, 1874-03-05

hoavy traffic renders It nccosBnry, md Il. Ia
hood that in tho course Of tho prosont year that
Tho amount OF cosl consumed was oi, ,331 tons.
| or about 300 tons pnr tlay. Tho amount OF wood
consumed was II, O)3 cords, or II cors pei. jny.
Tho lstRncr r,,n by engines por ton of c0al ay-
eragos 81 ef-1oo milos, and per cord OF wood, ao
| mea.
| . TIE LEAaEp I1NEa.
Experience IN operating tho "loascd incs" "
1nriug tho paHt year, Inns demonstrated the fol-
lowing roaults
Tho Joliet It Chicago Company ia pail axod
OF that line has bcon kept, but tho loaHo is known
to 10 profitable ono to your, Company. Tho net
earnings from tho trafllo of tho st. Louis. Jack
sosyS sa ~ acago 9 line drE tho yssr 1mot sno
amount OF ront paid Cs2Io, ,b0o), there remains
not gain to your Company OF $15D, ,4206Q. A sn-
liar computation bascd upon tho traffic and rent
1 paid for tho uso Of tho Loutsfana 4 Missouri
| River noWd, shows a loaa Of t9b1, 17I.20.
| ture, which llave for tho paHt two or t4roa
years. oporatod to reduce tho tariff on oil linoa
| iii Missouri and Kansas; exceptional roaaons
Ing the tlrst two months Of tho yoar, tho steam
ferry at Louisiana could not bo operated by rea-
son Of leo in tho Mississippi Niyer. and al COM
munication with your line ,was absolutely pre-
vented. TrafIic was diverted from 1t to ptAor
rostore il again. M j. When that Ind been, 70 groat
dorroo. scco,nulfalod, tho financial panio oc-
purrodt resulting in a temporary suspension OF
III Missouri and Kausaa. Many t!lpuBallds Of cat
tlo Which would have bcon sltpnod over The
Louisiana route, wero driyon back upon tho
p!atnB, to DO kont until tho noxt shipping Hca-
son, a,sd thus tito trafio during tho Inst quarter
Of lie yoar wl,Icl, consists Of, or depends yory
largely upon, the shipment OF oattlo waa almost
wholly siBpcudod.
r,,r I.on,sr.s. nprnaE,
Tho nocoYaity for tl,o construotion Of q bridge
eyer the atisssapp nyer TO @ connect ,. your liuos
1)ort, To accomplish tlat object, tho mississippi
{,;vnr nrit1rn rnn,nnnv ,yaa Xiv oroanjzej an.l
aftor solno dolay. .occgsioned by tho opposition Of
tho STEAMBOAT interest,"" tho r,lar,B ul1bu,tted
OF War, az required BY law, and tho Company
was at liberty to proceed with tho work. Tho
anproynl wns. howeyor. unon condition that car
tat, specified Il dykes aud othor structuros for
tho purpose Of improving tho navigation OF the
river for q considerable distance aboyo tho
bridro. should bo constructed ut tl1e oxnense Of
tho Urtueo Company, the exponse OF which has
largely Increased tho cost of the work. Tho
construction Of tho bridge was commenced OH
tho 30tll day Of Juno lnst, and completed 60 as
to admit Of its use for tho passape OF traiuB on
tile 9Th Of December, tho entiro work having
cost inclmtiiin~ Iy1.os annroacl,os ctc'' of
sGs5 010. Thn bri;tro IL 2iMS fnot IN ionoth
Tie s,,l,orstr,ctnro js of wronrht iran. nnI
tho mort ort n,ibstantial oi,nractnr " A''''''' -
T,hc onnroachou conaat ~ ao,i1 auho,t,,on.o
of carth nrntcctea hv r;n.ran ~ e tc;r a"arorata
ionvth IL nm Scet Tho yeitb NJ ~" r;ves ~ tho
bridge line is (whon within it's bnnks) 3900fc
ionrth and IT. cnrsarn,tv !, t1,o ~ ~ ro,," -,
proEs Ia arranroa To- nravo twn nnnn;"es , ~ caci,
5o fcnl in liz ccarr for tbo nm uaaa".,o - boats
iThiA draw is ta Ionroat IN IN the wSrId md ~.
though a steam ournn IL nrov;Ia1 fnr onerat;nr
wI,cn h;oh win,ia naval omo SN,a man '4Sers car
without lin a;d nf atoom onon ona
clnaait' Groat crcdft IL t1uo % to NJ r. corthali
I;sn' Gb;cf Enrinccr NJ I'm Rr;dvc co'nrn,v'
an,f i,;u osostn,s. ,,or ,sIouo a,,1'o r.,;sa ~,
hrra hoa hoo, p ~ ao,,.a
controotnra for i'm 1r,a,nar ~ ,,;"5,
tEn ,rar', sa ,na NJ, ~ "a;sa