, 1872-12-04
GENERAL RAILROAD NEWS.



The general Offices of the Michigan Central
Railroad Company have been partially removed
to the new building near the commencement OF
South Water street. The General superinten-
dent, Telegraph Department, and Cashier alone
remain in the old building, at the corner Of Wa
bash avenue and Eighteenth street. The Super
intendent Of Telegraph and Chief Txain Dis
patcher for this road has resigned his position,
to take the Office OF Assistant General Superin-
tendent of the Great Western Railway. By this
Mr. Ghas. G. Reed has been appointed his sue
cessor- Mr. Reed has been in the service Of the
company for nine years as train dispatcher, and
is well fitted for his new position.
TIE c., B. i Q. OFFICES.
The Chicago, Burlington i Quincy Road will
remove it's general Offices about the last Of this
month to the Armour Building, on the corner Of
Michigan avenue and Randolph street. The
Company will occupy the four. upper stories.
This was their location before the fire.
President Walker is in tho East and will not
return until next month,
THE CHICAGO PADrcAH ROAD.
Track-layipg On the Chicago L. Paducah Road,
between Bamcnt and Monticello, has been COM
menced. The survey and profile drawings for
the railroad bridge across the Ohio River at
will hare 30 piers u feet in height, and will be
about 1900 feet long. Its estimated cost ia
S2O00000. This road will petition Congress
this session to so change the act concerning the
construction Of bridges as to permit this one to
be constructed on . level. with q. pivot draw
This can be done at much less cost than the
bridge authorized by Congress, and can be oper-
ated and maintained at much less expense. The
completion of this road will be an important era
in the railway history Of Chicago.
THE RECENT BURLINGTON FIRE
The destruction BY fire of the general Offices
Of the Burlington L. Missouri River Railroad, at
Burlington, Iowa, haa already been noticed in
our dispatches. The building destroyed was
one Of the Oldest landmarks in South Burling
ton, and contained the Offices of the General
Superintendent, Assistant Superintendent, Treas
urer, General Ticket Agent, General Freight
Agent, Auditor, telegraph, Cashier, PayTnaster,
and the Burlington local freight Office. The rec
ords Of tho road we're, for tho most part, i'll q
the main building, and were not destroyed:
But large quantity Of late papers, and
books in present use, tickets, way bills. vouch-
ers, and unsettled accounts were destroyed.
One man was burned to death, an emp1oye Of
the road, in his efforts to rescue Some important
papers from the local freight Office. It is not
probable these Offices will be rebuilt as it is re-
ported that the B. l. II. R. R. will soon be leased
BY the Chicago, Burlington g. Quincy Road, in
which case they will be removed to this city.
THE PEKN SOUTHWESTERN.
General n. J. T. Dana has been recently ap-
pointed General Superintendent Of the Pelin &
Southwestern Road, With headquarters at
Streator, the commencement of the road.
General Dana is q man Of long experience
in railway management, and under his
care the new road will doubtless be very suc-
cessfu1. Trains are now running over the line,
but it hes not yet been opened for general bus
iness Mr. Hincky, the President, says that
they have been delayed some by the cold weather,
but that the new line will shortly commence gem
eral freight and passenger traffic.
THE c., D. &v-R.R
The Chicago, Denville d. Vincennes Road will
strike the Indiana coal fields at an early date,
and be ready for business about the 1at Of next
month. It is expected that this will cheaper
some ewhat the price of certain grade Of coal in
this city.