sippi Railroad, thereby forming a direct line to Savannah, on the Mississippi river. It passes through a section of country which, for fertility and agricultural productions, cannot be surpassed in the West. FOX RIVER VALLEY RAILROAD. This Company was chartered in 1853, with the right to construct a railroad from the south line of the State of Wisconsin to Milwaukee, a distance of 43 miles. The entire route has been surveyed, and about one-third of it completed. Its location is very favorable, passing through one of the richest and most densely populated portions of Wisconsin, besides forming several important connections with other railroads. THE RACINE AND MISSISSIPPI RAILROAD. This road runs from the city of Racine to Savanna, on the Mississippi river, a distance of 136 miles. Having an eastern terminus at Racine, and a belt of rich and wellsettled country, eighteen miles wide, the whole length of the road, wholly dependent upon it for the transportation of its produce to a good market; it commands every advantage upon which the success of such projects usually depend. MILWAUKEE AND SUPERIOR RAILROAD. This enterprise is in the hands of a Company organized under a charter obtained in March last. The route of the proposed road, under its charter, extends from Milwaukee, by way of the lake shore towns, to Green Bay, and thence to the City of Superior, at the head of Lake Superiorcovering a distance of about four hundred miles. It is the extension northward of the line of lake shore roads, now completed from Buffalo to Milwaukee. The Company is entitled to receive one hundred thousand dollars of the bonds of that city, besides numerous private subscriptions, &c., in various counties along their route. It is their intention to complete the road to Sheboygan in 1858. Between Milwaukee and Green Bay it can have no rival road within forty miles; and, were its operations confined only to the local business, it could not fail to be a profitable investment. But it reaches further; intersects the Chicago, St. Paul, and Fond du Lac Road, leading to the mining districts of Ontonagon and Marquette, and traverses the richest mineral region in Northern Wisconsin, to the great city of Lake Superior. DISTANCES BY RAILROAD. Railroad distances by the various lines, diverging from Milwaukee throughout the State of Wisconsin. Milwaukee and Mississippi Rail La Crosse and Milwaukee Railroad. road. MILES. MILES. From Milwaukee to From Milwaukee to Wauwautosa 5 Schwartzburg 7 Side Track 12 Granville....... 13 Junction 14 Germantown. 18 Forest House .......... 17 Richfield 23 Waukesha......................... 20 Cedar Creek. 28 Genesee 28 Schleisinger....................... 30 Eagle 36 Hartford...... 34 Palmyra 42 Rubicon 39 Whitewater 50 Woodland 43 Childs' Station. 55 Iron Ridge. 45 MILTON ...... 62 51 JANESVILLE ...................... 70 54 Edgerton ....... 72 Oak Grove........................... 56 Stoughton..... 82 Beaver Dam....... 61 Madison 98 Fox Lake........ 68 Blackearth 122 73 Arena.......... 128 Cambria....... 77 Avoca... 148 Pardeeville..... 87 Muscoda. 158 Portage City. 95 Boscabel..... 168 140 Prairie du Chien ................ 195 La Crosse .............. 196 23 Watertown Division. MILES LA CROSSE JUNCTION ......... MILES. From Milwaukee to Burnet.................................. 95 Wauwautosa 5 Chester ............................ 107 Elm Grove............................ 9 ........................... 116 Junction 14 FOND DU LAC .................... 124 Pewaukee....... 20 Hartland 24 Milwaukee and Horicon Railroad Pine Lake........................ 27 From Milwaukee to 33 7 Ixonia............ 38 13 WATERTOWN...................... 45 18 Lowell....... 54 Richfield....... COLUMBUS... 64 Cedar Creek. 28 Schleisinger 30 Northwestern Division. Hartford .............................. 34 Rubicon 39 From Milwaukee to Woodland.. 43 Portage City ..... 95 45 St. Croix River.................. 323 Horicon... 51 Burnett............................... 56 St. Croix and Lake Superior Rail Mill Creek. 62 road. Waupun..... 66 From Milwaukee to Brandon ... 74 St. Croix River.................. 323 Reed's Corners................... 77 Falls of St. Croix ............... 353 Ripon...... 81 Gordon 388 92 Nashodana Stevens' Point................. 400 142 City of Superior...... 460 Chicago and Milwaukee Railroad. Chittenden 12 From Chicago to Wynetka ........................ 16 Junction 2 19 Jefferson.... 9 Canfield 23 12 Highland Park... Des Plaines.............. Rockland 30 16 Dunton ...................... WAUKEGAN....................... 