Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-03-26

that city, which win give an uninterrupted guSgS
from Portland to Detroit
REFREIeHrMa INPRovHMENrs.-Th Great West
ern Railway, Of Canada, have decided to build
tive large steamers to run between their depot in
Windsor and the various dspOE in Detroit, for the
purpose Of carrying cars and their contents in
tact. The steamers will be something like the
Grand Trunk oOmpSuy's ferry boat Huron, and
viii carry some fifteen cars each.
THE LOUISVILLE CoNVENuoN.-In the Convsn'
ton at LOuiHvills last week, Mr.. S. S. L'HOmme-
diou, Of the Cincinnati, Hamilton q Dayton Rosd,
offered resolution which was adopted, strongly
approving of Senator Wigfalls bill for the con-
slruetion Of lines of railroad aud telegraph be-
tween the Mississippi and the Pacific ocean.
The following resolution by Mr. Bacon was
adopted;
Resolved, That this Convention earnestly re-
commend the early construction Of q railroad
bridge at the Falls Of the Ohio river at Louisville,
in such manner sS not TO obstruet the free navi-
cation of said stream,
Under the neW schedule, which takes effect on
the 18th April, the time from New Orleans to
Grand junction will be 23 hOuss to Cairo, 80 to
Cincinnati, 81 to Columbus, 56l to Cleveland,
62; to Buffalo, GSI to New York, SO, via Crest
line; to Pittsburgh, e5; to Philadelphia, al to
New York, 50 to Wheeling, via Columbus, CO
to Baltimore, 7s; to Philadelphia, 80; to New
York, IS.
It is expected that the Cincinnati express train
win run independent of the regular through schsd-
ule, leaving thst city at a, m, and making close
connection through to New York
The Ohio Mississippi Road will run two
through trains, leaving St. Louis at 4. N. and 7
p. m, coming through to Cincinnati in fourteen
or fifteen hours.
Messrs, D. S. Gray, of the Central Ohio; L. NJ.
Cole, Baltimore & Ohio H. H. HueslOn, PennsyI-
vania Central, and john NJ. Osborne, New York
& Erie, entered q protest against the fast time
which was adopted. They recommended that the
time of departure from New York be q. m. and
8 p. m, (ac'Ording t, the schedule it will be 3.
N. and p. m.,) and that the time to Cincinnati
be S5 and 81 hours.
NEW CENTRAL RAMRoAD-1t is stated that the
New York Central Railroad Company has issued
orders for the construction of OnethOusand freight
cars designed for carrying wheat.
NEw YORK AND ERIE RAnRoAD.-The gross
earnings of the Erie road thus far in March are
said to be $4,000 in advance Of the same time
last year.
THE NEW YORK CONvENTIOS.-At the St. Mich
Olas Convention, which met on Wednesday to ar,
range a Icheduls for the summer, the following
roads were represented:
New York Central by Erastus Corning, Pres't,
and c. Vibbard, Gen. Supt; New York Erie,
by Nathaniel Marsh, Receiver, aud Chas. MinOt
Gen. Supt.; Penn. Central, Wm. +. Lseeh Mich.
Central, II. E. Sargent, Supt; Mich. Southern,
Chas. Noble; Buffalo and Erie, R. N. Brown,
supt.; Cleveland & Erie, A. Stone, Prestj Great
Western, Canada, Mr.. Movius Bgtfalo, New York
Erie, W. L. Doyle Buffalo 4 Lake Huron, w.
Fell Toledo, Wabash & Western, A. Boody,
President; Western R. R., Mass. Warren Colvin,
Vice Prest; Boston Worcester, E. B. Phillips,
Sup't; Troy Il Boston, L. v. Bates, Sup't; Rut-
land, Burlington & Cheshire, Z. A. Chaplin,
Sup't. Rutland & Washington, T. E. Woodbridge,
sap't; Saratoga & Whitehall, J. N. Davidson,
supt; Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, c. G. Ham
mOnd'
At the adjourned meeting on Friday. Col. Ham
mond presented preamble and resolutions adopt,
ed by the representatives Of the railway lines ter
minating in Chicago, west and south Of Lake
Michigan, who met in Chicago on the 17th of
March. At said Meeting the Illinois Central,
Chicago, Burlington q Quincy, st. Louis & Chi.
cago, Galena 4 Chicago Union, Chicago & North
Western, and Chicago & Milwaukee Railroads
were represented. The preamble sets forth that
in eonceding what has heretofore been claimed BY
the Eastern lines to be their rights-tO fix the
time Of leaving New York for the West-it is
deemed bat just that the Western lines have the
privilege Of arranging the time of leaving Chiea-
60, and the resoutions respectfully represent and
demand that the time Of Chicago shall be fixed
at a. m. and p. M, and appoint Col Hammond
a delegate to urge upon the General Convention
the adoDtiOn of tho above hours.
The Committee on Time Tables was as follows,
IS appointed by the Chair: Messrs. c. Vibbard,
Chas. Mnot NJ. Cohen, II. E. Sargent, A. Stone,
Jr., E. B. Phillips, ]. 7. Baker, D. Campbell,
Warren COlburn and G. G. Hammond.
Mr.. Vibbard, chairman Of the Committee on
Time Table, presented lengthy report, which
was adopted. The schedule of running time
West and East was fixed as follows: