, 1879-06-29

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| Sr: Louis, June 28-One of the most ,pr,,-
able feats ever accomplished in railrosd;ng ~.
performed to-day BY the St. Louis, Iron Man,,
ain q Southern In change Of ea6ee IN IL
miles Of road. Heretofore the. gauge h,.:bs.n
five feet Since 12 O'Clock last night Il h., 6sss
reduced to the standard width Of four fee. e,oh.
and half inches. Some six weeks apo H.
Boad Of Directors of the Iron Mountain adont.d
resolution providing for change Of paos.
and Immediately thereafter Mr.. Thomas Allen
the President Of. the Company, sava
the order. for the work to h.
done, Active preparations ,wers begun n
orce under the direction Of General lsaperin:
.tendent, A. ". Soper. .E1tra men ware .in.
ployed, and all the shops began to run On extra
time. Every locomotive and every car had ~
be cut down for the Dew gauge, aud nuch of
this had to be done beforehand, SO there would
be no Interruption OF business The aetual
work Of changing the track. began last niQut At
some points a5 soon rs the ni9nieht
trains had passed Over 1900. men vera
were divided into squads, and each SQUAD
was put under the charge Of q s'boss.'' The
Nbosses" were Under the !, direction Of the
Roadmasters, and the Roadmasters were under
the direction Of the Division Superintendent,
the whole being under the general supervision
CT Mr.; soper: There are f..ur divisions OF the
Iron Mountain Railroad. The Texas Division,
under the charge OF aIr. E. L. Dudley, is 1t5
miles in length; the .Arkanxas Division, unde<
the charge OF Mr. 4. E. Buchanan, is $50 mites
In length; the Missouri Division, under the
charge Of Mr. D. AxteJl, IS 1856 miles in length;
and the s.: Louis Division, under the charge Of
Mr. j.. J. Frey, is liz miles in length.
. a number of sections were finished by 8
O'Clock this morning, and by 2 o'clock this after
noon the Who!t vast Work was accom plished
Over GOO freight-cals, sixty engines. and all tho
passengeE-coaches have been cut down, and an
ready for the new gauge, and the regular bu.t
ness OF the road was interfered With only about
six Or seyen hours. Regular trains will start
this evening, aud will arrive and depart as usual
The cost Of the change will not tall shot. Of
S. 600, 600. .-.. ....,;
KA1LRoADBUILDISG IN NNEBRAsKA
-, - Sptefal Correspondence NJ The Tribune. =
OMAHA, ,Neb., june 27.--With the increase in
population the railroads are extending their
lines, and ere long Nebraska will be intersected
with a perfect network Of iron: rails. The ONT
ha 4 Northern Nebraska is pushing northwest
from Tekamah into the Valley Of the Logan.
The Elkhorn Valley Railroad, & continuation Of
the Sioux City & Pacific Railroad, is building
fifty miles further up the Elkhotn@ Valley. The.
Union Pacific Railroad is surveying for several
routes north from their main line. extending
towards the Niobrara, and for the Black Hills.
The Burlington & Missouri River kairoadin Ne
braska is pressing forward along the Republican
River, and have other projects in yiew not yet
made public the Omaha d Republican Valley
Railroad is progressing westward south Of the
Platte River, having already finished tGeir 1iu6
to Uscela this season: The Atchison & NebFas-.
Ia Railroad have let the CONTRACT for the extern
sion Of tbeir line to Columbus, on the Union
Pacific Railroad. !. The St. Joseph Il Denver
Railroad will be completed from Hastings to
Grand Island this summer. There, has been
some talk Of connecting Omaha with Platts-
mouth and Nebraska City BY building down the
vest bank Of The Missouri River, and then e.
ending the line from Nemaha City to Atchi-
son, Kas.. which would giva Omaha another
;runk line to St. Louis There is also some
ak OF :. a road crossing the: Missouri
River at Decatur, in the northern part
There is some ralk Of a line from Valparaiso
on the Omaha d Republican Vatlev Railfoad)
outh to Lincoln, 20 miles,-also line in c0u-
lection with the Atchison u Nebraska Railroad,
rom Lincoln to Fremont In the next few
cars q number OF lines will be built through
he northern part of the State. thus bringing
ato railroad communication with OMAHA and
he East a section of country al fertile Is
ny other part OF the North, but is little known
rom the fact Of its distance from railroads.
arge Immigration, however, is already setting
q that direction, and it will not be: long before
here are as many Inhabitants north as south Of
be Platte River. E. T. SuM1AL1
q MISSOURI RIVER
, IN NEBRASKA
The Burlington & Missouri River Railroad ID
|ebraska intends to build an extension OF tho
epublican Valley Railroad, now leased to 1t,
nd also$to build two new lines Of road, the
hole distance being some 200 miles. BIZ the
.rms Of perpetual lease to the. Burlington. =
[issouri River Railroad in Nebraska that
onpauy agrees to pay, as rent of the
Foresaid lines, interest On the bonds, amount
g in all to s., SOL 900, and to pay the same rate
dividend after Jan. l, 1885, TN the stock as II
aY pay on its or Ii stock, the lessee to secure
le entire ful1-paid capital stock and bonds to
! issued for the purpose Of making such e1@
,nsioDs. To do this, $3,54,0 600 Of first-mort-
a.e bonds and 81 565, 600 OF the fnil-paid stock
offered to the stockholders OF both roads on
,e following terms: The holders Of sixty
iares in either or both Of the above corpora
ons will, upon payment Of S1,6o0, 30
ltitled to receive . $1,000 bond upon
A. EnNf0