The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-19

Oregon d california line viii be completed in
thltsen moIlshs, giving railroad con
lIaecfions with the great lakes and Sc Paul to
san Francisco via tlls Narthern Pacific
completion of the latter road will affect some
what the ocean steamship and Oregon Railway
Navigation company. business has increased
50 much that the facilities of the latter line
/ have been outgrewn The towns of Seattle
and New Tacoma, ON Puget sound, have en-
| joyei an extra growth recently, and threaten
TO rival San Francisco by reason of the grain
products and iron resources
Tue report furthers states that Willard was
pleased with the resources of Montana AT
Helena and Butte City thousands OF tons. of
ore are on the dump waiting shipment VIA the
Northern Pacific to Baltimore and elsewhere.
| Lutte City has nine smelling works, all of
which are at work ON high-grade ores. The
condition OF construction is SO far advanced as
to insure the completion of the road by the
end of August Merchants on the Pacific coast
ale withholding shipments of fall supplies
until the completion OF the Northern Pacific.
The tracks are III sfirsT-rate condition, and
trains can be run as fast as forty five miles an
hour. At St Paul and Minneapolis real estate
advanced in some cases as high as 500 per cent
owing TO large purchases of land by the Oregon
&sIfaIi scoea tlnental company for terminal pulr-
poses for the Northern Pacific trains. In con-
clusion Willard stated that there is every PROS
pect that the road Is about to enter an era of
uninterrupted prosperity
ROW ON HAND.
CHICAGO, May l8.-It is generally
believed that serious war between the Pacific
roads will soon break out, as both the Santa
Fe and Union Pacific feel rather belligerent on
account of the excellent terms secured by tbs
Denver & Rio Grande from the Central Pacific,
and which threatens to diminish the volume OF
their business considerably. meeting of the
managers of the Pacific roads was TO have been
held st Salt Lake City last week for the pur-
lal1lfi
the California business, and to make an effort
TO settle matters amIcably, but for some reason
or other the managers of one or two roads re-
fused to attend and consequently the meeting
could not be held
PICKED UP.
1t is rumored that at the annual meeting of
the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific, Hugh Rid |
lie viii resign the presidency, and r. r Cable |
be elected in his place
The Rock Island road has withdrawn from /
the Iowa passenger pool, and Efforts are max
ing to avert serious complications
Almost panic in Wabash was caused by
declared upon good authorityto
De unfounded--that Jay Gould had sold bis
interest in that line, the purchaser being the
Missouri Pacific
The transfer of the Hannibal & St Joe
'ailway to the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
las been completed.
The Chicago Alton, the Wabash and the
Indianapolis d ST. Louis roads are charged with
vading the pool agreement on east-bound
reight at st Louis, and the commissioner has
axed up the arrears, amounting to 1000 tons
or the first named road, and Is, GOO tons each
or the others.
The gross earnings of the Burlington. Cedar
sapids x Northern railway for the first week
q May were SAC, 259 Ia, against $40, $50 40 for
he corresponding week last year; increase,
u. 22s a. The gross earnings of the Detroit
.ansing Northern for the iirst week in May
oo3s were $50, ,97 against 50, 5l4 for the cerfe-
pohding week last year; decrease, 81 III