, 1870-03-25

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The people Of Pennington, Lows, hsve or
6anizea company called the "Fert Madison
FaImingtou b Weatesn Railroad Company.
Tho Hon J. T. Beck "a President Eugmeen
are now making preliminary survey
There h1s been organized It Ottumva4, Iowz
mad Company. Tho 1ins is going to r,uI from
f,e first named place 10 the latter, passing
ahher by way OF Waterloo OF Ced.r Rslds
1l,e Hon A. II. Hamilton Il President
The Warrington {Iows) Prcss says: Wort
comes from Columbus City thxt the c.. r. T. 1
Bo.d from the sand bank to Burlington, .l1l
u the B. 8. Y. Road
The Goahen 1nd.) hmotrH says: "We
referred tz1t week to the projected enterprise
d constructing 1ins Of 1ai'road from Hills
Since our Lass issue. our city has bean visited
y deputation Of Michigan gentlemen, desir-
ouH Of finding the most practicable hne for m
extension South or enthusiastically from
alt8dale, and their attention having been
drawn to this line BY Ds. Ellis, II: Mercer, and
others, they cams to look at ita advantages,
| and went AWAY, IA We x,e Aesrred, most
Ihhson65s H. Hns Impressed 1d aos With or s't and
This line would enter the State 1t . point On
tion Of Hillsdale, thence to Oslandi Union
Tyncr CRY, Knox, San Pierre, and tIreuce b
the lllinnis State line in the direction OF Gil
! man, Illinois, at the crossing Of the Losaus-
| Port + Peoria Road and The eastern brants, Of
| tho Illinois Central. From Gilman to Spring
field the line OF road Is under contract, 4na
viii be flushed At IN eariy day. Tracing t1lis
line on tLe 1nap, il will ta found to be almost
M air line from Springfield to Detroit, It
would p'ate Goshen sixty miles nearer New
York than.bE any present route by rail
/ mi 17,nU
Sin Legislature at its rcceat session. passed a
very curious act, il it Is Of any account what
ever to the interests which it Affects; and X
looks ltta a. II our neiglt>ors were disposed
10 establish close communion practices il rail-
road construction, wherc the railroad srstems
Of the two States approach each other. The
act that was passed provides - follows: 1T
rha1l not he lawful fos any person or corpora
fion to have, construct, OF operate any railroad
Oh or along the at1ip Of land known as Wiscon-
sin Point. in Douglas County, for any purposes
OF connecting By that route with, or receiving
freight or pzzeengets from, OK transferring tho
samo to any railroad that might Be constructed
Or operated On or along Minnesota Point, in
the state Of Minneaota, and it shall not be
.1~im fHr any pereon or corposation
railroad OBJ OF along said WHeonsin point. bS
that route. to connect with or receive freight
or passengers from, or transfer the same to
fwhe ther BY bridge, ferry, or otherwisel. any
railroad that shall bc constructed on, or along,
the said Minnesota point. or. to construct, or
use IN any manner for any purpose whatever,
bridge across the entry of tho Bay Of Supe-
rior, between sid Afinnesoa point and said
Wisconsin point Whether this act comes ita
conflict With law Of Congress or not. upon
the subject Of land grant railroads. is prnbs-
hly to ee determined hereafter. There il q
provision in all the scts granting land for the
construction OF railroads, that companies shall
establish favorable connections with al1 othet
land graat railroads. At loints Of contact or
Intersection
Michigan concerning the various railroad
companies OF the State, Il inst Issued, euhrac-
ing the business Of the corporations during tho
year ending December. 81, 1859. The follow
lug table glrea the nantcs OF the corporations
Auditor General; nay City L East Saginaw:
Pay DeSoluet / Marquette: Chicago, De-
truit, Il Canada f;1and Trnnk junction !;
Chicago i Northwestern !; Chicago 4 Michigan
Grand Trunk pesnit + Howell Detroit
Monroe 4 Toledo Detroit a., + ailxsskoe x,..
Pere Marquette Grand Rapila 4 rnlana
GRIND River Valley; Grand Trunk OF 11ichi-
gan Hecla t Torch Lake Holly. Wayne l.
