Rensselaer Union, Volume 7, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 May 1875 — CHICAGO AND SOUTH ATLANTIC RAILROAD. [ARTICLE]

CHICAGO AND SOUTH ATLANTIC RAILROAD.

Progress of the Work, Notices of the Press, &c., &c. A very formidable force of men have been engaged the last week on the railroad from Pittsburg to this city, and the right of way further south having been secured, the work will be pushed to rapid completion. —Delphi Journal .« . Indications from all points along the line of the C. & S. A. R. R, point unerringly to its early completion. The President, Dr. Raymond, is incessant and untiring in his efforts, and is very sanguine of the early completion -of the project. — Afontice/lo Constitutionalist. from Hon. W. S. Raymond, President of the Chicago and South Atlantic railroad, to M. A. Ilalsted, Esq., says that the laying of iron on the new railroad must commence next month at all hazards. We, for one, feel good over that piece of news.— Lowell Star.

President Raymond addressed a meeting at Rossville, Clinton county, yesterday, in the interests of the C. ifc S. A. R. R. The citizens of that county have at last discovered the great advantage the road would be to them, compared with other routes, and are making * desperate efforts to secure it, all of which we are glad to learn, and we assure our Clinton county neighbors that the road will euhance the value of them property to a greater extent and afford them better markets for the sale of their grain than a dozen such roads as the two they now have.— iJeiphi Times. We understand that several railroad Contracts were let last week at Chicago. One ot these the grading of the line from Dyer to Chicago; a contract fdr grading south of Delphi, and a contract for laying the iron from Chicago to Delphi. Work has been resumed at several points on the hue, and we learn t)iat a start will on this side of the Tippecanoe in afew days. The present outlook of

the enterprise is very hopeful, and the indications are that we will have railroad connection by the new line with Chieago in thecourse of a few months. —Monticello Constitutionalist. • * --•«+ V * The prospects that the Indianapolis, Delphi and Chicago railroad will be built are daily improving; rousing meetings were held at points on the line in Clinton county this week, Jasper county has raised its quota, and the people in Hamilton and Boone counties are moving earnestly in the matter. The details for the right of way into Indianapolis are being arranged as rapidly as possible. Negotiations are also pending for the privilege of running passenger trains into the Union Depot. From present appearances it will not be long till all parts of the line between Indianapolis and Chicago will be thoroughly canvassed and the local aid expected raised.— lndianapolis Journal. Dr. Ilaymond, President of the Chicago and South Atlantic Railroad, entertained a meeting of our citizens at the Court House on last Thursday evening with a review of his enterprise and the prospects of its success. Rights of way have 1 cen secured into Indianapolis and Chicago; sufficient aid has been received between Delphi and Chicago to grade and tie the road, iron lias been purchased and will be laid the present summer. In.tlic South active organizations have been formed and will push the enterprise through to the Atlantic, indeed a great portion of the distance is now operated" and is in the interest of this road. If the people want this national route they can secure it by working for the success of the appropriations, if nor it, will pass around us. Let lioss township .sustain 1-lie aid asked. Canter will fall in Tine, au4Kirklin will not be long in closing Clinton county’s public coiitiibution.—Frankfort Bamwr.

Dr. Ilaymond is here in the interest of liis pet scheme, the Chicago and South Atlantic railroad. This*is one of the most important enterprises ever originated tor,the benefit of Indianapolis, the object of which is to open a new route from the lakes to the Atlantic— Chicago and Charleston being the proposed terminal points of the line, lie hopes to have the line completed in the course of two or three years, and open the vast region of Western North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida to the trade of Indianapolis and Chicago, by a route over two hnn T dred miles shorter than any now existing. This section of the United States is almost entirely dependent oil tile Northwest for breadstuffs. It produces cotton, coffee,. sugar and fruits of the most excellent quality m abundance. Mr. Raymond thinks Charleston holds the key to the tropical trails', and as soon as his road is opened the vast trade of Cuba and the West India Islands will flow into the Northwest ovfer it, instead of by the longer routes through Baltimore and New York. At present he is trying to build the division between Chicago and Indianapolis. Work is being prosecuted over 113 miles of this part of the line, and a large part of the road bed is ready for the Superstructure. He expects the cars to run into Indianapolis in less than a year, and thus will be opened another vast commercial channel, through which is to flow directly to and through the Hoosier capital the commodities of the tropics. Our citizens cannot over estimate the benefits to be derived from such a source, and the Globe sinceiely trusts that this gentleman, who is manifesting such an interest in this great and important enterprise, will not be neglected during his stay in Indianapolis. —lndianapolis Globe.