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1848, Charles L. D. Crockwell, Washington Lamb and M. H. Hutton. 1849, C. L. D. Crockwell. Thomas McNally and Washington Lamb. 1850, Thomas MeNally, Thomas Green and C. L. D. Crockwell.
Clerks of Commissioners' Court-1841-44, William Ifutton ; 1844-47, Barrett Whittemore : 1847-51, C. C. Rockwell.
In 1851, the management of county affairs passed into the hands of the County Judge, an office created at that time by the State Legislature, in which was vested, substantially, all the powers previously held by the Board of Com- missioners.
County Judges-1851-55, Joseph Mann; 1855-57, G. C. Mudgett ; 1857-59, J. J. Huber ; 1859-61, William H. Holmes.
In January, 1861, the office of County Judge was so modified as to have jurisdiction only of probate and similar business. The administration of county affairs passed into the hands of a Board of Supervisors. composed of one Super- visor from each township. The Board had four regular meetings annually.
Supervisors-1861. John Russell, W. H. Hickman, Thomas J. Peak, M. C. Thompson, M. H. Nickisson, Philo Norton, D. N. Monroe, Daniel Leery, H. T. Cunningham. William Leech, Thomas Green, John Decions, Benjamin Freeman, A. A. Reilly. William Hogg, Lawrence Schoonover.
1862, S. Hopkins. William H. Hickman, D. Graham, T. O. Bishop, D. N. Monroe, L. D. Brainard. Benjamin Freeman, A. A. Reilly, William Leech, Thomas MeNally, H. T. Cunningham, M. C. Thompson, P. G. Bonewitz, M. C. Walters. John McLees, Philo Norton.
1863, P. G. Bonewitz, Philo Norton, Samuel II. Clark, M. C. Walters, J. Tallman, Joseph Apt. S. Hopkins, David Graham, Franklin Dalby, B. K. Bronson, A. S. Ilale, John Waite, Thomas McNally, John McLees, S. P. Southwick, T. O. Bishop.
1864, S. II. Clark, F. M. Hicks, P. G. Bonewitz, Franklin Dalby, John Tallman, Joseph Apt, E. B. Alderman, B. K. Bronson, Philo Norton, A. S. Hale, T. O. Bishop, S. P. Southwick, James McDaniel, Leman Palmer, Thomas MeNally, John Waite.
1865, S. P. Southwick, A. S. Hale, Leman Palmer, L. C. Niles, E. B. Alderman, John Waite, W. H. Walworth, Franklin Dalby, John Thompson, S. H. Clark, P. G. Bonewitz, - Blakeslee, Thomas McNally, Joseph Apt. James McDaniel. T. O. Bishop.
1866, A. S. Hale, H. P. Southwick, J. W. Jenkins, E. B. Alderman. T. O. Bishop, S. M. Johnson, L. C. Niles, John Waite, J. Thompson. S. H. Clark, P. G. Bonewitz, W. T. Fordham, A. H. Marvin, Leman Palmer, Mich- ael Kenny, F. Dawson.
1867, J. W. Jenkins, T. O. Bishop, E. B. Alderman. S. M. Johnson. A. H. Marvin, P. G. Bonewitz, II. Steward. W. T. Fordham, A. J. Dalby, A. G. Pangburn, G. W. Lathrop, M. C. Thompson, William M. Starr, J. Suth- erland, Francis Dawson, Michael Kenny.
1868; MI. C Thompson, William MI. Starr, E. E. Brown, Joseph Cool, T. O. Bishop, A. J. Dalby, Anson Hayden, A. G. Pangburn, A. A. Reilly,
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Francis Dawson, H. Steward, John Sutherland, Michael Kenny, R. G. Bone- witz, W. T. Fordham, S. M. Yoran.
1869, Hiram Steward, J. A. Crawford, John Wilson, E. E. Browne, H. C. Metcalf, T. O. Bishop, P. V. Farley, A. Hayden, A. G. Pangburn, S. M. Yoran, A. A. Reilly, B. Connell, John Sutherland, Michael Kenny, P. G. Bonewitz, John Tasker.
1870, George W. Lovell, J. A. Crawford. John Tasker, A. G. Pangburn, David Grafft, J. S. Lathrop, Ezekiel Oliphant, Hiram Steward, M. C. Walters, Peter V. Farley, D. Gardner, A. A. Reilly, John Sutherland, T. O. Bishop, Thomas MeNally, H. C. Metcalf.
