| Show II IIIKO l > JI1TTEUS Milpllallnay In Aorlh Amrilcn Canaillnii LInen Cnnan Ln Ninv Yon Jan 9At Halifax X S what will 10 1 the only ship railway in North America rapidly pproachlug fompetluu It is de signed to convey vessels over the sthmus of Chlegtiecto a narrow eck of laud which joins the r vince of Nova Scotia and ew Srunsn ick n distance of seventeen miles The steel for the track Is the leavlest ever made ali weighs 110 pounds to the an There will ho 1 i double track upon which the cradle containing the vessel I under trans hurt will Ie placed The locomo tives two of which will be used In rawl ng the vesseh across the Isthmus Isth-mus are built on the same principle a ordinary engines but of much greater weight and power The vcs els to be transported wilt be hoisted by hydiaulici lower from the basin to Cite track I is estimated that wIth this road with the road b in good condition a ship of ordinary capacity will be taken from the Bay or Fundy and placed In the Gulf oft St of-t Lawrence pC111 and a half lours but a speed of ten miles an itottr Is obtainable During the coming year the Chlegnecto Marine Transportitailwa3sliould I bo mae M d net tive operation and asaving on each miles rip I nil b accomplished ot oJO CANADAS KAIMVAY MILEAGE OTTAWA Jan 9The latest gpv ernment returns show that Canadas totAl railway mileage In operation is 21T representing a capital oJ 72T1SO000 Eight year ng the Dominion government presumably with a view to promoting railway developments but in reality as a alt for eecuring ote adopted a policy of voting n subsidy ranging rom 3200 to S WO per mile to every new railway cnterprie thereby tie curing strength to many of tire hill rto doubtful counties through I which these new roads have been rejected Since this policy was In tugurated no less than 101 com ponies have received grants in the hapo of money or land In all 5S of these companies have signed contract for construction of roads covering on aggregate distance dis-tance of 2252 unties the money sub Idles I amount r ISg luflu to this sum 5 75145 had been paid up t November last There are thirtytwo companies with a projected mileage of 713 J miles which hive teen granted aid to the extent of S2S9150l but have lot yet entered into any contractor for the construction of the lines Then In the northwest land grants t ho amount of 19757713 acres have been voted to cloven companies having a mileage of 1 mia I More than onethird of theo laud grants er 0850010 acres has been allotted the W nnlpeg Hudson Jiy Rjllay forum projected distance or 030 mile of which only forty miles have yet Len built The most Important enterprise of the last year loan been the active prosecution of work on the hap polio Long Lake J Sarkatchewmi Hallway from Regina to Prince Albert with a branch to Battlefurd About 10 milt B of this rood have already been completed Before the deco of the present year trains will b running Into Prince Albcrtabout tati 1 miles north of RegIna I ° ° fry she rat NEW Y < tuc Jan f I > resIJeiit i Foster of the Republican Ixngue Club tony swore that he lid aol write the Fry Lho Fat circular He faid Colonel Dudley suggested the popular sulxription plan The league got 5000 from the National 1 Committee A Desperado Hangrd DEXVEII Jan 9A special from Sinta Pc NM says Auunkuown fexcal desperado has for sometime some-time been terrorizing the mining camp of Georgetown by shooting at Inoffensive citizens A few days alp an attempt was made t arrest him but he got the drop on the officers lull made hts escape into the mountains trop < by success ho returned jestrday and began shooting at several citizens when a po sg was organized and suicoveel in effecting his arrest While taking the prisoner to jai n mob of masked men met them who took the prisoner away and going Into i neighboring grove hanged him t 1 trios and riddled the Loly vilthtxllkts Nothloij L known of the man except that hb TTKJ the companion of a notorious Mexican outlaw who afll icUd the locality I of Silver City for several rnorth |
