Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1865-11-14

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RUMoRED ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS is
currently reported hat Mr.. J. H. R. Rose,
of this city, resident engineer of the A. &
G. W. Railroad, is about to withdraw from
the Company, and leave the city. We trust
it is mere rumor.
The BosToN RoAD.-The double track on
the railroad from Providence to Boston is
now open for travel the new track was
run over for the first time on Sunday night,
the 5th inst.
RAILROAD EARNINGs.-The earnings of the
Southern Road for October were 1921, 1886, an
increase of S717,O 6 over the same month
last year. The earnings from March LIST to
November 1st were S3,274, $50, an increase
over the corresponding eight months of last
year of S6OI, 1894.
NEW CASTLE AND FRANKLIN RAILROAD
The friends of the New Castle and Franklin
Railroad, Penn, are making arrangements
to secure its construction, now that the
jamestown and Franklin road is to be
finished forthwith. The route will be from
New Castle via Mercer to Brownsville, where
it will intersect the jamestown and Frank
lin road.
New SLEEPING CARs.-Seven new sleeping
cars have just been put upon the Erie Rail
road. They are represented as being per-
feet "palaces on wheels"
The New York Central is having eighty
new passenger ears built at Auburn, Albany
and Springfield. They will be in a style of
unsurpassed beauty. There are also twelve
new sleeping cars on the road, containing
each ~thirty-two berths and a double set of
bridal chambers.
JAMESTOWN AMI FRANKLIN RAILROAD.-An
officer of the jamestown and Franklin
Railroad Company has been opened in the
new building opposite the Rural Hotel, in
Franklin, and is in charge of John H.
Smiley, Esq. The principal business OF the
road will be transacted at that office in q
few days.
This road will be completed early in the
spring, when the oil region will be placed
much nearer Pittsburgh.
RAILROAD SUPERIYTESDENTs-CHANGEs,& &c.
-Thos. L. Knapp, Esq, late superintend-
ent of the Great Western Railroad, has been
assigned the SUPPLEMENTARY of the mid
die division of the Toledo & Great Western
Railroad, between Chicago and Lafayette,
Indiana. E. H. Chaplin, Esq, late of the
New York & Harlem Road, has the Super
~intendency of the road from Chicago to
Quincy.
RAILWAY SURvEYs.-The survey of the
Franklin and Warren Railroad is being
made. It intersects the Pittsburgh and Erie
Railroad at Irvine. and follows the river to
Tidioute; from thence it runs to Oil City.
The work on the lower end is already COM
menced, and will commence on the Warren
end very soon-so soon that the company
intend to have the track laid as soon as
January, or the first of February, at farthest.
TRANSFERRING DEPoT.-The Atlantic and
Great Western Railway Co.are to remove their
transfer depot from Leavettsburg to Warren
and concentrate the business of the road,
now done at three depots in the township,
to the upper depot. The citizens of Warren
have made a proposition to the Company as
to the right of way, and the enterprise
depends upon their fulfllment of it. In
two years time it is expected the change
will be entirely completed.
QUARTERLY DIvIDENDS.-The Board of Di-
r%ectors of the Northern Central Railway, at
their meeting on Friday last, declared the
quarterly dividend of two per cent,
clear of taxes. The business of the road
continues very heavy, and its receipts large.
The double track between York and Balti-
more will be completed within the next two
weeks. The laying of the double track be-
tween Harrisburg and ~sunbury is progress
ing rapidly, and will be completed at an
early day.
DIRECT RAILROAD FROM SYRACUSE To New
CITY.-An executive committee atSy-
nave III charge the rrganiaatioH Of n
company for the purpose of constructing a
direct railroad from that place to the city of
New York, and propose to hold a public
meeting at Syracuse on Wednesday even
ng next, the 18th inst. In the opinion
IF business men the New York Cen.
raj and New York and Erie roads are Who'll
y inadequate to the accommodation of the
business.
The following is the return of traffic on
he Grand Trunk Railway for the week end
ng Nov. 4th, 1861:
Passengers S56,679 90
freight, mails and sun
4,O36 90
and live stock"n.."...... SO,73I 90
corresponding week, lsGL.."...... 1l6,S5O 90
S24,596 90
The following are the estimated earnings
f the Cleveland and Pittsburgh Railroad
Or October, 1865:
$50 81
6S,l25 81
1iscellaneo $500 90
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