Telegram-herald., 1886-09-07
RAILWAY GLEANlN0s
The SIS .oo0. .OOo Bonds That Railway Ia
cursion-Ns~ Railways and
improvements.


The contract for the neR C. & "a n.
round house viii be lei today.
%. " kutsche. of the C. q " Al. goes
a. Chicago today ia week f4cAilon.
Il l. expected that in a iew DAYS G. 4 "A.
NJ trains viii be crossing tae neN bridge al
BIG Rapids
The excursion from Ia Porte Ind. 20
Ottawa Beach lasl Sunday, took - people
90 that resort
Conductor John 4 Banks. ~ ths q X a
j.. and his family are recreaune for couple
Of weeks up north
BRICK building l0x50 Ia the clear. is In
process of erection al the q. X. A !. south
yards Tor paint house
An excursion will be- given by the C. q
W NJ, from Big Rapids and Baldwin 80
Ottawa Beach neKl Sunday.
Tickets for the C. & W NJ excursion %
the Chicago exposition are for sale today.
They are good for return Ia six days.
There is talk Of disseminating the bust
hess men : train over the g. a N NJ from
Holland 10 TINS city Monday mornings
Joseph Lomax. clerk Of the G X a i.
purchasing department has gone 10 Val
paraisO. Ind, 10 4rend the funeral Of hls
nephew
Night operator Andy Rothwell, Of the
d, q. III. & NJ bAde his friends good bye
yesterday. He Is going 10 Pontiac and De
troit for vacation.
The new G. r. & l. oil and waste house
commenced recently on Cherry has
been completed. The structure is absolute
ly ire proof being built Of brick. stone and
iron.
Sarah A Quigley, wife Of the foreman Of
the q. r. q l. blacksmith shop al the South
yards, died Of consumption Sunday night
The body was taken 10 Ohio for burial yes
terdsy.
General Freight Agent c. r. Gill, Of the
G.. r. & L.. left yesterday noon for New
York 20 attend the re- gulsr quarterly meet
ing Of the East Bound Classification Com
mttee.
Forty miles Of telegraph wire and the
necessary material for the completion Of
telegraphic service between here aud Mus
kegon have been purchased by the NJ, q.
X. ( l.
The hollow east Of the G r. & l. tracks
between Island and East Fulton -sts., will
be filled in soon and several tracks laid
there TO be used for a place on which 10
wash cars.
The railway excursion from the Ssginaws
inst. Grand Rapids must hustle 10 keep
even with the Saginaw folks entertain
nent last week.
Sufficient materials for the completion of
the @. X. & l. dock al Mackinaw City,
which was but half completed last year,
have been ordered and the unbuilt portion
will be completed this season.
Pursuant 10 resolutions adopted at the
July meeting Of the Michigan Gesersl Pas
senger Agents all Michigan rosds will sell
tickets TO the Seventh Day Adventist en-
campment, 10 be held in this city Sept ~
TO >, inclusive al one and one-third fare for
the round triD. The tickets will be good "a
return Sept. %.
The Sl3 600, 90 FIVE per cent bonds Of the
g. K. x l.. issued in August, 1854. which
| have been re-engraved al a cost Of & 600, 10
meet the requirements OF the Stock tx
| change in New York were received yester
| day and listed al the Exchange, where they
are now on sale. In few days the time
and places of exchange will be advertised
and those holding the first issue will b'
enabled 10 obtain the new bonds. The en-
| craving executed by the Homer Lee Com
pany, of New York. is Of wonderful deli
cacy and fineness. At the head Of bofl
registered and coupon bonds is an engrav
/ ing Of No. So, the most recently purchase,
| locomotive of the road. The workman
ship is of bank-note fineness throughout
and dehes the counterieiter's art.