A direct line from Chicago to Omaha will be built.
Chicago, Sept. 20. - The Tribune says: The Illinois Central will begin the construction of a direct line from Chicago to Omaha early in the spring. Only 125 miles of the new road is required to complete the line. The company will tap it's Sioux City line at Fort Dodge, IA., and will build thence west to Council Bluffs. Articles of incorporation for the new road have already been filed in Dubuque, the capital stock named being $5,000,000.
It is quite probable that before long the Illinois Central will also build an extension to S St. Paul. It has for a line time had a line to Mona, IA., within 100 miles of St. Paul. The enormous increase the company made in its earnings last year and the prospects of its doing still better in the future encouraged the management in carrying out those long contemplated projects.
The Chicago Great Western has also made arrangements to extend it's line from Omaha next summer. The extension will run from Hampton, IA., to Omaha.
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NY Times 9-21-1898
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Illinois Central's Omaha acquisition
Omaha, Neb., Jan. 15. - The Illinois Central Railroad company has secured control of the bridge across the Missouri River, as well as all the tracks of the Omaha Bridge and Terminal Company. The property includes terminal tracks in this city, South Omaha, and Council Bluffs, and a new bridge across the river.
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NY Times 1-16-1902
Chicago, Sept. 20. - The Tribune says: The Illinois Central will begin the construction of a direct line from Chicago to Omaha early in the spring. Only 125 miles of the new road is required to complete the line. The company will tap it's Sioux City line at Fort Dodge, IA., and will build thence west to Council Bluffs. Articles of incorporation for the new road have already been filed in Dubuque, the capital stock named being $5,000,000.
It is quite probable that before long the Illinois Central will also build an extension to S St. Paul. It has for a line time had a line to Mona, IA., within 100 miles of St. Paul. The enormous increase the company made in its earnings last year and the prospects of its doing still better in the future encouraged the management in carrying out those long contemplated projects.
The Chicago Great Western has also made arrangements to extend it's line from Omaha next summer. The extension will run from Hampton, IA., to Omaha.
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NY Times 9-21-1898
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Illinois Central's Omaha acquisition
Omaha, Neb., Jan. 15. - The Illinois Central Railroad company has secured control of the bridge across the Missouri River, as well as all the tracks of the Omaha Bridge and Terminal Company. The property includes terminal tracks in this city, South Omaha, and Council Bluffs, and a new bridge across the river.
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NY Times 1-16-1902
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