New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-03-04
RAILROAD INTERESTS.
NEW LINES IN THE SOUTHERN sTATEG
OPENING THE MINERAL AND TIMBER LANDS
OF THE rrFNNEsEE MOUNTAINS


OF TIE. TENNESSEE MOUNTAINS.
Baltimore, March 3 (speciab.A party Of RAILROAD
men and capitalists have Just returned from a tour
through Fast Tennessee, Western North Carolina and
Southwestern Virginia, and they gvc glowing
counts OF the development Of that by the aid
Of Northern capital anG enterprise An official Of the
Norfolk and Western Railroad says that his COM
pany's lines extending I'm various directions and
opening up new mineral regions. It's road from
Graham to Big stone Gap, which IS to be the connect
ing point Of various new RAILROADS. viii connect with
the Louisville and Nashville aad will be completed
the present year. This viii open up additional coal
fields. The Norfolk and Western Is also extending It's
lines from PocahOntaS down the Ekhorn River 10 the
Kentucky line, where 1t viii Nth the Chato-
ran road This will also be completed the present
year. Tho Cripple Creek branch IS under contract
as far as spcedWel and It IS expected 10 be extended
and completed to Marion within ten months. 1t Is
also learned that scheme Is about to be started,
backed by the Norfolk aud Western. TO extend tho
Saltville branch road TO the plaster beds in Smyhe
County, and thence across the mountains into
Tazewcn County, where II Will connect with 'he
Cllnch Valley branch from Graham To stone Gap. Tho
Valley Railroad from Lexington. Va. 10 Bristol.
Tenn IS being pushed with great energy By It's nu-
morous friends backed by largo capitalists. including
the Baltimore and Ohio Company The road Will pass
through the productive virginia counties Of Rock
bridge Bottctourt, Montgomery, Floyd, Carnadc.
Wvthe smythe and Washington. thereby bringing into
market millions OF rich and yet undeveloped acres Of
mineral and timber lands. The extension OF The A.
Ianta and Danvllle Railroad To Bristol and the letting
of contract for $50 miles OF the road from Rlither-
ford Tenn. through North Carolina 10 Ninapoio. III
pus.e County Va and thence 10 tho kentucky nne to
connect with loading roads OF thai state Is another
i,nnorfant railroad for Southwestern virginia mo
Atlanta and Danvllc line IS In running order ahovs
petersburg and IS under contract To DanNle "hen
It reaches that c agd ne New Rver road aid viii push
The whole line TO Bristol. where II VIII connect WIN
the South Atlantic and Ohio now IN couse OIL
sructon toward Kentucky tbs VIII NAG W, bo
connecting link besides the Norfolk and esIern ~
tweon the Great Western and Southern ires rs.unam5
from the mountains to the seashore ana u'e oeepeS'
OF tide water.
MISCELLANEOUS RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.
Bsrnlrck March CSpacall.-The railroads are on t"p
as far the adoption Of the Minnesota law Is cone'
The bill giving the Railroad Commissioners power 70 gu'
late railroad has been placed IN the oraer OF un'
l,hcd business by the adoUnU''nt or inc House "i"'
rho motion 10 reconsider was under discussion and the
bill is virtually killed. for II cannot be reached ths
session The bin aboIshing the Railroad Ccn1mission
has passed both houses. but bill rcreatng tho omceS
under n law has been introduced
Columbus Ohio. March (sreeiaL)-A case against mo
Iron Railroad Company involving over 9loVoOV ""e"
has been IN litigation lower courts Since January
1ssO reacne. the Supcue Court yc,tlSAy INC roan -
a short one running from Ironton Lawrence county
into the coal fields end iron orc regions ne action was
broueh, ly tho Lawrence fCInace COMPANY ana o,i'
sbip-r t. recover alleged. oyerchalges on fcight IN
addition TO overchaIge, the company b, liable to penalty
- AKA for each offence. The company sets up tho
c,i, that It was organized under special charter oy
virtue Of he laws Of 1913, which allowed certain foads
H. CHARGE such rates may b. fixed rom tno 10 tiae'
ond that sub-e Quent laws affect IFS charges
Lft,ls Rock March (Sycc.aN.-The ST. Charles Rail-
wav Company yesterday filed articles Of association with
t,o secretary OF state. The capital stock is $4,000
The directors ara }. H. Mccarthy J. r. Campbell W. H.
Brniford G W. Shinn j.. ". Moore and H. j. Campbell
The road runs from ST, Charles. IN Arkansas County "
Helena. Phillips County.
St Louis, March tSpcclal'.-The acquisition ~ the
Nackay syndicate OF Evansville AMI ST. Louis AIR
liz, aai the Illinois and S.. Louis Railroad has lea 10
a modification Of traGc arrangements. Inc Evansville
and ST. Louis lire moved G44,477 tons OF fnsni last
wear representing s69l SOB IS. The bulk Of THIS org'
mated IN ST. Louis or passed through hero and over u"
air line lor its Chesapeake aad Ohio conn ctions me
road was hemeNted both ways by tho CHESAPEAKE ana
Ohio d Ier.ntials. II admitted that the Chesa-
reake AMI ONO Bee Line aud Big Four have pooled
certain percentage OF their tTahc Interest," and tho
Chsapcake and Onto gan few days ago % divert 10
freight 20 the Bee Line thus cutting OF 40 per cent oil
tho Evansville and Louis traifc.
IABOR DELEGATES Not CONVICTED OF BRIBERY
At the meeting Of tho Central Labor Union IN Clarendon
Hall YESTERDAY the judiciary Committee OF Seven appointed
Z, formulate charges Of bribery against certain delegates
OF the Central Union reported that had done all n -
mower 10 obtain evidence which to ground charees,
hut had failed especially the Socaltstic wing o. the
unions refused 70 back up their original assertions The
committee ed that be discharged snd the case