, 1880-04-02
A NEW ROAD.

Special D1pateh to 1ne Chicago Tribune.
MADISON, Wis, April 1.-Artiolcs Of assooia-
tton OF q new rnflroad cUmpany, orRnnizcd for
building rond between Portage hAd Darlboo,
hnve boon prepared and Will bp filed In tho Sec-
rotary OF statu's Office next week. Tho incorpo-
ratoys nro Judge ]. ]. Guppoy, tito lion. l..
l,rccso, tho lion. W. W. Corning, tho Hon. II. Il.
Wentworth, and N. II. Wood, oil prominent
business mon Of Portnge, Columbia County; thb
Hon. DArld Owen, ono Of hasubstantial farmors
Of CMlodonia; ana Tyrrel Thonlns, II. II. Strong,
'ont @ q citi1ons IL rs % ii Il: rboo. u,,k co,'ntyp. Tho
dstancu lctwccn tho two points named IL about
eiIKhteon mills. Tho,, road will cross tho
OF navigation, wheEo II dr.wbrilgo viii not
b. nsees.ery. ind WI! f1!!ew Up tho Valley g
Sfoo f sSg Eo sses T12s Tnas hs Mrs II as
there aro extensive a,s4rrics Of tho ilnest kind
Of building tnatrrluls. II Is almost perfect leyel
very cheap. 1t Ia reported TINT engineers hrn
e1rleylng u liao OF road botween GAINESVILLE and
uNrnboo.
CHAMPAIGN, HAVANA g. WESTERN.
New YonK. April 1.-Tho control of tho
Champaign, Havana l. Western Railroad, for
snerly known as tho Western Extension OF the
indianapolis, Bloomington & WcstorIi. has been
Boouretl by the Wabash Company. This rnad,
which extends from Champaign to Havana, Ill.,.
with branch line 10 Decatur, WINS orencd In
1870. About year afterwards tho parent COM
pany was placed in tho hu1ads at Receiver, and
ut a recent saio and reorganization tho two
pIccoa Of roal wero sold separately. Thoro has
xo SeU e ms
to get t. The Ilnnibel + st. Joy, the Chicago,
to add ii to their lines, Ths Wabash Company
hns bought majority Of tho stock and bollas Of
III s sa sgsd ~ i Ia e en sns
othor l%iao % 70 & KooSuk aana Quinoy. ''' A 49,
TIE wEsr-slDE UNION DEPOT.
Mr. J. N. Mccullough, ytoo.Prcsdent Of tho
Pennsylvania Company. and tho other officials
of tho road hold nleatlng yesterday at tho
Fort Wayne otllco Qnd awarded most OF tho
contracts for constructing tho nav Union Do
pot OIL Canal street, botncnn Madison and Van
Duren atrcots. Tho deput will be- constructed
under the immediate supervision nnd direction
Of Mr. slatApor, Chief Engineer Of tho Fonnsyl-
vanEa Company. 4 full description Of tho
Soasufs;a s. nsxt soRa9y RaRt na Tao ch!easS a
] Hansoo 4 ST. fa4i, which nov y! Isl uso tls depot
ct that p9int: VII! yacate :ca, If, Saturday night:
Sunday u,orniny, HhIrt tholr, pnssonger. trains
from tho temporary depot u tue cnrnur Of Canal
and Van Hnron utrccts, and tho sii!wuukec 4 Ut.
cafrall ind Clinton ssruots II is expected to huYo
tho rev depot rcady In about six months.
ANOTHER REDUCTION TO he MADE.
The east bound freight business haB consider.
ably fallen OF since tho first Ut tho wnek, and
but fur tho fact that most OF tho roads arc still
taktng forwurd freight that thoy wcro unatio to
carry during the heavy rush lust week hua'neaa
would be quite light 1t Is now probable
that another reduction of 8 ccuts will
frpj tho Ettaits uro To tho e1cot that tho iGc Is
rapidly. brouking up, aud that vessels .Wt4 bc
able 10 ct.thruugh In u day or 10. Vessels arc
now getting reuiy to stArt, and in teW days
1haY Mill l0 ready to ActlYelY compete With The