Rensselaer Union, Volume 3, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 June 1871 — The Railroad. [ARTICLE]

The Railroad.

The most talk able matter that has occurred at Ren s sei aer for a ■week past is that work has been commenced on the New York Western Railway at this point.— Mr. McWilliams, chief engineer, arrived on Saturday last and in company with Hon. R. S. Dwigginfy President of the Indiana division and a number of assistants, proceeded to level and drive the bed stakes for this road on the old grade of the American Central route, which was thrown up nearly across the county about fourteen years ago.» On Monday, men and teams were put at work plowing, scraping and spading and may now be seen from our oflicejirepaiihg the road bed for the tie& ns they proceed eastward. The engineer and his assistants are east of the Iroquois this morning moving in the'direction of Francesville leveling and staking as they go. A corps of hands is following with plows, scrapers, spades and harrows and filling up and preparing the road bed to receive ties. President Dwiggins says that it is the intention to keep on with the work until the grade is constructed across the county to Francesville on the east and through Newton county to the State )ine on the west. His object is to hate tracklaying completed from Francesville to the Illinois Imo on or before the 20th of September and he is using all his influence with the .Construction Company to accomplish this purpose. lie has already succeeded in enlisting the chief engineer and Mr. Abbott in his favor and is now expecting Col. Merritt to be here in a week or so when the matter will be definitely determined. In case Mr. Dwiggins’ plan is successful it is understood that another interest will be incorporated into the enterprise in Illinois which will meet them, at the State line and intercept a Chicago connection this fell. j. The New York Sun recently published a five foot obituary of Hon. W. 6. Groesbeck, of Jt (nominates him for the Presidency. Peace to his ashes.