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 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 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 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 […]
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 […]
The Dubuque Daily Herald Sunday January 1, 1887 THE RAILROAD WAR, The Fight Getting Warmer as the the Final Contest Between the Two Factors Approaches. The Secretary of the Dubuque and Sioux City Refuses to Transfer Stock to the Illinois Central—Other Railroad Notes. □The fight for the controling interest of the stock of the Dubuque and Sioux […]
The Dubuque Daily Herald Sunday October 3, 1886 HISTORY OF A RAILROAD When, Where and How the Chicago, Burlington and Northern Was Built—Its Management a Live One—Its Business in Dubuque and Elsewhere and Its Financial Condition. The Minnesota and Northern to Commence the Erection of a Round House at the Fair Grounds— Shops to be […]
The Dubuque Daily Herald Wednesday August 18, 1886 THE STUBBORN CENTRAL. The Officials of the Central and the Officers of the Dubuque and Dunleith Bridge Company Hold An All Day Conference Without Arriving at a Conclusion— The Bridge Officers Hold Another Meeting in the Evening at Which the Principal Points are Discussed. The Chicago and […]
The Dubuque Daily Herald Friday May 28, 1886 THE BRIDGE QUESTION. What Gen. C. H. Booth Has to Say Regarding the Rates of Toll Charged by the Dunleith and Dubuque Bridge Company. The Dubuque and Sioux City—Will the Illinois Central Release It? The interview with President Stickney, of the Minnesota and Northwestern, published in the Herald […]
Dubuque Semi-Centennial Herald May 9, 1886 DUBUQUE RAILROADS Her Railroad System Extending in All Directions. A Map of the Connections Possessed by the City. Over 12,000 lilies New Reach Dubuque and a Probability of Many Some of the Strong Advantages Possessed by This City. TEH RAILROAD MAP. Dubuque is acquiring a railroad system and connections surpassed but by […]