The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-01-04

present there is nothing more than traffic
arrangement, The annual election OF the
NickeEplate road will be held in few days.
The names of the new directors have not yet
been announced, but 1t is understood that W. b.
Vanderbilt is represent the Vanderbilt in
terest, and j. Fl. Devereux is to be president
PROSPECTS FOR RAILROAD BUILDING IN 1883
Indications are that there is not to be so much
railroad construction this year as there was in
1882; certainly is this true of Indiana, Illinois
and Ohio. One year ago there was the Nickel
plate, the Chicago & Atlantic, the extension OF
the Cincinnati, Wabash & Michigan, the extern
sion OF the Indiana Bloomington & Western, the
Chicago g. Indianapolis Air Line, and the Toledo,
Cincinnati & St Louis ali of which are now az
good as completed. The only roads talked OF, or
likely to be constructed in this State this year,
are the extension of the Vandalia north from
LOgansport; the Fort Wayne, Lafayette IL ST.
Louis from Fort Wayne to Attica, Ind; che Chi
cago q Great Southern to the Clay county coal
mines; the Indianapolis & Evansville Straight
Line; Col. John Lees road from Sturgls, Mich,
TO Danville, III. Whether anything will come of
the Marion & indianapolis, the Toledo u In
dianapOiis, and the extension of the Bedford,
Springfield, Greensboro &c Bloomfield roads
Is questionable. Several short branches
from roads already in existence are
likely to be built. There are branches
to be bnilt to coal mines in Illinois and Iudi-
ana, another road from Peoria to st. Louis Is
likely to be built and a narrow-gauge road from
Ethngham, Ill, 10 the river. Other projects
may come to the surface in the early spring. In
the Northwest railroad construction seems to
have received a setback in consequence of the
late war between the Northwestern lines. The
wisconsin Central Company Is making arrange
mentS TO build an extension OF its road from a
point about forty miles south of Ashland, in
northeasIerly direction, through the Penokee
range. The track of the Denver & Rio Grande
railroad, Utah branch, reached the western line
OF Colorado on last Thursday morning, leaving
but ninety-eight miles of track to be laid from
the east end to make connection 10 Salt Lake
City, TO which point tho line will be completed
ready Du5lUnSs
Northern Pacific the gap between the two ends
of track in Montana is now $50 miles. So far
advanced is the work on the uncompleted sec
tton that the opening of the entire line to the
Pacific coast is regarded as certain to take place
next next summer In the S south and and
springing up in nearly every State. Two new
roads will be built south across Kentucky. In
the States further south. A company has been
formed in Tennessee with charter for the Ten
nessee, Iron Mountain e. Carolina railroad,
which Is projected TO run from Jonesboro, IN
Washington county, Tenn, TO the line or Mltch-
ell county, N. G. company has been organized
at Jacksonville Tenn, to build across from
Telhen Plains to point ON the East Tennessee
and Virginia. preliminary survey has just
been made OF the Arkansas & Louisiana Rail
way, from Hope to Magnolia, in the southern
part OF Arkansas. The survey corps OF the At
lautic & Pacific railroad is making preliminary
survey of line in Indian Territory from
the Arkansas river to Darlington. Engineers
are surveying the route for the Tav area, Orlando
Atlantic railroad in Florida. The st.
Louis & Iron Mountain Company has decided to
extend the Helena ~ iron mountain TOdu
from its present terminus to Alexandria. At
Jefferson, Tex, company has been organized
TO build a narrow-gauge road from that point to
an Intersection of the Mexican IL Northwestern
Narrow gauge road, thus giving Jefferson n
rOw-gauge connection with St Louis There is
movement on foot in Shreveport to organize
company to construct a narrow-gauGe railway
from Shreveport to a pOlntln Arkansas, connect.
ing with the Paramore system. Further soutBs
the Henning syndicate is preparing to build con
Meeting links for several lines, and to the south
west the Atlantic & Pacific management Is also
laying out large amount of work for 1883.
New projects are taking shape in the East. Van
derhilU's line into Pittsburg will doubtless be
built. The Wabash has fully determined to have
an Eastern outlet, and possibly Will join
hands with the Delaware, Lackawanna d
Western, and build from Buffalo to Toledo Then,
which would naturally have been The eastern
connection of the "Nicgel-pate" that Vanderbilt
found 1t necessary to buy, is likely TO be com
pleted from New York to Buffalo in August
next. 1t runs up the west side of the Hudson to
Albany thence westward through the heart OF
the State, and there ls abundance of sangune
talk about it's advantages aud prospects. IL Will
have double track, with generally expensive
work, and the estimated cost, equipments in
cluded, Is 1874. 000, 900 The Baltimore d OHIO
people will doubtless, this year. build their line
from Baltimore to Phtladeiphia; the Pennsyiya-
MIA Railroad Company has one or more import
ant extensions under contemplation, and eight
companies TO build narrow gauge roads in the
mountainous parts of Pennsylvania have been
organized in tine last few months All the enter
prlses above mentioned, however If built, would
not reach more than one-halt of The mileage con-
struOted in 1882.