The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-09-15
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New Catholic Diocese in
Iowa. /
What the Blue Line thinks
about Cheap Transpor-
tation.
Freight charges increased
from Chicago East.
Sen . tor Morton or Senator
Thurman fibs--Which
is it?
/ Steamboat ard Railroad
Disasters.
A Girl forges a Mortgage on
her fathers Farm.
A Bar Keeper murdered be-
cause ne asked for his
Pay.
b Cattle Thief Hung in Lou
A isiana.
K Rape, Suicide, etc.
A Bar Keeper murdered be-
cause ne asked for his
Pay.
Cattle Thief Hung in Lou
isiana.
Rape, Suicide, etc.

DUBUQUE, sept ia ne" SatuollC
diocese has been created in this state, with
Davenport as the seat of the diocese. The
Very Rev. Father Muhl Seipen, Of st
Louis is said to be the new Bishop. The
boundaries of this diocese have not yet
been made public.
! New YORK. Sept l3.-The Senatorial
I Committee on Transportation was III sess-
ion to-day. Senator Window presided
/ Mr.. HAYES, General Manager OF the Blue
Line. made supplementary statement. /
After showing that local trafilc IN snort
hauls costs more in proportion thah
traffic in long hauls, he sad the
through lines, in order 10 cheaper trans
portation to the producer and consumer,
we're compelled to inaugurate system OF
through freightage. In reply to questions
with regard to receipts given without guar
anteeing amount contained in the ear,
HAYES said there are many points at which
railroad companies are too poor to build
5 warehouses Private parties own these
p warehouses, and sometimes the land
, around them, and are purchasers OF pro
duce. They handle and load their own
property when it arrives at Its destination.
/. It masses from the hands of the railroad
comnanies into the hands of persons not
9 connected with the road; therefore the
companies neither weigh in or out. From
1t an elevator owned by the railroad com
; many. in loading given quantity, and
# sending it to Boston or any other point
a where the company owned an elevator 1t
is weighed out by the company. They
rs have guaranteed weights, deducting per
S cent. for shrinkage. 1t was Hayes Opin-
r ion that if company could receive and
al discharge. they should assume the shrink
70 age. so as to deliver the quantity loaded a
IL its value. He also said that New \ orf
as must build elevators TO meet the compe
tition of other seaport towns, otherwis'
ar New York must lose its business Man,
of the railroads centering in New orl
end in Jersey City, while the New \ or
Central ends in New York. There
N. consequently difference Of opinion as
so what point can be called New York. Th
nl- railway companies claim that New ork
bic where the road ends-from where they di:
lie, charge into barges in five carload lots, an
me deliver to any ship, warehouse, or inspe'
ro- ton yard, whether In New I ork, Brookiyl
or Jersey City. These barges are control
ne ed entirely by persons outside OF the RAJ
lhe road companies. The expenses OF tn
ranges from 60 cents to 81 per ton, II
which neither the producer nor consum
Die paws anything. This is one OF the Cred
8 MobilieT arrangements by which compa
'lth les pay, but get nothing IN return. III
$ railroad companies are compelled to COZ
pete with other lines centerlng IN 9th
hen towns. Hayes read brief paper, sho
ing that no section of the country is mo
prosperous than the Western country, III
5. withstanding the cries of oppression
railway monopolies
Al, Troncr,A
' alton Association made statements W
regard to railroad monopolies, their CT
ng :? tr9i OF water iroh'S' anu 'iiei' ''sio''''
70 of jubbery.
e oi MIR. Walker, Statistician of the Prodl
,,;o Exchange, said that the most promlsl
}p;e p:. competing routes will be through the O.
! paf- ~ tral of New York and through the
a. Lawrence route when the canals are
M! tno larged. The State of New York must
ing ing prepared to meet competition by the
" ~ Lawrence at a rate not to exceed 10 ce
.o l,.o per bushel from Chicago to Montreal
remedy for exorbitant rail rates is the
y ~ ~ e provement of water routes and increa
r.. n " facilities by rail- Many lines are !
Ill doubling their tracks, and they can sea-
i"p vi ly do so fast enough. The canals 81
''i 1887 have transported over $7,0O0,000,
,rro worth of property, and have produce
PoeL revenue sufficient to pay for themsel
~, The tonnage Of the canals for twenty Il
" YIN wears has been more than double the
mage of all the vessels entering the por
New York. The greatest capacity of
u! canals TO move property Eastward
E's 4. .ooO. 900 tons. A lock should be ablt
accommodate boat OF 1000 tons.
'eegs CHICAGO, Sept. l3.-On Monday
The railroads leading eastward will adyano,
.moSe maIe Iates five cents ON fourth class and
ssass s.ss cents Oh -four
e s.sf Of COLUMBUS, Sept. Ex-senator j
alton man utterly denies the statement OF
,eesS ,eeeS tor Morton at DAYTON that he requt
most Morton to withdraw his motion to S
round out of the salary bill the clause, the
. but ry OF Senators and Representatives IN
as ~ a.. sa gress He says he did not say one
;; n.9s job to Morton about that motion. lie WI
pack tice this and some other points OF MOI
return in his speech next Tuesday at Baltli
- CAIRO, Sept l3-The splendid ste
Ed. James Howard, bound from st. Lot
Rs New Orleans, caught fire in her hol
i SORE is Commerce, Mo, yesterday, at noon,
They little later, when the matches were cl
Il Il thst and an effort made to extinguish the
RdFses Pnys with steam. In the meantime, every
roprie- senger soon reached the land in satet
- much OF the freight was removed
=DY. barge. The night was spent in an
LIS. TO save the boat from burning, and
morning, as a last resort, she was sc,
entire The Howard was the largest steam
ssns ssnsss. the western rivers, being $500 tons
GUS lis Pc, den. She was owned by Capt. b, Il
,ssn h = ram and j. II. Chasing, of st. Loui
stSnsn sa4ass James Howard, of Jeffersonvile, In
Sc @ bea: cost, two years ago, $l60,000.
9 asss. ssss,- MADISON, Wis, Sept. 1S.-At |
: YoRs. this morning, a broken rail, mile Il
~ Noladonia threu from the frae