Nouroc Howell L Lansing Ion!a 4 Lam
sag 5af1ssn aess1 lansing Sssa SssaaA" k5%' k.s
Kalamazoo Iii ' { schoolcrait; att ,tarqaetts %
4 ontonagnn; Michigan Central;
Michigan Southern, Paw Paw, peninsular,
Schoolcrsft / Three Rivers, st. 10. Valley, To
leslo, Ann Arbor Saginaw. It appears that
Is companies have neglected to make any re-
port bat they arc almost universally corpora
tions which have a5andots1f the projects once
entertained By them, AMI are virtually lefunct~
OF the companies repairing it appears that tho
aggregate capital stock at tie time Of the re-
Pert Wa 80, II. Cog The capital paid in. 500
floating debt. s2,7l7,s7s. They received for
the transportation Of passengers, 7a.yso,l07: |
for the carving Of freight, S7,49i,2s5 for
carrying the mails, a1O7,2l+: from other |
sources, S552, 15a, making total Of S13,0sa.-
759. For repairs cars, engines, buildings; sal
a1ier and other expenses, they seem to havc
expended $751; ,767 ont Of their receipts.
During the year II porsona we're Killed and 10 !
were Injured On the various lines.
The Toronto papers publish the last semi-
annual report Of che Grand Trunk Railtoa,1 |
lay about ITO miles OF new rails, OF w.,icl, 50 |
mica will be of the very hest Bcsscncr steel, !
made especially at the Barrow Works. near |
FurueHs, in Lancashire. The balance Of the |
ITO miles to be relaid this year will bo OF iron
manufactured At Portland. Toroato. and Do |
are in a very satisfactory condition. It requires |
about 4co, 900 new sleepers e~esy year to keep
that branch of the work in good ORDER The |
hallastiug OF the line il also receiving attan. I
ton. About 60 miles we're ballasted 1ast year,
snd it Ia Intended to ballast about
two following Ee.rs, The number Of engines
now on this road il 32s. During the last two |
years, oDn earF, with wheels and a1Ies 40 con-
etrneted that they can 1un through between
Boston and Chicago and St. Louis over the
different gauges, have been placed upon the
y that 500 more have been ordered. and are
nov under construction. They aEo being de-
iseIcd If ral.idlf as possible, and the $40 vii |
l'e at work at the end Of the year. Within the I
last few months 4 number Of tho leadins mer-
chants Of Montreal formed company to pur-
chase and lend rolling bsock to tie Gfaud
Trunk and other railway companies. That |
company has contracted to supply the Grand |
Trunk Company with $40 box freight cars Of |
the vety best kind. Fifty have 4lrealv been de-
Ivered: and arc now at work Tho whole |
a0 will he completed by the end Of this |
rear. The company It preeent own 13l or
thilaEy passenger cars. and 16 sleeping cars. +
Tie oldest o! she ordinny cars aru to be turn
cd into secout-class or eiuigrant cats, and the |
whole Of the present s'ceriug-cars Will. ss
lest description at frst-claa, day cara. con-
tract has been I2zda viii, tho pullnlan Car
Company 70 place their palAra sleeping cans
Upon the Grand TFunk Railway Eight Of them
Point st. Charles, under the direct supcrsi>iun
u the Pullman Coupanr. Within tho Last
Few days a contzac. Las AFRO been made with
he ''Wason Manufacturing Company" of
SrrinGtiela: Mass, to t'ui1d twelve el the verr
rsst description Of first-c class passenger cars.
They are all 70 be delivered By the riddle Of
snguEt at the latest. It il intended to run the
''asenger trains quicker ,han has hitherto been
lorse- To assist N this, twelve passenger
.ntauea have been coutlEtcd for within'the
ssr feu days, especially adapted 10
lis Kind Of work. As soon as s.t1e
II this new stock Is rrcived. through
sairs; With ru11man's sioeping cms,
I'LL bs run between Po1t1anti a1n Sa1nia il
bout slIty-four hours These through tzains,
Ill be in direct connection with The through
xrress r1zins to and from Boston and also
9TH the Michigan Central frtm Detroit. THIS +
'rdge st buffalo viii be proceeded with this
prine, and vii. it il expected, be completed
i the close Of 1871. Tho gross earnings OF
he company have increaAed from about
IS GEO tsst, ID 1861, to upward II 81, 100. co., in
s6y, and the receipts for the present year 10
i show . eonaiderAble Increase over those Of
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