, 1880-10-22

,tiuFFHl llHRuut surprised LH1 pc0plo up
l9g ut Sienx isaptis, OH tic l'grtlicin li1e Of
T. largc fatm.. tor Which, he pnitl
iW" M &Fts 'ysst ere It ce nsses .el a"rS ot % @ s"s
cl,'lsc tho right Of way for 4 raflroad. The
slipposltion ts TINT this Is 10 he made livs..
Jpn point on thu Northwestern Extension Of
crossing tic 81. Paul & Sioux CITY near Sl,el-
don, thence to Flandrass aud Folga.
RAILROADS IN MEXICO.
In his 1nessngo t0 the Mexican Congress-.
ress OF ratlroa,l*bniltIng III tile Nepuhlcs
With respect sn tho rrorrcss atta'ned BY rat-
that % the Moscli@ Eino tic ' works W are being
sSa eaeas VIZ Hcfs s1 %ai ssfi Goa} IT, FIJI FL. "a
now In oper,tlnii as far as Oz,tnlA, Il llstn6ceof
es ya t.sn ss co1pa,e on ts gS ID o ts Mes e
Pete 1taslruad. stx miles; On tho VcIu Cruz s
Alynra'ln, four miles; md on The Pueblo !:
aroal Company havu l'screaset ] 10 III
t!le. number Or , miles which they operate The
| = ~ tho Central railroad Con,l,any. mcsslFing
c! pn ne san Mnrtln Tcx,ar'urau jsai!ron.l,
count. great pArt ns tho road-bed abont s!xtcbn
miles. y ready, and they aro only wntlnx for
fcca1 Of % Sa srf e 'bre GSs3S s
ane.e!shth niles Of railcd hnvo tecn t On
| tho yeh!i"nicpco Itnlirpn.. nnd they nre only
waiting f1r tho rltls t1 complete thoifI.
| Five k'!onlctres noru are on tho ose Of being
completed. mud the. curthworks are much ali.
q aaay"s at, lie Gnpa fns' q lie itepuSiio.
md tue tlileuly nt communication, tho Excca-
tive s nnnbte 10 furnish recent slhta about tho
Wotkk Df tho SanorA Nallroad: but. according to
{ tho latest intelligence received frntn that rc-
nots quarter. !ho Goyorn;neat lsoTns that tho
of tho Inc.. ia spite uf Till a wnen.!-To + has
beG!i 01,ellca ROTH Ounylrtns tn Cnt'D taHnc0 and
war, shs He boue
prosecuted with vreat activity. The enr.ii-works
hare l,Get. t,ntshol Tor AZ extent q nineteen and
tiic.k and, cArEn Of rails having lately mr.
riset It is exnects,d !, that cru long xGo portion
TIC ESoctv 'tI VIZ n tder nv ~ t 20 , Wishes of
statcs which desire III obtain tho benefits Of
G1Sk at,d ce"p n.,sns Q! eumtn!1nlcntio1 has
aSa,,, sinnlea: ruebla, Vera Cruz. flaxcala,
Tho Executive WIS iIkewsc authorized 10 In
tso,snse reforms i.,so the contr'scts Tint bud
sseer'iinR e ths Ga.s. nxsi IT, iii tic .; ieS
o hsss s III erta saessttss ss
=" nc of TO- Hs Knnsd tie e ,hat
the clltcs of QilcFetnro, Leon, Zncatccas did
chitunhun, shall hare its terminus on our
tho pauiile passinx tbfnxh tho City Of Ga,l-
alnjnrn. To tho other caulpnny was Rrt!ntc,! nl-
ns m ne r@ss t R1ssE M os ,ns,
from! convenient polnt, th!s ltI!a y to 10 - the
nnrhern r. tF2nt!nr 81 fasstnK through thS eItes q. or
gnntract with tho Sonora lsatlroad Company hns
!,cen modified ~ regas1l !o tue termination Of
tho ilnc they Mrc now building from iuaytnHs to
| tho N0ftnHFn fr6nfinr. In itltBNIfnNCc with tho
provisions uf the sntne law-llnsed Oh which tho
ahove S,.'nccssto'ls hnvo brcn n'ade-the Execn-
Of thu powers that wbrp nCcncuea him.
