, 1869-04-09
WESTERN RAILROADS.
Consolidation of ahn Lake Shore and
Michigan Southern Nond1-The
Kansas Pnctffe HAIL
of New Enterprises.

Consolidation of III o Lake Shore nn11
Michigan Southern Nonds-The
Kansas PnctIft 1knil
of New Enterprises.
From the To:edo 90, ctame1rial, dpn1E.
Yesterisy the following gtntlemsn. lArEetE II
tetcsted u the Lake shore Railway snd the Alchl-
gan Southern / Northern Indiana RaCrusd, men
here 10 consider plan md terms Of consolidation
et The popular and nouI1sa,ng corporations nA5ned
nsoss; ns2sst u; Il xzah9 Leana 4oss.ood I'D '} D.
Wit. 4. Il Payne. 7. II. Kelly, William Collins,
Hon 7. G Sherman, George y E11, Il r. k1nney
of AEntabuls: j. h. Wetmore, Of Ere; e1~Gov.
ernor J. 4 Parry, ct Michigan; Jue. 2; S!lss, OF
.sS A Ks g sses st sez paR Pss
1onfee; orsee;s Il Z Eanos: IA sanae 7 3oss; @ q q
fro1n Erie 10 Caca9o. distance Of four hundred
az e9 he
II Is expected, viii he established At Cleveland
and the hume Of nc neT olgsnizatton Is 70 be me
&hateyer Ia decided upon Wnl be submitted 70 tas
stoskhol!iets Of The Michigan Southern Northern
!ndans issl!soaa 4 tns,f annas, meeting oa,ssails
plan te be presented to the s,acsho1dera Of thu
KANSAS rAC1H1o AA1lEoAD.
From the Laurence {Ean} Journal Arr1A
The stockholders Of the Kansas Pacific Hallway
net ID th.s ctiy Yesterday. Thesc was = fun tcp.
ih!s grrat enterprise and Ne aze glad u learn that
there was but one sentiment expressed, and that
Wa that the road must 50 on Aeyxe measures.
We understand, viii at once be taken for CON-
rlcttng the tp1d to Denver. py the time that
rt!nt can be reached, tho rpad from Denver to
Cheyenne will he completed 50 that through con-
interior trade OF Colorado and New Mexico
must necessarily come BY this route. Were this
esftatly become one Of tic 1.cst pieces Of prop
cry in the country. But the ambition G! the
stockholders, ~ wen a the interests ef the coun
tlJ. will not suffer tha Tne grand sim and object
Ia TO push through to the IaCInc with new and
Two new ,neEhezs wezc added 70 the Bo.sA Of
Directors, which now stands as follows:
John D. Perry, Adolphus Meier, c. =. Greeley,
Wm- y. Mcl'herson, Ihoa: L Price. Vim. II. cle-
msn,, L. J. IsTets Y. Easell, VIM J. Palmer.
ssts OF: President John D. Perry: Vice trca.deot,
-adorhus Aeler; Treasurer s. Greeley: secre-
tary, ChaA S IamtoSn.
il formal vote lhe name Of the road WAS
changed ffuin the unlon Iactnc Taliway, Eastern
Division, to the Kansas Pacific Railway.
RAILROADS IN rSpIASA
From The La tiattte tf,.d., 6s4:fsM Apr17.
Indians viii not long be behind her sitter States
In the amount anl extent Of hcr rllIoaa interests
are hutlt Our exchanges each day bring Us new
projects In this direction. and many towns aud
counties are voting subscriptions y the capIta!
stock Of new lines by hundreds Of thousands oi
lollasp. There are now, In running oricr. within
the borders Of this state, two thousand Fe hundred
anu ElXk{-el1 uultd OF HfHL-CAS4 E1lltOnH-
! TIE tracks, engines, shofn, aud all
| their property complete ssas valued,
one year 1Go, at one hundred and
| elxty-1ou1 millions TWO hundred und twsnty-lour
/ thUusanl dollar. The three rOais that hare the
greatest number Of miles OF trAcl are the Ohio
| Mississippi, Louisville, New AihanY i Chicago
mud the IndisnA9nols, Cincinnati L Lafayette. &C.
corning to their old pats but since tho co1so.tda-
tton Of the 1uilana Central Union i Logaasp3rt,
| mud Chicago Air line Into tne Columbus l. Indl-
ana Iatin IS, the tat1cT tlkcs the lead OF all; and
In few dayA the Ltack 10 Tinceunck Will he added
I also.
Ihe conStrtctsGn Or Inc new Hne . couaecs
t FL, Mtth the Attn s., Lo2i. Koaa ~ n1ed 1aeH
Ine IMsspnssu III a5ne ana w sl9selAaa. !iAa
| So!4uuu9, tmetnnAH lnuauapo4s itGlNaJ
| snatAutec tne neans LOT puANnS u Ing Iouts
~ eesa aau p!a!tSe, PoIi!oas VI ~ nase
~ aIT uu1et ~ ~ 'hitdia ~ ~ tSis -nsn Witi
rye two conpettnr naracl rallfosd bal ucs frOu1 Ht
| Huuls ia New York "a PtttsbuTrb. anu both
| running thronoh fnc coal and iron bctls betwten
| indunspolis snd Tcrrc Hante.
| The Vcrk nnn tho CravfOrdsritte L DanvfI!e
Ro.1f il nrrrrrss,nr nne;y and il Il eynectei the
inn TiIil lie fxli fr1, lrawfOrlay1ilc 70 indonapo
| liz l., Inc e,;,h inst Nany oi thn ,,1no3.si raii
r,,s III, osrn m The mineral weslth al our STATE
| a. II hea never trrn nrryio.1y AMI thf roai ant
i'm, ~ irsr,a " ii .iarc # ii fhr forrI1nst r,nSs
~ nnr II the cst states for he tyestracnt Of can