The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-03-19

extend its line from Athens to Griffin, Ga, and
the Georgia Midland will be built from EoIum-
bus to Griffin. The contemplated line will thus
add another link through the Mobile e. Girard
railroad, which now runs to Troy, Ala If this
road is extended to Mobile it will make the
shortest possible route to New Orleans. West,
wealthy syndicate is pushing the ST. Louis,
Kansas City IL Colorado road. This is the road
that Harry Drew, N. <. Elliott and other we'll
known railroad men are interested in. They al
ready have the material on the ground to com
plete the first seventy-five miles, twenty of
which will be ready to run trains over
the lst OF April Among other projects, it is
stated that the Rock Island contemplates the
construction of two branches, both of which will
diverge from St Joseph, Mo-, one of which will
extend In a northwesterly direction through the
northern tier of counties in that State, and PEN
citrate considerable portion of the most pro-
ductiye section of Nebraska The other will
run southwest through Kansas and the Indian
Territory. The Atchison, Topeka e. Santa Fe,
it is said, will soon begin the construction of
line to connect with its Sonora division. The
proposed route is via Tombstone thence north
westerly to Tucson, Florence, and Phoenix. A.
T., after which it will connect with the Atlantic
d Pacific. The road will lead through rich
mineral belt, and the arrangement now in prog
ress for irrigating the valleys and ''mesas' of
the ella and Salt rivers will insure it large
miscellaneous traffic, as the country is rapidly
settling with good class of farmers and stock
raisers. Hence the line promises to have a good
revenue. Still another and very important
project, and one of which the early completion
is assured, is the Minneapolis, Sault Ste Marie
q Atlantic railroad. 1t is said that this line
will shorten the distance between Minneapolis
and the Atlantic coast 300 miles as compared
with any route now OPEN The line will be un-
der the management of the Canada Pacific and
st. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba. ThesDuluth,
Huron q Denver Railroad Company filed articles
of incorporation few days ago. The company
intends to construct and operate line of railway
from Duluth in a southwesterly direc-
tion TO Denver, Col. The headquarters is to be
at Huron, D. t., and the capital stock is to be
81, DOC, 600. During this season the company ex
poets to complete a line from Huron D. T., to
Sank Center, or Benson or to Wilmar. Another
new company has been formed at Helena under
the title Of '.The Montana & Idaho railroad"
The new road will run from Missoula through
the Bitter Root valley to Salmon City, /. t., and
thence over the divide to Big Hole river. 1t
will also tap the Utah g. Northern at some point.
Governor Houser, of Montana, is at the head of
the scheme. Nearer home, the Vandalia people
are shaping matters to extend the T. FL. g. l..
division to some good lake harbor where there
are dock facilities for handling lumber and coal,
The Pennsylvania Company will, doubtless,
within few weeks, begin work branch be-
tween Hamilton and Red Bank for their use
when they secure control Of the c., r. & G. di-
vision of the c., Ell. & u. lines and it is more
than probable that the Evansville & Indianapo-
lis road will be completed to Indianapolis in the
next eighteen months.