In 1870, the Supervisor system was changed so as to place the business in the hands of three men, who should be chosen for a term of three years, from the county at large, one new member entering each year, after the manner of the former Commissioners.
1871, Iliram Steward, John Tasker, S. M. Yoran.
1872, A. G. Pangburn, S. M. Yoran, Hiram Steward.
1873, Iliram Steward, John Waite, S. M. Yoran.
By vote of the electors of the county, it was carried, October, 1872, to increase the number of Supervisors to five.
1874, J. A. Crawford, Hiram Steward, G. G. Banghart, John Sutherland, W. J. Brainard.
1875, W. J. Brainard, J. A. Crawford, Joseph Cool, Hiram Steward, G. G. Banghart.
1876, M. C. Thompson, F. Griswold, W. J. Brainard, S. H. Clark, G. G. Banghart.
1877, S. II. Clark, M. C. Walters, M. C. Thompson, H. C. Freeman, F. Griswold.
1878, F. Griswold, H. C. Freeman, M. C. Thompson, S. H. Clark, MI. C. Walters.
1879, M. C. Walters, S. H. Clark, H. C. Freeman, L. Schoonover, John Bates.
Sheriff's -- 1839-44, Hugh Brown; September, 1844-46. M. Q. Simpson ; September, 1846-50, G. B. Laughlin: September, 1550-52. S. J. Dunham ; April, 1852. to September, 1853, F. M. Hicks; September, 1853-57, Samuel Lawrence; September, 1857, to January, 1860, N. S. Noble: Jannary. 1860 -62, H. H. Metcalf; January, 1862-68, David Kinert; January, 1868-74, O. B. Crane; January, 1874-76, A. J. Byerly ; January, 1876, P. O. Babcock, the present ineumbent.
Clerks of District Court-1841-48, William Hutton: September, 1948 -50, John D. Walworth; September, 1850-52, J. A. Secrist; September, 1852, to April, 1856, W. W. Wilson; April, 1856, to September, 1556, David Kinert: September. 1856, to January, 1861. E. T. Mullett ; January, 1861-67, G. P. Dietz; January, 1867-75, J. C. Deitz; January, 1875, B. H. White, present ineumbent.
Recorders-1841-42, Clark Joslin; September, 1842-47, Edmond Booth ; September, 1847-49, William Sterling: September, 1840-51, Ira B. Ryan ; September, 1851-53. Samnel T. Buxton; September, 1853-57, Jonas J. Huber; September. 1857. to January, 1860, F. S. McKein; January, 1:60- 65, John D. Walworth ; January, 1805-69. J. S. Perfect; January, 1869-75, Richard . McDaniels; January. 1875, R. L. Duer, present incumbent.
Treasurers-Prior to 1865, the Recorder performed the duties of Treas- urer. January, 1866-68, W. Cronkhite; January, 1868-74, L. Schoonover;
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January, 1874-76, J. H. Dickey; January, 1876, Thomas E. Patterson, present incumbent.
Auditors-A portion of the Auditor's present duties were performed by the County Judge from 1861 to 1870. The first Auditor was elected October. 1869; January, 1870-74, Charles Kline; January, 1874, Robert Poll, pres- ent incumbent.
County Superintendents-This office was established in 1859. January. 1860-62. B. F. Shaw; January, 1862-64, H. D. Sherman ; January, 1864- 66, D. Harper; January. 1866-68, L. Carpenter; January, 1868-70, J. R. Stillinan; Januarv, 1870-72, Alexander Ilughes; January, 1872-74, E. B. Champlin; January, 1874-76, G. O. Johnson; January, 1876, O. E. Aldrich, the present incumbent.
Coroners-No record exists prior to 1851. September, 1851-53. G. II. Ford: September. 1853-54, Alexander Rooney: September. 1854-55, William Haddock; September, 1855-57, Alexander Delong: September. 1857-59, M. H. Byerly; September, 1859, to January, 1864. E. Dalby; January, 1864-76, V. C. Williston; January, 1876-78, George W. Birdsall; January, 1878, V. C. Williston, present incumbent.
