The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-12-06

railroad has been purchased by the Mobi e,
Jackson and Kansas Rallroad company.
The Gladevile railroad from Ramsey to
Wise, Va, has been purchased by Chi
cago parties and will be extended to Clint
wood.
Chester II. Pond Of Morehead Miss,
and Eastern capitalists are Interested in
the proposed construction Of railroad
In Bolivar county, Miss.
a charter has been granted the ocmugce
and Red ButI Railroad company. capital
100000 10 construct q railroad from Fitz
gerald to Red Blur, Ga.
The Indian River and Pound Gap rail.
road, which is being built from Norton.
Nn., to Pound Gap, Ky, win he ready for
the track In about two months.
The Jurisdiction Of ~ j. O'Bren, super
lntcndent of the Danyillp division Of the
Southern railroad. has been extended over
the Washington division, Is. Ryder having
resigned.
Parties of Huntington. w. Va, have char
tered the Huntington Railroad Bridge and
Terminal company to construct railroad
from Huntington to the mouth OF Sims
creek In Ohio.
Rapid progress is being made on the
White River railroad from Batesville, Ark
westward The first twenty miles NJ the
route has been cleared and track laying
has commenced.
survey has been made for six miles Of
1 Iiu from fetros TO olly'r .Sp Ihgs
an outlet for the State mines and coke
ovens at Brushy Mountain
r. o. Bean has been appointed travelling
passenger agent OF the Union PAcidc and
the Southern Pacific Railroad comp lnies,
With headquarters at Atlanta, Ga, sue
ceeding Clarence w. Murphy.
The Natchitoches Red River Valley com.
pany mas sold to the Natchitoches Railway
and Construction company hye miles Of
railroad from Natchitoches to Grand Cane.
La The considera ion was $1,000 cash.
The articles Of consolidation OF the
Florence and Northern railroad with tbs
tennessee Northwestern railroad were re.
corded recently under the name Of the
Alabama and Tennessee River Railroad
company,
The contract for the construction of the
new new railroad from Augusta, Ca, to
| Charleston, : g, has been awarded tc
contract requires completion In eighteen
months
The sawyer & Austin Lumber company
! or Pine Blun AFRO having preliminary sur
| veys made of routes from Sheridan, Ark
10 either Benton or Malvern and viii con
| struct railroad on the one that VIII most
advance their interests.
charter has been granted the Ions
Branch Coal Railroad company at Mont
gomcry, Ala, to build n line from no nj
on the Birmingham Mineral railroad In
northerly direction to the Long Branct
coal fields in Blonnt county with authority
60 extend II 10 Warrior. Ala
The Missouri Pacific. Iron Mountain
Cotton Belt Chicago and Eastern and tn,
Illinois Central railroads are interested il
the construction Of a S2O0,OO0 bridge acros,
the Mississippi At Grays Point. This bridg
VIII he built entirely Of steel. In tiyc span
and VIII he half mile long Work wi
probably hc started January l.
The Little Kanawha railroad. which 4
20 be ono OF the links OF the new Could
Elkins trunk line from the scahoard II
the great lakes was transferred to the new
owners recently AZ ParkershurE, w Va
j. T. blair or Greenvile Pa had N
option aud conducted the negotiations IN,
price paid was S3oO,OOO aud all the in
dehtcdness Of the road was wiped out