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| Title | Burlington Monmouth & Illinois River R. R. : its location business prospects, &c. : will it pay |
| Alternate Title | Burlington Monmouth and Illinois River R. R.: its location business prospects, &c., will it pay |
| Description | The pamphlet includes a list of the board of directors and officers of the company and the "Articles of incorporation and by-laws Burlington, Monmouth & Illinois River Railway Co." A tract included after the articles of incorporation, "Will it Pay?" discusses the need for a narrow gauge railroad because the people need transportation and because the " 'standard gauge' --is all wrong." |
| Subject | Leaflets
Railroads
Railroad track gauge
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| Subject (LCSH) | Burlington, Monmouth & Illinois River Railway Company; |
| Geographic Location | United States--Illinois--Monmouth; United States--Illinois--East Burlington; United States--Illinois--Heyworth; |
| Time Period | 1870-1880 |
| Publisher | Monmouth, Ill. : Review Steam Book and Job Print |
| Contributors | Jones, Thomas K.; Johnson, William K.; Harlow, George Henry; Burlington, Monmouth and Illinois River Railway Co. |
| Date | 1876 |
| Type | Text |
| Format | pdf |
| Identifier | Special Collections HE2791.B9 1876 |
| Language | eng |
| Rights | See http://library.knox.edu/digitalcollections/rightsinfo.htm |
| Collection | Railroads in the Midwest, Early Documents and Images (Knox College) |
| Date Digital | 2009-05-26 |
| Physical Description | 8 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Filename | Monmouth_and_Illinois_River_RR.pdf |
