, 1873-01-11
RAILROAD NEWS.
Good Progress Making In tho
Liberation Of Snow
Bound Trains.
Interesting Facts Concerning tho Rail
roads Of Wisconsin.
Miscellaneous Nows from Various Parts Of tho
Country.

The anowhnund +ro;ro op Ain Toro r,fuis;or
a, tno 1,,'ots raa.ra1 n,;,raaS -, ,aa
~ .,noss 1on'lat 1'A.noaa "oto ~! npel-
| asea scstoroay, ~ SNOW plo"s sent out IRON
Dubuque and Waterloo. Tho track has boon
| opened 100 miles west Of Dubuque and II waB
oxneotod that t1o nm linz would In onarad t,,;o
| .t r---. ...t ~ ~
morn'hg' iashongefa report tnat eho employees
OF tho Company did ovorythlng TINT would con-
| duce to tho comfort OF tho paHscngors. The
othor roads arc in O bottor condition, Tho
sn,n, nos p0'"osn " hofe anu 81. raui WI
prooaplg 90 open to-day' 5noW-plo"s AFRO NJ
wolk, and most Of tho trains havo boon libor-
ated This will bo refreshing nows to many
waiting travellers nt botl, onds Of tho line.
Tho oIiclignn ccntraI ~ romnanv w. ,,ovo with.
Ino 4u!.n4eun eoAtt". son1L"ay nAFo nisn-
dra"n 10" nnlmportaht ffel9ht Trains, ana arc
using tho power III urging forward freight re-
qniring rapid shipment
x,a, anD'ta,. ya, e"a 10 a..s .a
road .Supefntenaeht eald yeateraay thae dutaug
tho ontiro period, tAoro had mover been such or
80 much gonoral interruption to railway travel
from tho cold and snow aB during tho Inst month.
| WISCONSIN RAILROAD MATTERS.
| Governor Washburn, Of Wisconsin, In his an
nual mossage, says that railroad progress in tho
State has boon creator than during ,any proccd-
dor proccas Of construction Bhnu DO completed
there will DO fow communities that havo not
| railroad facilities ut no groat distance from
them.
Tho Milwaukee Il St. Paul Company have conf
plotted road laid with steel railA on 4 short limo
from milwaukee, to Chicago. and it is understood
| thnt tho same Company will soon exteul their
road from Monroe woHt TO tho Mississippi, thus
giving additional accommodations to tho citizens
Of the counties Of Green, Latavotto, and Grant,
Tho Northwestern is rapidly pushing forward
] to tho mississippi River, mud q connection with
it's line in Minnesota, and, connecting with tho
Wost Wisconsin at Elroy, now has direct COM
T1f.,
Falls, Hulnbrd, Augusta Eau Claire, nIcnomi-
neo, and Hudson, with st. Paul, and has extonl-
cd it's road along tho westerly shoro Of Greon
Eay to EBcanaba, thus forming direct railway
This aamo company will soon open an nir-lino
road, now nonrly completed, betwoon Fond du
Lao and Milwaukee,.
Tho Greon Day T. Lako Popin Railroad Com
! pany Inns, with great energy, oxtended it's road
during tllo past year to Merrllon, aud will proh-
ably reach tho mississippi Rtvor within tho yoar
Tho Laho Shore Road il now in operation to
shoboygan,. and will soon 10 to Manitowoc,
where It vii connect with tho Mnnsowoc = His
slEslppl nallroad, now comploted to Appleton
The milwaukee, d Northern Railroad ia now
completed to Menas!la. and IN fow weeks will
ho opened to Green Bay, from which point it IL
proposed to rapidly push forward to 6haWano
aud Lake superior.
The Sheboygan d Fond du Lao Iailrond hnH
extended Its limo Tho prosent season to Prince
| ton, md, but for misunderstanding with an-
other Company, would already bo at Portage
City, from which point it proposes connection
with Alauera FONT, thus opening out very im-
portant and already well-devoloped portion Of
the Stnto.
A narrow gauge railroad is being constructed
from Galoua, Illinois, to Plattoyille and Lancas-
ter, IN Grant County, and Will 20 IN operation
next summer, and will, no doubt, bo of Eroat
benefit to tue farmers. Of that section Of the
State.
The Wisconsin Central Railroad Company is
the State to Lake Superior, working from both
ends of tho line. This Company las leased tho
milwaukee, J. Lake Shore Road, aud tho MIMI
towoo & mississippi noad, and will thus have a
continuous line from Lake Superior to Mi1wau-
leo. Tho Governor examined the rond on the
24th day Of July, and found 20 miles Of the road
! constructed in satisfactory manner
The West Wisconsin Railroad Company, within
tho ast sixty days, has taken up portion Of its
line OF railway track from Tomah to Warrons
Hills, distance Of about twelve milos, and
changed Its limo of road. greatly to tho diaantia-
faction Of q largo number Of porsoi1s, who hayo
potitioned for redress to tho Legislature.
COAL CONSUMPTION
Tho locomotives on tho Chicago, Rock Island
g. Pacific Railroad consumed oyor IS, GOO tons Of
coal last year, between Davenport mud Council
Bluffs. ALI but 1900 tons camo from Iowa. !.
THE UNION PACIFIC.
The Government Directors Of the Union Pa
ciflo Nnilroad report the road in excellent order
and VOL managed. They recommend tho reno. emo.
val of the headquarters from Boston to Omaha,
or some point upon or near tho enatorn termi-
| still warning for tho terminus Tho officers Of
! tho road laye presented claim to the War De-
partlnont which will involve tho aettlomont on
tho part Of tho Government, us to wl,othcr
Of the road. ..........
Tho Selma, Rome d Dalton Isa!lroad has not
been running for some time, tho road having