County Surveyors-L. A. Simpson was, probably. the first to fill this office. From his time until 1851. there is no reliable record. September, 1851-53. Moses A. Clark; September, 1853-55, E. K. Jolison : September, 1855-57, Lewis W. Stewart: September, 1857, to January, 1860, George Welch; Jan . uary, 1860-62, John Leery; January, 1862-64, Henry D. Smith; Jannary. 1864-66, F. Merriman; January. 1866-72. D. L. Blakeslee; January, 1872 -- 74, R. O. Peters ; January, 1874-76, T. J. Townsend; January, 1576. O. Burlingame, present incumbent.
County Judges-1851, Joseph Mann; September. 1855-57, G. C. Mudgett; September, 1857, to January, 1860, J. J. Huber: January, 1860- 62, William II. Holmes; January, 1862-64, John S. Stacey; January, 1864-70, D. McCarn.
Judges of District Courts-Thomas S. Wilson was Judge of the District which included Jones County while Iowa continued a Territory, 1841-46. The county under State government became a part of the Second District. over which James Grant, of Seott County, presided five years, beginning April 5, 1847. T. S. Wilson, of Dubuque County, became Judge in April, 1852. Jones became a part of the Eighth Judicial District February 9. 1853. Of this district, the Judges have been as follows: William E. Leffingwell, of Clin- . ton County. elected April 4. 1853; John B. Booth, of Jackson County, appointed 1854; William H. Tuthill, of Cedar County, elected April 2, 1855: William E. Miller, elected October 12, 1858: Norman W. Isbell, elected October 14, 1862: Charles H. Conklin, appointed August 19, 1864, and elected Nov. 8. following; N. M. Hubbard, appointed November 15. 1865; James H. Rothrock, elected October 9, 1866; John Shane, came into office, January, 1876, and is now the presiding Judge of the Eighth District.
In 1869, the business of this Court was so great that a new Court was created called the Circuit Court. The Judges have been, 1809, to January, 1873, Sylvanns Yates; January, 1873, John McKean, now presi ling.
LEGISLATIVE REPRESENTATION.
In October, 1844, the first Constitutional Convention met at Iowa City. Jones County was represented by John Taylor. The second Constitutional
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Convention met May 4, 1846, in which Jones County was represented by S. G. Matson. Jones County sent A. H. Marvin. of Monticello, to the third Con- stitutional Convention, which met at Iowa City Jannary 19, 1857.
In the Territorial Council-1838-40, Cedar, Johnson. Jones and Linn Counties sent Charles Whittlesey ; 1840-42. Jones and Linn Counties sent George Greene: 1842-44, Jones and Linn Counties sent John P. Cook ; 1844-46. Jones and Linn Counties sent William Abbe.
To the State Senate-1846-50. Jones and Jackson Counties sent Philip P. Bradley ; 1850-54, Jones and Jackson Counties sent Nathan G. Sales; 1854-58, Jones County sent William HI. Holmes ; 1853-62, Jones and Jackson Counties sent Joseph Mann ; 1862-64, Jones County sent W. H. Holmes ; 1864-66, Jones County sent Ezekiel Cutler: 1866-70. Jones County sent S. S. Farwell; 1870-74, Jones County sent John MeKean; 1874-78, Jones County sent George W. Lovell.
During the past session of the Legislature, Jones County had no Senator. In the new apportionment, Cedar and Jones elect a Senator together. The Cedar County Senator holding over two years longer than the Jones County official, the Senator from Cedar occupies the place at present. John Russell was elected Oct. 14, 1879, to serve 1880-84, Jones and Cedar Counties.
