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1t is said negotiations are in progress
for the merging Of the Buffalo, Rochester
and Pittsburg road with the New York
Central system.
Railway men from Arkansas report
that railroad building is on boom in
Marion County, where extensive zinc
fields are located.
1t is stated unofficially in railroad cir
Giles that the Louisville and Nashville will
become owner of the Monon, and secure
its own line into Chicago.
Extensive new freight yards and docks
are to be built by the Illinois Central in
New Orleans. 1t will be one Of the larg
est terminal yards in the world.
Decentralization is said to exist in pas
senger rates east-bound from Kansas
City. Brokers are said to be loaded with
tickets to New York via Chicago.
The Santa Fe has purchased property
in Kansas City for which it paid $751;
00U. A new freight depot to cost $780,
900 will soon be erected on the site.
A joint meeting of Eastern and West
ern passenger representatives was held
in Chicago in an effort to adjust the diff
culties surrounding the handling of west
ern immigrant travel.
The columns of Eastern exchanges bris-
tie with information concerning new
SOC, 100000 trunk line system between
Chicago and New York and Boston, with
an annual earning capacity of 81 ,00O,-
600 net.
General Passenger Agent Stone of the
Chicago and Eastern Illinois is in Texas
arranging details necessary to the
through passenger business which the
road has established by its connection
with the cotton belt route.
Central Passenger Association rebate
payments for the month of March were
$l48,342, an increase of SD, 4O4 as COM
pared with the payments made in March,
1859. The heaviest payments in any pre-
ceding month aggregated $13S, 100.
Already officials of Eastern lines are
talking Pan-American exposition. IL pre-
dictions prove true, the exposition at Buff
falo will do more toward promoting trade
and travel between this country and Cen
trail America than anything else could.
With one exception, east-bound ship
ments from Chicago last week of grain,
uOuf VAONASlOAS 0CAC AnC 24C0NAt@~
on record They amounted to 204 900
tons. divided as follows: Grain. 149. 914
tons; -four, 40,459 tons; provisions, 3D.
626 tons.
The Chicago and Alton Railroad Com
pany is no more. and its place in the rail-
way world is taken by the Chicago and
Alton Railway Company, recently incor
porated. The new company has an au-
thorizsd capital of $20.OOo.ts)0 of nom
cumulative preferred stock and a like
amount of common stock.
The Rock Island soon will begin the
work Of building 80 new steel bridges
along its line, and il expects 10 have all
Of the structures ready for use by the
beginning OF the new century Between
$3.50, 600 and 100000 will be spent in
replacing the present wooden bridges
with the more durable structures.
During the month OF March 15.4T3 in
| Interchangeable .O00-mile tickets good on
all Central Passenger Association lines
were sold, an increase Of S5T over the
number sold in March Of last year aud
an increase OF 4,30S over the saies in
March. 1888
0ficers of the Chieago Kansas City
lines have practically Withdrawn their
protest against the date OF the Demo
cratic national convention in Kansas
City. When July 4 vas sci by the ma
/ tional committee the railroads protested
ON the ground that they could not handle
the crowds by reason Of the fact that all
available equipment Of the different lines
would be in use At that time.