Historical encyclopedia of Illinois . line at Aurora. Under the then exist-ing law an Illinois township might by a majorityvote donate money in aid of a proposed railwaywithin its borders. Accordingly, aid was votedthe new road; in Ogle County, Flagg Townshipdonating $50,000; Oregon, $50,000; Pine Rock,$10,000; Nashua, $5,000; Mount Morris, $75,000;Forreston, $75,000. The work was pushed vigorously. By the be-ginning of winter of 1869, the new road hadbeen surveyed from Rochelle to Oregon, and thework of grading nearly completed. New Yorkcapital to the amount of $1,000,000 was ad-vanced on a f
Historical encyclopedia of Illinois . line at Aurora. Under the then exist-ing law an Illinois township might by a majorityvote donate money in aid of a proposed railwaywithin its borders. Accordingly, aid was votedthe new road; in Ogle County, Flagg Townshipdonating $50,000; Oregon, $50,000; Pine Rock,$10,000; Nashua, $5,000; Mount Morris, $75,000;Forreston, $75,000. The work was pushed vigorously. By the be-ginning of winter of 1869, the new road hadbeen surveyed from Rochelle to Oregon, and thework of grading nearly completed. New Yorkcapital to the amount of $1,000,000 was ad-vanced on a first mortgage, and the work wenton. In the fall of 1870, grading began at Au-rora, and the construction train of the new roadappeared in Rochelle on December 31st, havingrun through from Aurora. By April 1, 1871,the road was completed to Oregon at a pointwhere the four highways cross east of the wagonbridge, which was then expected to be the per-manent route for entering Oregon, but this wasafterward changed to the present route one. ^*^».^X^ HISTORY OF OCxLE COITXTY. 687 luile farther south. The old roadbed may yetbe seen in the outline through the land runningsoutheast from the crossing of the highwaysjust mentioned, and now the farm of S. Freight and passengers began to be car-ried. The building of the bridge began inJuly and was completed by October 20th. Thefirst train ran into Mount Morris on November12th, and on the 28th, into Forreston, the west-ern terminus of the road, where connection wasmade with the Illinois Central Railroad. Byarrangements with the Illinois Central and Bur-lington companies, through trains were run overthe three lines from Chicago to Dubuque. This gave a much needed railroad across thecounty from east to west, but one factor in thefinancing of the enterprise had its disadvan-tages—the railroad aid bonds. The minorityopposed to their issue watched every opportunityfor technical grounds of objection by which todefeat the obligati
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