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| Ht Paul DESPATCH Aaya the BURLINGTON roso
has mnde another cut This time IL mas re-
duced the price OF the round trip SO-deT ucRe.
TO Hot Springs. The Burlington discoVereo
that n rival road, in order 70 accommodate
three passengers. had sold them round trip
tickets 10 Hot Springs for t435C, wherees the
regular rate is t4G9O. The Burlington has
therefore cut It's rate down to tiab0
Tho Employees Mutual Benefit Association
OF the Delaware. tackawAnna and western
Railroad had Its eighth annual reception az
the Academy OF Music In Newark on Friday
night. Nearly half OF tho 1,G00 members were
thcre with their friends.
The Interoceanlc Railway. which is to cross
Mexico from Vera Cruz 10 the city OF Mexico,
and thence to Acapulco on the PReno Ocean,
II making favorable progress Six thousand
men are at work on the Vera Cruz division
which It is expected will be completed and In
operation to the city OF Mexico about next
August. On Tho division between the capithl
and Acapulco nlncty-fye miles of tho road are
in operation betweentho capital and Yantepec.
which was purchased by the company. The
road from tho capital to the Pacific will be
1856 miles long though tho diatance In q
straight line ls only about 2S5 miles; Much
teTmin:d, and tho most dlficult natt, OF the
work Will be the last lQS miles to tho Pacific.
taS In % to be- ba S % and il wi viii % be G Of Immense n @ i'm
portance TO western Mexico, and will open
new future to Acapulco and Its splendid harbor.
Tho new Signals OF the hell system which
me Erie ro9d Is going TO put up between New
onIG nnci"n Il and Lackawanna a , Me worked py
will be erected between stations that nre far
an No lG"kns machs track wires % IF
work His signals with levers. He will record
in book the time when the train is rung into
hs SSe o w m sSssm RSsE Similar wheR
to that used on tho Pennsylvania Railroad.
The Central Railroad OF Now Jersey has Just
completed the purchase OF the Freehold and
New York Railroad witch runs from Freehold
viii ,bo opera ed In connect on with the Allan
tic, Highlands division, under cha,Ge of J. E.
FeeRod % PS and i"1 atao aS vi" HsSnRds 81 s" dvson S
stock in the Freehold road for several years.
but 1t mot with opposition from the minority
interests IN trying tO establish u union service.
panieS pubIishei H in Ike Railrood Ira Gaaete, give
year 7l.T19 cars were built by forty, three firms.
ba FnT n 1882 ana HOfR iss Sn
taking all who have reported In either year.
and in iss5 II rspoTs we're ob
tained for all OF the private companies building
cars; Il seems probable that the output for 1889
wouli be even greater than 1t was In the pre-
ceding year.
The sad lie Rivcr valley has lonV felt the
want OF railroad facilities which ar. about to
be supplied In the construction Of a road from
ork.. Susuuehanna and Western, and proba:
tly with the West Shore through to Rockland
business men Of New York resident at Arcola, |
n. j., and Rochelle Park, have held several in |
aud are about Incorporating themselves with q !
view to commencing work at an early date: !
hiS yoley the 81 most 10 beautiful; fertile, and
with thrifty, Industrious and in many cases
ywenlthy population. The volumesof produce |
something enormous. ali of which will be. Of
course. directed to the lailroad: and as many
maui les for land and building lots are CON
senger business may he confidently looked for.
The Chicago. burlington and Quincy is about
to ai"pI system that W il make all the clocks .
on l.. Us various lines synchronize with the clock
clocks, which will be placed ut ali junction
with the telegraph instrument. and
once @ every twenty.fonr hours tho operators
he advantage OF this syste NJ is that no sreeiahi
wires 4re required. and, as the clocks wind
ton Beyond occasionaily % W renewing the W electrc
batteries. Mr. Gregg started yesterday morn
Ing wit h the clocks and expects to have them
|. At that time the " llve;minuIe" leeway will
'e done away with, and all trains will start at
The moment designated in the orders. This ar
rangement. 1t is laid. will greatly lessen the
Danger OF accidents
The Cornwall ard Lebanon Railroad Com
1any declared two per cent. dividend for the
asst six mOnths ended Jan, ]. The following
ltflcers were elected: President, Robert H.
Coleman: Secretary, George -. Rise; TIeas-
irar, Allen ID. Hmffar: Directors. Robert H.
Coleman Grant Wedman. q. shenk. A. Hess,
:. W. lew. j. II. kedseckel, and Ohm Nelly.
The Pennsylvania by the purchase OF the
hckeesport and Btssemer Railroad. will be
'nHbled TO enter Mckeesport. The line will be
extended across the country 10 William l..
scott . mines on the Youehiogheny. The
cute Is being located finally, and it will open
much of the large coal field lately purchased
,y the ex-Congressman in Elizabeth township,
Allegheny township
The ReadinG Railroad Company practically
ontrols the traffic OF the itou mills along the
ut NorristOwn. 1t proposes to pre-
nrye this franchise, as 1t is now constructing |
belt line which will cncrcIe ull the mills and
Instruct for q time the route which The Penn
ylyania SchuvlKill ynlley road proposes to |
'uild In ordor to reach the mills.
Narvnrd's New Surprise.
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