The Canada Southern

Owïng to the severity of tho witttei the work of ballnsting the Canada Southern Railway was intermittent, and the backwardness of spring bM also delayed operatioiiB. Witbin a week back feíge foree of men have been put to work, and thero aro now engaged thirty uine loconiotives and four hundred flat cara ballastiog and otherwiee putting the roadbed in a state of compieteness. Station houpes aro beiiig built aktog the liuo,. the telegraph line ia partly np, atl all t&e bridges in Canada are ready. Tae requisite number of freight cars have been srdercd and a number of them delivered. ïhe cornpaay; are hIbo having 7nado pns senger cars, and' Uave novv fifiy-six on hand in readinesa far the opening of the road, which w expeetd t tako placo on the lst of July. The eompany wil! buiH a station at Grosse Isle,. and have bcgun the work of erecting the necessary building?. The bridge between Grosse Islo and Stoney Ipland ia completed. The ferry-sJips upon both the Ganada, and American shores will be ready forthe newboat (the ter), an account ot-the lasmch-oi which was given yesterday. lbo bridgo Bstween Grosse Isle and Trenton is comploted, with tho excpption of tho draw. Upon this as largo a forcé of rijen as can ba employed is at work and' tho center pier and Bubstructure aro read ■■,. Between Detroit and Trenton tke contract has been let and quito a forcé' of men are at worlt. The bridgo over the Ecorss is comploted, and prpparations have begrun on the one oyor the Kiver Rougo. Eta account of some reluctance on the part of certain gentlemen of Ecorrj to having the Eoad pass through their groundp, tho track of the Detroit branch of the Chiciigo. & Canada Southern has been made 011 a portion of tho roadwav of the La-ke Shore i Michigan Southern line. The raad -will termiuate at the Grand Trunk Jutketism, thus coming into Jirect connection mili tha Michigan system of Kailroads. i he line irom x ron ton to Toledo is in a íorward state, the ironins being nearly eompleted. AU of tbig portion oí tli'e work and tho line througli Canada wrll be opened by July lst. Oh the lino oí the Chicago & Canada Sbittbero, projee-ted froiu tho Detroit River Cbieago,. work is beiug quite rapidly prosecuted. Thirty miles oí' this Road - frora Blissffeld, in Lenaweo county, to Fayette, Oliio, being quite a link in tho wholo Ime oí' two hundred and sixty-six miles- have been completad. Upon this sifctiou traius are rugu-larly runniug. The St. Clair or Mooretown branch is in a forward condition, and it is intendod to have it ready for traffio about the timo