The Beloit Journal published a congratulatory article that a serious difficulty of the Beloit & Madison Railroad had been surmounted.

The evidence

• “As the undertaking comes to be weighed and examined in all its bearings, new and unforeseen difSculties arise, which are to be overcome or modified only after thorough examination and frequently protracted negotiation. And this would appear to have been the fate of the Beloit & Madison Railroad ; for, notwithstanding the very decided steps taken at Janesville on the 20th of December, 1848, no actual progress appears to have been made for nearly twelve months ; as we find in the Beloit Journal of December 13, 1849, a congratulatory article prompted by a feeling of satisfaction that a serious difficulty had been surmounted, mingled with hope that it would prove the last which should impede the prosecution of the important undertaking. The Journal says :”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/10-rock-county-ch04-early-maps-courts-railroads.md, PDF p. 380 / book p. 384

  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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