Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-01-20
RAILROAD NEWS.


TIMETABLES.
MEMPHIS AND LITTLE ROCK RAILROAD.
Through from Memphis 20 Little Rock 10 i
hours, On and aIJer Thursday, the ltn day
OF August, ls7u, until further notice, trains
VIII run daily Sundays eZcepJsd) as ioloWs'
ARRIVES LEAVES
l HOpedeld----..--.-...-....... 1870 pm. 58J an
I Er5nkfev lO-ZU am. 8-GJpm
Freight train wiIIIpave H0psdelu Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays, at sam.
Arrive at Hopeheld Tuesdays Thursdays
and Saturdays, alta pm.
kerEyDCat will leave tIe Wn8rLDOaLl loot OF
Union street. daily Et5;uJa.m.
Baggage checked through 70 Little Rock on
Isrrg boat. B. ID. WILLIAMS,
General Agent ana superintendent.
3. p. ROBSON, Asst SupL
MEMPHIS AND L~oUIsvILLE RAILROAD.
ARRIVES
Night DFess...-.......--. 5-5 am laj P.m.
Brownsville $500 am. 4l5 pm.
Nashville Ezprrss- 800 pm. $50 pm.
Ticket once, 8ita Main street. one door
north OF Jefferson Depoial head OF Main 81.
MISSISSIPPI AND TENNESSEE RAILROAD,
ARRIVES LEAVEss
New Orleans Mall, daily 80 p.m. l2.g pm.
Express la4ly ------ 5uJ ams 81" pm
dav -. 2:I5 pm. 8.s0am.
Depot al loot 0I Main street. Ticket once,
Z75s Main street. one door north OF Jefferson,
MEMPHIS CHARLESTON RAILROAD.
Leave MeTlpllss
Through Msll Train am
Through Express Train, Junction
l pm
Way Fre.gntIral 5-5 am
Arrive 40 Memphis:
Through Mail pm
Through Express Iraln---.--..,.a-- 59y "a DO
Way Freight pm
5ouerylle Train 541 a m
Mail Train WILL NOT STOP e RAG stations
west o. MOSCOW u sup Z
Ticket O1ce, rs Main 81, cor. south Court
TIE GovERylIEST M THE RAILROAD
COBPOEATI0Ss.-In the January number
of ths North ABieTicdH ReUieiU, Mr.. Chas.
Francis Adams, jr under the above cap
ton, makes another effort 10 rouse The
people of this country 70 the moral
and political dangers Of our powerful rail-
road corporations. His first articles on
this subject had invited special attention
10 "lhs rapid growth Of individual mem
bers OF the system; the tendency TO con-
sgHdati0n and combination in al the
members; the sCaudalOuB internal abuses
incident 90 corporate control; and, finally
the disturbing, If not controlling, lnlu-
suCe iu u political system and the last
year has afforded ample additional Illus
trali0us Of what WIS before so strODgly eE-
hibi-ed. Not the least important Of these
are found in the d0ingsOf the last session
of Congress 'aud it's suspicious squander-
ing Of public lands" As a remedy
for the evils which be so graph
caIlv pOrJrays, Mr.. Adams proposes the
enactment OF general laws for the govern
msnt Of our railways, the regulation of
tariffs. and the settlement Of all questions
relating 70 stock, etc. These laws be
would have enforced by tribunals spo-
cially constituted for the purpose, and
made responsible for tbo settlement Of all
questions concerning railways. Whether
these suggestions would prove elective
or not, we are not prepared 10 say, but 10
is very evident that II some means be not
speedily adopted TO check the growing
power Of railway corporations, and 20
hold them IN subsection to the law and 10
the public interest, the masses viii ulii-
mstsly become the helpless subjects OF a
despotism more remOrssless than that of
any Of the Old World dynasties. OnBi-
nsly called into being as our servants,
the powerful trunk lines which now con-
troll the whole railroad system Of the
Northern States east Of the Missouri, may
be said to have become our masters. 10
Is high time their avarice and greed were
e0eCtualy curbeds