Appletons Annual Cyclopaedia And Register Of Important Events Embracing Political Military And Ecclesiastical Affairs Public Documents Biography PDF Download

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1873 edition. Excerpt: ...troops and supplies, at a saving of expense whioh more than compensates for the aid rendered to the enterprise by public subsidies. The Central Branch Union Pacific Railway has been put in operation from Atchison to Watervillo, in Marshall County, a distance of one hundred miles. The Missouri River road, running twenty-five miles, from Wyandotte to Leavenworth, has been finished and is operated as an extension of the Missouri Pacific. The Leavenworth, Lawrence, and Galveston road is completed and in operation to Ottawa in Franklin County, and is in process of construction from Ottawa to Garnett in Anderson County. The Missouri River, Fort Scott, and Gulf Railroad has been put in operation for a distance of 80 miles, and the work of construction is now going on between Olathe and Paola. The St. Joseph and Denver City Railway Company have completed that portion of their road running from Ellwood to Troy, in Doniphan County, a distance of fifteen miles, and are making arrangements for a further prosecution of the work. The Union Pacific Railroad, Southern Branch, is in process of construction from Junction City to Council Grove, and contracts have been entered into to carry it on to the southern boundary of the State. The Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe road is also under contract, and the work is going on between Topeka and Burlingame. Arrangements have been made for building a railroad from Leavenworth to Atchison, as also from Atchison to White Cloud. This latter will form a part of the Atchison and Nebraska City Railroad. Besides these, there are several other projected lines, the construction of which will undoubtedly be undertaken within a brief period. Among these may be mentioned the Sedalia, Fort Scott, and Santa Fe Railroad; the...