The Sun.
London, England, 1867-07-02 00:00:00

the estimates of the commissioners and the State

engineer.

The governor and council, however,

have decided to defer the ratification of the con-

tract until the sureties required by law are fur-

nished.

During the month of May 75,724 pounds of mail
matter were sent from Boston and 81,353 received
over the Boston and Providence Railroad, and
150,711 pounds received, and 206,272 sent over
the Boston and Worcester Road and the Wood-
socket Branch.
The main line of the Union Pacific Railroad was
completed 361 miles west of Omaha, on Tuesday,
June 4, and Senator Wade's party of excursionists
spent the day there in General Augur's camp at the
end of the track, two and a quarter miles of which
had been laid since ten o'clock on Monday morning.
General Sherman was with the party, and was to
start on Thursday morning for Fort Sedgwick,
Julesburg Station, to look after Indians and the
safety of the mail route. The Nebraska Legislature
has appointed a committee to act with one from the
citizens of Omaha, to give the excursionists a grand
reception on their return to that city. There were
heavy snow storms in Colorado between the 15th
and 20th of May, and the snow in the mountains
was so deep that the coach could not get through
to Central City.
The annual meeting of the Chicago and North-
Western Railroad Company has been held at
Chicago, and the result was the election of the
old Board, the Wall-street ticket having been
thoroughly beaten. The vote will stand about
240,000 votes, representing $24,000,000 of stock
for the old Board, and 60,000 votes, representing
$6,000,000 of stock for the opposition. About
$6,000,000 have been expended on this road during
the last year, which will account for the fact that
no dividends have been declared. The permanent
value of the road has been so much increased that
this stock will now become a favourite one for
speculation. On the Board of directors are some
of the most sagacious railroad men in the country,
and its property, which is developing with great
rapidity, is now of great extent and value.
There is no injunction pending against the Union
Pacific Railroad, as was reported on the authority
of a St. Louis paper.
At the last meeting of the directors of the New
York and New Haven Railroad Company, John T.
Shelton was elected treasurer, and Edward J.
Sanford secretary.
Within forty years 51,000 miles of steam rail-
roads have been built in the United States, costing
$1,502,594,000. New England has 3,851 miles in
use, costing $199,071,483 ; New York State, 4,025
miles, costing $152,579,769 ; Pennsylvania, which
built the first Railroad in the country, in 1809,
4,038 miles, costing $210,680,000. This road has
also 700 miles of underground track in connection
with coal mines.
The suit of Dr. Mather Williams against the New
York Central Railroad Company for alleged
damages done to his property along the line of East
Washington-street, in Syracuse, was decided re-
cently, and the damages estimated at $19,600. This
case was commenced about thirty years ago, and
involved the question of the right of railroad com-
panies to use the streets of a city or village after
permission had been granted by the authorities.
The Wall-street Journal informs us that the rates
and time for passengers from Omaha, by Union
Pacific Railroad and Wells, Fargo, and Co.'s Stages,
are as follows :
To Denver, Col.
„ Central City, Col ,, 3 108 00
„ Salt Lake, Utah l, 71. ... 210 00
„ Virginia City, Mon ,, 11 „ 305 00
„ Virginia City, Nev ,, 11 „ 275 00
~ Boise City, Idaho l7 111 „ 305 00
„ Helena, Montana
„ Sacramento, Cal.
„ Austin, Nevada ll 10 225 00
The Little niami Railroad Company was to pay,
on and after June 20, a dividend of 4 per cent.,
free of income tax.
The correspondent of the Springfield Republican
writes as follows on "Railway Projects :"—The
Hartford and Erie Bill went thn-ugh the house
without even a count of the members for or against
it, and with only two speeches on the subject. Still
more fortunate, the subsidy of a million dollars to
the Williamsburg and North Adams Road went
through without even a word of debate. The bill
was not even read in the house. There was a sharp
fight by Mr. Bird against the grant of $600,000 fur
carrying on the tunnel, and also against the appro-
priation of $lOO,OOO for Provincetown harbour. The
Walpole representative got no help in debate from
any quarter in his tunnel fight, but got on one
stage over eighty votes against the appropriation,
and succeeded in defeating the project for changing
the commission, which was believed to be designed
for the purpose of getting rid of Messrs. Shute and
Hudson, and putting the whole work into Mr.
Crocker's hands. Rumour says that a large con-
tract has been made with some Chicago parties, and
that Mr. Crocker desired to have them, on account
of the exceeding reasonableness of their price,
giving bonds, but the governor
exempted from
council
f rom
held that that was one of the very
best reasons why they should insist upon proper
securities.