The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1851-06-28
The Raj, Roai Conference a, Chicago.

The Rail ROai Conference at Chicago.
| Most Of our readers are aware that on Monday
4 conference took place at Chicago between the
MieLigon Central and Michigan Southern Railroad
| Companies, the .bject Of which vas 10 hit upon
plan by which both these companies could Come
into Chicago amicatly aud upon the same track
! To understand the nature and object Of this con
ference, it may be necessary TO premise that The
Niehigan Central company (frora Detroit to New
Buffalo, has at present right of way but 10 MI
! chigan City, Indiana while the Kichtgdn Southern
! Company from Cleveland, DC. 10 Laporte, la
| has a right OF way across lnGlasa to the Illinois
state line. From the Illinois state line 10 Chca'
90 neither company has right of way, our les's-
laturc having last winter refused to give The Nj
| chigan Southern right Of way from the state
line to Chicago, unless the Indiana legislature, or
the Michigan Southern Company, should first al
low the Michigan Central Company to come from
Michigan City TO the Illinois line. The real otj'ct
of the conference on Monday although variously
disgused) therefore was TO secure Of the u. Sou
thern. for the NJ Central i right Of way over the
track OF the former, to the ILL., line. so that both
could thence withou, hindrance get into Chicago.
The result of the conference is given IN the Chi
cago papers of Wednesday, and may be briefly
summed up in the word nothing The NJ Central
company offered to build the road from Michigan
CITY to the H. line, on condition that she should
a.. al ,b.,f nC-prs
Of the Southern Company to pass over the road
at the same rate Of toll with those of the former,
The n. Southern Co offer TODD the same thing, al
lowing the freight and passengers Of the other Co,
to pass over the road at even iocr tolls than their
own, But the Southern Co. offer To do this rs an
act Of extreme liberality and they scout the idea
ofletting the NJ Central build and own the road
They (the NJ. Southernl claim the exclusive right
for II years to come TO build railroad across
Northern Indiana, and they regard 1t as a matter
of comparatively little consequence to get arlght
Of way from the state line to Chicago a. they car
get to that city on the Joliet Plank road ard tie
Rock Island Rarord, Oh, very well, replies the
II Central. as for the matter Of tha., we ask no
iavors. We calculate we can get to the Illinois
line by our Salem charter" ian old Indiana char.
ter bought up by this company, that authorizes
the construction Of a railroad from Salem, or any.
where else to anywhere else,) and as for getting
into Chicago We can 80 in on the Gelena Road,
which has an unlimited power in It's charter to
build branches And with this the confab ends,
both companies swearing they d bein Chicago by
new year.
Meantime, the Directors Of the Rock Island and
Chicago Road have meeting at Chicago, and
now the Michigan Southern meet with them aud
propose to join teams by building the road at
once from the Indiana line TO Joliet, and opening
4 way into Chicago for both by branch. as here
toiore proposed. The arrangement is about to
be concluded AID the work put under contract,
when Chicago takes alarm aud, with hat in hand,
comes and begs an audience. She asks permis
sion to become a party to rev Conference
which is accedcd Il, aad Lhen we have in solemn
couclaye the Michigan Southern aud The Rock Is
land Companies and TIE City of Chicago. The
result uf this second conference i, thus given in
the Chicago papers;
The conference between the Rock Island Com.
pany, the O.wegs and Indiana Plank Road Com
pany, aud the Southern Michigan Rail Road
Company. closed last night
The following we sa1d is the basis Of the
arrangement agreed on; The Southern Com
pany Is to subscribe $4,000 in stock to the Plank
u ~ I,I. ln- pa;t RNa
and the former Company Is to have a lease Gifts
eastern terminus. commencing at the Indiana state
line aud connecting with Rock Island Rail Road
five miles from the city, with the assurance that
the city is to subscribe 100000 to its capital
stock--the Rock Island and Michigan Southern
Company to use the same track from the juno
ton, aud all trains to run into the city.
There is To be no traRshipment of merchandise
or grain and passengers at the intersection. The
roads are 10 be Immediately commenced aud
FINISHED, provided the citizens of Chicago will
take the one hundred thousand dollars of stock
This is ofcourss a complete abandonment and
selling out on the part OF Chicago Of all her stock
in trade aud interest IN the Aurora Branch ey
tension It is also IN admission on her part that
there i, some virtue in the Joliet Flank Road
charter.
Tie Rock Island Road from Chicago to Peru
was not located, as, on account Of this taking in
Of new partner, a resurvey Of part Of the
road becomes necessary 1t is understood, how.
ever, that the road is to pass down on the north
side Of the canal from this place 70 Peru.
A defnitve arrangement We learn, was en-.
teSed into with Messrs: Farnham Il Sheffield, the
contractors on the Michigan Southern road, to
take the contract for building the whole road from
the Indiana line to Rock Island at the engineers
estimates, the work to be- commenced as soon
as those estimates are completed, and prosecuted
with the utmost visor uotl tie road iS com
pleted
Togs lsrsovEnENrs-"e no'ice mat under
the administration OF our newly elected board OF
trustees, and the energy and perseverance Of the
street commissioner, MIR John Palmer, our town is
rapidly assuming an improved aspect All the I'M
portnnt strccts are beiny lac autiiullv graded and