The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-01-03
n Railroad Consolidation.

~ AOOs OWUs Ss''VSbOa's ASN"
l3.nih al,.i ex-:;eilAtOr Cl'atles.
There, The Tines sxys: The
A,nrinrt of the I,iIi now pending
(Ingress which enables The South
Pacific a.,&!t:uiller railroad tS,i,l-
h tn consolidate ~ one cs,rlOrx-
does not seen, IL be generally
rstO4Nl. The idea IL /" allow all
Companies which now as'ntrLl
which arr ~ form new
q bgh southern line from the
HIic tU the Pacific Ia
q blisiate under one management.
I tlr.,uyl, line Is not yet c..'''-
\ !, but there arr only few
u gaps to lie iille:t to make u
q iii unl,rs,kem line from San
FeiscO To Newport. The various
u In the projected consolidation
y be southern Pacific If l'alitor-
u |outh Pacific Of Arizona and
N1JexicO, the Galveston Il HOus-
ID Ad the San Antonio, the Louis
ID Y Texas, the Vcr,,iilliOllville
x bn Rouge, the Mississippi VAL
Il. nd the Chess l1eske 4 Ohio
~ Of these the only unc,.ll-
p reads are the VcrnlilliOnville
4 DO Rouge aud the Mississippi
VI both Ut which will TX roi'l-
pS some time 0uiing the present
~ When this Is done through
I'd eau be run from San
Fl lsc0 to Newport. The whole
WI e under the order Of u single
lrs 1espatchcr. This IL the road
WI Messrs. Stanford, Huntington
an( rocker have tNsen trying for
ye b complete. aud their plans
are .arly fulfilled. 1t is ct'l,si'l-
ere ut these gentlemen think hy
cOs hating tue whole line under
UD@ Engagement Il eaan lse run tnde-
pen 4 Of state ar territorial inter-
fer@
II cincinnati E,sIu;.rr says: Gin
GIN having already the ('incin-
!'al stllern built Ut u cOAt III over
~! Hu aud the Louisville X Exsl'-
vlIj( wO great lines extending
thrd some uf the most valuable
terri in the South, Is autici;Mti:l.
. III eruMk line south under Jay
iou management. The M.l,rllle
~ ttl Gould will assume the entire
rom Of the Mobile 4 Ohio ~ ssDI'
~ 10 yes out Of the hands III the re-
ce'v Ind make 1t v part Of the Wa
lsasil Louis l. Pacific system, bat
oPer jointly with (:Oul.i'$ South
west xyS EN-. a uulnlt,er Of pre-
llmi surveys have already been
''Ia9> different places on the line
~ th( rOlNsetl road nn.l the follow
NY In Ill probability I've the
ruFs lken. The Northern exteL-
'ion begin On tile line CT the NJ"
pie y bio rt,aal at either Columbus,
" 'ss' Aberdeen IN the 81 me State,
ma . take Y northeast erly H'ur.e,
'r~s' tlIe Louisville l. Nashville
ssyttei l)es:atur, Ala. From there
y vii u run IN n EOrtllerly diret..
|'on J llel with, and xls,ut lwid way
the Cincinnati Southern aud
LOUIS e 4 Nashville systems. II
s'l ~ toucl, either Nashville or
oa.a lint nv. Ln,,t.,l far
3D&1SS WV NNVSCNS
~ ug vest to avoid q ca,l,st r,,ctiOil
n"'us he chains Of mountains ~
ny VIZ 0f the cities named. II will
TOSS Nashville X Cl.ntiai,tn'gs,
Inu 81 FOULS r'ad ut n point about
ne wa back in Tennessee or per-
~ ~ " een that and Murpi,iees-
r'Io l' ut State. From, there the
'ouIse J ee almost due north to
s = aeibyville, n.y., passing
nlous frankfort, the capital, and
hence to Cincinnati. 1t u als.'
n'en:,s u" complete the rt,ad into
sew VI Ans aud there connect with
ne lou western system terminating
i Tue e.cent City. IL this line
j. cs,n' eti according IL programme
VI" re Mr.. Gould u continuous
oute .t Cincinnati into Texas and