An act of the Wisconsin legislature consolidated the Illinois and Wisconsin companies with the Rock River Valley Union Railroad Company, forming the Chicago, St. Paul & Fond du Lac Railroad.

The evidence

• “Paul, and also from Janesville to Fond du Lac^ Its name was changed, under legislative authority, to the " Rock River Valley Union Railroad Company." In 1851, the line from Janesville north not being pushed as the people expected,, the legislature of Illinois chartered the " Illinois & Wisconsin Railroad Company " with authority to consolidate with any road in Wisconsin. In 1855, an act of the Wisconsin legislature consolidated the Illinois and Wisconsin companies with the " Rock River Valley Union Railroad Companv," and the new organization took the name of the " Chicago, St. Paul & Fond du Lac Rail-”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/04-wisconsin-railroads-commerce-health-statistics.md, PDF p. 172 / book p. 176

  Butterfield, C. W., et al. The History of Rock County, Wisconsin: its early settlement, growth, development, resources, etc. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879. Cornell University Library via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924028871585.

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