, 1873-09-03


Tie isninonHo businosB Of tliis oity this gonFon
In tho wny Of railroad rccoips is Hhown clao-
whore III tllis pnpor. During tho laut ton days
nearly five anu ialf millions OF busl,olB Of gran
havo beon received horo. principally by rail-
These camc, Of course, from tho Wost and South.
In tho eano ti,no thero las boon vast business
donoin shipping general merchandise to oil points
In tho Weat aud Southwest. In addition to thia
traffic diroot to Chicngo, occupying, on an ayor-
ago, 1,4oo or 600 cars ay, thoro is daily ar
rival hore Of 600 ours loadod with through froght
from points at tho Wost going to tho Enss, and
from pointsin tho East to points In tho West
Thcao cars arrivo hero by tho varloua trunk
railways doing business horo, nnl havo to
bo transferred from ono road TO tho other
over tho roadwnyn which, for tho most part, pass
through tho city. This transfer business has
bcconao 80 groat. and tho unavoidable delays Of
transit through tho city nro 60 many, TINT tho
long-talkod-of railroad for this special bnsncss
Of transfor laa become an imperative necessity.
The Chioago TrauBfor Railroad Company hns,
therefore, boon organzod, with tho following
named persons comprising tho Directory: r. q.
Moldrum, benjamin F. Allen, George s. Bowen,
7. s. Dobbins, II. B. Latrobo, and Ja1nos Wulah.
Thoso gentlemen all hayo ripo experience In
railroad mattors, and are vol known III business
circles. They aro likely to command tho conf
donco Of tho outiro railtoad community. II no
understand tho plan Of this Company, it ia to
construct railway at aomo point on or ncar
soyenty-frst street, running thonco west neych
or eight miles, thence north as far as Montroao.
This route will intercept every railroad On Which
through freight is now received in Chicago. at
oach point whore 1t intorHccts nnotbor road, u
yard will DO provided into which all cars 1oa1od
with through freight will DO received by tho
Transfor Company, and these cars will DO by that
Company Immediately takon to tho points Of in-
'terscction with those ronds over which tho sau,o
arc to bo taken, whothor going East or West,
and tlore delivered to such road. Dy this ar-
rangomont, tho tracks in tho city Of tho
various Companies will bo relieved Of
tho through freight business, and tho trnns-
fer Of through freight trains can DO rendered
complete in loss than twelve loura, whom it now
tnkoH, on IN average, thrco days. It ia estimat-
ed tint n chr III motion oarns $40 dey, and
nothing while idle; the Delays in transfer in
this city, ii tI,oy average throc days, involve n
loss to tho railroada, in addition to tho actual
cost OF tranhfor, Of noarly $50 car: BY tho
means Of this transfor road this loss will bo
wholly obyiatod. It is uot improbable. That,
when this road is constructed aud il in full opo-
ration, itB gront convenience in the transfer Of
through freight will load to other arrangements.
There is no reason Why such O company should
not act as clearinghouse between al
tho railroads doing business III Chica-
60 md having interchangeable accounts
for froights md for uso Of cara. Tho
unprecedented volume of business this season
taxcs the facilities of the several roads, in pans-
ing through tho city, to their utmost capncity.
10 have tho transfor Of through freight taken
from tho tracks, in the city aud lnado outside at
convenient points, will be great roliof. Wo
understand that Tho Company is already laying
of thcir route, and seeking the right Of why,
and, with abundant mcans Mt its command, tho
road will bo pushed to completion rapidly.