PROGRESS OF OHIO RAILROADS.
speetal Dlpateh to Ths Chicago 1ttbunt-
ToLEno, o., Oct. :co.--lt was my good fort
nlle not long silco to spend 4 portion OF MI
evening III tho company Ut Judge AIpl'onso
Taft, Of Clucnnntl Tho Judge was Il. n re-
tlectiye mood, and freely related many th1nEs
Of great Interest concerning Ills carly llte
md the progress Of tho City Of Cincinnati
anl thu State Of Ohio during tile pnst half
century. I did not take Notes of tho convcr-
sation and sonlu Ut The dates giyu may be liz
nco,trate by few years, but tho substance OF
tho talk remains fixed III my mind aud is
given correctly.
ut Is astonishing 10 me rs travel over the
State Of Ohio III my campaigning tours and
see how she Inns developed i'll every concciy-
nble way since is35. WHEN I first put my foot
within Its borders. Tlrn suc1l a thing rs n
rallroad was not known hero came over
the mountains OF Pennsylvania from Npw
York I'll sow-snovin. stage md by canal
4 when tint mode Of travel WIS available. l
crossed the, Ohio Mt Wheeling, and from Tint
. point wo took to tic ,stagstcnnch, us The
water was too low to make navigation Suie.
| well remember the slow Atld tedious trip
from Wheeling To Cincinnati, mud the oxtnf-
t!0ll Of the stARe ling, which hel.l an undis,
gntei monopoly o. oil ~ ~, traytl I,, IL those
10 BE- cnrrictl froln Wheeling to Cincinnati; d
stlm which WIS by ilo means Insignificant tu
somewhat fmpecunlous, yolng lawyer Mi'o
llal lust been astlnEtted 10 .pr9cticc. Ihe
pofnt Of comfort MI the way. and often a1t
twelve dayn !lr making tlte trip, and OIL The
Sh %eae oa,t 9f y S %s 6y!s II tn 6y tba rSds S
where had n fine view Of tint magnificent
country wltell lias sl'lre 30 wonderfully dc
yolopes!; ttan gained the l'est itlea over
sar State: Jns can Gain but h ''s snaii IL ldss q
las re,| sea|try ;E;u through which ''e asses on
"You must haye q very vivid remembrance
thas sasSe S 70 tully daseff"1s,i 10y CneInSat sinco
tho time yOll arrived Tiers III is.is?h
"Yta; I remember tlBnl nll, from tho Llt-
tlo Alnli,! IL the Cincinnati SnlitherI,. rptle
OIL tlo first passenger train tllat eyrr l;asss,
ont Of Cincinnati. 1t w9s on e4s ilitie
Mlunt. Tho trip tip passed of. III! right, bl.t
OH tlls why back u serious accident occurred
that imnrfsseh " nl. rat was ~ M lt'S .lays aa:
Instead Df heavy bars of lran rs wo now
i.y Joined to the l'eHyy os,' sm,aa aags uey
llugs, something ~ sstreet.carst tto now. There
WY rea. aaEsr e thsss ,lylIS W 1Ron o. va1 s
IN lil0tiol,, a.d callsin9 deatruut0n Of l!fo 4na
prousrty. AZ! t,o EaSsenESrs ;u ~ nt els iirst
wink lang distance tDH ut back to their
floli,cs well rtlneIGsr tl'ats@op!e @ of u.s. M',Fe
soe Old lmei. who weEs nlonK, and wera not
used % walktnR. Th9 mkt Ioat! 4 tl.at cnins =
Cleveland. This was. think. tho inst ono
tllat was constructed within the State, 9nt u
JiI nut reioh Cincinnati until aftpr tho Little
Miami lus! been built for so'ne 1s.t,e.". -,
IN s!eakns It te iMp9f5ta'!Sc i!5 a. , ct rHll.
I affair a few minutes pauSe, "thQrQ Ia ITO bet