, 1881-09-18
The New York, Chicago s St.
Louis Making Very Salts
factory Progress.
Some Further Statistics Regarding
the Illinois Freight
Schedules.
The Passenger War Becoming More
Torrid Each! Successive
Day.
Progress Of The Passenger War Between The
Trunk Lines at Toledo and Boston.

YORK, Chicago IL St. Louis Road, is making
satisfactory progress. and it is expected by
the 1st of July Of next year it will be III rum
ming order between the TWO main ternllnl-
Yesterday TRIBUNE reporter had pleas
ant interview with Mr.. ". Is. Howard, who
has charge Of the construction Of the road.
and endearored to obtain fcom him descrlp-
ton OF the route by wl.icl. the Company III
tended to come inl0 Chicago.
I'VE will come ill.," said he
*.t;ot any route laid out ?" asked the re-
porter.
"That's just a little too prerlou us, :" said
Mr.. Howard. IL have 10 desire to Keep any
information from you, but can't very well
tell you all l knUw.'
''Are you endeavoring to purchase right
of way through the cityw
s.lf we were doing that you can see for
yourself that it would be unwise to say much
about it. We have money enough to puild
the road and bug our way in, but II it Should
be known that we were coming Oil certain
route through the city, property might be
unhealthily raised on us. But we have not
decided how we shall come in. We probably
shall not buy our way through at present,
because court proceedings for condemnation
aud appeals, etc.,in such cases would neces-
sarily take time, and, vi course, delay us anu
keep us from doing business. We are a4iX-
ious to get ready to do the carrying business
as, soon oons Is rs poIs,D's Ist co'npettors a
for portion Of the Chlcago freight aud pas
6enger traffic We are pushing tie work as
rapidly as is consistent with {. railroad III
tended to he permanent institution on
see, the parties who are building tlils road
are not building it, as many supposed, for 4
speculation, but they are putting III their
money for investment anu profit and are
holding the stock A stone~baliasted, steel
rail road is not usually built fvr the exclusive
benefit Of stock-ganlb!lnS
"How are you coming into the city, any
'That is something that must be deter,
mined hereafter. Ut course, we, will
have. to apply i. to the COUNCIL for
DOT anticipate any opposition to this, for
so far we are receiving the strongest aud
best encouragement, being somewhat OF asl
opposition to existing monopoly- FroM Ham
mond, at the Indiana State line, we are work
u, and IS to Grand Crossing. We own Sec.
81 and j, in portion Ut which the permanent
shops and round-houses will probably be
built We are grading north from Ham
uond as far as South Chicago. and we are
Calumet River, between Sec. . aud 81. We
are building bridge that will be swinging
In a nl0nth OrSO, At present We are lHyinE the
stone foundations, which you should see, and
which would give you some idea ct ct the III
se!ineu pelu.ecy " ta1 a iau @ te .,e,,;t,. diott
g, = !; ~, ~ az" otnns IS ro,ne into the tSi1v II
Ciryeiand. hut we don't expect to spend that
much to build in Chicago, because there will
not be required 50 many bridges. through
oecs. a10 o. eue glauuiE - 1ea.ls c"ail~
sha1i have to decit]., how we sl,aIl come in.,'
. Is it true that the Illinois Central Rail
road Company has offered you their. tracks
70 come IN on from GraEu crossing
u. n1M, mngie , u,u w fsS;a1, u."t 10 "a,
sSAeo e., ILL., no""1o' 'AilAee A'en1ol' ~ &c
pls. -. ~o,,o.+o- :,
H. NessI y; anlno' ans"eieo u1e iepoitel' -
~ .11 LINZ IT,
inele mas oeen some n'!h ulsl w. WY. Hy,,t w
bha!a cu1ne my tq t!lcasu' ~: l'oN " na'ene
nte,ueq on: we may % com,e III py % 1ne naax ,.aae,
fIonl. ont tnal VII 9epeMu. oi COURSE, upon
Luz tel ms ulcIees Wnici 1lay oe ~ ouGtous ;fls
lnat Wy can1ot aHolu 10 aCGept u!en. HoM
evel, that arrangements II were maze,
would, OF necessity, n0L Or ptf1nahent; d5ut
we can come IN 70 EneIeWoou. anu lneli
sone III ~ tne Track ol tue western AAolaiia.
lnefe Will DC no TURNER trouble on that
score. AGAIN. II we cannot MAKE pet1ha-
nen9 ,l "a iariaiisenntn1 Will o1ner ioaas upon
Which 10 come Ill, we can certainty make Il