, 1873-07-12

Tho Dubuque Qowa) Times discusses tho now
tariffs, and their offcct on Dubuque, as folowa ::
na;ytns read Il ont Davenport exchanges that Tho
trade Of hes city md brought particular gr!ef 10 tho
grain trado Of Davonport, concluded yesterday to
,nory1ow our merchants to loarn whit otee, # wa'
ini%s,eo y sss. it, ~ sAt thsy q @
over, Is not very : ta.isfeetory, ' "a but limited
amount Of morchantitse llas been roceyod Rince tho
now tariffs hare gone Into offcct anu all Tho qorying
road frght uupernonlcnts 1t Chicago, ilas resulted
N no adequate information. lnieed, tho 1ncn at tho
aaeh &c 5 At s ts sbee s our oFehsns sS se
sclves-or in tho words Of Of wliocsaera who
has been plying thom with questions, "toy aro IN m
and can 400 M yet no intcglble solution"
80 fur al onr grhn dealars arc concerned, tho noF
rates % Chicago tlo advance on wheat freight Is only
" to 10 cents per 100 pounds moro agateo that IL
scarcely worth tho montloning. &C.,
hardware men, groccra, agricultural Implement deal.
ers etehosa who arc receiving hoSvy sainmenta
f fcTa ohsa9 and @ ssa or an M ayosas
rcr cent highcr, mud in iii cases subject to
tho new tarf rates from ghtcago II however the 20
tariff will not 10 much In nyauce former Chicago
tariff rates. but 20 fur, although number aro III ex-
e*sea u Is s yet sa s
have bccn instit,ite<t in regard 10 Tho reduction
From tho egna on tho surface tore Is lttlo Question
road mon Al Chisaeo Is how ad II what nal,nor il il
poseiblo to allow heavy shippers over their
5osa' soG = csss v over ssn sasy over '1 e
probabilities nro moro ihely that some far.reaehing
ons eoss Te = G sp p m q ens
swoop tho Gordian knot that refuses to 10 united
by careful Investigations Of It's porplo1a. Wo do not
know how soon such venture 1uay be made nor
whether circular TINT reached mort Of our henvy
ealers and grain men yeeorday by mali and acnt out
Tic circular eos out that tho t.Dumond Jo Line
and tho Chicago Northwestern 1ailroad Company
oavo notice Tint all nnh|ialcd ratcs fron Che"go to
Dubuque prior to thio dato July y are hereby scon-
tin'.ot anl that hereafter Tho freight rntea Via tho
Diamond Jo Line to those points will aways 10 as low
"a vim uuy other route"
The circular thon proceeds to elyo tariff Of rates to
dlfrerct ponts tho line Of tho riror, an idea Of
nngrionlsural implements III carload lots: Du-
blqe anal sho ro!nss aboso enumerated are Of conrse
%a fnnns 5 , Baausa vsa oassS Hsa
Clayton, cach $40 per car McGrcgor and Prairie Dn
Chten $6o. On those nano lines, tho charges this
spring by I'LL ra from Chicago to Dubuque werc so
CARLOAD. Tho clrcunr announces further That tive
refund all rser Insurance. paid at current rates aovo
wsste,n lsaIlroad Company, viii bo transferred to tho
Companya derot ut Chicago without charge for car
riAgn commission"
As we l.nvc said ahoyo, don't know that this is an
attort to cut the knot but tho blanks for the rolntR,
which promised allow rates by any other linen
rnisss s.,apicon Il that In MT tho purpose It is tic
getting good ready on providing some other moro
vGnturesU1ne road Docs
All thia is not vory satisfactory of tho railroad tariff
stated It would not 10 st The Quiet, BIT Is al
that could bo learned on tho question: At the worst,
we ssnnot geo that p9buaae vii materially suaef
tho I. 9. Railroad, as we'll 60 on ita branches. II it
ia not, then II will be Bcgiour uair as 1t will give
Of through ratos against local rates. hut this
question ta undecided, md VIC hive TO wait further de-
velopmcnts before even proAn,ato solution Of this
railroad riddle can bo arrived at, and until th0n
must bido our time.