35 23 Palatine........... State Line......................... 45 27 Kenosha ............................. 51 Barrington.. 32 62 Cary 38 Crystal LAKE.................. County Line..................... 70 43 Oak Creek 75 Ridgefield........ 45 85 Woodstock...... 51 Harvard 62 Lawrence Racine and Mississippi Railroad. 65 Sharon 71 From Racine to Clinton Junction... 78 Junction 2 Shopiere........ 83 Windsor 10 Janesville......................... 91 Union Grove 14 MILES. Kansasville........ 18 Dover....... 20 Burlington 26 Lyonsdale 30 Springfield ........ 33 Elkhorn... 40 DELAVAN .......................... Darien 50 Allen's Grove.................. 53 Clinton ....... 58 Beloit........................... 68 Rockport 72 FREEPORT........................... 101 SAVANNAH......... 136 MILES. Pontiac 25 Drayton Plains.................. 31 Waterford .......................... 33 Clarkson ............................ 35 Springfield 39 Davisburg 42 Holly..... 47 Fentonville 52 Linden................................. 57 Gaines 62 Vernon ............................... 70 Corunna.............................. 77 Owosso........................... 80 Ovid........ 90 St. Johns.......................... 100 Ionia 120 Lowell..... Ada Detroit and Milwaukee Railroad. From Detroit to D. M. & T. R. R. Junction.. 3 12 Birmingham ..................... 18 Grand Haven ........ 170 Milwaukee, by steamboats... 251 RIVER DISTANCES. Table of distances from St. Louis, via Mississippi and St. Louis rivers, to the City of Superior. } MILES. From St. Louis to Missouri River............. 18 3 21 Grafton 18 39 Illinois River............... 41 Gilead....... 32 73 Hamburg... .10 83 Clarksville.... 13 96 Louisiana.... 11 107 Hannibal....... 25 132 QUINCY 18 150 La Grange 10 160 Tully.. 7 167 Warsaw 17 184 Keokuk... 4 188 Montrose 12 200 Nauvoo Madison ........................... 10 210 BURLINGTON 20 230 MILES. Oquawka........ 17 247 New Boston..... 19 266 Iowa River......... 1 267 Muscatine....................... 25 292 Fairport...... 7 299 Andalusia.... 10 309 Rock Island 9 318 Davenport Hampton 11 329 Parkhurst.... 8 337 Albany 19 356 Lyons 9 365 Charleston .................... 15 380 Savannah ........................ 2 382 Belleview.. 19 401 Fever River (to Galena 6 miles).... 7 408 DUBUQUE 24 432 Dunleith ..... 1 433 Potosi Landing ............ 14 447 Des Moines River} MILES. Waupaton ....... 10 457 Buena Vista ................... 5 462 Cassville, 4 466 Guttenburg 10 476 Clayton...... 12 488 Wyalusing 5 493 McGregor's... 6 499 Prairie du Chien........... 4 503 Red House.... 5 508 Johnson's Landing........ 2 510 Lafayette........ 30 540 Columbus...................... 2 542 Lansing..... 1 543 De Soto. 6 549 Victory.. 10 559 Bad Axe City........... 10 569 Warner's Landing ......... 6 575 Brownsville.... 10 585 La Crosse 12 597 Dacotah..... 12 609 Richmond 6 615 Monteville. 5 620 Homer.. 10 630 Winona.. 7 637 Fountain City... 12 649 Mount Vernon ............... 14 663 Minneiska 4 667 Alma 15 682 Wabashaw 10 692 Nelson's Landing.... 3 695 Reed's Landing 2 697 Foot of Lake Pepin...... 2 699 North Pepin............. 6 705 Johnstown 2 707 Lake City ...... 5 712 Central Point............... 2 714 Florence...... 3 717 MILES. Maiden's Rock ........... 3 720 Westerville........... 3 723 Wacouta....... 12 735 Red Wing......... 6 741 Thing's Landing. 7 748 Diamond Bluff. 8 756 Prescott.......... 13 769 Point Douglas........... 1 770 Hastings... 3 773 Grey Cloud... 12 785 Pine Bend ........... 4 789 Red Rock......... 8 797 Kaposia.... 3 800 St. Paul 5 805 St. Anthony. 9 814 Rice Creek.. 7 821 St. Francis or Rum River 9 830 Itasca 7 837 Elk River..... 6 843 Big Lake.................... 10 853 Big Meadow (Sturgis)... 18 871 St. Cloud (Sauk Rapids) 10 881 Watab..... 6 887 "Little Rock 2 889 Platte River............... 12 901 Swan River 10 911 Little Falls........ 3 914 Belle Prairie. 5 919 Fort Ripley 10 929 Crow Wing River........ 6 935 Sandy Lake........... 120 1055 Savannah Portage....... 15 1070 Across the Portage...... 5 1075 Down Savannah to St. Louis 20 1095 Fond du Lac ................ 60 1155 City of Superior.......... 22 1179 LAKE DISTANCES Chicago, Milwaukee, and Lake Superior Line. MILES. From Chicago to Milwaukee 90 90 Sheboygan... 50 140 Manitowoc................... 25 165 Two Rivers 7 172 MILES. Manito Island ............. 112 284 Mackinaw....... 90 374 S. St. Marie...... 90 464 Marquette 170 634 Cop's Harbor............... 80 714 Eagle Harbor.... 16 730 Eagle River............... 9739 Ontonagon 65 804 |