, 1881-03-30
Purchase of the Green Bay &
Minnesota Road by the
Northwestern.
Meeting In st. Louis Of General passon-
ger Agents Of Wostcrn Trunk
Lines.
Vigorous Action Being Taken by the
Officials Of the Denver l. New
Orleans.
MILWAUKEE r. ST PAUL. ENTES-
kInN.

Tho n'ahasets o. sno Sneaso s,'"""uu 'r,'s,,.,,
reporter yesterday TINT tho contracss for tholr
Council lilulrs i;xtcnslon from Marriott, nvo rules
wess Of Cedar itapIds. 10 Council n,usrs. ills
tancc Of ~ miles, h@yo I'LL oeoa @ awaeeu, a.,n ann
work will ut Dnce bc begun Hnu th0 EXTENSION
r. hnvn tI,o lin, IN running order ly next full.
y" n' ~ "w III ~ r'1., .s', ,hn ,',r,cs NJ
i,pntou, ra,nn. rolk, Dai,us, uuthrio, Audubon.
shelby, AMI l'uttnwnttanLo mud lenvcs 1)es MoIncs
n ahors distance to tho north. The construction.
OF this foAo VIII require ,', y eoo' ,'o.,' "ou'
Of hcavy work. It. will le ncs.
essary to rctnnvo 5O00,000 cubic ynrds
Of carth. ,sc Qua feet of lumber, md HD,-
wv tact oi plllhs' q arso nuhour y. n."no ..'s,s
arc also required. and til" contract Tor she'r
construction has ,.Iso bucn awarded. The three
rcIp"lt GrlKes WI, ~ g l'1v a hot at ,npag "
Wu;er' Fnr tic laitjluE Of eIlcli ulo os it,usu
brI.gra s5V0,oil In lMn,is havc huon athor!zua,
tho ni0st s,lGstn1;tIni and Improved manner.
tnI,sioil viii be per l0U mlles tivo otEncs, two
pnssct'ESr ents IT, @ HS & ~, ,,,nn ,"r~ r",
ttni y ~, vii sn.,im IN" toiitnny to rtlntiU
with INV ur thu oIlcr lines GUtt Tor freight
and rRssenuur. sruitc. Thu i,isttllEcra M
o. tno Cn'c9tl, silWAuHeWn ~ ~ @ s,.. ~. @ ts,n vii
n.n ,i,nn.t ~, Hiriinn fr..t t;hirnvu to Olrh,.
md sht.rter by Two mlos u,nn tho Chtea4u 4
Northwestern, which IL now ti,o shortest lt l'n.
tI,.If~
a =. ~; sa9 ,,,iiu, ,u ''o' 'n'o""o ~ @'"'''''
Thu new brldxe ncrpss tho Mississippi At
snbuin, MID by which tho Council bluffs iI.le
Grosscs tG Mtsslsspn w1s capeMtSo, M ~ yesttnF[ stI[-
w,irkee $ ST. Paul will hereafter piss ever sno
neW l'rflge, ,,t,,y,
viii s.vo Ghetao ve 'lirees rsads 70 tt poi,t,
Mosk ,spn1 th& Gnif.s1j 1jnar MlwfSn Y1fry
circumstances It would 1u hnrt 10 1'flo business
enomKh for - nany rA,!s 9.,d Us fas na,p, rs the
tue si1S prooruoas of ths varios fotils w proGass
ply 6g sHa t toy th r w az Sby9 ~, v1yr nst rut r.
tlle portion Of Iowa. thu worry Eardon ot Aulcr-
III; Tbo cpcovo, Milwaukee & st. Paul Ans also
3ust awnrcd snd"d ilo % eontrsst fer eometnx tho
i,nflnishuh portion OI tue iitatgs ,ts 4 ,v.i
nh during tue GniT summer, Wm,cn rma m,.s
mike IL stretch of ~, 1iiSs " conaplet@Sn @ ToMn
on that division OF tho milwaukee, ~ in,i' y y
will ulso complete tho unfinished portion o.
tho Missouri River
CHICAGO, ROCKFORD L. sSoRT1rE1eN.
a,s,nssnp tho hi IN tho foreclosure case OF
T",n,,,lnm ~. nm r,h,cov,, HnckYnrtl. y Northern
3bfl,,n,i Company and others. Vhls wis bill
NIed In thn Ftu,crn, Court in 1873 to forcluso q
ea.,rJ ,rortru,to ri ss5 p,0 an tho rou,l, Md q
1trrn,..r una nnnoIntr1. rbe roatl wns opcrntcl
~ t,a f,hfcn,o /. 1own J,aIlront Compnny. and
ts n,,,v Il, thn hou,1a NJ Mr. JuY,rph who wos re-
centIv nnn1,Jntni ,flureiyor by tho state Court,
onI m hns 1,crn Tcc,1 to over Tho roj,tul Of
tho roa'i tho llecc'vor nprnsed oy tho reaerat ~
Court eoMe time ' nstcf III thaL + ~ ~ Ei5s ts,p. II
tn9 IT, S1tHfG 5 S H.eolyor s " Ws s9 pp,ad t IL
tue state CoHFt az tho PF9pefy WIZ 1 " W, W. y
possession ot tho fGasf,t GuF .u1 , vnsN
tertlny IN 4ppntafion Was hMat @ a,9 " 1nuHv nn,,
1r III "'Gr Of sh 'a ro IJ s,u"lH b. ,a yer to TIC