The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-04-08

southern boundary of Wisconsin, the
state to bear the expense OF construc.
ton and maintenance. The road Ia tic
pass through some of the principal
cities. It is to run south from Ashland
into Price county, thence east to Toma.
hawk, thence south through Merrill,
Wausau, Stevens Point and on to the
southern end of the state. A commits.
sion OF five members Is provided to
build the road. One is to be the dean
of the engineering college of the uni.
versity. The governor is to appoint
the commission, subject to confrma-
ton by the senate.
The boards Of trade OF Duluth and
Superior have made application to the
interstate commerce commission for
better rates to South Dakota points
from those cities, and have asked the
South Dakota railway commission to
intervene in the hearings on the part
of the state. The board has not yet
decided.
The city council of Vienna, Austria.
has approved the project to spend 500
100000 on the extension of the subur-
ban railway, including the replacing of
steam by electricity as motive power,
the building of branch lines linking the
main railway stations, and also of new
underground lines bisecting the city In
two directions. The cost will be con-
tributed by the state, the province, and
the municipality
1t is learned that Charles r. Flint is
preparing to bring out new company
soon to be known as the Auto Sales
and Chocolate Company. This con-
Germ will involve a combination Of fif-
teen to twenty of the leading COM
panies which now operate automatic
vending machines for chewing gum
and candies in the United States and
Canada. The new company, it Is un-
Fderstood will have the exclusive rights
to handle the products of the American
Chicle company for slot machines in
this country. The initial capital issue
of the new concern, it is expected,
will be $2,5OO,OOO or 100000, con-
sisting of half bonds, bearing per
cent interest, and half stock
Magazines and other bulky periodi-
Gals after July 1 next will be trans
ported by the postoffice department in
carloads as fast freight Postmaster
General Hitchcock is developing as
rapidly as possible plans which he de-
cided upon last December to utilize
fast freight in the transportation of
magazines when practicable, and in
instances where the saving to the gov
eminent in transportation charges may
be effected
A highly satisfactory test of Thomas
A. Edison's latest invention, the stor-
age battery electric street car, was
made in Philadelphia March ~ when
the new vehicle was loaded with iron
corresponding to the weight of thirty
five passengers and made a round trip,
with stops, starts and reyerses, on one
of the city's longest routes. Mr.. Edi-
sons car will be given another trial,
when Mayor Reyburn and other city
officials, accompanied by high officers
of the company, will make another
trip.
South Dakota Central Railroad which
connects Sioux Falls and WATERFOWL,
will be extended the coming summer
The road has outstanding bonds of
only $500 a mile, and it is understood
that it is planned to replace these
bonds with new ones of $4,000 a mile
and use the surplus in extending to
new and unoccupied territory. The
road may be extended northward from
Watertown to Fargo, or it may go
northeastward from WATERFOWL. The
road has recently purchased more loco
motives, passenger coaches and freight
cars.
A system of wholesale smuggling of
furs from Canada, in which innocent
purchasers in the United States have
been the ultimate losers, has been dis
covered by Chief Wilkes customs
agent Houlton, Me-, is said to have
been the base of operation, and the
trade came to the attention Of the
customs officers because of the un-
usually great amount of express mat
ter shipped from Houlton, which is
comparatively small station. Chief
Wilkie says the plan has been for
dealers in Montreal and other Cana
dian cities to sell furs to Americans,
collecting their pay in advance, and
promising to deliver the goods duty
free. About 1000 worth of furs have
been seized in Chicago by special
agents. Nearly 100 other cases of fur
smuggling have been discovered in
the past week. An extensive investi-
CATION will be made and all struggled
furs will be seized.