, 1870-02-07
THE RAILROAD QUESTION,

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o,.;nst ,ha ro;1roada ;nclnd;no o,noro {
othor +b;roa unreasonable rataa ~ fra;nb3
ona fs,.. En,erona cs.ae rava hoo, Az, ,
h.a-5 e,a H.. f,o,,r,;.o;,r,,,o on,,-,4,,,,+.
", c,oto n,,, Tho fa,+ thot IN ,aoyl, ouorr
c,sa tha rs;1rnad ,o,n,o,;os boya ro,nn,o
~, r,.,aa5 r, ~ a.,,;t-a,na,,t - ,,a .,
-.;.r3on.-s Al, ~ 81. ,.,,;,h 49, 60,
snraI IN mino;s arisino fran arcass;va
f,a;ohta and farea oa,t;cnl.-1v hatw,.n
1ocaI nojnts. rere ,onnd 10 e.ist in 1taesa.
cbuaetta son,o of them in a more agora-
vated for7n than in This State IN the mt.
ter of sna11 n,,.ce1. 1ioht nsct,1as and
o,;ct fra;o,ts h..a .o,,,e ,1onn -. 1;na
~ xa;,.r.,.a -, ~ .,h;c1 ,,,aa- 80, 60
f..:,. 49, :. l.. -. - 81 -.:,s
aa-.ss.;se - 49, s.ss, .ht 49, 1-.:
r.. 49, - 80 W
80 80. 49,. ~ ~ s.-N.s- ~ 49,. ~ ~ , 60.
-. -ss,,s ,a4a. ~ sc.. -. - -. .;1s
w. S 49, A'.sv as,,os. T o.. ~. ~ 49, .,.;,e.1
st e.t:sl ~. ,t,,;. I. ~. ~ -.
-, .,,esa ..;,wsua :. 49,, 81. .s Ia.
~. LII. .-a r. .taatha,5o,a 49, 49,
;ae,a5 - =, 1,n.oa.sa. ~ 1osa
1ha co-,-,;u1;o,,ar, al ~, .,,o ,;~ara
atanceu ~ M fzo rnoda IVA a,ac,lv a1;ta n
a1, 1eaneots Tba ro,,,,oa Of naasonoer bnz,
inoaa Is Ia wa m CANA roada and e.,o1l a,
otbers. soma roods do an Immense
fraieht bus;noss. others a small one. TIL.
character of the freight MISC differs. Coal.
and iron md stona arr norea m Ron,c
voads and mt IN othora anne roaas ara
very nroitab,o. and others mt nrostab1e at
MI nodar th;a condition of ,h;nou vh;ch
finds its counteroart in 1rljnois. fhe Com
missioners say that no general Law fixing
uarimnm or roininun, ratca of fares or
fra;chts vou1a he inst. 1,ecanae IN the cases
of so7no roads II aon11 ba foo b;c,, ana in
o,,ors -, 1o- Tha1 aa.;sa ,hot ,ho cnn,-
n,;ssioncrs In authorized in vjew of
tbe necnliar facts relating to each
roud and branch road. to establish
! nm e,ncr,menta1 thrift adanted IA tha
,oo,,,;a. a,i<,a,o;as RI eoch roaa ,haao
-rao;o1 .or;ffa :, o,r,;rra f,r q ear+.;,
.,ao;1 ~ t;,.a nh ron,n,;e.;ona-. g
- 49,. .,.,, ..p;tf. y. a,,;ce.oto-;,,
es...saa | ,r;,s ~ 49, -a;,rrn., a,a,nan;as ~,
%..sS.-e AAa1 -. - a.
AsS.sA'14e, ~ eouse' ~ .a! 10 o. e.at
! ~. cA.A. t;.~:a ~.
- >ue peo"el !" tae saaso ~ aas >'
s.uH 80 'oi t.e.e4@' ena ta9a0' ~ go 49,
a4aeaeuss.s LIZ - assa'.' ~, .3o e'as'
nas4He 1eae.sea US po"e ~ taAo pe7'1 =
s,on VI aos 'au"Ss os paying 'ue4eiot' 1a
.n' aDseuse y! nueu 80. 'a'.oa' "' ~
pfopeau .a~. tuo 4.sAN 'oos uos ~"
:" ue'e.oluo Ct, "na. a.r ~ 4eAouaol0 e1"-so
. no str' more u'lasu.t euoss.un' .o,, as
.asse ~ ssss .a": s.e", vs." .1a.,s 49,. -. ~ ~
ien' aeu p4op't ~ on' ease "'u.e 70 ~ -.
M Jas. a1a opp.e :.;s, - @ -, ..;.,' ~
' authority to investigate tnorougn.
= ily the affairs and conditions
= NJ each road the character Of its business
and the on,ount Of its prot,ts TO discoye,
how the earnings were ewployed, whether
: wasted. enbez7led. eouandered OF leciti-
: ratelv accounted for. then the determiua-
= ~. - s-,ah a t-;t,r,a1 AZ n 1rbot ,ror,1 h,
! ro,eon,hIo ~ and insl in detail On ZACH roai
~o.t ~ r,,a - ,ot occs,sad he t,,o roi,.
= .~a, .on,r.,;aa ,-on,d Ia On atrono1. co,,
= ,'on7aa r. conris md ;nr;as that nrol'nb,vl vlit
. 10 oc,;ca1 dif;cr1tv wou1d 1,e eenconn,era,
- raoniot;ro ro;1rooda nithout a rasor+ b
: has.;is 1oo;sistior n N. ah.enca ~ anch
- ..s,.n,1 en.s,seaa ~ ~, ". yoo,, ona .;~,rn,
= $1,000 :. @ ~ 49, . ~ - a-.s.. ~. -. ~ Ss,,as - 49,
81 t.s.' ~ - 1 - 1o -. -
~ ~ "an o.0 NfN'& "'0 r ''''
- "enoe "a "4on.
1e ,1e.:a. -" 49,.
IL II.