. History of Tazewell county, Illinois ; together with sketches of its cities, villages and townships, educational, religious, civil, military, and political history; portraits of prominent persons and biographies of representative citizens. History of Illinois ... Digest of state laws. 4%...., ;,,^:^^. GENt- SUPT P. L a D R HISTORY OF TAZEWELL COUNTY. 739 charge of the construction of the road, and the management of thetrains. By his request the contract for grading was sub-let. Inmaking the sub-contracts, the Construction Company reserved theprivilege of paying the laborers before giving sub
. History of Tazewell county, Illinois ; together with sketches of its cities, villages and townships, educational, religious, civil, military, and political history; portraits of prominent persons and biographies of representative citizens. History of Illinois ... Digest of state laws. 4%...., ;,,^:^^. GENt- SUPT P. L a D R HISTORY OF TAZEWELL COUNTY. 739 charge of the construction of the road, and the management of thetrains. By his request the contract for grading was sub-let. Inmaking the sub-contracts, the Construction Company reserved theprivilege of paying the laborers before giving sub-contractor anymoney. The reason for this was, at that time many roads werebeing constructed, and the sub-contractors would not pay theirlaborers, thereby swindling poor men, and bringing the road intodisrepute. To avoid this, Mr, Cobleigh in person paid every labor-ing man in this branch of the work, and also matle every pavmentin the construction of the road througout. He also did nearly allof the purchasing, and it seems remarkable that one man couldattend to so much, and perform his work so well as he did, duringthe building of P., L. & D. Railway. The T., W. & W. Ry., ran the road for four and a half road was mortgaged for $16,000 per mile, and the lease held bythe T., W.
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