, 1874-04-13

panJ to mako preferences OF paymsnts tho road
i,od and franchise In danger of Halo and passing
from tho Company OIL execution, unless tlio
i Iioraco c Abbott John s. Gilman, and ieaao Il. H.
Gallo to obtain Judgments for S260t 900, to stand
in front Of 4 preferenco being not by INV crodi-
tor, thu aarno Inns boon done for tho protection
Of Tho Company md its bondholdcrs, and for no
AT 1t no tind havc this Oo,npany'a relations with
nny Of tic connecting roAdH boon moro friendly
tl!sn at presont. A good understanding llna also
boon ostablisllod with one Of tho trunk liuos
co1irao SSitl4 ihia Company, While moro important
l,na beon the c1,ango fn tho rotations Of thIs CONF
pany with tho Nilwanlieo d st. paul Hallway, ut
t4o north 9nd mud ta0 n n: H. Los ac%l Kansas CITY
intorcllango OF business has become moro FREQ
md ratcB moro favorable. For tho first time In
this Company's experience, through passenger
trains, with Pullman car y attached. havo ull-
oyor this road. This las boen brought about by
tho friendly acts Of tllese two roads.
RAILROAD aiAdSATEs ON TouH or INSPECTION
IN MISSOURI.
typtcial Dfapateh to 4'ts CHICAGO Tribune.
sr. Louis, April 0,-rhia evening arrived
marty Of Eastern capitalists and railroad oilons.
WHO l,nyo boon spending portion of the pnst
week on a tour Of inspection OF tho st. Louis,
KsnsaS 1oss Gg ?wsy Ta and branch on
posed tho party: Morris Il. Jessup banlor, Of
Now York, and 1nrgo stakeholder in many
Wostorn rai!roada; William Hogo and ". T. II.
M0go et NeT Y9E sso largely 5etProstod in
Chicago Il Alton Railroad, John ]. Mitchell,
preHont Of tho St. Louis Knnsas City
4. Northern Railroad; James II. DrIttou,
Director Of tho St. Louis, KanHas City Il
s. ''' H. GyoaSessor. % fsoaoat @ ":s Thila fi Nasona
Bank st. Louis, and Director Of several railroad
oompanioH; George Btraub, proaidont Of tho st.
Louis, Jacksonville l. Cbicago Neilroad James
7. How, seeretary Of tho y. @ Louis, L. Q. + y.
out Of tho st. Louis, Il. Q. l. N. H. H., mud r. =.
Tanaoy Of this city. Tlleso gontleraon visited
Moberly on Tnesaay last and inspected there the
extensive machino and chr shops of tho ST.
Louis, X. G. g.. N. r. H., aud in tho evening at-
tended n worry pleasant entertainment givcn by
tho Railroatl Club III their library aud rcadtng-
room. On leaving Mobcrly, tho party proceeded
to 0ttltnwa, Iowa. the nortllorn. terminus Of tho
St. Louis l. Codar Rapids Railroad, thonco buck
to Mohorly and westward to Brunswick from
DrlnHwiok north to Pattonsburg, in Davies
County, which IL tho },resoDt northern terminus
OF tho st. Lonis Chillicotllo & Onaha Railroad.
Tic recent hostile railroad legislation in Iowa
did not impress the New York gentlomon favor
s::dn returning from pattonsburg TO Bruns..
wick, tho railroad party proceeded to Kansas
City, aftor brief inspection Of which rniroal
contre they returned to St. Louis, md arrived
here at 8 o'clock this evening. Tho gentlemen
from tho East will remain here until aftor tho
election Of Directors for tho st. Louis, KanAaa
City Il Northern Railroad, which will BIO held In
st. Louis Oh the 10th inst.
PROPOSED CONSOLIDATION.
ST. LOUIS, April liza special 1neoting Of the
stockholders Of tho Iron Mountain Railroad
aud tho Arkansas Branch Of tho Cairo, ArlsanBas
Il Texas Railroads was hold at the Office of tho
Iron Mountain Road, in this city, to-day. Nino-
A<,ft x3t Nt,1S fna
the consolidation of thoso roalB. Tho consoli-
dntion will tale OBJECT tomorrow, md tho COM
bilted road will hereafter ho known ~ tl.n st.
Louis Iron Mountain Hallway. Tho Directors
g. the req aro T'9nas Al!o Charles Lafton
son FrasIs, a.; G. Marquand, George G. Ward,
Ion, President II. O.. 11ar1uand, yice-prost-
dent md FINANCIAL Agent: D. Barlow,
Clark, Treasurer; Thomas III. Kissocl, General
Superintendent; A. Y. sopor, Assistant Genor-
al Superintendent. Tho tllroo roa<ls hayo $50
miles Of track, and an assessed value OF about
393, ,D00, ono.
On tic 5t, Of bfny meeting of lie shnro-
holders Of tho Iron Nlountnin n,id Cuiro l. Ful-
ton Roatls will be held ut Little Rocls Ark, to
vote on tho proposition to consolidate tho roa]s
in similar manner, which, ii effected, will add
roads 0s7 miles long, extending from st. Louis
OH the north, Cairo Oh tho northeast, to Texa-
kana, Toxas, on tic SOUTH Tho lines when fully
combined will be known rs the st. Louis lrou
Mountain & Southern Railroad.
SHIPMENTS ON THE nALTIMoHE / OHIO ROAD.
From G. statement OF tho Baltimore d Ohio
lR;lroal it appears TINT during 1878 the total
number Of kegs OF nails shipped oyor tlant road
from the mills Of Wheeling, including tho Bel
mont Riverside, Labello, Douwood, Dollairo,
and Top Mills amounted to 620.G1G. Of this
number 149,2o3 wcro shipped to Cl,icago; 1906
to Detroit. i1ch.; 81, ,5o$ 10 o1ndanapolia; 9t,1o3
to afilwaukoo 43,2I2 to st, Louis; 42,3l7 to
Baltimore; 1859 to Davenport, Iowa. Tho
Crescent Iron Works shipped 120 tons Of railroad
iron, tllo most Of which went to Chicago. Tho
Hanlo works shipped 10 tons Of sheot iron, ncnrly
all IT which went to Chicago, Detroit, st. Louis,
aud Milwaukee. .....,
packages, Weighing 7,4s9, 200 pounds. Tho priu~
cipul part Of this went to Chicago, Datroit, ln-
dianapolis, Milwaukee, St. Louls. Cincinnati,
Baltimore, Now York, and Boston.
The Wheeling Hinge Company shipped $3.50
packages, weighing 9o2,379 pounds. most Of
Which went to Chicago, Boston, Baltimore, In-
dinnapolia, Now York, md st. Louis.
INDIANAPOLIS TO 1T. LOUIS.
Next Monday new through line .bntwcen In
dinnapolis nnd Detroit will 10 oponcd over the
Columbus, Chicago h Indiana Central tho Fort
Wayne, Mullcio & Clucinnati; tho Fort Wayne.
Railroads, aud by way of DLnnoio, Fort Wayne
and Jackson. Two trains will run daily.
Perfection Of Quality.
At tho Grand Paris Exposition, 1861 tie lrst-prizo
Of Duryeas' Satin Gloss starch," and Duryea's
u1to