Show CHICAGO AND ROCK ISLAND RAILROAD the completion of this road was celebrated at rock island on wednesday the of feb with great enthusiasm great numbers of people from various parts pa i arts of illinois and iowa and some from st louis together with the mayor and common com ithon council of chicago with a large number of citizens were present I 1 on the excursion at joliet ottawa and all the towns al along 0 ng the route deputations of its citizens were were ta taken ken on board swelling the number on their arrival at rock island to about four hundred persons it is supposed that there were from five to six thousand persons assembled at the Rock Island depot to witness the arrival odthe of the first locomotive at that city the delegations were handsomely received and entertained the road is one hundred and eighty one miles long uniting the lakes with the tather father of waters at their nearest point of approach at rock island a bridge brage is building across the mississippi Daven davenport ports which is situated directly opposite hock boc island is the great focus of all the lowa iowa railroads Ail roads and soon the traveler will be enabled to ride on an unbroken track from our eastern cities to any part of iowa |