IC north of Madison

THE Illinois Central is said to intend pushing proposed Freeport and Madison road north to a connection with the Milwaukee Lake Shore & railway at Oshkosh Wis thus reaching the lumber and iron regions of northern Wisconsin Michigan and giving them an outlet almost due southward through the heart of Illinois to the Gulf Mexico The distance from Madison to Oshkosh less than 80 miles A company has been to build between these places though the Illinois Central disclaims connection with it.

Railway Age. Vol 11.  Aug 19, 1886

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Madison & Oshkosh Incorporated in Wisconsin to build a railroad from Madison via Columbus and Beaver Dam to Oshkosh a distance of 85 miles passing through the counites of Dane Columbia Dodge Fond du Leo and Winnebago Capital stock $200,000 Incorporators Daniel Campbell AC Parkinson Frank F Proudfit and John H Clark all of Madison and HB Harshaw Osh kosh A dispatch says that it is thought to be an Illinois Central scheme to get connection at Oshkosh with the Milwaukee 8 Northern and Wisconsin Central for Ashland thus avoiding the building of an independent line from Madison to Lake Superior

Railway Age. Vol 11.  Aug 19, 1886

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Illinois Central railroad company noted for its conservatism finds itself compelled by activity of its competitors to also join in the movement of extension It has already commenced for a line from Chicago to Freeport Ill and north with the apparent intention of pushing on St Paul Madison the capital of Wisconsin about miles east of north from Freeport is one of the objective points and the company is stated to have purchased depot grounds there Few railways in country are on a more solid financial basis than Illinois Central and if it considers it expedient parallel the lines of its rivals throughout the northwest it is abundantly able to do so

Railway Age. Vol 11.  Jul 29, 1886