, 1874-01-05
RAILROADS..
Chicago Extension OF the Baltimore
g. On1o Road.

Chicago Extension of the Baltimore
g. On1o Road.
From the Baltimore sun, Van. l.
The Dalt.mole L. Ohio Railroad Company for
mally announce the opening OF tue hrst division
o. their Chicago extension to-day. This en-
braces the road from Centreton. on the Lake
E.ie Division, to Deshler. on tue Cincncatl,
Hamilton j. Dayton Railroad, C3 miles In
length. By means OF this extension the o2te1'-
hlye gram business centeEing in Toledo, together
ton l. Dayton Railroad. are made tributary to
baltimore, and will no doubt prove most valua-
lie addition to the already rapidly Increasing
traffic with that section. Tho line just opened
passes through the hourishlnG towns Of Aepun-
lie, Tif1in, aud Fostorin. At Tiiin it intersects
With the Cincinnati, sandusky l. Cleveland 1la1l-
wuy, aud ut Fostoria With the Lake Erie
4 Louisville Railway, both OF which
will prove valuable feeders. During the
past, summer, notwithstanding tue panic, the
Baltimore l. Quo Company hive continuously
and vigorously pushed this work, and beside the
division now open for traffic it has completed
The graduation aud masonry Of the remainder OF
tho line to Cllcago, 20G miles. In the construc-
tlon OF tho line tho Conpanys main Object has
beeu to secure the shortest and best route to
Chicago, to accomplish which neither time nor
expense in location or construction has been
spared. Between tho Lake Erie Division and
the head Of Lake MichiSan. q distance OF 25o
miles, the road as located varies but two and
grade is only twenty~slx and a half feet to the
mile Of which, however, there nro but thirty
miles, the remainder being below twenty fea'
II is represented That the supeTstructuro OF the
poltiou just opened is OF tho most Substantial
character. TIE la:ls, t5-four pounds to the
ward welo manufactured by tho Company at it's
works at Cumberland The btidgoa arc Of tile
'.Bollman Iron Truss pattern, placed upon the
most substantial stone masonry. Three thou
sand cross-ties have been used to the mile, and
~. H. ES,n 1.tr f,ntfu %a1
The Baltimore i Quo Railroad Company has,
it is known, Notwithstanding the recent grea.
financial strinsency, been enabled to prosecute
this important work, requiring the outlay OF
large sums Of money. without placing on she
new road any mortgage or soliciting aid IN tho
way Ut stock SUBSCRIPTIONS. Tho contractors
have all been pail promptly, thus enabling them
to give steady employment to several thousand
men at n time when most corporations found IT
necessary not only to entirely abandon projected
in their regular service. The Chief Eugineer es-
tima:e5 that the entire cost of the line. with
full equipment. will not exceed $4,000 to the
mlle,-a sum less than one-ban tho bonded and
stock debt represented by tue Pittsburgh, fort
Wayne l. Chicago aud the Lake Shore l. Michi-
gan Southern Eailways, with which it will come
IN compeauou.
It il proposed in the spring to resume opera
tions, with q view to the completion Of the en-
tire line to Chicago carly IN the fall, by which
IL
tinuouH line between this city u.ld Chicago, Sl1
miles in length.
DanyiIlc, Paris a. Vinccnncs Railroad.
From the Ut. Carmel {FA.) E<9.ster.
Judge Bell. Of tls city, has received tho fol-
lowipt. letter from President Short, of the Dan-
vile, PARIS It. Viucennes Railroad Company. in
relation to the extension OF that road to Mt.
Carmel:
Dec. Is. 1872
JUDGE BELL: 1have this day closed contr::tt will
the Joliet Iron and Steel Company for 6o00 tons OF
rails to lay track from Paris to o. 81 Railroad
and am now ready to receive any comnuEtce-
ton in relation to the extension Of our road to At
Carmel
Ne shall commence receiving our rai;s in February,
md intend to bs III operation to O. u. Road within
sir mouths Of that time. . =. 3. J. c. SuoRT.
This road is what wan formerly known Rs the
Wabash Valley Road, and lta charter glso8 1t
permission to mako its terminus at any point
west OF Vincenpes. The contcsting points on
the 0. l. II. Koal for that honor arc Lawrence
viIo and Bridgeport, bat the favored one Gun
only be the terminating point for short time.
as the road would require q Southern outlet, and
that could oulY be secured by extending it to
some point On the Cairo j. Vlncennes Road.