Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-06-18
MISCELLANEOUS.

"
The earnings of the North Missouri
Railroad, for the first fifteen days of this
month were $4,000, being Sll 900 more
than for the entire month of June last
year.
Ben. Wade has gone west to exam
inc the Pacific Railroad. All swearing
employees will be promptly discharged
as Ben. allows no competition in hat
line.
An amicable arrangement of the
difficulties and MISUNDERSTANDING be-
tween the Union Pacific and the Central
Pacific Railroads has been made, by
which they viii hereafter cooperate har-
mOniously.
A contract was concluded on the
18th between the Baltimore and Ohio and
indianapolis, Cincinnati and Lafayette
Railroad Companies, for permanent bust
ness connections 10 and from the West via
Cincinnati.
The contract of the Jacksonville,
| Madison ard indianapolis Railroad Com
panv to carry the through freight and
passengers of the Louisville, New Alba
ny and Chicago Railroad. which expired
| by Limitation on the 10th inst, has been
renewed for w years on nearly the old
basis.
The following appointments for the
! new Laaisyille and cincinnati railroad
were made At Louisville on Tuesday: As
sistans Superintendent and Engineer, Col.
II. T. Douglass; General Freight Agent,
| Edward P. Wilson, late of the Louisville
and Nashville railroad; Local Agent at
CovingtOn, NJ. L. DOugherty, of Coying-
ton. The herappointmentssyill bemade
public in a short time.
\ correspondent of the Boston Com
lasrcidl BUlletin writes as follows of tile
changeable gVage cars now running be-
tween Chicago and Portland: 81 visited
the Lowell railroad depot, where / saw
several of the ears Ofthe line loading with
furniture. shoes and Othermerchandise for
different points in the West. These cars
make quick trips, and work satisfactorily.
The change from the New England mar
row guage to the Grand Trunk broad
guage is made at Montreal, with another
change at Port Huron, Michigan, from the
Grand Trunk, or broad guage, to the four
feet. eight and u half inch guage, which is
the general guage of the Western States.
The cars are built and owned by an incor-
porated company, Il are rented t9 tue
different railroads iDffnI1g the through
lil.e, ats hN6d Rate per car per mile; it
thus becomes the inteEess OF the cars are
Kept moving, and hence the freight with
which they are adenm must have dispatch"
The Gazette says of the Little Rock,
Pine Bluff and New Orleans Railroad:
Several gentlemen from Jefferson and
contiguous counties have been in the eitv
during the past week, preparing blanks
and books of subscription far the use Of
this ~Cnnipany. AIkansss, Desha and
Chicot Counties are making strenuous
Efforts toward having the branch road
from Pine Bluff to Eunice lslilt Arst, If
this is done a gpeat deal of the work is
already accomplished, The present COM
PAM viii doubtless obtain ali the rights
of way aud franchise belonging to the old
Little Rock Pine Bluff and Napoleon Com
pany. This road was surveyed, chopped
ont and most ofab grading completed at
the commencement Of the war. The Pine
Bluff and Eunice road will foley tAla
survey until [ reaches d pOifft about
lNentF-GHe miles above Napoleon, when
il. win strike across pesha county 10
Eunipe. 'Fhe people along this route offer
great inducements to have this road built
al once The citizens of Desha propose to
grade. put down the ties, and have the
road prepared for the rails through the
the whole length of the county. Atkah-
90, 9affglspp and Chic9t arc not behind
lEenI,