, 1873-12-14
RAILROAD NEWS.


THE F4EE-IhbS AUuaE Df1NH OUT
There is disposition on tho part Of tho
managers Of tho Michigan Central, Lnkc Shore
L Michigan Southern, aild Pittsburgh Il ',,ft
Wayne Railroads to initiate the, r---'e"otshY
or1 o,,o;ah fro, ,~.saa on thoir lines. The reso-
1u,;o,a Led at tho meeting OF tho Western
.~...Ioad managers a fow days ngo do away with
tho objections The aboyo-namod roads formerly
had against abolishng the systenl, and thoy think
they cnn now stand on tho samo platform. A
nooting to take Bono definite uction in regard to
this 1nattor will be held III this city in fow
days.
Tho Western managers emphntcally declare
TINT they will strictly adhere to tho resolutions
passed lust woel, an1 that no passes will bs
lBsued to my one, no matter by whom requested
except to o,nployes Of their own roads, to MANN
gers Of other lines who wish to exchange with
thcm, nnd TO stock-tlrovors iu charge of Stock
lreEidens Newell aud Supt. Mitchell, Of tho Illi
nois Central Railroad, dcclayo TINT tho charges
issuing free tickets that closely resemble rcgu-
lar ones to d favored few, was entirely untrue
nclther FREQ passes nor tickets having been Is
sued by tl1eln sinco the System was abolished
last July. II such tickets were isGlled it waB
doue without their knowledge, aud thoy would
bc glnd to find out the employees who gave tlleM
They would like to be informed Of tho nnmea of
sono Of tho persons holding such free tickets or
dcnoral Superintendent Sargent, oftLo Michi.
gan Central ntatos tllat suco July, whom tho
resolutions abUllshiug tho Hyatem were first
adopted by Western roads, not sugle treo pass
the agreer.ont while previous to tint time three
or four passes n day wore asked for.
Alany Of the roads In the East Lave lately ro-
ducea tho numbor Of free passeH issued by them,
nnd, Judging Oy appearances, thu time sooms to
10 uear WHOM all tlla roatls III tho country will bo
. unit Oil tlis question, md dead-hUals will bo
known uo more.
RAILROAD nuslxEss
business on soyoral Of tho rallroails is remark
ably good. The Milwaukee l. st. pnul III having
heavy wheat trallle, which promises to hold
out during tile winter. Tho expectation il, TINT
tho Company will earn 51oO,000 IL month mora
than during the corresponding period of lust
year. Tho Clicago. burlington 4 Quincy is do
lug nn enormous business III the transportation
Of live stock. Iilis conioa mainly from Tho
Hannibal st. Joe nalroad aud iu such inl-
nenso quantities aH to exceol tho oapacity Of
tho compauy'a supply Of rolling stock. or
ton 4 Missouri River Railroad, which,
in some degree, accounts for ita cut,-
tinual large increase OF earnings. Tho
Northwestern ia also ginning, and, as tho wheat
idly increasing, future Bhowi,!gs will doubtless
be favorable. The Company has already IN in
Grouse Of over SS00,o0o for the six months be.
ginning. June / compared with tho correspond
4lt PoI4oN III 4atd. luo 41ukC~0l0T0 nus DGtn
running behind for. d month past. Freight
business foil oir rapidly but. navigation laving
closed, tho Company will havo all tho business
it oan hn'nlle untll spring. Tho Rock Island in
running slightly ahand of Inst yenr. The ILL.,
noia Central cut at overy competing point by
indiana roads, shows q continual falling OFF;
but tho enrly opening Of Tho through line to
Now Orleans will certainly largely increase tho
CoutrAIh receipts
TUE SUIT AGAINST THE NORTHWESTERN ROAD.
Tile caso Of tho Illinois Nailroad Conmiasiou-
ora w. tho Chicago IL Northwestern ltailwny
Company III set for trial at Freeport Monday.
Tue declaration filed BY the Attorney Gonolal,
and published in Tile In1auSE at tho time, con.
taine1 twenty-five counts. Two Of these pre-
forrod charges agaillst the Company for passing
treo tho Mayor OF Froeport and gotte1nun
named Thompson. This waH docared u dis
soa" tn anas on9 wo lind been
wero anticipated under those countg. For tho
Commissioners 1t waH decidedly the weakest III
tho caso, aud, rocogIlzing tho error, thoy With
drew tho pass counts, to tho groat dlsappoint-
simply to .denur to them, and risk Judgment
thoroup0n, III which oyont thoy would Gu III
p?o,s:ition to nake sundry ollcials look snpromoy
il Is not expected that tho caso will 60 to trial
this term. The defendants III their elaborate
pieA, ask tor an oxtenBion Of tine becat,He
since tho filing Of tho declaration aRainst tlonl,
sufficient timo haa not been givou tholn to
1ully lhsehtGAto LILO circumstances OF tho
ollArgoa proiurrod, aud fur tho fulter reasoll,
that tho cyidenoa Of several wltnoHsea, whose
testimony the defendants claim it material to
tho case, cannot bo procured unlor several
months. Those witneAsos are promacuounly
loeated. Among them arc several experts who
live in England, 0aMutla, and the Eastern States,
who arc thoroughly oonvorsaut with tho uueB-
ton to DO doternllnod, and whose testimony the
Northwestern Company iH resolved to procure.
Tho probability IL that, when ultimately tried.
tho caso will develop mass Of evidence au1
taoty q! thH Intricate nastar @ such a. hnyo not
gsgod consists OF Attoruey-Gull. EuHa!l, mud
AIohsrs. Thornton, Bailey, and Wheaton for tho
State, and for tile railway tho lion. Lyman
TrntNbull and tho Hon. y. @. Cook, iss General
Solicitor
rIuKET AaENTa COMMISSIONS,
Tho prospects OF absogatlng tho svHtem Of
paying con4liaaions to tickat aBentH arc improY-
lug. Tho loading Chicago lompRui0H have Rigp-