, 1874-10-06
nI9CDLLANEoU5.

THE BALTIMORE, rErTBNund 4 CHICAGO FA1InoAD.
Yhcto aro no lat,gor any obstaofea in tho WY
of tlio coming In Of tho Baltimore, pittsbutg d
Chicago railroad, md tho final opening will tin
doubtcdly take p1nco ON tho 1st of November,
autl tratup will run to South Chicago next week.
Tho trouble o1ialing botwcen thia road aid the
Mictsigan ccatrai In rognTd to crpbsing tho Int
ter's track tt Lake station lns finally boon
settled. Tho Baltimore, pitssburg & Chicago
Railroad not willing to DO delayed fu coming into
this city BY the opposition OF rival ron1s, applied
to tho Hon. 4. Gil1ett, Judge Of tho Circuit
Court Of Porter co.7nty, Intllaua for tho up
polntnont Of three appraisers to aabess tho
damagoa for tho right OF way acrosa
tho Michigan ccnttnl load. THO case NIB
first henyl ut Valparaiso INIT Saturday, nnh tho
application WAS Yessstod by the Michigan Gem
trail un the ground that Commissioners should
irst DO appointed to fix tho polns and ,nannor Of
anu con, tho Court decided iu lnyor Of the Dalti-
! moro Company, anfi refused to appoint tho COM
| mlusionora ta chaugo, tho location OF mannor Of
crossing, but granted tho aphllcation, Of tho
appraisers to eascss tho danaages for tho right of
wny over tho Michigan Central. Tho nppraiaa,a
meet Tlluaday at tho place Of cronaing, and will
make their award. Tho damages vii DO ,neroIy
| na.uinel, embracing simply the valuo Of thu land
nocoHsary for the right Of waY.
| THE unANlo TnuaK RAILROAD.
Tho work ot changing tho gaugs Of tho Grand
Trunk lsnroad east of Montreal from . feot G
inches to feet vi inches commoucod Sept. &C.
st.nAart-gaugo traina ran from Montrens to
Portland Sopt. 20, tho change having boen oom-
plosed On ell tho lines except tho 1vlero du
loup Division, which waa not open, until Sept.
20. &Ihe lines changed word tho main ltuo from
Quebec to Montreal, 297 'milus Quebec 1iranch.
y6 miles; Rsiero iii Loup Dyision 13Ii mess,;
pntl the Three Kiyors BRANCH, 80 n,ilos,-in III,
5G4 mics Of road. Tho change Of tho whole
limo to a1andara-gaugo h now complete.
ARRANGING l3fFINNESCEs.
1t tho lato meeting OF railTay mnuaseIs a
| Now York, tho maragcra OF tho Grand TfunI
ent nor llayo they attended any preyioaR meet.
ing, because thoy did not approve of tho object
OF those gathorllsgn. Tho managers ofiilo above
named roads viii meet with tito managdrs OF tho
Now York Contral, Michigan Ccnsral. Itostoil 1;
Albany and aeyer,t other foa1s Oct. -, to see Il
tho existing differences cnnnot bo pcaiabiJ ar-
: ranged. ....--.
THE ct1LyyAUEfE K BT. PAUL Butt.
In The suit brought by tho bo1ldholdorB 6f tho
old St. Paul & milwaukee, Nond agatnnt the Oht-
caSo, A1iIwaukeo St. Paul Railroad, tho United
6saies Circuit Court, in Now York, has made asl
order for tue Company to nppear and allow
cauBo why an injunction Should 'not ba granted
, to prevent tho !Eaae Of bon:ta unler tho now
! SUI, 900, 900 consolidated mortgage.
rlIE WESTERN s1A1LroAp COMMISSIONERS.
Tic Western Railroad Commissioners aud tho
General Freight Agents Of A"ostcrn roada vii
In this city, Oil thu 1Ath inst, Tor tho pnrpoaa oi
considering tue subject OF equazing Enst.bounl
freigbt-ratcs from dltroront Western points.
PERSONAL.
, ssamaaa Stone, Jr., who resigned from tho Mau
) I aging Dirccto,php of tho Lake Bhore Il Mlcln
!, gun southern Nallrotd 0olnpany Some MONTH
4 n3o, ms been ro-clcctod TO thas posl:iou, ant
4 has entered upon htb dutieH.