of earth per day.We then passed by theVILLAGE OF GRANDVIEW,Whieh is improving considerably, but itneeds some accommodations to make it a desirable p! ice. It is surrounded by some excellent farms and as good land as is to be found in the State. iNext we came to the railroad work at Fredonia, or junction of Cedar and Iowa rivers. Hero the road is progressing rapidly, and the contractor, Mr. Cooley, is I getting along well, lie has half a milegraded, and considerable other work done, j although he has been engaged at it but jabout a month. , (It is easily to be observed that in orderto be successful as a railroad contractor, a ( inau must understand his business and must! learn and understand it as the mechanic ' learns his trade. I