Morning journal and courier., 1888-10-16
THE nEnaY RxrENsION.

The Complimentary Excursion To-
 m0rrOw-Rush for Tickets.
 General Manager Stevenson is overWhelm- ed with applications for tickets for the excur- sion he is to give from New Haven tomorrow to signalize the completion of the Derby ex- tension. Most of these he finds himself com- pelled to refuse as he is adhering strictly to his original purpose of limiting the affair to members of the press. Between two and three hundred active newspaper workers in this State, New York and Massachusetts have already accepted invitations and to acoommo- date all the outsiders who wish to go would require not one train of ordinary size, but several.
 The Wheeler & Wilson band has been ens gagged to accompany the excursion. Much is being said in the State papers about the trouble of the contractors, Davis Brothers of New Haven, with the owners of the Derby extension. And fears have been expressed that it would interfere with the completion of the road by October IT. The contract that they are filling has nothing to do with the road proper, as it is for building viaduct in Shelton by which Bridge street will be carried over the railroad to prevent g grade crossing The road has been completed as far as laying rails is concerned for over a week, and trains have already run through as far as Botsfords. The past week Superinten- dent Hopson has had two trains employing one hundred and ninety-six men at work bal lasGing the roadbed, and still another gang has been at work under charge of the Housa- tonic road, the work now being well under 1,@1 kl1 3A41 svN k31vS q khnA trains can run at a twenty-five mile rate with safety, Superintendent Hopaon's train having made the run over this point of the road in fourteen minutes. Where the exercises are to take place tomorrow is where the most beautiful scenery along the line can be found. The river flows one hundred feet be- low the tracks and magnificent view is ob- tained both up and down the valley. Un- fortunately it is difficult of access except by rail, SO that there will be but few present ex- cept those upon the train.
 WILL QUINN APPEARf
 MuldOon Offers Him sIOO if He can
 Throw Leonard Inside of Fifteen
 Minutes.
 William Muldoon, the head of the coterie of wrestlers in ''the Muldoon and Horseshoe Four Speciality Company" now playing at the New Haven opera house, deposited $25 at this office last night, to be given Frank Quinn if he meets Hugh Leonard in wrest- ling match at the New Haven opera house tonight.
 There is considerable doubt as to whether Quinn will come to time. It is learned from MT. Muldoon that he offered Quinn $25 if he could stand up before Leonard for fifteen minutes. Quinn said he wanted $25 whether he won or not. Manager Wall immediately took him up, when Quinn said that he wanted the money first. He didn't consider Man ager Walls word good enough. It looked as if Quinn wanted to crawl ont. Then Null doom offered to leave the money at one of the newspaper offices but Quinn wouldn't agree to that and wanted the money left at Jimmy" somebody's saloon on some street. Muldoon didn't propose to leave it at 'Jimmy's."
 Muldoon offered Quinn $50 if he would last, besides the $25 for going on, but this didn't seem to suit and 50 Muldoon offered him $100 if he would stand up before Leon- ard fifteen minutes.
 If Quinn does go on, the match will not be a crooked one, as was the last one between Leonard and Quinn, when the latter won.
 Muldoon said last night: 'I asked Leonard how long it would take him to throw Quinn twice. He said ten minutes. 1 told him that if he didn't do it in that time that would discharge him from the company. And Leonard assented.