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Show Tho Improvements that are being I mado to the llnltlmore nnd Ohio South Western railroad between Park-crsburg Park-crsburg nnd hast St laiuls are Icing pushed rapidly to completion Seventeen Sev-enteen thousand tons of 85 pound steel rails have been placed In the track, and thcro are still !I5 000 tons to come, delivery being delayed on account ac-count of ruth of orders nt the mills. The company lias also put In 126 milts ! ot travel bsllsst and expects to get , out 200 miles more during tho season, and It Is hoicd by hall that the track will. rani, us the best la the west. A great many grade reductions and changes In line are also being msde between Cincinnati nnd Kt I-ouH The purpose Is to make a uniform one-halt or uno er rent grade bet ten Clncln nail and Ht I-ouli as well aa to eliminate elimi-nate a larte jimuunt ot objnctlonablo curvature At one point tor Instance, the Hue la to be shortened a tulle and a hair, SCO degrees of curiam eliminated elimi-nated and seven bridges sbaudoned |