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Sends him a distance table from Chicago to Pekin over his existing road.

Chicago, Aug. 31^st, 1886

B. F. Booker, Esq.,
Engineer Lock Box #6
Keokuk, Iowa.

Dear Sir:

Your letter of the 25^th to Mr. Crocker, Superintendent, has been forwarded to me and I take pleasure in giving you the desired information and enclose your distance table.

This shows the distance from our 26^th Street Station to Chicago, which would mean the Court House, to be 5 miles, but our new depot at Harrison Street would be reached from 26^th Street by about 3-1/3 miles by an air line or about 4-1/2 miles by the section lines.

Yours truly
(Signed) F. E. Hinckley
Prest.

S T A T I O N S
Distance from Chicago Distance Between Stations
Chicago
5 26^th Street 5
7 Trunk Junction 2
7.5 City Limits 0.5
8 LeMoyne 0.5
12 Limestone 4
17.5 Willow Springs 5.5
25.3 Lemont 7.8
32.9 Lockport 7.6
37.2 Joliet 4.3
45.2 Mills 8
50 Lone Tree 4.8
53 Lorenzo 3
57 C.B. Junction 4
58 Coal City 1
65.5 Mason 7.5
69.8 Verona 4.3
73.6 Kinsman 3.8
78 Ransom 4.4
82.7 Kernan 4.7
88.3 Streator 5.6
93.5 Reading 5.2





S T A T I O N S
95.5 Ancoma 2
97.6 Long Point 2.1
101.6 Conklin 4
108.5 Minonk 6.9
114.6 Benson 6.1
120 Roanoke 5.4
126.2 Streator Junction 6.2
126.6 Eureka 0.4
128.6 Cruger 2
132.1 Pekin Junction 3.5
133.5 Washington 1.4
136.5 Cooper 3
141.2 Morton 4.7
145 Groveland 3.8
152.2 Pekin 7.2


Sept. 10, 1886

Distance from Keokuk to Harrison Street Depot,
via Robinson's and Ropes' Lines 242.17 Miles
Distance from Ft. Madison to Streator - C&St.L. Depot 144.62 Miles
C & St. L Depot to Wisconsin Central 88.3 Miles
232.92 Miles

Volume 12 Splinters page 98 and 99 transcribed in altered form for the web by Matt Lee.

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