New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-17
TO COMBINE RAIL AND RIVER LINES.
PLANNING TO MAKE ST. PAUL GREAT CESThs
FOR THE IRON TRAFFIC..

st. Paul MINI, Dec l6.-It Is published here 0as
President A. b. stickney. Of tho Chicago, st. Paul
ard Kansas City Railroad, is striving to purchase ana
unity the entire traffic interests OF the Mississippi Anh
Ohio Rivers and consolidate the ST. Paul and Duluth
Duluth and Iron Range and the Kansas City Railroads
with The river lines In one grand system. IL u No
object 10 control the two great factors In the reshs
business tho iron ore and coal shipments Ihe pan
is to bring iron ore ST. Paul from the Lake Superior
mines by rail and then send 1t to Pttsourg oy oos"
On the return trip, coal Will be brought rom .hs
pennsylvani mines and St Paul will become the dis
trbut ng point for the Northwest ono OF tne se"'~
men interested said yesterday
"The construction Of immense ceal ana ore ooon
at South st. Paul will begin at once, and al ieas'
so5UOOO will be eX pended on these improvements
Mr. Suckney has long had In his mind tno necessary
OF extending his system 10 Daluth and 10 tns irou
mines He has considered tho building OF no" nno'
but to get hold of the St. Paul and Duluth Is mors
desirable Bringing the ore to 81. Pau anu 'heI'' !"
Pttsburg BY the river route instead OF BY the lsAe
ron,e II would have to be rehandled once instead of
twice This Is ono OF the greatest arguments In fAvor
OF the plan Pittsburg must have the ore. s ~ Iss
years the Ptsburg capitalists hsya nSnStres
of Toledo Cleveland. Buffalo and otherlaAe PTrst,,
made possible BY their ease access 70 & ne In'S m resy
essened by utilizing ths rivers. and this conaition
alone makes the plfsburs men take bold Of the s nsw
viii Derive Is obvious She need longer sigh for
water way the lakes. or look Win leaious eye Vn m
reality as well a the head Of navisaaSn % s,a %
the great river and WIN begin TO reap & the pf1n,IS , Ss
revived and put back upon the nouIislhs posnon VI
early days. The purchase OF Old Ihe' Is ong pa ppnd
llminary 1t was necessary to get the wharfage ana
other facilities
MISCELLANEOUS RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE
Nsw.Uavcn. Dec. 10 (speciaD.-Dr. c. b. Adams,
% this CITY was recently elected president OF Tho
New York and Connecticut Air Line Railroad COM
many and he saws the road will be built from Green
wich to New Haven very soon as INK Oh the Ne"-
York and Boston Rapid Transit Road, which proposes
70 make the run from New-York to Boston In tour
hours The route has been surveyed hrousn 'no
western end OF New-Haven, where II IS proposed 70
bnild tho station The Consolidated Road viii o"
crossed at wallingford and a high bridge at Midde
town will span the Connecticut River The proposeo
line is thirty five miles shorter than existing lines
Columbia S. c.. Dec 16 SpecaD.-The etats
supreme Court having decided three weeks ago thas
the bonds voted and issued by townships IN this
state as subscriptions to new railroads amounting
IN all 10 about 81 ,OOO, 600 and held largely by
Northern trust companies security for the ssue OK
railroad bonds, invalid. because OF tho absence
OF corporate purpose on the part OF tho townships
making such subscriptions The State senate mas
assed bill giving the townshps concerned power:
Similar 10 those held by New gland townships. and
providng for new elections In them under the aid-
iiona powers granted 10 renew validate and connrm
their previous action IN the matter and further pro-
vdlng them with full power to vote consutuuonay
bill viii doubtless pass the House and be approved by
stronS Civ against even involuntary reputation.
Philadelphia, Dec. 16 (Specian-Ground VIII DO
broken to- morrow for the Binghamton and Williams
port Railroad to unite those two towns by shorter
line than the Northern Central The tracks Of tbs
State line and sullivan Road will be used from Towards
to Dushore
The engineer corps OF the Cornwall and Lebanon road
will finish tomorrow the survey of a route from Corn
wall TO rdsboro. near Reading. 1nsa few days .
survey will begun for line from Birdsboro TO Den
YER Lancaster County