CHICAGO, IOWA AND NEBRASKA RAILROAD.

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         In 1858, the Chicago, Iowa & Nebraska Railroad Company completed a line from Clinton to Cedar Rapids. This road enters Cedar County at the southeast corner of Section 1, in Springfield Township, runs in a northwesterly direction, passing Louden, Clarence, Stanwood and Mechanicsville, and leaves the county near the southwest corner of Section 7, in Pioneer Township. On the 3d of July, 1862, the Chicago, Iowa and Nebraska Company leased this line to the Galena & Chicago Union Railroad Company. In 1860, the Cedar Rapids & Missouri Railroad Company commenced the construction of a road from Cedar Rapids westward, of which the first twenty-seven miles were completed that year, and extended from time to time until having forty miles completed, it was also leased to the Galena & Chicago Union Company July 8, 1862. These Iowa roads, together with the roads built by the Galena & Chicago Union Company, came under the management of the Chicago & North-Western Railway Company by consolidation, June 2, 1864. The extension through Iowa was continued and finally completed to the Missouri River, March 15, 1867, ready to join the Union Pacific in its march toward the Pacific Ocean.

         The great iron bridge at Clinton was commenced in 1864.

BURLINGTON, CEDAR RAPIDS AND NORTHERN RAILROAD.

         This road entered Cedar County from Burlington at the southeast corner of Section 35, in Springdale Township, passes up through Springdale Township in a northwesterly direction, enters Gower Township at the southeast corner of Section 31, and leaves the county from the southwest corner of Section, 30, in Gower Township.

CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND AND PACIFIC.

         This road enters the county at nearly the center of Section 36, Farmington Township, bearing easily to the northwest until it reaches the center of Section 35, when it turns southwest and enters Muscatine County from Section 33, Township 79, Range 1 west. This road re-enters the county near the southeast corner of Section 33, Springdale, bears northwest until it enters Section 29, thence runs nearly due west and enters Johnson County from the south half of Section 30, Township 79, Range 4 west. This road was finished through Durant in 1855.

DAVENPORT AND NORTH-WESTERN.

         This road enters the county from Davenport, near the southwest corner of Section 13, Massillon Township, bears directly northwest until it crosses the section line between Sections 11 and 14, not far from the southeast corner of Section 11, and then bearing a little to the northeast leaves the county from the center of the north line of Section 2, in Massillon Township. It was completed in 1871.

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STATISTICAL.—In all there are 52.99 miles of completed railroad in Cedar County, the assessed valuation of which, with the depot buildings, etc, is $405,970. This aggregate of miles is divided as follows:

North-Western	24.98
B., C.R. & N.	8.93
C., R. I. & P.	6.88
D. & N. W.	3.70
Tipton & Stanwood	8.50
	52.99