Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-05-22

The Wisconsin Central railway will
shortly announce new freight and pas
senger line via Green Bay and Ludchng
ton. The run from Minneapolis and st.
Paul will be made in very quick time, and
close connection at Green Bay with the
boats, which Will be among the finest on
the lakes.
A Columbus despatch says there is CON
siderable stir over the report that the
Hooking Valley railroad company has Sc
cured Il controlling interest in the Ohio
Central. The two roads run from the coal
fields to Toledo and control both the coal
and iron trade from Ohio for general and
lake business.
The railroad which the Baltimore and
Ohio company has been building between
Baltimore and Philadelphia since July |,
1883, will be finished by September ! this
year The road Is parallel to the Phila-
delphia, Wilmington and Baltimore line.
operated by the Pennsylvania railroad
and is not a mile distant from it on the
north the entire distance. There will, of
course, be il fierce rivalry between the
two corporations as to speed and bust
ness.
\ Central Hudson party composed of
President Newell of the Lake Shore road,
Messrs. w. X. and f. w. Vanderbilt, Dr.
w. ). Webb, president of the New York
Sleeping Car company, and others, re
Gently made trip between Chicago and
New York to determine the shortest prac-
ticable time on the Central Hudson SyS-
tenn with Il view to placing new limited
express on the road on and after May "a
The trip OF this special was notable for the
fastest time ever run by continuous
tram between the places, and DR.. Webb
says that Il train will be put on to make
the entire distance in % hours. The time
of the Pennsylvania limited train is 25
hours.
The Manchester Locomotive Works in
Manchester, \. H., have an order for
three locomotives with l1X!4 inch cylin-
ders for the Boston and Lowell road.
The travelling passenger agents of the
local roads propose to entertain the an
nual convention of the United States As
ISOLATION of travelling agents, to be held
in Boston next July, in great style.
The greatest number of loaded cars
ever hauled out from White River June
ton over the Summit by Il single loco
motive, was hauled by the paul Dill
linghamo May 18th. The train consisted
of forty cars, of which thirty-nine We're
| loaded full, equal to seventy-nine cars emp
ty, The Central Vermont engines are
powerful on the pull.
People who travel between New York
and st. Albans this summer are to be ac-
cOmmodated much better than in any
| previous season by the running of Il Wag-
ner drawing room car on the train leav-
! ing New York at 9 Il. m Qnstead of Il.
M and arriving at st. Adams at $50 p.
M, Leaving st. Adams, the car will be at
tached to the I. Is a. m. train, reaching the
metropolis at p, m.
An advance of fifty cents per ton for
| freight on pig iron went into effect recent
ly on the Georgia Pacific road. This is the
| line which has been giving cheap rates tC
! the East, enabling competition with Penn.
sylVana iron.
Owing to the numerous applications OF
various express companies to run between
| Portland and Lewiston, the Grand Trunk
| has concluded to take into its own hands
the transportation of express matter, the
same as is done by some of the roads ii
| Massachusetts.
1t is rumOred that II hitch has occurred
in the negotiations at Ottawa in cOnuec
ton with the financial arrangements OF
the Canadian Pacific railroad. The com
pany is much embarrassed, and the EN-
plOyes of some of its branch lines have
not been paid for months, and the street al
Montreal is Hooded with its paper, which
Is being bOughtup at IA great discount,
There is an increasing demand for stee
rails. The Pennsylvania mills last week
made contracts Tor the delivery of 3OOUC
tons, and western and southern roads are
now negotiating for $4,000 tons for sum
mer and fall construction.
During the past year the Central Yer
mont railroad company has built linh
from Magog 10 within half mile of Sher
brooke, and n contract has Just been Lei
Tor It's completion to that place, where
it will intersect with the Quebec Contra
railway.
The regular monthly meeting of the New
England General Ticket and PaSsenge
Agents association will be held at thu