Rensselaer Union, Volume 11, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 October 1878 — The Narrow Gauge [ARTICLE]

The Narrow Gauge

Work upon tbe Indianapolis, Delphi and ! Chicago railroad is progressing rapidly. The piers fur the bridge across the Tippecanoe are completed, mi l the timbers for t sac so perstructwe «re' being placed upon (he ground. The. grading is about finished, j between Monticello and Pitted,urg, and we have the word of Colonel Yeoman that track laying will c aumcncs at Monticello .on the 6th of next month. Should the weather continue favorably, they expect to have the track complete to the west bank of the Wabash by the loth ci* 2l)th. The piers tor th** bridge across the Wabash are I ready to receive the superstructure, and the approaches iu an uufinished cuuditiou, so it will require but a short time to place the bridge in position. ■ The grading from the city to the river i.- of but smalt moment, and we may confidently predict that ottr preparations for celebrating the completion of the narrow-gauge to Delphi will be made .before.Clirtsimns.—jDef/’At Times.