, 1873-04-25
RAILROAD NEWS.
NostOn,s plnns to Bocuro q GFontc1
glanro OF the Western Trnde..-Pro.
posed 1&cllronI consolidation .~-
Other fEuiIrond Matters.

N0atOnsa Plains to 8ccMro q G3FontCr
slanrc OF tho Western Trndc---Pro-
posed 13cllEond Generalization
other fkni1rond Matters.
Special Dtapateh 10 Tho Chicago Tribune.
took place to-day oyor tho now Mansaold, Cold
wator i Lake Michigan Railrond, Toledo Divis-
na 1H tue 1otnn Rbst aaoa m99o t9 ne
Toledo yisitol Mansfield, joinod by 90 or mora
from Tilln, and as many from other points.
The excurslouiBts woro Welcomed to Mansfield by
much noisy denomination, ant the Hon. john
responded to by Con. Wager Bwayno and Mayor
Jones', Of Toledo, and tho Hon. ". P. Noble, OF
Tiilln. Tho excursioniHta woro entertained at
tho st. Jamos by the Pennsylvania Company,
and departed for Toledo about 4:30 p. M, nbout
fifty Mansfield citlzena accompanying thcm.
The road will bo opened for general business on
May 1.
NEw YonK, April 24.-The majority report Of
tho 11oosao Tunnel 1lailroad Committee Of tho
Massaohnsotts Logis1aturo. providing for con
porasion, by the na1no Of tho Boston md North
western Railroad Company, Ia regarded horo as
the beginning Of a DETECTION OF those currents Of
trade thnt have. hitherto. made Now York tho
dated company it i9 provided, shall operate tho
Hoosao Tunnel and Its approachos but all rail-
road corporations connooting Herewith, or With
the Boston and Northwestern ;Ratroa shall nos-
and freight through the tunnel upon equal terms
and with equal facility. 1t Ia also provided that
tho Commonwealth may nftor aix months no.
tlco, take possession Of tho roada Of tho oonson-
dated company.
A letter from Boston says TINT, By the near
opening of tho Hoosac Tunnel md tho oonaol-
datton Of railroad intorcsta, Boston hopes to
Bhare in tho Weatorn TRADE, which Is TO undergo
great mud rapid development. Boston expects
to become grand grain, depot, through the now
Arrangements for tho rapid transhipment Of
goods. Commercinf e1pedientH arc oven now
NODDED for tho rapidly increasing Wonsern trade.
Four Western connecting lnes aro project
to aeoure tho like trade. Chicago will DO
brought within 024 miles Of Boston, while 1t iB
LOIS miles from New York. Tho difference In
favor Of Now York to Oswego Is 221G miles, but
gotH the siftings OF the Western trade, but hopoH
soon to got tho bulk OF 1t, mud to make producors
| sock tho Now England market.
TOLEDO, O., April A.-An oxcnrslon train loft
hcre this morning for Mansfield, g., over tho
new road, the party conhlsting Of leading buBlneaH
meu aud tho city officials OF Toledo. Upon their
arrival ut Mansfield m address Of Welcome will
| bo delivered by tho Hon. John Sherman, fol
lowed by banquet at the st. James Hotel.
Lou1sy111E, Ky, April 24.--rhe superintond.
not having been ablo to complete timetable mr.
rangements for summer. They left tho matter to
q committee to settle at n mootlng on tho 1st Of
! May III New York. Tho difficulty was with the
pe1inBylyania combinations, which could not be
| arranged satisfactorily ut once.
Tho representatives Of tho Groon Linz" " OF.
| ganizatlon mot hcrc to-day. Tho principal oh.
ject Of tho meeting was to obyiate tho frequent
freight hlockndos consequent upon THO dotontsor
Of cars OF the Louisville It. Nashville and St
Louls l. Iron Mountain Roads by Southern con
motions, which appear short Of cars. The con
yentiou dctorminod Tho Companies should Issue
750 additional cars pro ratn to tho roads, md {
superintendent should bo appointed, at hbera
Hanry to look after tho return Of the cara to thu
roads to which they belong.
DUBUQUE, April 24.-Twonty thousand do]1arf
havo boon subscribed ut Independence, Iowa, tt
tnanro tho completion Of tho Burlington, Coda
nal,ida 4 3fi,nonota nailrua1 to that city
Tho tax Of $4,000, voted them last year
was forfeited by tho road not reaching In
dependence by October, and tho above Rnoun
will bo withhold unlesa the road ahall reach tn
city within n specified time. Tho probabilitio
now arc that tito road will be built to Postyi11e
Iowa, by the 1at of January next.