National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-01-05
RAILWAY NOTES.

The car record department of the Nirg inia
Midland railway has been removed from
Alexandria, Va, to Charlotte, y. c., and the
stationery department OF the same road has
been removed to Richmond.
The Virginia house yesterday passed bill
amending and re'Gnacting the net OF 1857 III.
cooperating the Charlottesville and University
Railroad Company. Also amending and re-
CnaCtng the act of 1875 in relation to breaking
and entering any railroad car.
Dispatches from Pittsburg say. A bitter fight
Is being waged between the Baltimore and
Ohio aud the Pennsylvania Railroad cOmpau.
les here which promises TO surpass that be.
tween the same roads in Philadelphia some
time ago. The former Is contesting for more
direct freight route to the west and the Penn.
sylvnnu is cndeavOrng TO prevent IT, Besides
the baltimore ana Ohio the Pennsylvania has
TO fight the Rochester and pittsburg The
trouble arises fran the projected Piltsburg ami
Northeastern railroad. The road, as yet only
on paper, was known as the Turtle Creek line,
and Is to run from PunXsutawney e. Briut)n
station. ON the Pennsylvania railroad, eighty
two miles, ut an estimated cost of $4,000 pOr
mile.
It is stated that c. +. Huntington will con.
soidatc all his property cast Of the Mississippi
statements the Newport News aud Mississippi
Valley railroad Is TO be the title of the new
company, which embrace the Chesapeake ana
Ohio, extending from Newport News to Hunt
iugton, W. Va, sol miles; ElizabethtOwn, Lex
ington and Zig Sandy. Huntington to Lcxing.
ton, KY, 1870 miles; Chesapeake, Ohio and
Southwestern, Louisville to Memphis, 3D1
miles,. Louisville, New Orleans and Texas,
Memphis to New orleans, 53l miles, and the
Kentucky Central, with 25i miles. These roads,
with nm aggregate mileage of ,S9S miles, are to
be under one general management. The Mays.
willie and Big Sandy road will be extended from
Ashland, KY, to Cincinnati this year. This
will shorten the distance about sixty miles.
The missing link in his through system be-
tween Lexington and Louisville, will be built
unless the existing roads between these points
can lie bought at n tlsinctOry price II Is said
| that Mr.. Huntington has his eye on the Louis.
| vile, Evansville and st. Louis road, which
| would give him line into st. Louis with the
| aid Of the Louisville and Nashville
There is liable to be trouble at Howell,
| Mich, over the railroad war between the To.
lcdO, Ann Arbor ana Northern Michigan and
Detroit, Lansing and Northern railroads.
former road TO cross the lattcr's track In eX-
tending its line, and the case was brought into
court and appealed. II Is now pending on ap.
peal TO the circuit court, On Sunday morning
q force of 100 Toledo and Ann ArbOr and
Northern Michigan employees were brought to
the point of the projected crossing and began
work, digging under the Lansing road. They
sing roNd, and constructed the line Of the To.
ledo under 1t. The workers were protected by
an armed force, which LEFT when the work
was completed. Yesterday morning about 800
men were brought on the scene by the Ian
sing road people for the purpose Of filling up
the cut made under their road. The Toledo
and Ann Arbor men, however drove them
away, and then cut the telegraph wires Of the
Detroit, Lansing and Northern road, aud tore
mp the track for half mile on each side of
the cut The traffic on the road between
Genoa and Fowervilc is now interrupted,