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Show : : ; sailroads' j LocaIMu,ttrii,'A8HmCoti(e,Kte. ', 1 Contrncts have been let on the R. G. W. an the pro-pects are th;(t that rod wiU oafry ireigllt U jjassBoijart from San I'ete C., betuw ibe lutnms is over. . . . , r '-','"''.--- The transfer ol the S. P. V. R. to the Union Pacific was to take place the riitl part of this sresk' The Rio Grand Western earnings for the first week In May, 1O90, were SA.415. 1800 against io. 300 for the same period iu loia, sho-aring an WCrease .uf e7,ir5.'.'' ':. .. -. 1 The earnings ol the Denver & Rio Grande tor the same period were i ., agiiast- (143,000 in rtiSo, an increase ol st-soo. . .... Bedford and bVUev-ue, Mass.. are nine miles apart, and arc connected by a railroad of a gauge of but jo iuxhes. Tlie road erossru, eleven streams iu the nine miles, and yet makes th3"eirt distance In less than thirty minutes. Tlte rails weigh but so pounds to the yatd, white the cars weigh but four ..tons, agaiust twenty-six tons for the ordinary car. The engine has a weight of bat seven tons, and, like the cars, is elevated but slightly from the roadbed, thus making safety all the more certain. In many wayt Ibis ia the most remarkable road in tho world. 1 |