The herald., 1898-10-25

Boyle Heights, is being rapidly pushed to
completion, and cars will be running over
same by the time intended, which will be
about November l5
The Southern Pacific Sunset Limited will
resume its original orbit for the coming win
ter service about November lst. The
route will be the same as last season.
except that its Pacific coast terminal will be
Los Angeles instead of San Francisco
This change no doubt is made to better
meet the competition of the Santa Fe in
time, and on account of the heavy travel
anticipated to Los Angeles and Southern
California.
The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy is
now doing the largest business OF local
character in its history, loading daily at
points on its system an average Of 1850 cars,
the tonnage of merchandise freights eX-
ceeding all former amounts.
The Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
have just put into service ten new eighty
ton locomotives for handling exceptionally
heavy freight trains between Omaha and
Chicago.
The Baltimore and Ohio reorganization
interests are said to have bought control OF
the Wilmington and northern road at IA
cost of between $500 200 and 5000, 900. This
line is seventy-four miles long, extending
from Wilmington, Del, to Reading Pa,
and will give the Baltimore and Ohio a
short route to the coal regions Of Pennsyl-
vania.
1t is said the reorganization committee
of the Wheeling and Lake Erie railroad,
after the road is in their hands, will absorb
the Cleveland, Canton and Southern rail-
way, a rival line. The committee will also
extend the road from Toledo to Cleveland
Ohio.
At the annual meeting of the Norfolk and
Western railroad, held at Roanoke, Va,
last Thursday, the stockholders were large
ly represented, and the old board of direct
ors and officers were reelected.
The Baltimore and Ohio did business
of 1925. 900 in September out of Washing
ton, transporting furloughed soldiers.
1t is said, on the authority of an officer of
the Northern Pacific that the fight between
the J. p. Morgan and the J. J. Hill fac
tions has been settled as far as the payment
railroad is concerned, it being agreed that
dividend would be paid on such stock.
Ex-Secretary of the Treasury John G
Carlisle, Joseph F. Randolph of New York
and Charles S. Hinschman of Philadelphia
have been appointed a committee to rep
resent holders of bonds of the Columbus
Sandusky and Hooking railway, who have
deposited their bonds with the North
American Trust company. They will issue
their formal statement and bondholders
agreement within the next few days.
An agreement has been reached between
the Colorado Midland and the owners OF
the Rusk-Ivanhoc tunnel under Hager
man pass, by which the line over the pas:
will again be abandoned and the trains will
use the tunnel, save fourteen miles, and thir
ty-five minutes time. not to mention q
heavy expense for helper engines and addi
tional crews. About al year ago there was
disagreement as to the remuneration the
tunnel company should receive from the
road as rental.
II is understood that the requirement OF
control of the Oregon Short Line by the
Union Pacific will work to the advantage
Of The Union Pacific and to the detriment OF
the Oregon Short Line, in that under uniocr
Pacific control the Oregon gateway will be
closed, making the Short Line PRACTICAL,
a branch