, 1879-08-08
I'TEAfN.

. 1TEats.
There was meeting yesterday at the office of
the Chicago i; Northwestern between the Cen
oral Frctrhs-ARtnts Of thc Chicago g. North
Western, Illinois Central, AMI Dakota Southern
Railroads to arrangc uniform rates to thc far
Northwest.
alr. s. r. Galloway, General Superintendent
Of the Detrolt q Day City Ka.lroad has just
issucd tl'u following notice:
Mr.. Charles +. Barron having resigned tho Con :.
crnl FroIGha and Passenger Agency uF ihs Detroit
d Buy CITY Railroad, all conimnnicattonH regard
ing ita passenKer an. freight bast1le,s viii! until
A. Colorado .pauer states TINT str. Charles r..
Perkins, Ftce-Prcsfdent nml General Manager
OF tho thtcnEo, Burlington {; Quincy Railroad,
lns purchased tile & Narrien Of the Eudsn nni
will cuutinae It as q public purk. Tic amount
said to hare been paid for TIM property Is
Tho roads leading east from Indtanaootis find
It ycry difficult u establish m cast-aotIud
freight poof. ns they asc unAblr to aEree up0n
perccnsnaea. The General Manager VI each line
claims to be entitled to larger pronortlon tllnn
allotted tu him uidcr the ulf pooling agreement,
und It Is more tha, likely lhut t!h. matter will
be Referred 10 tho Board Ut Arbitration for
settlement.
An Important alteration hns been made In tho
management VI the Erie ast.freIght lines. The
Eric u Pacific Dispatch n,sl tho Grpat Western
Disnatch hnvo bccn divorced from the South
SIi0ro L!ionl the hitter reuFtanl2cd Under the
management Of Henry C. Villas, Will, lcatIquar-
tiers nt Cloye1artl,O The South Shore Ltue r1lus
oyer thr Erie, Lake Shore Il Michigan Southern,
Wa'mstt, CIevci4nd, Columbus, Cincinnati Il
fndlunauois, mid lNdtannpDs & ". Louis lsaii-
roads FROM New York to East st. Louis, nnL 1t
Is more tbnu an ordinarily strung c9u,blnation.
Tllo Illinois Central Railroad had d collision
yesterday ut I'arksidu That fortunately paasc1
Ut without SERIOUS consequences. Tho. 1.lconl!
ng pastcngcr-tratn ran Into tlle rear rnd Of the
suburban trnln from kenslngtoE, but. as both
trnlns wero running slowly, only the rear plat.
form or tlc fatter and locomotive headlight uf
the former wcEe demolished, causing II damage
Of abnut sl0(. Mono Of the passengers ur Gil.
ployes wcro hurt in the least. ifie :succdent Is
sall to DO entirely due to the heavy fo4 that
prevailed yesterday morning.
Iron Is being laid Oh 1h9 Denver i South Park
Railroad at the rnto OF milo Il day. Fruul
Como tho road will run southeast through the
valley to the red sand ridge, llTo miles below
Falrplay, FROM which point brunch will run
back to slat town, and possibly TO Almn. Frusn
the FaITp1aY brauel, on the said ridge Tho road
will be pushed III through tho valley to Pluto
Station, a,'.l thence on to tho Kansas River or
the mouth ol Trout Creek. where tho Town Of
HucnR Vista has beeu surveyed and plated.
The ronttact has been let, the tits arc on the
ground. an,t tic Iron purchased necessary to
bring the roaa to TINT point. 1t Is now anttci-
p1teti TINT The road will reach Leadyllo by
Oct. 1.
Thu bridge now being built over tho Missouri
River ut plattsmouth TO connect the Chicago,
Burlington Il Quincy md tho Burlington u
Missouri River Railroad In Nebraska, will bu
nbout 5000 feet In lusgtn, npBut 1,0U0 feet be-
ng ovcr the PRESENT bel Ut thu Missouri River.
Ills bridge Is being constructed under the In.
mediate SUPERVISION Ut Mr.. George y. Morrison,
Chief Engineer. ihc contract for the stone anil
concrcte work has been given to the Nuw iork
slone Contracting Company. The ulher con-
tracts have not yet been lnaue. The foundation
Ia thu river bpd Will 1e Iifty-lyc feet hclow low.
water mark. 1t will tahu abuut a ,ear to con,-
pleta tho structure,