Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 December 1886 — THE RAILWAYS. [ARTICLE]

THE RAILWAYS.

The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company is seeking to buy the South IYnnsylvnnirt Line.. .The New York anti New Engkvbd Hoad, -it is reported,, will be managed by A. L. Hopkins, formerly connected with the Wabash system. The Secretary of the Treasury has accepted the -offer of the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Lon is lioad to pay Sl r >3,(>oU in compromise of the claiamf the Tb»ernm<‘nt. for. unpaid in-ti-rest on bonds transferred by the State Of Tt nnessee. The Federal com t a. Cincinnati has ordered the sale of the Kentucky Central and Cbattaroi 11-onls by a special commissiorier. The former! as art indebtedness Of ShrhOO.tHH'. ” The" to | aval lei the -Cincinnati, llichmond and Chicago lioad by building a track from Hamilton to llichmond.. The coal bids of the New York Central lioad will be s')o<t,lUkl less than for the prev ous yt arc