The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-04-07

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boro end of the Greensboro, RUSSELL
vile & Nashville Railroad is pro-
crossing, with a fair prospect Of a
train running on the first twenty miles
early in the Summer. The prospects
of the road are said TO be quite fiat
tering.
ARRANGEMENTS for the consolida-
ton Of the Little Miami and Pennsyl-
vania Railroads, which was effected
some time since, went into operation
last week. The new corporation will
be called the Pittsburg, Cincinnati
and st. Louis Railroad. The general
headquarter of the road will be in
Columbus, Ohio. We are gratl6ed to
notice that on this new line of APP
proach, the Pennsylvania Road IS
coming nearer to our shipping and
travelling public. There is no corpo-
ration in the country better managed
or more liberal to its patrons. 1t has
lately added a new attraction to Its com
forts of travel, in placing upon its line
the celebrated Pullman Palace Cars.
Passengers to the east will thus be
able to enter one Of these elegant par
lors at Cincinnati aud reach Phila-
delphia or New York, without change
Of cars.
THE engineering party of Che North
and South (Pierce) Road have been,
for the past two weeks, on the pro-
posed line in the counties of Warrick,
Pike, and Daviess.
To-day an important meeting of
railroad officials will be held in New
Albany, on which occasion General
Winslow, President Of the st. Louis
and Southeastern Illinois Railroad,
Robert Bell, President of the st.
Louis, Mt. Carmel and New Albany
Railroad, and President Bradley and
other officials of the New Albany and
st. Louis Air Line Railway, including
several gentlemen from Louisville,
will confer together in regard to the
interests of the Air Line Railway.
WoRK on the Terre Haute &
Danville Railroad is being prose-
cutcd with vigor. They have con
tracted for all the ties necessary. and
the very best quality of Welsh iron
is to be used in its construction. Il
is expected that the road will be
completed for at least half the dis.
lance by the middle of August.
THE broad gluge for railroads is
getting to be pretty generally regard.
ed with disfavor. Attorney General
Allen, of MASSACHUSETTS,. speaking
against the proposed further aid tC
the Boston, Hartford q Erie Rail,
road Company, said last Tuesday:
THE advocates of the broad gauge
theory Of late years has been pretty
much confined to its unfortunate
victims. The extra weight of rolling
stock, In proportion to the load car.
ried, raises the proportion of non-pay.
ing tonnage, and the friction duo tC
the curves is largely in excess of thai
upon the narrow gauge. In some for
eign countries, where such property
is protected from competition, the
broad gauge roads are prosperous
but where they come in open compe-
tition with the narrow gauge, bank.
ruptcy is the rule to which there is
hardly an exception.
THE earnings of the indianapolis
and Terre Haute Railroad during the
year 1869 were 81, 279 ,043 30, being ar
increase of $99,657 36 over the pre-
ceding year.
THE Terrc Haute Gazette Save g
is a fact of which NE 0ltizehs arc
OF the Danville aud Bloomfield Rail
the continent at which more railroads
converge than Terre Haute. These
cities are New York, Philadelphia.
Boston, Chicago, and Indianapolis
Besides these. st. Louis will be the
ohly city having a number OF rail-
roads equal to Terre Haute.
INDIANAPOLIS AND VINCENNEs R.R
It is said that this road is still ope.
rated and controlled by ID. Y. Bran
ham q Co, and that all the earnings
above the expenses go to them &c
payment for the building of the road
and until the contractors receive the
amount due them for the construction
of the road, it cannot be improved tC
-. .-Ao-k -, Ewuk olacg roll
ing stock placed upon it I1nceane'
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