Democratic Sentinel, Volume 11, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 April 1887 — AILROAD INTELLIGENCE. [ARTICLE]

AILROAD INTELLIGENCE.

It is stated that the exposure of freight-irain robbing on the Pan-Handle Railroad will be followed by those on the Pennsylvania, the Baltimore and Ohio, and other lines. The sale of the “Nickel-Plate” Railway, under the foreclosure proceedings, will taka place on May 19 at Cleveland, Ohio. The minimum bid which will ba received is $16,000,030. The directors of the Baltimore and Ohio Road have declared semi-annual dividends of 6 per ceut. on the main Btem and 5 per cent on the Washington branch. The Illinois Central Railroad Company has purchase ,i outright its leased lines in lowa.