Representatives-1838-39, Robert G. Roberts, from Cedar, Johnson, Jones and Linn Counties ; 1839-40, George H. Walworth, from Jones and Linn Counties ; 1840-41, Harman Van Antwerp and George H. Walworth, from Jones and Linn Counties ; 1841-42, Samuel P. Higginson and Thomas Denson, from Jones and Linn Counties; 1842-43, George H. Walworth and John C. Berry, from Jones and Cedar Counties; 1843-44, George Il. Wal- worth and Robert Smythe, from Jones and Cedar Counties ; 1844-46. Joseph K. Snyder and John Taylor, from Jones, Linn and Cedar Counties ; 1846-48, S. G. Matson and George F. Green, from Jones and Jackson Counties ; 1848-50, D. A. Mahoney and N. G. Sales, from Jones and Jackson Counties ; 1850-52, R. B. Wykoff and John E. Goodenow, from Jones and Jackson Counties : 1852-54, John Taylor, from Jones County : 1854-56, W. H. Holmes, from Jones County: 1856-58, W. H. Holmes, from Jones County, and William Thomas, from Jackson and Jones Counties : 1858-60, H. Steward. from Jones County, and W. S. Johnson, Jones and Jackson Counties ; 1860-62, John Taylor, from Jones County; 1862-64, O. Whittemore and John Russell ; 1864-66, John Russell and J. H. Fuller ; 1866-70, John McKean and John Russell ; 1870-72, John Russell and P. G. Bonewitz: 1872-74, P. G. Bone- witz and John Tasker; 1874-76, John W. Moore and G. O. Bishop; 1876-78, William T. Shaw and George W. Lathrop; 1878-80, S. M. Yoran; 1880-82, S. M. Yoran.
RAILROADS.
The first railroad in Iowa was commeneed in 1854. Previous to this time, the struggle for a railroad had begun in Jones County. May 2, 1852, had been incorporated the Iowa Central Air Line Company, an organization which for a number of years figured quite conspicuously in Central lowa, and which Jones County people have abundant cause to remember for years to come, and with no grateful remembrance.
This Company was incorporated at the date named, by the following persons, most of whom are Iowa men :
Jonas Clark, John E. Goodenow, J. W. Jenkins, Russel Perham. Alonzo Spaulding, Elisha F. Clark, Daniel Rhodes, David Sears, Ira Minard, Charles B
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Butler, Elisha C. Litchfield, G. S. Hubbard, S. S. Jones, S. M. Hitt. George W. Waite, William Ferdman, L. II. Bowen, O. Emerson, George Greene. A. F. Steadman, D. M. McIntosh, Isaae Whittam. N. B. Brown, S. D. Carpenter, D. W. King, N. W. Isbell. Charles Nye, Thomas J. McKean, L. D. Jordan, E. Vanmeter, Dan Lothian, M. E. MeKenny, S. C. Bever. William Haddock, J. H. Fisher, H. C. Metcalf, W. H. Eldridge, Porter Sargeant, E. A. Wood.
The purpose of the corporation, as set forth in the articles, were "the con- struction, operation and use of a railroad with double or single track, and with all necessary appendages, branches and extensions. The main trunk or con- tinuous line of said road was to commence on the Mississippi River, at or near Sabula, and run thence westerly on or near the Forty-second Parallel of latitude to the Missouri River, and ultimately thence westerly through the South Pass to California."
The stock of the Air Line Company was to be 810,000,000, with the priv- ilege of increasing it. A survey was made through to the Missouri River, passing through Maquoketa, Anamosa, Marion, Cedar Rapids, Marshalltown, and crossing the Missouri River just west of Onawa. Negotiations were opened up for a land grant and not much else was done for several years. An act of Congress, of May 15, 1856, granted to the State of Iowa upward of three million acres of Government lands, to be expended in building railroads. The act provided to give to a company building a road from Lyons to a point at or near Maquoketa, and thence west on the line of the Air Line road to the Mis- souri River. every alternate seetion designated by odd numbers within six miles on either side of the line of road, and where the land within this distance was already sold or pre-empted, the State was to select an equivalent amount of land within fifteen miles on either side of the road.
The grant from the Legislature to the Iowa Central Air Line Company pro- vided that the line should be definitely fixed and located before April 1, 1857. and that if the road did not have seventy-five miles completed prior to Deeem- ber 1, 1859, or did not have the road completed before December 1, 1865, that all unsoll lands should revert to the State.
The land grant to this and other roads gave a tremendous impetus to rail- road building in Iowa for several years. The land grant to the Air Line Com- pany alone was estimated by its President at 906,480 acres. The report of June 2, 1858, represents $1.210.000 as already expended upon the road, most of which was disbursed in securing the lands of the Company.
The projected line was to eross Jones County, passing through both Wyo- ming and Anamosa. The county in its corporate capacity was called upon for help, and before the land grant had been seenred, in June. 1853, almost imme- diately after the formation of the Company, a petition was presented to the County Judge, asking for a vote subscribing 880.000 stock in the new Company, to be paid in county bonds drawing 8 per cent interest. These bonds were to be liquidated by an annual tax of 1 per cent. The proposition was carried by a vote of 459 to 240.
