Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-01-01
RAILROAD ITEMS,


1t appears from official reports that
the Michigan Southern Railroad employs
2,700 men, and the Michigan Centra
$500
The truss bridge of the Central Pa
citic Railroad which spans the American
river, near Sacramento, is completed
The timbers for 1t were framed in the
mountains. Upwards Of 100000 feet OF
| lumber has been used in the work.
"A general convention of presidents
and superintendents of Southern railroads
will be held in Atlanta on January 4
1869, to make arrangements, If possible
for issuing winter eXCHrsion tickets at hal
fares, available for any route, giving the
traveller an opportunity of visiting and
examining such parts of the country as
may strike his attention.
Leland Stanford, President of the
| Central Pacific Railroad, reports about
10000 Cinnamon and 1900 white laborer'
at work between Ogden and Humboldt
Wells. The road is completed Ago milet
east of Sacramento. They intend to con
tinue the work through the winter. There
is but little snow in the Sierra Nevada
this season
The Commission which examined the
Union Pacific Railwsg has made report
upon the Kansas line. They say that the
road needs reballasting The shops are
not sufficient for its wants, and the water
tanks are too far apart. The rolling stock
will answer present needs. The estimates
of the Commissioners are that three mil
lion six hundred thousand dollars will be
required to pitt the read in the Condition
specified in the contract with the Govern
ment. The Sioux City branch Is in a
more favorable condition, though 1t need;
reballssting throughout, and a very con
siderable expenditure will be reQuEed to
| put it into tirst-clsss condition.
General Grant, it is sreported, dses not
| favor any of the numerous projects which
are now urged upon Congress for loaning
the national credit to aid in the construc-
ton of railroads. A telegram reports his
! views as follows:
"uenerai Grant, in conversation with
| Oakes Ames, President of the Union Pa
cihc Railroad, said, in very decided
| terms, that he was opposed to granting
any more money subsidies to the Pacific
| roads until the finances of the country
were in better condition than at present
He believed that the new railroads should
not be built at the expense of the Govern
ment, except in the Rost urgent necessity
| While he advocated the building of the
Kansas Pacific Road, he was not In favor
| of granting money or Government bonds
| for that purpose, but would not extend
| them other than land subsidies. General
| Grant further said that he intended TO op'
pose, and desired all his friends to oppose,
| all measures looking toward granting sub
/ sides to any more Pacific railroads during
the present winter, or while he held the
| Presidential chair"
A Salt Lake paper says: "If the
weather for couple Of months or so
| keeps fine, free from snow or frost, which
| Is very improbable, so that work can con-
| tinue In Weber Canon, the Union Pacific
Railroad will doubtless get through into
/ this valley this winter and go uIinterrupt.
| edly rushing onward and upward 10 Bear
| River north, and there, or between there
and Promontory Point meet the Central
Pacific coming eastward, But should
winter set in, as there was every appear
ancs of II yesterday, and the snow fall
| heavily in Weber Canon, the Central Pa.
4 cihc will have time 10 get TO Ogden before
/ the Union Pacific can get out of the
/ Canon, and at Ogden City there will
| likely be the junction. The difference be-
| tween the greater amount of work vet 10
| be done by the Central, between the end
Of their track and ogden 6tY, and the
work to be dons by the Union tom WebeI
Csnon and westward, has nothing 70 do
with the present contest, for the Central
Pacific can we'll build all they have YET
undone west of Monument Point while
| the work east of Monument Point, Is the
same for both companies. The Union
/ Pacific cannot possibly gain anything by
sugumenting their force west of the mouth
OF Weber. The struggle lies with snow
and frost in Echo and Weber Canon"