Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-07-28
CURRENT NEWS.
RAILROADS.

The Canadian Pacific Railroad company had
decided to issue 81 q, ,000, 900 of bonds. The
Canadian Pacific railway track is completed to
Image creek, twenty miles west of Portage la
Prairie
The Boston 4 Albany railway were selling
last week tickets as follows: To Chicago, S12;
St Louis, $l6.25; Detroit 50, and proportion
ately TO other points. These tickets are limit
ed to two or three days.
Gen. Manager Hill of the ST P, NJ. & NJ,
has closed a contract with L B. Hodges, the
famous tree grower, for lining all the cuts on
Browns Valley branch with Young trees, as
wind breaks, and to protect them from snow
drifts,
The managers of the Chippewa Valley 4
Lake Superior road have signed the first con-
tract for grading work on the projected line of
that corporation Wells, Harrison 4 Shute
were the successful bidders, securing the
grading OF torty-tive miles of the road located
between Wabasha and Eau Claire.
The regular passenger trains of the Northern
Pacific road will begin running to Glendive on
August l. Regular mail transportation will be
commenced on The same date Construction
traius are running to Glcndive, but the officials
of the road do not wish to accept passenger
traffic ahead of accommodation for it at Glen
dive.
the Delaware l. Hudson Canal railroad struck
rock near Dresden, and portion Of the train
plung d into the lake. The engineer, Charles
Carswell, was killed and the fireman injured.
Two passengers named A. T. Foss of Spring
field, Mass, and H. l. Gittleson of Alexandria,
y. y, were utand bruised.
Mr.. Ea'on, the we'll known railroad man and
banker of Chatfeld, in an interview, said that
the intention was TO build the Chippewa Valley
road this season. 1t will be about seventy miles
in length from Eau Claire 10 the Mississippi
river, which will probably be crossed by pom
toon bridge. Estimates are now being made,
and will be ready for bids within few DAYS.
A Saratoga special train from Nor Adams
collded half mile east of Zoar station with
west bound accommodation train on the Fitch
burg railroad Both trains were going at full
speed. The engineer, Jas. Wood, of the
commOdat;On train and Chas. Prescott, fireman
ou the Saratoga special were killed. A. I. Cor
l:ss, engineer of the Saratoga sOecial was also
killed. The damage to the fitchburg COM
pany's rolling stock is estimated at $4,000.
The collision was caused bv Engineer Coriiss
running by Zoar station contrary to orders.
\ Milwaukee special says: 1t is understood
by railroad mon lere, that the Saltwater ex-
tension Of the St Paul road is intended rs a
connecting link between that road and the
Northern Pacific, and is 70 be built for the pur-
pose of preventing the Wisconsin, Central from
maAllg the projected connection this side Of
Ashland, as the Northern PaciG &c will not need
to build the Ashland extension if the st. Paul
furnishes an outlet for It's winter carrying from
Duluth. In connection with this. it may be
stated that E. H. Hail, who claicls to be in the
confidence of Mr.. Henry Willard, states posi-
lively that the Northern Pacific will not build
to Ashland this year, and that the change of
plans will be stated officially in few days.