, 1874-10-31


The Chicago d Northwestern Railroad Com
pany filed bill yesterday In the United States
Circuit Court against tho Chicago l. Pacific Rail-
road Company. Tho complainant alleges that tho
defendant is proposing to coustructN limo Of
track arcoss Its road noar Egiu at grade, whom
1t has boon surveyed. It also complains that
such proposed crossing will cause sorloua dam
age; that tho defendant can make tho croaB-
,9g just as conveniently , 3: T. another place
risk Of collisions ' bo avoided. 1t il EXPECTED
that the motion for injunction will DO taken up
this morning before Judge BlodGest. -
For somo time paat tho employees Of tho Tole-
do, Wabash l. Western Nailroad have boon
known to be oppressed BY the fact that their
pay has boon held back, and now. aluoe anothor
have been led to retleot upon the aituation, in
vlow Of the approach OF winter. Tho Toledo
Commercial says tuo circumstances Of many Us
reatod by themselves have been, no doubt, anch
as to warrant HolIci.ude In increasing rontH un-
paid, store bills for which they hayo received
credit etc. So great bud TINT feeling Of sooi-
tulo booome that "Wednesday afternoon nuu,-
bcr Of the men at tue shops, instead of going
to work after dlnnor, quietly conferred With QUO
another, aud concluded, TO 60 down to the gen.
they could roly-onpecially Us tho President,
Gcn. Cox. was in tho city. Accordingly theY
collected to tho number Of 100. at tho car-Hhops,
OF blacksmtl1s. carpoutors machiuiats, oto., and
went IN body to tue general Office Aole they
Cox, which they did In quiet fair inquiry rs
to what could bc done towards their Payment,
and to whom thoy explalned fully their pressing
neods and fears. Gen. Cox received tlom in Tho
same friendly spirit, assured them Of biz gym
partial relief.
Il ia uulerstood that they wero promised d
months pay before the present ono expires, and
other arrears as fast as tho Company could pos
sibly meet it. Thus met and thus assuro1, tho
~orameu as quietly Withdrew, and at once ro-
turned to work, having boon gono somathtng
over an hour. Wednesday, evening reports OF
tho above were oxaggoratod into Wild story
aurrod> and TINT the police had boon orderod out.
THE CANADA sournERN's RIGHT or wAx.-A
Mr. Young. tue Chief Engiueor Of tho Canada
! Southern Kailroad, and Mayor Colvin, Comm.s-
aioner Wahl, Col. Hammond, John O. Hainos,
held . consultation yesterday morning ut tho
| Fidelity Savings Dank, on Randolph Btroet, In
| regard to an ordinance giving the railroad COM
pnly tue right Of way through the Dridewell
| grounds. 1t il understood TINT tho DridoTell
| privilege Of laying the tracks through the
grounds, provided that tho railroad company
will mako Bnoh arrangements as to give tho itl.
stitution tho benefit of tho road In tho constiuo-
| tion OF sfde-traoks. Tho Company socms to
acquosco III this demand, and tho whole party
vislsed tho grounds yohteEday afternoon for por.
| Honal inspection.
A RECEIVER ron THE st. LOUIS aournE &BrEns.
a special dispatch from Springfield dated Oct
Opdyko, Of New York. Trustooa for the bond
holders OF tho st. Louis & southeastern Hail
| road, hive mudo application for Noceiyerin tlle
| United .Statos Circuit Court at Springfield. Tht
complasnants ask that o Receiver bo appointed
| to take charge OF tho road and ita branches mud
| it. ,I1f(un Irn1E Nrni1hH[l tho I'll