, 1873-12-10

vaneo,, ratcs for flcighta n'acl, aboyo
what they aro now. and tho poopo would
only bo too glad to rotu,n to tho rroeont system
Of 70 ie7ompet,t'on M As for tho ot1er to carry tic
aEors Bny they llavo nlways carried tho mails nt
tito ratos tixod by tho poatmuator-d General, mud
TINT tho Government would Fnvo nothing by tho
Proposed !. arrangement: They nro Of tlo ono
q road. 1t al,ould DO buiitl and manngod by tho
Qoyernmont, and Tho privilege Of building md
conducting 1t should not b. given to- few poll
tioinns WHO would manage 1t for tholr aoo por-
RAILROAD EAnH1Nds.
The showings Of the several railroads aro 20
variable that thoy do not mid us much III do
ter1nlning to what extent they aro still suffering
contly advanced rapidly nnd tho riso has been mo-
ticoablo iu tho securities of rontln whose earnings
lavo docrcaaod. This may Indicate TINT inycst-
ora arc recovering from Tho dihsr,lat with which
one .momth aGo. Or It may 10 the result Of I.
| conviction Tint tho bitter hostility to railroad
property y inst diminishing.
lilo 1tailroad Companies reporting tho largest
& Quincy autl tho milwaukee, 4 ST. Paul. 15otl,
| ara onrnlng considerably more money than In
| previous corresponding periods, md tho rroba-
biilty is that tis prosperous condition OF at!aifs
pnng showing the largest decrease ia tho
| Lako Shore j. Michigan Southern. Their
falling Off for November oxcootletl S1SO, ,00O and
that OF the Northwestern, waB 323, QUO. With tho
latter tho falling of IN freight waa owing to tho
Peninsula Division, this decrease averaging
$1,000 nor day. Tho Rock IHlund Company for
November earncd about tho sa1no 40 during No.
vembor, 1879. Upon nil tho roads. passenger
business haa fnlloE off deplorably,-tho loss IN
somo Of tho larger linos. averaging from II 600
to $2, 900 daily. Thero IL little expectation Of
royival III this brunch of busincHs, but thu proh-
ability IS thai freight traffic will this winter
| largely exceed that Of last ycar. Should 1t
provo otherwise. some Of tho railroads will bo
III tho hands Of Receivers before spring.
TIE NORTHWESTERN MAc11ISE-al1ors
| The removal Of tito Chicago j. Northwestern
Railway 1nnchino-Bhops to tho now location Just
| northwest Of Central Park Will bo accomplished
this wook. Tho buildings completed are brlok
ongiuo-houso containing Bta!la for tllrty-nino
engines, md two mnohiuo. .Bhoph large enough to
accommodate tho ontire staff Of machinsta aid
| boilor-makcrB employed by tho Company at
Chicago. The improvements already lnado
liavo cost ovor $500, ono. Tho work Of construct
Ing tho contemplated car-snops, boiler
shop, etc, will probably bo con,--
ahops Of the Galola Division, Oh Union
| street, will bo vacated tho mRcll.nist depart
mont going to the now BhopB, and tho car-repar~
Ing forco to tho Wisconsin Division shops. on
be retained Mt those shops with tho exception Of
small force Of nachiniBtH to attond to im,nodi-
ato needed repairs. Comparatively few tonc-
men.s have boon erected near the now shops,
but tho certainty Of several thousand men be-
ing constantly employed there next year will
soon giyo Ill impetus to building.
| THE EnlE CANAL.
| Tho Erie Canal traffic has been unusually largo
during tho pnat season. which, however, was tf,o
| shortest known, lasting only 1883 dnys. Tho
grain shipments were nevertheless creator than
| during any other season except 1862. Tho ag-
gregate Of all kinds Of grain WIS 50, zoe, ,G76 bus>
els III 1878, ngainst g. 25S. .973 ln1SG2 Tho wheat
traffic was moro than twice as great this year as
laat. but tho corn trade noarly one-third loHs-
IA 900 U09 bushels moro wheat and 0090 900 losB