Telegram-herald., 1886-09-12
RAILWAY MATTERS.
improvements az the Grand
Rapids & Indiana Yards.
Ca.GlG9 KALAMAZOO lS8 SlGISlK
The Railroad Saw 7 he hea Dock a.
MzcSInaA To Bosfon ana
Back SIS - Ne~
Gars-itsms,

us lAe ST. ~ E T. commencing september
l5. tas rates 90 oe good 90 Reed cry and
points North
Ihe g.. K 81 b. has done an immense exc
clrsIou 1il-llezs alrlas che rlnuler just
passed. lle llu cer of people carried %
Rome City. lld. alone anolats to over
IEeng thousand. sale tle summer rates
have taken I'D Bay Nlee countless thronEs.
The g.. i. & /. IS selling tickets % parties
of LFr or more t0 ledar Springs. tor RENE
uerance meeuls t0 be- held there sept. a.
al che rate of orr and oue-tnlrd Fare Tor The
rolll "trip The rate IS good from al points
between aud Including Grand kaq-ts and
Howard city.
The L. S. & NJ s. viii give an excursion
saturday. The ,th inst from hlte Pigeon
AMI Intermediate points. including AAegan.
CO Ottawa Beach The excursion j. % be
gwen under Ile auspices ~ the otsegO band
aud The X. OF T. of Aliegan. Fare for the
round trap ST.
The g.. & " NJ. excursion from Big Rap
ils aud Baldwin aud intermediate points
planned for next sunday promises 10 0e the
yrandesl from that part Of the road 10 Otta-
va Beach. Five coacn loads are promised
from Big Rapids alone. and the NewaygO
band of fifteen pieces viii be along TO max
ins the trip lively
There are in process Of construction al the
South Yards Two new passenger coaches.
A lhird will be commenced soon and all
Vill be- completed in about two months
The outside Of the cars Will be OF the c. K.
6 L. standard finish and the inside viii be
finished off Ia red oak Tue cars viii not
20 into use until next Spring or Summer.
Two or three battered locomotives are being
repaired Noticeable among them are the
engines which colhded near Bay View not
long since.
1T j. only d matter of time in my opin-
ion said Superintendent Melheany. Of the
G r. = I Northern Division yesterday,
when al railways which have used steel
rails for some years viii purchase and
make use of railroad saws TOR saving OFT
the ends Of battered rails OF course the
joints will be more numerous, and the
track won't be quite as good as II made OF
new rails. but the quality Of the steel re-
mains Just the same of course, and the
rails are equally serviceable.'
The office occupied until yesterday by the
Master of Transportation Of the G. Il. Il l.
has been given 10 the Paymaster. and the
former occupant has taken up bis quarters
in the Office formerly occupied by the Main
felanCe Of Way Department. The former
favmaste~s room ls now occupied Ov ). II.
r. Hughart. Secretary Of the Board Of Direc-
tors MT Hugbsrt was formerly Secretary
ard Paymaster, and TIE appointment Of J.
e.. Holt % the latter office occasions the
change Of rooms mentioned above.
AT meeting OF the delegates from St.
Joseph Van Buren, and Csss counties 10 the
Republican District Convention held at -.
Joseph sept. $ the following resolution was
unanimously adopted.
Resofed. That the thanks of the delegates
from the counties Of s. Joseph, Van Buren
and Cass % the Republican Convention az
81. Joseph be. and are hereby extended 70
the managers of the q. & W. VI. k'y. for
the favor of special train, and 10 COnduc-
tor swim and the other employees Of the
company In charge of the train for their al
tenuve courtesy
The stockholders OF the Chicago. Kal-
amaz0O & Saginaw railroad met al Kala-
mazoO Thursday evening and accepted the
proposition of prominent gentlemen who
are members of the company 10 take the
. road and build 10 the Michigan & Ohio and
possibly % the Grand Trunk line. SOme
stockholders withdrew and others increased
the subscriptions ten 10 twenty times. The
following directors were elected: Thomas
s. Cobb, A J. Bovine. Leroy Cahill Fred
erick Busb and W. : Dewing. The dirsc-
tors elected Thomas 5. Cobb, President; A.
j Bovine, Vice President; Geo. +. Dunbar,
Secretary and Treasurer The directors were
authorized - let the contract for the con-
structiOn Of the road
The new G.. r. & J. dock at Mackinac
City viii be completed in time for use next
Summer. During the Winter the timbeTs
and necessary materials viii be aggregated
and in the early Spring the work of putting
in the cribs will De- commenced. That time
Of the year is chosen because the ice may
5e used % work upon, and holes will be
sawed large enough % sink the cri0s In.
Ten OF them will be required 10 complete
the dock. which will be l2)o feet long and
sixty feet wide There will be built in con
necti0n with it a transfer dock, so that
freight ears and particularly ore cars. may
be- .oade1 on vessels for transportation
across the straits and for receipt from the
other side.
The Chicago s. Grand Trunk Railway. the
Detroit Grand Haven & Milwaukee Rail-
way. ana Michigan Air Line. and Detroit
Division of lhe Grand Trunk Railway. have
u ode ample arrangements tor ihe accom-
mod alton. comisrt and convenience of All
desiring t1 areni ihe Sovereign Grand
Lodge of tle odd Fellows. fo be- held at
Boston. commencing sept I'D. The fare for
fhe r1uud "Trip from amy station on any 0f
taese r9at. IS ei3. odd Fellows and their
families u0ar upcu presentation of CertH-
cate. purchase tickets good for one or more
persons. and to tle public generally tickets
will 9s sois Az tAe same rate per passenger.
hrf solid tickets vfI he confined % hre n-
tiv.dua.s. Ihe date of sale IS Sept ls and
rcsets win NOT no valid for return unless
sIamFe. 8t Boston PRIOR to Oct p. An ar-
ranEemert 81 perfected whereby ali ODD
FEB ows from the West and Northwest VIII
c9ugroEafe at Niagara Falls Sunday morn
ing Sspt. i3.
The new buildings st Che G.. f. g I. South
Y8ris are rapidly approaching completion.
The tracks have been iai1 in each with the
exception Of one track only. and that viii
receive attention soon. AT IF them, and
one additional outside Of The buildings. viii
ce connected with tle belt road which en-
e.rr ss al the buildings and shops Of the
rlsnt Work Is now progressing on The
steam heating apparatus. which is being
arranged in a manner quite novel lu al
there VII - in both buildings 3 1 feet of
inch pipe. and about five per cent of that
amount in mains and returns. The greater
portion ~ these ipes IL arranged upon
hght trHsses over head. There are
also pipes upon the sides Of
the walls b boiler arrange
ment All the return pipes leading 90 it. The
condensed steam is azain vap0TiIed and il
cent into The radiators 20 perform its ser
vice sEain and again. The contract eVacts
a temperature Of seventy degrees above
zero. wben the weather outside is twenty
below. The new buildings are substantial
snt Impressive in appearance. Work on
che new 1oi er house IS progressing and
when completed vii contain sufficient 1oi-