It Is Tmnounccd In Severnl Papers That A Numbcr Of The Most ...

It is tmnounccd in severnl papers that a numbcr of the most respectablecitizens of Springfiold, Illinois, have il in conlemplation to form a joint stock company, for the purpose of running the ''Prairie Car," or cars bctwcen Alton and Springfield. Mr. Scmple, U. S. Senator from Illinois, takes the lead in this movement. He is an enterprising man, and it issaid, bas for several years been making experimeuls, in most of vvhich lie' has been assisfed by Mr. Ross Winans, of Baltimore, who is known both in Europe and America, ns one of the most ingenius civil engineers and a man of great scientific information. Tliey express entire confidence in being able to run that car over ordinary level land at the rato of ten miles an hour, and draw after it four times the wcight of the engine.