, 1873-08-30
SPRlNGFiELD.

Tho Equalization Honrd Letter
Grona tho Clerk Of Cook C0rnty--
stock Of Corporations N0t Assosscl
i'll n1ost Coulatles--Tcstit Of Of
1iccrs Of tho e. d A. l&oud RcGoro tho
IsnIlroati Commission.
Special Dtspateh to The Chicago Tribune.
Brn1NaF1EhD, ILL.,, Aug. 20.-In the stnto
Board Of Equalization letter Was road from tho
County Clerk Of Cook County, In reply to an in-
quiry TINT tho AssosHors Of tue county had fall
cd to 1iHt and return to him tho capital Rtoch Of
any Of tho corporations In tho county, This
omission ID not peculiar, however, to Cook
County, for thoro iB not moro than ono-fourth Of
tho counties In tho stnto where returns hnVo
boon mado Of tho assessment Of tho capital
stock Of corporations; md, Without In
tonling to do injustice to any OF them,
t is beloved by tloso competent to
Judge thai, in no single one Of them, Inns all Buoh
stock, to bo found thorein boen assosaod. Just
what action tho Board will tako in tho promises
1ns not boon developed.
In tho Railroad Committee, D[r. Rufus Riniff,
Bon. Superintendent Of Machinery, Of tho Chica-
60 j. Alton Hailroad, appeared il obedience to q
summons, and testified h8 to, tho average cash
value Of the roling-atock Of the railroads in tho
State, except TINT passenger cars On tho Ohica.
4 little iighor. Your correspondent hnd
au interview with these gentlonon subsequent
to their appearance before the Committee, and
obtained from them tho figures and valuo
which they had givon tho COMMITTEE. They nro
na follows: Locomotivos, all olasaos, average
cash value, 7,500i rassonger-cars, au casses,
average cash value, $4,000 sleeping and dining
carn. 10000; expreae-cars, $3.50; baggagc-carss,
$3.50; horse-oaru. e475; cattlo-carn. S475; coal-
cars. Gl05; platform -cara, 9375; Wrccking- -carB.
5000 !; pay-cars, sl4,90o; hand-cars. SIS all
other kind Of cars, 925.
II. r. Dorrickson, Of Cook County, was ap-
pointed q mombor Of tho Board of Equalization,
yico hr. ProEscr, rcpigned.
Tho old sottlers Of saugamon County having
Rolocsed this day on which 10 hold their annua1
reunion, tho intention, somo tirno since OK
pressed, TINT general meeting Of tho Oranges
Of the county would bo held at Buffalo Heart
Grove, was abandoned. saye that . neighborhood
picnic Of o local Grange was hold there to-day
ut which nothing Of Gonoral interest was dono.
At tho mooting Of old settlers at Pleasant
Plains, thore assembled about 5000 persons.
made by Mr. Slater. Ex-Gov. Palmer tloIi7orod
tho opening adareHs, which was ropleto with
anecdotes characteristic Of the early times, and
was felieitoua throughout; md. Judging BY tho
spiration Of tho speooh. To closed with glow
ing tribute to tho memories Of the men and
women Of tho carIy days. IIo was followed by
D. L. Phillips aud Col. J: H. a[athcny, who enter
tAl4GA tdN AAutNAG9 MILL curly 1cul1llHEGi1EGgs
Tho dinner Was served in picnic stylo, aud, by
It's abundance, no QUO would judge that tho
farmers wero III any danger Of starvation.
Ono Of the features Of the day WIS tho number
to visit tho homo and tomb Of Peter Cartwright,
tho pioneer of Nlethodism in Illinois and III
tue West. Tho house is we'll preserved mud built
IN tho miniature ntyle, and tho nged rolict of
Alr. Cartwright was On tho ground to-day, and
neomed to enjoy tho exercises as well aa tho
othors. The spot chosen on which tho meeting
was held was couaccrated nearly fifty yoars ago
by Mr. Cartwright as a camp-lnceting ground,
and it has beon used noarly ovoty year ainco
that timo for n ike purpose. Tho united agoa
Of Eve Of the oldest men on tho ground, Mai.
lies, Benjamin Co,inor, A. Wilcox. Job Tletch-
or, and John Black, was 400 years., tho oldest
being 90 yoars old.
Tho Railroad Commissioners have their
freight tariffs completed, aud there Is general
belief that they arc such Us that q number Of
roads will adopt thom.