New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-12-16
said yesterday that Mr. Deleed was in dangerous
RAILROAD ENTERPRISE.
EXTENSION or THE NFw-YoRK, LAKE ERIE AND
WESTERN AND THE NORTHERN PACIFIC.

EXTENSION or THE NFw-YORK, LAKE ERIE AND
WESTERN AND THE NORTHERN PACIFIC.
1t Is stated by a prominent officer OF the
New.York. Lake Erie and Western r iroad Company
that the Improvements recently made in the road and
those in contemplation greater than have been
made during the last twenty-five yeas. The third
rail will be completed from Buffalo 10 Jersey
CITY by the end Of this mouth, and the new
shops and yards at jersey City are now ready Tor
occupancy. third rail has also been laid from Buffalo
to Carbondae, IN Luzerne County, Penn. distance OF
go niles, which gives the company continuous line
the anthracite coal fields At Carbonate, connection
is also made with the Central Railroad of New-Jersey
which furnishes the Erie road passenger connection
with Long Branch ana an additional outlet 10
Work is to be pushed at once. It IA said. on new
600 I bushels CITY Of CRAM M on the
side of the pier two oT tbs @pSr
aud export trade. Extensions are ne!ng made al
the Wcst-st, front, at the foot Of Chambers;
new PIERS The company has ordered 5000 narrow
gauge and forty new consolidated engines me
northwest business who the broadgtuge cars will
the Atlantic ana Great Western Road to the south
june 4 trains Ti to G GES over sne G HS' ROAD
to Brnghenron and over the Delaware ana
Hudson to Mechanlcsyie. Al this points the new line
be thirty -eieh les long. extend North Adams,
ton over the Ffchburg Railroad. THIS r"u.e to New
England, 10 is claimed, VIII be forty NIL longer than
by Lake shore and Boston and Albany hnC aud one
hundred shorter than bv the Grand Trunk route
The Northern Pacific Railroad Company sill receive
bids its Oce In this city to-day for extending the
road Bismarck, the present western terminus, on
the Missouri, the plains for little than 200
miles the Yellow n IL said that several New
York contractors will enter into ettOn md among
those from distance To put In bids are Messrs
Canda d Ross the Canadian actoIs, who have
ciated win THIN Darius Morrison, OF Minneapolis De
Croft Coz and ID. G. Shepherd, of ST. Paul, anu II. V.
LansdUn, OF Minneapolis TIC opinion prevails
that the contract will not be awarded ON the
bias now called for. but tlHt the bids will be
enable the company to decide what IL ought To
build the section on cash basis The COM
pany owns 100000 OF idnu between the MIS-
s0nu ami the YciOwsOHe, and II Is believed to be the
wish Of the directors to get contractors To build the ROAD
land, which, at most, 1t Is asserted, WOud not
cost the contractor more than fifty cents an acre
The Northern Pacific Is reported 10 nave dOue pros
pcrO. tue last season, especially Oh It's
Minnesota section from Duluth TO the Red River The
Dakota section has done greater carving business
tnan WAS expected. IL was proposed TO extend a
branch Of tue road up the west bank OF the Rcd River
into the fertile fields OF ianitOba country that 10 oeng
rapidly developed, and also TO build Oranch from
Branfrd on tue Mississippi down the west aux OF tGat
river to connect with the Milwaukee ana b. LOUIS
roads ~ Minneapolis. These projects. u carried
out, would have placed the Nor hern Pacific III
competition with thu Pau aud Pacific, ami WIN the
Fort Garry Road which occupies the East side OF the
Red River Valley. Mr.. Stevens, Of me Bank OF Mn
tral IA principal owner Uf these two railroads, having
bought Out the Dutch bOudhO .derB IN the g. Paul anu
with the Northern Pacific Company giving the latter
right OF way over the ST. Paul ana Pacific Road IRON
suk RAPIDS 81. Paul receiving IL Is sllu, Sl0O,OOO
"a year for the privilege.