance, 224 miles. Grubbing and clearing, estimated cost, $1,500. •-» <, 28,800 cubic yards excavation and embankment. 10,000 feet of boards. 12,000 feet of curb timber. 25 cattle guards. 57,100 ties. 14 miles track laying. There has been local aid voted as follows: Clinton county $37,000 Carroll county 75,000 City of Delphi, bonds, 20,000 Jasper county 42,000 Private aid in Clinton Co., 11,000 Private aid in Boone Co., 10,000 Total $200,000 The donations for the survey have all been expended, and leaves the company in debt for some small bills, printing, etc., at Indianapolis. [And here, too. — Editors Union.] The officers of the road have made no charge for their time and expense, except bill allowed Judge Sohcrmerhorn, (Secretary), who accompanied the engineers for the purpose of securing the right of way. He reports the right of -way secured for about half the entire line to Dyersville. The officers thought best, owing to the hard times and monetary pressure nbw prevailing, not to incur any additional expense in furthering this enterprise at present, but wait for more propitious time. In the mean time Mr, Ridenour, the President, will cast around and see if he cannot secure a contract for building the road, conditioned that

certain amount OT local aid be rai*-| ed along the line, say SBOO,OOO, or a sufficient amount to prepare th* road bed. ll* say* there is no doubt but good parties can be engaged to build the road, if the people along the route will prepare the road bed. The length of the road to Chicago will be about 170 miles. The , facilities for getting into Chicago are better now than at any time before. j If tho people of Jasper county keep on trying and be of good cheer* we will get a road after awhile. Jasper county has done better for this road than any other county along the line.

J. A. STEPHAN, ALFRED THOMPSON.