HAMILTON, LAcoH 4 EASTERN RAILROAD.
When tho Rhort-line botwcen Chicago and
Kooktlk was projected Inst yoar, its prospects
OF success wore thought extremely doubtful.
Two or three rival projects wore struggling for
existence at tho same time-al1 designed to bring
coal to Clicago-but tho hostile tendency OF
Liquidation toward railroads was believed to
have buried the enterprises beyond tho hopo Of
immediate resurrection: Hoy However eye, the others
has emerged stronger than over, and certain OF
ultimate and speedy completion. Money iB tho
one thing needfm in all these enterprises; aud
isH contractors, Richard Morgan Co.. Of this city,
ropreecnt they haro secured tho necessary funds.
Thoy claim to have placed thoir bonds in Now
York last year, before tho farmers' storm Of op-
position broke over the corporations. It is also
affirmed TINT they Kept quiot in order to procure
tho right Of way on favorable tor1ns They woro
justified in the hitter course. Tor the iiuani-
nous experience of railroad managoru H. that
II landowners learn that Il limo must bo run
through their property. they mako tho compa-
mics bleed profusoly for it. These remarks ror-
tain moro particularly to real estato located near
land moro distant tho ownora arc anxious to
havo developed, and gladly cedo the right Of
way in ordor to have their property oponcd up.
Tho Hamilton, Lacon 4 Eaatorn Company havo
found this to be true. Their right of way from
tho Town OF Cicero, through Sections 10. 60, and
companied by handsome donations, which 60 fur
toward grading tho rond. Crossing tho Des-
plaines niyer, the road is now being E.adod past
Riverside, southwest through Dow1lera Grove.
Town Of Cicero, n1ninly because Of tho remark
ably easy grades thus secured. Tempting in
dueomonts we're held out to locato tho line
through the Towns Of lyonH and falos, but tho
bluffs there encountered precludod acceptance.
tln tho route chosen, between Chicago and VIII
m'ngton, Ill, the maximum gra{o IL II feot to
tho milo ThiB is q vital consideration in tho
operation OF q railroad.
The contract for tho grading OF tho line to tho
Wilmington coal-helds- -about 481 miles distant
is expected to be finished by Dec ensuing.
The line will run directly through tho Whining
ton district, close to tho mines, and four n,eB
west OF tue city Of that name. The Alton Koad
and labor undor tile disadvantage Of a Aoayy
grade just north OF Wilmington.
The Chicago & Alton Railroad Company are
not alarmed ut this throatoned competition.
They admit there il business enough for two
limos. Such E courso il much waor than to
stubhornly oppose and try to resist the inoyi-
table,
The line will not long have it's terminus in
Wilmington. It will speedily bo puallcd forward
to Lacon, through rich corn tract, and oyor
good coal most Of tho way into tho famous Yer
million coal region, whore are triple veins, feot
to II foet in thickness. Thus coal rotas for
50 to 81 per ton in Chicago, and it Is claimed
It can DO mined and placed on cars for 81 per
ton. From the Wilmington mines the Compauy
expects to transport daily average Of i,000
tons to Chicago from the day OF their commonc-
lug the traffic. The Company, howovos, will be
merely carriers. They arc not in any Why inter-
rested in tho coal mines, and do not oxpoct to
sharo any profits other than those Of trans.
portation.
Leaving Lacon-which will be 100 miles from,
ChicaBo-the line croaaaB tho Illinois Riyer and
runs southwest. for l00 miles, to Nauyoo, on tic
mississippi River. Hero it strikes the famous
quarrios Of building stone from which tho nov
Htate-HouBe at Springfield IL boing furuishod.
Thirteen mules aoutllward along the river, Ham
iftou. tho terminus of The road ia reantel rrha