Rensselaer Union, Volume 7, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 November 1874 — Railroad Prospects. [ARTICLE]

Railroad Prospects.

We learn from the President of the Chicago & South Atlantic railroad company that it is highly probable that the link between Monticello and the Kankakee river will be let to contractors inside of ten days. If so, all the route from Delphi to Chicago will be under contract. The contract from Dyer to Englewood has been awarded to N. E. Davisson, of Chicago, who will be able to carry it to completion before cold weather. Negotiations foi the iron (good T rail) are about to be closed, and all looks well for the enterprise. Monticello Constitutionalist- '' The coal measures of some dealers are truly wonderful—-1,800 to the ton.