The stock, however. was not subseribed nor the bonds issued until June 15, 1856, following the Congressional land grant, nor were the bonds delivered even at that time. December 25, 1850, an agreement was entered into between G. C. Mulgett, County Judge, and S. S. Jones, President of the Air Line Company, providing that the bonds should be issued only so rapidly as the work was carried on in the limits of the county of Jones.
At that time, the stock of the Railroad Company was above par, and it was agreed on the part of the corporation, that if the county would relinquish all right
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to the dividend upon the stock of the Company, that the latter would agree to pay the interest upon the county's bonds. This would simply amoun: to the county of Jones lending her name as security to the railroad, which. in the roseate hue bang- ing over railroad prospects, was a very small favor. Stock of the Company. to be held in trust for the county, was immediately delivered to three Trustees-N. G. Sales, of Anamosa ; Robert Smythe, of Marion, and Jas. Hazlett. Sr .. of Lyons.
Under this agreement, the work of grading was immediately commenced in Jones County, and, in a short time, 854.000 of county bonds had been issued.
It is a well-known fact that the Air Line Company failed on account of reckless management and open rascality on the part of the President and other officers. The magnificent land grant of the company was of itself sufficient to have completed the enterprise to the Missouri River, and the Company would also have received cordial help from cities and citizens all along the line. Nothing was done. The affair was a suicide. December 1. 1859. the time when the road should have seventy-five miles of road completed or forfeit the grant, came around, and not a mile of iron had been laid, and the magnificent gift of the Government passed into the hands of the Cedar Rapids & Missouri River Railroad.
Of course, the Air Line Company never paid a cent of interest upon the bonds of the county. Suits were entered in the United States Court by bond- holders against the county of Jones in default of the payment of interest. The plaintiff secured judgment.
Forty-six of the fifty-four thousand dollars bonds were held by David J. Lake, of Chicago. In May, 1865, a compromise was effected by the county's paying Lake seventy cents on the dollar due, principal and interest. Six thou- sand more were redeemed about the same time from other parties at nearly the same rate. One bond. held by G. W. Bettesworth, was settled by the payment of $1,920.70, principal and interest, on the part of the county, while Bettes- worth surrendered the bond and conveyed 4,590 acres of land to Jones County, which afterward sold at such a figure as to prove a good investment. The fifty- fourth bond was canceled some years later.
About 1852, there was projected a road from Dubuque to Keokuk. by way of Anamosa, Marion and Iowa City. This departure from a direct line gave to the enterprise the vulgar name of the " Rams-Horn." An incorporation was formed, with the Langworthys, of Dubuque, Lincoln Clark and William T. Shaw among the leaders. This road, as originally laid out, proved a failure, but along part of its line was built the Dubuque Western.
On the occasion of the completion of this road to Anamosa, the following. notice of it appeared in the Anamosa Eureka :
" Friday evening, 9th of March, year of grace 1860, was a joyous time in Anamosa.
" " Punctual as lovers to the moment sworn,'
and punctual to the hour of 8 o'clock, came in the first train of cars from Dubuque. A crowd was at the depot, and the welcome was deep and eordial.
"The road was commencel in July, 1857. In October following, came the revulsion throughout the country ; but the work continued through the winter, and subsequently struggled on, now and then, amid the trying stringency of the money market until last autumn, when, by a money arrangement with C. W. Theo. Kranseh, the late Chief Engineer of the New York & Erie Railroad. the entire superintendency was transferred to him, and most nobly has he performed his task, proving his high competency as a railroad builder and manager.
" Prominent among the men to whom we are indebted for this great and. glorious work, we are bound to accord all honor to L. Il. Langworthy, F. S.
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Winslow, H. A. Wiltse, E. Stimson, H. Gelpeke and C. W. Theo. Krausch, of Dubuque, with W. T. Shaw, of Anamosa. Others, too, have aided us most effectively in the trying hours of the past two years. To Mr. Shaw we at this end of the line are largely indebted. His cool and ready clear-sightedness, as a liberal stockholder and Director from the beginning, has contributed, in a great measure, to the success of the project."
