New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-04-21
srEAL1Nn TIE DULUTH LAND GRANT BILL

Paul MIMI, Apr1i ~ tSpbClob'-fN biVS' "'''~
on has been created the Capitol by the mysterious
d,sannearance Of the bill waving tho forfeiture OF
the Duluth and Winnipeg Railroad land grant whleh
has been the means Of stirring up more bah Doou
In the Legislature this season than any measure 'hS'
ever came before that body. Mr. Crossned' CHAIRMAN
of tho House Committee ON Public Lands TO whom tne
bi was delivered by Assistant Clerk French says thA
he placed tho bill In his desk about inc tme VI
adjournment on Thursday afternoon and locked The
a.sk Wub n was placed a mass Of manuscript OF
the evidence taken by the committee Investigating the
Manitoba road, OF which Mr. Crossheid Is member
When Mr. Crossfeld opened HIS desk this morning
he saws that he found that the bill and he evidence
had disappeared. Later in the day no says no als-
covered that the manuscript had been bhoNed IhVo
the back part Of the desk but the bill was not 70 DC
found The Constitution Of the state provides 1nat
no bills shall be passed on the day OF hhai iii
msnt Of both Houses This DAY IHesS without ia
suspension Of tho rules Monday, u Is IePorGd pbct @
on that day Thus to pass g tbrss o Of ,Ss Se wboiS
U9ise. or sixty-nnc votes IN order TO suspend tho
rules. Many members who have voted win she
Il appears that there any iOhey going on about
this bnl they will vote for II, II evor turns up
It has already passed the Senate
COL. LAMONT AND EX-SENATOR PLATT CHOSEN.
Nashville. Tenn. April 2o.-Colonel Lamont aud
ex-senator Thomas c. Platt, of New-York' have been
sec ted directors in the Tennessee Coal and Ralroah
Company.
MISCELLANEOUS RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.
philadelphia April 90 (speciaD.-The report was
confirmed at tho Reading Railroad office to-day that
n large amount Of money was 10 be expended at once
on improvements, among tho most noteworthy OIL
which will be tho operations upon the Allentown Tor
minals.
The engineers Of tho company began to-day con.
Str1Icting a short limo from Rupert to Bloomsbury,
on the north branch Of the Susquehanna River, TO
form Link TO the Bloomsbury and Sullivan Railroad
The latter has largo lumber and coal uaIhc, from
which the Reading will derive benefit. In the line
of new construction tho most important scheme on
hand Is the terminal road for this city. Within the
last few pIonths important purchases OIL real estau
have been made In the nelghborh3od oi Broad ana
Huntingdon SITS. TRACKS are rapidly being lad ON
ths property which will all be utilized tfr car stor.
age. A number Of new passenger statiohS VIII 10
built this year along tho companys lines
St Louis, April 20.-Colonel W. II. BlodEett, gem
eral solicitor OF tho Wabash Western Railway, refer
ring to the reported programme Of the minority bond
holders 10 purchase the Wabash the day 1t is to be
sold In Chicago on May -, says the upset bond
holders represent about in first and second
intend to purchase, have bid that amount for the
road The minority holders s5S no pay y that that much nd
have no serious intention Of making the purchase or
bidding that amount II Is simply @ PRECAUTIONARY eno
Springfield Ill, April 90 epecia).-ArtIcles Of In
CORPORATION were to-day recorded in the Office Of the
Secretary Of state OF tho Sparta and St. Gcnevcve Rail
way Company The principal Office is to be established
md maintained at Sparta, Ill The line Of railroad
to be Constructed Is from o point on tho main limo
Of ihe Contraa and Chester Railroad west Of Sparta
70 a point ON the Mississippi River opposite St.
Geneyieye, Mo. The capital stock Of the com
pany Is 100000.
Columbus, Ohio, April 90 (specaD.-A certificate
OF incorporation fled with the Secretary of State
to-day by the sandusy, Lake Erie and Southern Short
line Railway Company. Tho headquarters Of the
company are at sandusly Ohio, and the capital stock
is 40 600 Ooo The incorporators are John McKevie,
~ I5.nry gT,V ~ huntingdon David Kuntz and Edmund
5,,rho,s. of Ohio and John Jay McKelvie, Of New
ynrL II Is understood 10 be Intended as an outlet
to The Great Lakes for the Chesapeake and Ohio sys
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