BROKEN BRIDGES—The Thaw and Rain Raises the River, With Disastrous  Results

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The Dubuque Daily Herald Wednesday February 9, 1887 BROKEN BRIDGES. The Thaw and Rain Raises the River, With Disastrous  Results. The Burlington at Hay, Milledgville and Eliot— Minnesota at Decorah. The Central at Council Hill and the Milwaukee at Davis Junction. Two Trains Wrecked and Six Bridges Destroyed—Trains Delayed. The thaw of Monday and the gentle […]

The Thaw and Rain Raises the River, With Disastrous  Results

Posted Posted in C. B. & N., C. M. & St. Paul, I. C., Minnesota And Northwestern, Railroads

The Dubuque Daily Herald    Wednesday February 9, 1887 BROKEN BRIDGES. The Thaw and Rain Raises the River, With Disastrous  Results. The Burlington at Hay, Milledgville and Eliot— Minnesota at Decorah. The Central at Council Hill and the Milwaukee at Davis Junction. Two Trains Wrecked and Six Bridges Destroyed—Trains Delayed. The thaw of Monday and the […]

A Roster of the Men Employed in the Railroad Business in Dubuque

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The Dubuque Daily Herald     Sunday February 6, 1887 FREIGHT HANDLERS. A Roster of the Men Employed in the Railroad Business in Dubuque. The Roads Doing a Larger Business Than Ever Before at This Time of the Year. The city of Dubuque has four lines of railroad at present, two having reached the city within […]

The Books of the Dubuque and Sioux City Not Again  Opened—The Meeting in Two Weeks

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The Dubuque Daily Herald  Sunday January 30, 1887 RAILROADS AND BRIDGES. The Books of the Dubuque and Sioux City Not Again  Opened—The Meeting in Two Weeks. The Bridge and the Chicago, Burlington and Northern—The Bridge Company to Answer in Two Weeks. No notice of the reopening of the directory books of the Dubuque and Sioux City has been […]

THE BRIDGE FIGHT—Further Details of the Suit Brought Against the Bridge Company.

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The Dubuque Daily Herald  Saturday January 29, 1887. THE BRIDGE FIGHT. Further Details of the Suit Brought Against the Bridge Company. What the Representatives of the Interests Involved Say. While the bringing of the suit against the bridge company in Jo Daviess county, the full mention of which was made yesterday by the Herald, was a […]

The Chicago, Burlington and Northern Railroad Propose to Fight Their Way Into Dubuque

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The Dubuque Daily Herald Friday January 28, 1887 THE WAR OPEN The Chicago, Burlington and Northern Railroad Propose to Fight Their Way Into Dubuque It Asks to Have a Receiver appointed for the Dubuque and Dunleith Budge Company. The Bridge Company Ordered to Show Cause Why it Has Not Compiled With the Terms of Its Charter. A […]

DU PUY APPOINTED GENERAL MANAGER OF THE MINNESOTA AND NORTHWESTERN.

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The Dubuque Daily Herald  Friday January 28, 1887 THE WAR OPEN The Chicago, Burlington and Northern Railroad Propose to Fight Their Way Into Dubuque It Asks to Have a Receiver appointed for the Dubuque and Dunleith Budge Company. The Bridge Company Ordered to Show Cause Why it Has Not Compiled With the Terms of Its Charter. A […]

The Illinois Central and Dubuque and Sioux City—The Meeting in Chicago

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The Dubuque Daily Herald  Saturday January 22, 1887 THE RAILROADS.  The Illinois Central and Dubuque and Sioux City—The Meeting in Chicago—The Chicago, Burlington and Northern and the Bridge. Senator W. J. Knight has returned from Chicago, where he went to attend the meeting of the Illinois Central directors. When asked for points he said that the meeting was […]

Mr. Jesup Ordered to Allow the Dubuque and Sioux City to be Opened for Inspection

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The Dubuque Daily Herald  Saturday January 15, 1887 IRON ROADS. Mr. Jesup Ordered to Allow the Dubuque and Sioux City to be Opened for Inspection. The Chicago, Burlington and Northern and Minneapolis Freight—Stickney’s Kansas City Line—Another New Orleans Line. STICKNEY’S KANSAS CITY LINE. A dispatch from Creston, Iowa, says: Agents for the Des Moines and Kansas City […]