The Leavenworth weekly times., 1878-07-04
A POWIIsfgl GIN

1 "iSo' The English papers are now disT
h. inc claim that the long contest betwee
= be- lery and armor-plates has been set
many favor Of the former. BY the Use o
hihs powder, the enlargement of the I
,.,S chamber and the elongation Of the
no ". Armstrong has succeeded in CO.
have ing guns which, weight for weig,-
nay' doubled the penetrating power OF
decessors, and the high velocitit -,
Ut to projectiles have been obtained .Iy
ring undue strain upon the piece. koini,
l-oi with a calibre of six inches, hs He-
- extraordinary power, the veIocr
out. seventy pound projectile being ,.>her Be.
ven 1000 feet per second, the gun ported
: in I iy- To- =, ..uusu "a cOt..>'- WITH one
Exception They cannot De announced - ctf-
ain 10 follow. The exception j. the appoint
npnt OF Colonel ]. =. POtEcT - TDaima>ter OF
.ne Denver division, which has been definite
~ arranged. Eumor says that tolOhel Flsh-
-r's successor Will be- J. 4. Oiellr at present
In charge Of the eastern or haN alley u4-
vision. Mr.. Dd-Il'S successor VIII proDaDlS
by ]. -. Brinkhon, OF the middle or smoky
IIIll division, ana =. II. AinsIie, agent AZ Den
yer Will be promo, ed 10 the place made va
ant by Mr.. Erinkhon. Mr.. Aluslie has long
been connected with the road.
The freight and ticket business OF the Poo!-
ed lines viii be consolidated at Denver, the
former in charge Oi MIR. W. h. fTice s.nn LLle
latter in the hands Of Colonel J. J.. / baii.
lIT. Price will nOuinally Toe Nin>leS sue
reSsOr, but VIII also attend 10 mon racine
and Colorado Central business. while BAH
will sell tickets Tor the three xads, nut not
Tor the Denver &. Rio Grande, unless Oy the
desire OF the latter rOad-a desire mol YET eNI
"A -lnl " I'll
,OIOnel Fisher, stands wei! Win the manage
lneut OI the road.
PERSONAL.
The newest report started I'm relation 10
railway officials is one TO the elect tlHl MI,
Iienrg.. o. Manchester, assistant supeTinten-
dent OF the Chicago, burlington and Quincy,
has been rendered "A similar position on the
AtrHISan, Ton, ha and santa he. Whether
he accepts or not, the tender OF the place IN
dic.tIes that hr. M1nchr>i'TS : abi4lileS ana
rXD..rieucs. ar. appreciated away from home,
ther,. being no question as To the estimate
put upon Them la Chicago
Mr. :. II. II Clark exercises Official super.
vision over more miles Of railway thaE any
man in the nItga States. Since the CpnSDls-
iation of the Union Pacific, Kansas Pacific,
and Colorado Central, which was cOnsUTna-
ted during the recent western trip OF Mr..
Gould and President Dillon lie has been de-
signittcd a. the general manager OF the entire
system, embracing over two thousand miles
Of road. As gene al superintendent OF the
ms abitltv to successfully operate all the rail-
roads that Mr.. Gould can buy or control.
wAST To HEEAK THE TARIFF.
Reference has already been made to the fact
that "A ring OF grain dealers had accumulated
over one hundred thousand bushels OF wheat
nj Kansas City. IL is thought that they in
tend TO try and break down the taTlH of rates
the Southwestern Railway AsSOci-
alton. They hope Ia succeed in this by threat
eniug to ship all the grain To st. Louis by the
riyer barge line. The railroad association IL
trying 10 secure the freight, but IL wants To
get IL without cutting under the tarifi, ana by
"a majority OF the officers OF the lines inter-
cSted IL Is deemed unwiSe To meet the OcCa-
sion by a special reduction Oi rates. Several
plans have been proposed, but none of them
have met with approval. one proposition
was TO send a Chicago man down 10 Kansas
City 10 buy up all the grain in the elevators.
the railway association to guarantee him
against loss; but this was objected To as being
outside OF legitimate transportation, and the
scheme was abandoned. Every day that
passes adds Ia the value OF grain in store
Ihere, and the question Of its transportation
10 market il becoming an interesting and
exciting one.