, 1873-05-15
THE. RAILROADS..
Delay. in tho Shipment Of Iron
-, from Lake Superior. -
Tunnel No. D...Tllo Mobile e. Ohio Road
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Tic oxtrome aoyority of tho wintor, and its
protracted duration, hayo delayed tho shipment
of Iron from tho minos In tho Lake Superior
rogfon. In tho vicinity Of Nogaunoo tloro is
quite adopth Of Bnow-in many plaooB two foat
on tho Lowell. Whom taken cut Of tho mineb, tho
orc was piled up On tho snow alonga1do tho track,
to await Bhipmont on tho opening Of navigation.
Tho roturn OF spring is causing tho snow to mclt
so rapidly as to throw vast masaoH Of tho orc
upon tho track, and block It, More than d tlozon
voseelB are Lying at EBcanaba, awaiting oargoey.
They Mill goon be supplied, for, on Mondny last,
600 car-1oads Of oro woro transported over tho
PeninBular Division Of tho Chicago & North
wostorn Railroad to Eacanaba, and tho probabil-
ity Ia that, nB soon nH tho weather and track be-
como Settled ten trains Of fifty oar.loadB each
will BIO regular daily eyont. ,">s
The several extensions to tho now mines are
being pushed rs vigorously aa tito nature Of Tho
season will admit and the prospect ID TINT tho
shipment Of laat year will bo oxooodoa by ut
loast half d million tons. The saginaw Mine,
whore tho accident occurred which rogultod In
the denth Of tho Captain Of tho Mining Corps,
land Rolling 1Iili Company, md has just been
connected with the Northwestern Oompany'a
ys,e ss to Of 9Gs p IL eSns po p9nSa & Saa IL o
oxtensonB to tho Drecn hIino, IN tho Monomo-
noe region, haB not boon resumed.
TUNNEL NO. THREE.
Tho contractors who havo apent year or moro
In trying to excayato Tunnel No. 3, on tho Mndf-
son Extension Of the Chicago Northwestern
Railway, near spartn, got q holo through tho
$500 foot bore yostorday: A vast quantity Of
"hottom " remains to DO taken out, and there y
to Sparta and beyond into LaCroHao before Sep
tem6er next. Tho unsurpassed beauty Of tho
scenery along this ronto will rondor It oxeeeding-
II attractive to travellers and tourists. The en-
tire route, from Madison to LaCrosso, trayorsoB
o region astounding In rugged, picturesque pros-
pootB Tunnels Nos. and 2 we're fniahod carly
in tho Beaaon, and tho intervening track iB all
ready for tho iron:. Tho unfinished condition of
tho big tunnel is tho only obstacle In tho way Of
opening tho through line to LaCroHso and
THE MOBILE 4 OHIO.
The Directors OF the Mobile t. Ohio Rai1road
hnye just hold their twonty-hfth annual mcet-
ing. It was half jubileo and wholly congratu--
1atory. They felieltated themselves that q road
SIG miles In length, crossing seven degrees Of
latitude, md opening up comparative Tildor-
moss, had boon constructed by their energy, for
BIRTH and during four bloody years It was tho
! sport Of contending armies. THE close OF tho
| war left the road an extensive wreck, aud, as G5
per cent Of It's original cost had boon Lost, tho
Company were bankrupt. They offered to soil
ont insigniicantly cheap to the illinois Central,
| but tho latter wero not polite enough to
buy. Tho eight intervening yoRrs hnvo wit
messed it's severe etruggles to keep abovo
sheWs a4s net i 1% es q Tor L. last
| fiscal year. In 1868 tho earnings wero 81, $780,
601.5o, and, In 1872, So 952 3d. an increaao Of
IS por centpcr aflnuul; Tho >property Of tho
900 to 925, 900, 900. AZ tho excoss Of earnings
| have invariably been expcnded in repairs and
improvements, the Directors felt Justified In rec
ommonding nm incrcaso Of stock, giving ono
aharo held By tholn-25 por cont to DO paid, and
tho remaining rs per cent to be as dividend, and
represented by property acquired by the Com
pany. The vote GU this .proposition was, 29, 992
Tor and slo against. It will YIELD 81, 116,61s.oe
| The Mobile j. Ohio is tho great cotton road
1873, It moved 1874 ,076 bales Of cotton. OF tllla
1nent OF Mobile, Only 1850 bales were moved
! North. How much groater proportion might
| havo been diverted Northward bud tho opnor-
tunity to contyo thia line in tho interest of Chi
calculate; but, ms it remains the loading railway
| in tho South, it is certainly matter Of regrot
that lack Of enterprise and Hagncity should force
1t to seek close connections with st. Louis to
| comparative cxclu9l0n.
Ono remarkable feature is, that for twenty
yoars the road has enjoyed an immunity from
aerious accident. No road in tho country, Of tho
aame length. has beon III operation olong q
timo, and performed as much business, with this
| record: that no passenger has been killed by
| cauaea beyond his own control. =
| PERSONAL.
Col. q. Il. DeGrafr, tile veteran contractor, who
got anow-bound with his railroad gang, wcst Of
Now Ulm, Mimi, during ono Of tho terrible
storms Of last winter has resumed work on tho
extension Of tho Winona l. st. Potter Railroad,
! and expecta to Aayo 1t completed across tho
| boundary line betwocn Minnesota and Dakota by
the Lat Of June. This line Ia run in advance Of
settlements, but the easy terms on which land
can DO procured, together with its fertility, it III
thought, will rapidly populate the country.
| REMOVAL OF OFFICE.
Tho Pittsburgh j. Fort Wayne, Pennsylvania
Central, and Pittsburgh, Cincinnati d St. Louis
{Pan Handlo) Railroad Companies took possess
sion Of their now Office, northeast corner of
Clark and Randolph Streets yesterday after
noon. The room IL handsomely fitted up, md
has two street entrances. Tickets to al points
South md East can be obtained there in tho fu-
turo. The old office on tho Woat Side will be
closed in q day or two.
\ ELECTION OF DIRECTORS.
The stockholders OF the Joliet j. Chicago nail-
road Company held their annual meeting yes
terday, and olentcd tho following Directors
John Crorar, r. D. Blackstone, John B. Drake
J. MoGregor Adams, md D. Willis Jamca. They
will have a meeting within short time, and
oloct officers.
An Actress Frustrated with Gric3 nj
the Death of EQer Horse. .