. Book of the Royal blue . th 22 THE ROMANCE OF A RAILROAD. connections from Lawrenceburg to Cincin-nati and from Vincennes west to a point onthe Mississippi river opposite St. Louis. OnMarch 15, 1849, that portion of the line inthe State of Ohio was incorporated, and onFebruary 12, 1851, in the State of these acts and various amendments,the road was located from Cincinnati toEast St. Louis. The whole line was openedin 1857, being constructed and controlledby two distinct and independent corpora-tions, but the roads of the two companies Circuit Court of the United States for Ill
. Book of the Royal blue . th 22 THE ROMANCE OF A RAILROAD. connections from Lawrenceburg to Cincin-nati and from Vincennes west to a point onthe Mississippi river opposite St. Louis. OnMarch 15, 1849, that portion of the line inthe State of Ohio was incorporated, and onFebruary 12, 1851, in the State of these acts and various amendments,the road was located from Cincinnati toEast St. Louis. The whole line was openedin 1857, being constructed and controlledby two distinct and independent corpora-tions, but the roads of the two companies Circuit Court of the United States for Illi-nois, and in -June, 1862, the property waspurchased by trustees, and on November 4,1867, was transferred by these trustees tothe Ohio & Mississippi Railway Companyand the consolidation of the two companieseffected. On .January 15, 1849, the Ft. Wayne &Southern Railway was chartei-ed, coveringthe construction of a line from Ft. Waynesouth through the State of Indiana to sucha point as a majority of the corporators. IMlKOVKMEXTS XoW liEINi; MADE ON 1!. « U. li. U. IX INDIAXA. were operated as one line, that part in Ohioand Indiana being known as the EasternDivision, and that part in Illinois as theWestern Division, Vincennes being themeeting point of the two divisions. Follow-ing almost immediately the completion ofthe roads, came pecuniary litigation, which resulted in the EasternDivision going into the hands of a receiverApril, 1860. On March 19, 1862, a decree of sale ofthe Western Division was rendered by the might determine. The line was completedto Jeffersonville, Ind. The company metwith financial embarrassments, and on No-vember 7, 1868, deeded to the Ohio & Mis-sissippi Railway that portion of their rail-way extending from North Vernon to Jeffer-sonville, Ind., which now constitutes theLouisville branch of the present line as originally built was six-footgauge, and it was later determined to changeit to standard four-foot nine-inch
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