, 1873-06-21
:, The RAILROADS.
Death Of Horace F. Clark,
the Railroad King.
Adoption of tile G., B. & Q.
Taritf.'-The Distance p,
Rates. >,
The Illinois Central Waiting on the
Northwestern---Probable Rates ),
Of tho Former.
The Progress Made by the g., r. I.
& P.-An Unfounded Ru- :.
NOR Denied. :;
The Alton Road---The Station Frelqht.
Tariff Adopted, and Printed
for, the First Time.
The Dead~Head Question:
The Resolutions.
The Dead-Head Question.
The Resolutions.
HORACE +, CLARK.


HORACE F. CLARK.
TIE DEAun OF THE HON. HORACE r. CLAnT,
President Of tho Lako Shore ,k Michigan South
crn, and Union Pacific Railroad Companies, In
New York, on Thursday night was Q startling
nurpriae, Rumors Of hia eorious il1ueRs, two days
before, had been circulated; but, as be aftorward
participated In = conference with Mossrn. Tracy.
Gould, and Scholl, regarding tho control Of tho
Chicago Il Northwestern Railroad, tho report
WAS supposed to have been sensational md cir
culated to afoct tho stock market. Renders of
the morning pRporo were not, therefore, pro-
pared foE the painful announcement which was
added to tho opening quotations Of yestordays
New York Stock Board; Horace F. Clark dod
Last night Of rheumatism Of tho heart.
lie WAS BORN
hfty-eight yeara ago, In 8outhbury; Conn. At
tor graduating from WillIams College, Mass, ho
adopted tho law aa q profession, and, removing
70 Now York City, ho became eminent In his
profession. It waB In his earior days, boforo no
had achieved reputation, while a struggling at-
4orney with but limited practice, that ho wood
and won tho daughter Of Commodore Vandor-
blt. And, az characteristic story, It Is told
that. whom tho patornn1 money-baga gruf1ly re-
fused his consent to 30 unequal financial
match, tho impetuoua Horace, with more orn-
phasis than elegance, told him to take his money
and be d-d,-he would havo tho girl anyhow.
Whoroupon the Commodore, always an atlmrer
Of pluck and perseverance, quickly relontod and
consented to tho union.
SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
Justified tho oourae Horace F. Clark was not a
child Of fortune merely. 10 had In him tho
nervo and the ability to achieve distinction. All
that he needed WAS chance and his Yander-
bf1t connection Afforded him fair ono. His
emfnence in his chosen profession gaye him
aeat In tho Thirty-ffth Congress, whore he
served as q member OF the Judiciary Committee
On Lis reelection to tho succeeding Congress,
he served as q member Of tho Committee on Iu-
dian Affairs.
RETIRING FROM THE POLITICAL ARENA
he resumed tho practice of the law. Already, In
point Of ability, he ranked second to the Oommo-
dore only, In tho Vanderbilt family. This fact was
recognized by tloir intrusting to him the man
Ngement Of nll the important legn1 caaea involy-
Ing tho intorestB Of tho New York Central Rail-
7oad. In this way his railroad carcor began and
when tho Vanderbilt party in tho spring Of 1870,
secured the control Of tho Lako Shore i MichI-
gan Southern, and consolidated tho two co,1pa-
nies, Horace F. Clark WAS placed at the head rs
their representative. It is true lo did not know
how to run freight train, or nrrange timo-ta-
BILE; but tho man who could 60 direct tho affairs
and policy Of corporation TINT, within three
years, its gross earnings should increase over
$4,ooo,00o. aud lis not resut, last your, approxi-
mate $4,000, 900, must have possessed =:
EXTRAORDINARY EXECUTIVE ABILITY.
suocosB, naturally, made him ambitious. Ho
aspirea to DO the railroad king Of tho continent
Ono rival only he had and when Col, Thos. 4.
Scott relinquished to him tho Presidency Of tho
Union Pacific Railroad, it was folt That lis suo-
cessor wae distancing linn in tho raco Tor the
supremacy. One link wns needed to complete
the transcontinentnl chain. Tho Central Pacific
to connect with the Union Pacific. Tho Lake
Shore reached from Chicago to Buffalo, and
tho Vanderbilt Road extended to tho eeaboard.
The gap was hotweon Chicago and Omaha. This
he closed with the powerful assistanco of Jay
Gould, laat fall, during tho famous corner"
THE TERMS OF SURRENDER
Woro dictated. Mr.. Tracy rosignod In his
stead Abort Koep, Mr. Olark's associate, wag
whom hia lfo-dream was reaized, tho hand that
had Just graBped the control Of o line connecting
tho Atlantic with the Pacific relaxed in death.
His triumphant was bis dying day.
aspoot. Ills long hair, brought forward ulsIi and
twiBsod into . curl in front OF each eur, had,
along with his full beard, attained a silyary
"httoneaa. He was OF moliurn height, some-
what portIy, and OF courteous den.eanor.
MS MANNER,
when not annoyed, WAS very pleasing; and it |
WAS only during his occasional buretg OF passion |
that ho INDUCED in profanity. Contrary to go,l~
eral Impression, hs relations with his fatheT-iu-
Inv were perfectly harmonious, and In ali Lis |
magnificent entorprisos their viows were con-
eonant. His chief Of atafr was Augustus sc,ell, |
Vico-Prosidont OF tho Lake Shore Company. So |
sef-posseaHed is the latter on all OCCASIONS that
the two wero distinguished as "the ay-whoel and
the balanco-wheel."
THE QUESTION OF BucoEsson
ta now most exciting. A1r. Dovereux, General I
Manager has just severed his connection with |
the Lake Shore, and assumed tile control OF tho |
Atlantic / GEeat Western and tic Vice Presi- |
tienoy Of the Erie. The loss Of oishcr would bo
serious; coming doubly, and together, |
rs rs eTec1 Tee y Ton,.na3tt aaa3tterally Increased
paramount in tho Lake Shore Company. # fs
not Improbable that tho Treasurer, JaI1ics Fl, |
Banker, another son-in-lsw Of Commodore Van
derbi1t, inay bo giyon tho Preaidonoy. In tho |
order Of succession 1t would revert to Augustus
echoll, tllo Vioo-Prosdent.
THE FUTURE DIRECTION |
Of the Union Pacific III Of equal, perhaps great |
or, interest. Mr.. CLARK never went over tic limo |
until ha trip threo weoka ago., Ho had not bo-
tntorest control tho line. Mr. CLARK was placed I
nt the head to hold tho balance Of power. IN |
the absence Of any authority upon tho matter,
It is conjoctuIed that John Dun, Vico-prcsldont,
may become President.
Those, however, are only conjectures. Posi-
tiona so commanding and 30 prominent arc !
neither readily nor hastily filled; and whether
Tow Or many lAour tho loAR, itH effect Is 30 gol}-
eral AZ to 1uako 1t aoom irroparable.
TIE C., 8. & q. r. r.
THE NEW FREIGHT TANn!pF
Of tho Chicago, Burlington l. Quincy Railroad,
published below, will 10 of intorost to porsous
living along tho limo and to tho public gdnorally.
An examination Of tho schedule shows TINT II ia
basod on hoprorata principle NJ demanded by tho