The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-07-22
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WAbAiNaToN, July 20. The following
is'iIfntnShhed bY:aaWeH posted ..,failroaod
mAaihh aih Tie 5Tes4q9 EaSi6c Railroad Com.
pany, have adopted the tafds- foot gauge
subject ftolthe approval Of the Secretary
OF the Interior, who ,mpst; decide VIE
thert that, 7ge4ge jiig q fret. class road,
The controlling advocate ,nL thia Hange is
Mr.. Thomaa ~ anit., 8: ..!:s PssnsSsy;-
v4nia Qeh!taR WHO, s.B building that
gauge -oa The Dan YER and Ei Paso Road,
IT the. TshaA PacE19co adops stisY threel
foott eRea all che busi1ess from the Pa
oifld coast WI naturally branch of, al
Et faso,, aSfpss to Denvers, Hani and, 'dveE
SeottB if9af On ~ the Union PaoiRa.
Wh!oh seadieill, soon be, in .he hands of
the Rennsylvania Central. ot This is b
sharp move OF the RAILROAD King. Scott,
as it makes him, with the Union Pacific
and Pennsylyania Central, independent
OF the Central Paoiflc,. which," while
Huntingdon lives, cannot be- absorbed
by the Pepnsylvahfa Central Tie move
ls not likely to meet<Vith favor in Texas
nor the -Sonth generally, ao it violently
takes away from the lins OF the through
bnaineas OF the Soottiern Pacifio; be-
sides, Ills serioualy questioned whether
o three.foot gauge is wide enough to
economically and conveniently carry the
and the stook Of Texas. It is generally
conceded that tho present gauge of tpads
IN thia country Ia too wide; bnt is not
three-foot the extreme in the other way.
is asked. Col. Mann, who is building
the Mobile md North western Road. ad.
vooates four-fcot gauge for all new
roads South, as adopted for the demands
and as combining cheapness in construc.
tion and operation. He says light rails
and rolling stock can be used on that
gauge as we'll as on three.foot, and
greater room and speed can be secured.
Democratic members OF the Ku Klux
Committee regret the tardiness OF their
witnesses, including Generals Wright
and Gordon; Colonel Christy, aud Hon.
Thomas Hardemap, Chap. Norris, she.
riff OF Warren County, testified today.
giving terrible accounts of affairs in
Georgia. =; 1T-
O1So1NNtAiT'1. July .2i. The incomplete
bridge Of the Chesapeake and Ohio
Road, over Davis Creek, fell, TO-DAY.
precipitating thirteen persona and killing
two. r,i,o:- !, NJ . ;n
OMAHA. July 21.-Fort Fetterman ad.
vices report Red Oloud prena rino for iIo
NEW YoaK, July 2l.--The cotton Z ex. |:
ohahge is examining locations for q
mammoth store-house for cotton. to
lessen the expense of carriage and sam.
pling. a store-house for 100, 900 bales
will probably ba erected ct the BROOKLYN
New York dock where ships can clear.
unload and RELOAD. ;, ,-,: 4
It now appears that the Cincinnati and
Castfesbnrg,ia the frat link Of the short
line through Virginia to New York;
saving, 1t ia,oiaimed, 100 miles.
A STORM on the coast Of New Found
land and Labtador destroyed $50 fshing
snaack8, ;twenty:three d dwellings, and
forty atores, involving: 81, ,5OO, 900 worth
Of property. Ninety-three lives were
lost. l.s
Mail advices from. Cuba report thai
Gan: Corodo was SHOT on the 7th. in,
stead OF tho let July, and after orders
had been received from Madrid that he
be pardoned and sent to this country.
A riot occurred at Manuel. on the Eric
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