The Sun.
London, England, 1867-08-26 00:00:00

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

The Western Railroad began on Monday, July
29th, to run its eastward trains over the new track
between Washington and Becket.
The track of the Troy and Greenfield Railroad is
laid from the latter place to Bardwetl's Ferry, and
the bridge over the Deerfield at this point will be
completed in about three weeks. It is expected that
the cars will be running to Shelburne Falls in two

months.

In the reconstruction of the Troy and Greenfield
Railroad for the six miles between Greenfield and

Shelburne Falls, 2,000 feet of trestle work, origin

ally put in by Haupt, was taken down and solid
earth embankments substituted.
The contract which the State has made with
Dull and Cowan of Chicago to complete 7,400 feet
of the Iloosiac tunnel at the eastern portal, the rate

of progress to be 100 feet per day, and to complete

he central shaft, was to go into effect on the is

of August. In nineteen days of July 98 feet were
made, and in June 102 feet. At the west shaft they
are running both east and west in order to make a
drift to run off the " porridge" and stone debris,
and it is necessary to advance 1,500 feet more to

accomplish this.
The claims for land damages by the Lee and
New Haven Railroad, between Lee and the State
line, have been settled, with the exception of two
cases, for $20,000, or less than half the estimate of

the engineers.
Work on the Ettropean and North American Rail-
road has so far advanced that the company is en-
titled to the first instalment of the Government sub-
sidy, and all the heavy work of the road between
Bangor and Lincoln, except laying the rails, will be
completed this month.
The negotiations between the officers of the Wes-
tern and Boston and Worcester Railroads, looking

to a consolidation of the two corporations, are sti
in progress, but so many and difficult are the coil
flitting interests to harmonise, that no plan of union
has yet been formed. The stockholders of the Bos-
ton and Worcester Road have already held a meet-
ing, and instructed their directors to ascertain what
terms of consolidation could be agreed upon, and
the Western Road will probably take similar action
some time this month.
At the annual business meeting cf the Old
Colony and Newport Railroad, at Boston, on
Thursday, July 25, the old Board of Directors were
re-elected, with the exception of Alexander Holmes,
who retired, and was succeeded by John S. Brayton,
of Fall River. A vote was passed, authorising the
issue of $1,500,000 worth of bonds, payable in 20
years or less, at interest not greater than 7 per
cent., for the purpose of taking up or renewing the
outstanding obligations of the Corporation, funding
its floating debt, and completing its works.
The stockholders of the Connecticut and Pas-
sumpsic Rivers Railroad held their annual meeting
at Newport on Wednesday, July 31. The 22a
annual report shows the receipts of the past year to
have been $493,705 and expenses $309,053, leaving
a balance of $184,652. The bonded debt of the
road has been reduced in the year $31,900, two
3 per cent. dividends, amounting to $115,080, have
been declared, and $64,000 has been paid for inte-
rest on bonds and to the trustees of the sinking
fund and $2,672 for interest on notes. The road
is 110 miles long, is well stocked, and efforts arc
now being made to build the Massawippi Road from
the terminus of the Passumpsic to some point on
the Grand Trunk near Lenoxville. This will in
fact add thirty miles to the Passumpsic Road, and
open a country of great richness in both mineral
and agricultural products.
The correspondent of the Standard says:—" Hotel
ears," as they are called, have been introduced on
nearly all the Western Railroads. In these cars
one finds not only a passable, bed but all the advanL•
tagcz of an ordinary restaurant. Chops, steaks,
vegetables are cooked, and cold cuts furnished in
the train—so that there is no stopping for a five
minutes' gorging f indigestible trash at a way-side
"station." This suits the impatient Western
Yankee, though to him of New England the " im-
provement" Whitehall line, at an expense
" is as yet unknown.
steamer Adirondack, built for the Bur-
lingtonp rorrvieletrinew
and
$250,000, is said to be the most elegant boat on
American waters. She made her trial trip on
Thursday, August 8, and on Monday began to run
regularly.
The steamboat competition between Hartford and
New York has been ended by the withdrawal of
the Merchants' line, to run their boats between
New York and the Delaware river. The fare,
which for some time has been 50 cents, has been
put,bheackNototvhe priceyoldorkCentral of a dollar.
i
Railroad earned
$1,878,000 in-July, a decrease. of $57,000 for the
same month last year. The Illinois Central gained
$30,000 in traffic the same Mouth, and about 65 per
cent. in land sales and collections.