At the time of the breaking-out of the war, the road was being pushed west- ward toward Marion, and W. T. Shaw was superintending the construction. On the day that Mr. Shaw received his commission as Colonel of an Iowa regiment, he dismissed the men he had employed, and, abruptly as Putnam left the plow, proceeded to the field in service of his country. The building of the road was at a standstill for several years, and was not completed to Marion until abont 1865. The present terminus of the road is Cedar Rapids.
Ten thousand dollars in bonds of the city of Anamosa were voted to aid the Dubuque Western road in building, but only a fraction of these were ever issued. Farmers and citizens along the line aided liberally by subscriptions.
The road has several times changed hands and names, passing into posses- sion of bondholders, and, in 1878. to the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Rail- road Company. It has been known by the names of Dubuque Western. Dubuque, Marion & Western, the Dubuque & South-Western, and, finally, as a part of the Western Union Division of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Panl.
It should have been stated, in connection with the early history of this road, that on May 9, 1857, the question of taking $100,000 stock, by issuing county bonds to that amount, was submitted to the people and lost by a vote of 567 to 828. A similar proposition was defeated in August of the same year, by a vote of 716 to 368.
Quite a number of railroads projected in Jones County existed only on paper, and, except as companies or paper corporations, had no existence at all. Among the first of these, one was formed to build a road from Cascade to Anamosa, to connect at the former place with the great North-Western Rai !- way projected through that point. A meeting was held December 9, 1856, at which Articles of Incorporation were adopted and the following persons elected a Board of Directors : S. W. McMaster, John Lorain, L. C. McKinney, A. S. Chew, S. S. Merrill, G. W. Trumbull, T. J. Chew, James Ilill, William P. Wightman, W. S. Hall, N. G. Sales, Joseph Mann, C. L. D. Crockwell. The road was never begun, and the corporation soon collapsed.
With greater pretensions was organized, March 19, 1857, the Wapsipinicon & St. Peters Valley Railroad Company, whose purpose was to build a continuous line of road, to commence at Anamosa and run thence northwest through Quas- queton, Independence and Fairbanks, and thence northwesterly to the north line of the State. The capital stock was fixed at 85,000,000.
This was intended as a feeder to the Air Line route, and was looked upon as a very probable enterprise in the palmy days of the Air Line bubble. The people of Jones County were given an opportunity, in Mav, 1857, to decide whether the county, in its corporate capacity, should take $100,000 stock in the Wapsipinicon & St. Peters Valley Railroad. The voters said nay, the scheme being defeated by a vote of 1,067 to 375.
The first officers of this Company were: D. S. Davis, President; Win. II. Gibbs, Vice President; E. C. Bidwell, Secretary ; H. P. Henshaw, Treasurer; D. S. Lee, Attorney ; Directors-F. C. Patterson, Rufus Connable, P. A. Brooks. L. W. Hart, S. V. Thompson, N. G. Sales, G. H. Ford, J. S. Dimmitt.
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January 12, 1359, were adopted Articles of Association of what was called the " Anamosa Branch of the Tipton Railway," for the purpose of building a branch to Tipton. The five Directors elected were Wm. T. Shaw, David Graham and I. C. Metcalf, of Anamosa, O. Cronkhite and D. A. Carpenter, of Rome.
The partly graded road-bed. between Lyons and Maquoketa, of the exploded Air Line road, found its way into the Mississippi, Maquoketa & Western Com- pany. In March, 1870, the Midland Company was organized at Des Moines, to build a road from Clinton to Maquoketa, with the probability that it would go farther west. The Mississippi, Maquoketa & Western sold the road-bed and franchise to the Midland for 818,000. The cars were running into Maquoketa in December, 1870. A fortunate rivalry springing up between the Chicago & North-Western, the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy and the Chicago, Mil- waukee & St. Paul, enlisted the cordial support of the first-named road to the Midland. William T. Shaw was President until March, 1871, at which time the road passed under complete control of the Chicago & North-Western Com- pany, though a separate organization is still maintained. The road was imme- diately pushed on from Maquoketa to Anamosa, being completed to the latter place in October, 1871. The citizens of the latter place subscribed about $35,000 in stock, though little was paid, and Fairview Township voted to its aid a 3 per cent tax, amounting to nearly $15,000.
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