New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-09-02
RAILROAD INTERESTS.
A TRIP OVER TIE NICKEL PLATE" ROAD
PRESIDENT CUMMINGS MUCH PLEASED WITH WHAT
HE GAW

PRESIDENT CUMMINGS MUCH PLEASED WITH WHAT
HE SAW
President G.. r. Cummings, of the New
York, Chicago and st. Louis Railroad arrived I'm this
city yesterday in company with William r. Howard, OF
the firm OF Brown Howard & CO., contractors OF the
road having just completed the first trip over the
Nickel Plate road They were much pleased with
what they saw. They left Chicago at m on Wcdnes
day In President Cummngss private car, and were
cOmpanied by Trainmaster F0ulka, Assistant En-
ginecr Pardee, Major H.. L. Morrell mans-
ger for the contractors. and Engineer
Iatcha, who accompanied them to Buffalo, For
about ten miles, including is entrance into Chicago
the Nickel Plate the tracks OF the Illinois Cen
trail Railroad The Illinois Central is laying two extra
tracks TO the east OF ts present main tracks for the
of the new road and they are rapidly nearing compile
ton About half a nile south Of Grand Crossing the
Nickel Plate branches OFF to Its own tracks, and has
thence n clean run into Buffalo Stony Island, whore
its shops are to be Dnilt' i
about twelve miles from Chicago The company has
100 acres there Work already been begun on the
foundations Of the shops Al Hammond, ihd ana a.
Cummings fine union depOts are TO be bullt. ~ Fort
The run between Chicago and Cleveland, about 1875
miles, made in ten hours The road Ded, alihOugh
good condition; all the rails are sixtypound
steel and the Ties number 5000 to the mile In
There are few curves between Chicago and Cleveland
Tho road passes through fertile country. and many
people OF all the towns through which the road runs
were out and greeted the special III enthusiastic
manner.
The entrance into Cleveland ia made by system Of
bridges viaducs aud grading that carries tie tracks
through the heart Of the bueness part of the city, and
gives The road uneqalled facilities handling bust
ness. Very nearly S3.OOO,O00 have been expended at
and pond and IN the mdnng Started for B1Gaio
being joined on the road by Daniel p. Ees,
OF Clevoand; General J. 4 Easement of gainesville ;
VI. L. Human secretary and treasurer OF the Brooks
Locomotive Works. Captain Ed ward l.. Tyler, A. X.
don't gfV1tg 4fgTn
division Ncw-York. Chicago and ST. Louis Rail
road Major T. p simpson and Richard snit of sinp
scott. Between Cleveland and Buffalo tne
track is in excellent condition There ,., are
Among largest bridges and viaducts over
the rivers and aynes are one at gainesville 900 feet
audl Il 10 bign COncaut 200 feet long aud 80
high. Springfield 700 feet long aud 100 feet
The owanyie yaduct is 500 feet long and 100 feet
high. At Twenty Mile Creek the bridge is 500
bridge Is 800 feet long and 60 feet high. One
OF the largest vaducts spans tie Two sister creek at
Locomotive Works attached. and carried the party
Buffalo where OF them lcit the train the special
York ~ WIN " -" - '"' f'''''' '''' '' ~
Mir. Cummings expressed himself as being highly de
lighted with the road. " Ii Was Only little over year
ago he said that the prof ct OF building the New
YORK, Chicago and ST. Louis was started. People
built. Look at IT now. have ridden over 300 miles
Of fine rOad-bcd as can be seen anywhere. going
miles hour Very nearly $50 100000 nave been ex-
pended oar rolling stock. besides an uuurlally hne
passenger equipment, comprises 10000 freight cars ana
abOu 100 Besides ihe large general shops at
stony Island, Chicago have seventy acres at
COnneaut, where we building shops tnat Will give
employment to about 500 men. The public has no idca
vhntrver about III. great work done during
the past year There viii be forty depots along the ne
most Of them are completed. I1ey are
handsome we-built structures, painted OhNe-grech,
with slate roofs. The telegraph hne when VIII DO
operated by the company, Is nearly compile ed"
"Wnon do you expect 10 have regular tIaihs running
bet Ycen New \ Ork and Chicago Z" was asked.
By Oc.Obcr l. by the way, we prop 10 put on the
finest limited train has between the East
and West II Will be composed entirely of Pullman
palace cars. of very Gncso make. They are now
being built IN the Pullman suUp5"
As is well known at Buffalo, the Nickel Plate " con
nee win the Erie road whose tracks its trains
will 10 NeW-NOrk.