Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-03-26
ABOUT RAILROADS.

Berlin's electric railway, built by Sic
mems & Halske, which runs between Ber
lin and suburban village, is the first cleo.
trical railway built for actual use.
The Tuscarawas Valley Railroad offers
to build line from Russell station to
Wooster-about u miles-for $50, 600, Civ
ing Wooster direct outlet to Cleveland.
The Pacific Mail Railroad Company have
completed arrangements to build a new
elevator at Omaha, with capacity of
600, 600 bushels, in time for the next sea-
sons crop.
A correspondent writes from lula, Mex,
February 9Th, that the Mexican Central
Railway Company are rushing things"
having Sc miles OF track laid, and employ
ing over 10, 800 men in construction.
Work has been suspended on the first
100 miles of the Canada Pacific Railway
west, and most of the men have returned to
Winnipeg. 1t is believed the suspension is
but temporary. This greater portion OF the
men expect to be re.engaged under the
syndicate.
The Duponts, of powder-manufacturin
fame, have bought the entire capital
stock of the Delaware Shore Railroad,
from Woodbury., N. j., to PENIS Grove,
just opposite Wilmington, for less than
twenty per cent. OF its value. The capital
stock is nearly $4,000 and the bonded
debt $50, 900, held by the Fidelity Trust
Company.
The Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul
Company have adopted new freight brake,
that acts as powerfully and instantaneous
ly as the Westinghouse brake on passenger
cars. This brake does away with the
dangerous necessity of running over the
tops of the cars it stops the train instant
ly, and is very cheap, only costing from
Sl2 to SIS per car.
The Delaware, Lackawsnna and Western
Railroad engineers are still prosecuting
their work in the vicinity of Bath, N. Y.
The proposed track will be laid on the
south side of the Erie road, and will run
close to the Soldiers Home. Another
party of engineers of the same road are
surveying at Lancaster. The proposed line
is to cross that town north of the New
York Central tracks, and will, therefore,
be some distance from the village.
The Wabash, ST. Louis & Pacific is at
present making a survey for an extension
of their road to Alton, ILL.,, which will
probably be built. The Chicago, Alton &
st. Louis is going to build cut off around
Alton, for double track. The track
through that city is So feet to the mile by
making cutoff they can extend the dis
tance, giving 80 feet per mile. The con-
tract has been awarded to Wolf & Sons,
of Ottumwa, Iowa, and work will be COM
menced as soon as the frost is out of the
ground.
There was filed for record in the Record
er's office at Chicago last week articles of
consolidation between the Chicago & Mil
waukee Railway Company and the North
western Union Railway Company. The
Board of Directors are Albert Keep, Mar
shall NJ. Kirkman, Martin L. Sykes,
Augustus Schell, Marvin Hughitt, Joseph
B. Redfield, William L. Scott, Charles G.
Wheeler and James H. Howe, to hold
their Office until their successors are duly
elected and qualified.
The Directors of the Union Pacific, at a
meeting held few days ago, decided to
build, with all practicable dispatch,
broad gauge railway, commencing at Den
yer and extending by direct line through
the coal fields of Boulder county to Long
mont, and from Fort Collins up to Cache
la Poudre into the North Park, thence into
Middle Park, via Muddy creek, tapping
the new mining camp at Lead mountain.
Several engineering parties are now en-
gagged locating this line, and some FIVE diff
ferent camps of graders have been estab-
lished In the Cache la Poudre canyon, and
are now at work on the grade at several
points. This canyon resembles somewhat
the Clear Creek canyon, up which the Col
orado Central road now runs, though it is
more open. This road is being built un.
der the charter of the Greeley, Salt Lake
and Pacific Railway Company.