, 1880-03-27
RAILROADS.
The Grand Trunk Completes Its
Consolidation Scheme.
Seu York, Pennsylvania & Ohio Road
Proposed Chicago Extension.
,rba southwestern Pool-Railroaas In Texas
Appointments, Etc.
THE GRAND TRUNK.

= f,cneral-Nfnnngcr uickson a,l tho other
h0lc1als OF the Granl Trunk how III TIC city
hcld auotller meeting yesterday Mt tlie Palmer
Iinnso and completed tits reorganization 0f
I'm various roa,s forming tic Chicago extcll-
slam of tic Grand Trunk, md nftcr this tho
uow rontt will bo k,,own rs "the Cllcago u
Gra,ld Trunk Railway Company" The signs
ri tic freight houses md Offices were changed
ycsturttay. Tic new road will for tho pres
cnt bo used for freight traffic only, and the
Messenger business will not DO opened until
the new depot of tho Western Indiana on
.Twcllth street las been completed, which, It
Is expected, will DO in Alny or June. All
rosslble efforts arc being made by TIE GIaiid
Trunk managers to perfect tnelf WeStfrn stI.Fn
facilities aa pace tneir ron II syti G3s'tpl tl,a
New York trnnk-llnes for the Western traf'
fc, lii addition to their nll.ratl facilities,
thry will hnye superior facilities by lake. A
new line OF steamers ana pargca od 10 In1i , W
but U,,, and during this week two prnpcl'crs
and 4 barge took out about s., ,00o bushels .0t
corn. At IntlIngt1n connection Is n!ade win
the Flint g. Pero Marquntte, which t,,L turns tne
Fiini. X daily line Of steamers viii also run
in connection with tho Grand Trunk between
tits city md Sarnia, which will pc able t?
take cnre of an immense amount or blisl-
hess. l1EHluC8 LIll5f AiC NlAtlN 4tuAh -
lIfio of steamers running between Toledo
aid Sarnla, steamer leaving there every
otller lay, tlnd another between Cleveland
md SnrllIa that makes trips twice week.
THUS It will Be seen TINT o uraid 1 IG,,nk ,',a =
ern trunk-lines II the latter should declare
war upon thls Company.
THE NEW CHICAGO TRUNK LINE.
Mr., j, II. Deverca,lx, President Of tho New
York, Pennsylvania & Ohio Railroad (Atlall-
tic t. Great Westcru). Inns just Issued tile
following order:
"The railroad and It's branches between Sal
tol,, In the Stata of OHIO, heretoforn known
NJ the Atlantic l. Great Western Railroad,
hnyu passed into the possession md control
0fn 1lcw company, md hereafter VIII %
ofatssut rs o NfW x1T ngs'a ~ te
Receiver arc hereby. continued tn their re-
,spcctiye positions under the New York. Penn
sylyania t. Ohio lsailroad Company. Agents
will 30 governed ey the circular instructions
ncr Of conducting. md reporting, their
ot1ice, business for tic month q
March. TlU officers Of connecting. roads
ore requested to follow tho cliange Of na'no
Of te Company Y, current statements re-
TIe gcneral officers Of tho Company, which
have heretofore been In Cincinnati, Mead
Vile, and elsewhere, will all be hereafter
located in Cleveland.
It ,l,ay also be stated In this connection
TINT tho prospects Of having this road TX
tended to Chicago very soon, thus giving
this city another trunk line to. the East, ate
very tiattcrlng. Arrangements for the iul.
1nptjate construction OF tic Chicago 6 At
lni1tc liAtlroatt from Marion, the Westerf
terminus OF tho Atlantic & Grcat, Western
construction VI tho line is TO be COM
inencetl April ]. Tic new road Is
to p,.ss through, Kenton, WRpak9notta7 and
st. AInrys, d., and ls!uiftotl,, Huntington
North Manchester, and kucester, Ind. rht
secured for thu whole distance, with tho OK
ceptton Of twelyu miles, which Will be % %necss
sary To- bring the roud to Chicago. Thu
money to carry out tlfb enterprise llas beer
capitalists.