, 1872-12-19
RAILROAD NEWS.
& Great Union Depot to Bs Erected
in the Spring on Canal and
Madison Streets.
The Fort Wayne, Milwaukee & ST. Paul, and
Sc Louis Roads the Builders

. n Yesterdays TRIBUNE the departure from
Tho cit7 of Colonel Thomes A. Scott and other
prominent railway ofici@ : the Pennsylvania
lCsntral, tho Pittsburgh, Cineinnati & st.
1ouis and the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chi
cago Railways was briefly noticed. The party
arrived in the city on Tuesday morning, and
were met at the depot by A1r. ". G. Cleland,
Assistant General Passenger and Ticket Agent
of the Pittsburgh & Fort Wayne Railroad, and
Immediately escorted to tho Sherman House.
Mr. Cleland's Office was made the headquarters
of the party, where they were visited by various
prominent railway oficals during the day.
The object Of the visit Of these distin-
guished gentlemen ~as to inspect the
recent operations in connection with their
lines centering in Chicago, and II consider the
question Of a new union depot On Canal and
Madison streets, to be used by The Pittsburgh,
Ft. Wayne d Chicago. the Pittsburgh, Cincin-
matt st. Louis, the Chicago T. Alton, and the
Milwaukee L. St. Paul Railroads.
Alr. S. S. Merrill, General Manager Of the Nil
-waukeo l. st. Paul Ra:lroad, had agreed to meet
the party Tuesday afternoon, but failing to make
connections, he did not arrive IN the city until
'that evening
During Tuesday, some Of the party, including
Colonel Bcott and Mr. j. n Mccullough, GEN
'eral Manager OF the Pennsylvania Central, ris-
:tted Englewood for the purpose of observing the
turn, the land recently condemned for the Pitts
burgh, Cincinnati d. St. Louis Railroad, between
Carroll and Kinzie streets.
No definite action concerning the passenger
depet was taken during the day, becsase Of the
absence of Mr.. Merrill, Of the Milwaukee d st.
Pail Rai]road.
This gentleman arrived at late hour On
Tuesday evening, when 3 short meeting vas
vital interest to Chicago.
It Was finally decided to erect, next year,
grand union passenger depot on the present site
Of the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne Chicago depot,
extend from Madison street south to Adams,
along Canal, and will be constructed Of stone.
The plans have not been decided upon, but it
was resolved that it should not be exceeded in
It is only now certain that the building will be
occupied BY the Pittsburgh, Ft. Wayne 4 Chica-
60, the Chicago & Alton, and the Milwaukee l.
6t- Paul Railroads, as no satisfactory arrange
way, regarding the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati L st.
Louis Road. # no arrangement shall be enter
ed into hereafter, this latter road will erect q
new freight depot near its present one, and
new and elegant passenger depot near its freight
buildings.
It is rumored that the Penngylssnia Central
managers hare united with the managers OF the
Milwaukee l. St. Paul Road, and that hereafter
their interests Will be identical. The union is
undarstood to be Of q peculiarly close char
scter, extending far beyond mere right Of way.
Indeed, it may be said that the Milwaukee d
St. Paul Railroad is now . part OF the great
Pennsylvan1a Central Railway combustion, and
xhat hereafter it will be an important part Of its
system
slemeu to Chicago is very important. It will not
lines which radiate from Chicago, but will give
TO the city railway passenger depot which shall
ba unexcelled by any in the country.
The party left the city on the regular p. N.
*1sa t4eHy T1,@v+ T.
RAILROAD for Toledo. Saturday they inaugurated
@heopen;ug of the Mansfield Coldwater & Lake
Michigan Railroad, extending from Mansfield,
Ohio, 22s miles to Muskegon, Michigan, with a
By the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago Rail-
road.
The party we're much impressed with Chicago
and one prominent gentleman said that, in his
mneh as this, believing that in twenty-five years
It would bs the great railway centre of the coun-
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OTHER ITEMS.
The jackson. Lansing d Saginaw Branch Of
zhe Michigan Central Railroad has been COM
:Sleted FROM Jackson to Crawford distance OF
:20a miles. Work has been stopped on account
,of cold weather, but viii be resumed early ia the
nav City By next October, and will run through
some Of the finest timber land in Michigan.
This land, when cleared, is found to be fertile,
snl susceptible Of high cultivation: The Com;
pa,y own all the land along the line, and Will
slear it as 1hridly as they progress. --
The Chicago s. Alton Railroad Company are
building three-mile branch north from Lou
isiana, NO., along the river bank, to place in
the river where the channel is full OF water the
gear round This is being done to avoid the
many delays in trains over the Louisiana exten-
sion, which hare been occasioned by the fre-
quen.. low water at Louisiana The Company
have secured stock trade over this route which
neither they nor Chicago can afford to be de-
pri7ed of, and every effort will be made by the
Ctmpany to keep the line in active operation
DUNG the winter. It ia expected that the
h1idae at Louisiana will be commenced early
next sprins, and will be pushed forward as rap
idlvas possible. It il to be Of iron, and Will
xea on two piera.