, 1874-09-03

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tho natnoa Of tue c1preHa companies delivering
and receiving on eacli," = HIT Of old and now
namea Of roatlB," naming over 900 titles BY
their proper deaignation ut tho present tfme
Thin layt il foatilre Of no tittlo Importance.
Forming lilo main boay Of ths book - l!nt Of
NIL tho railway atntionH in tho Uhitod States
ton as to conty aud State. aud limo Of railway,
atld designating Rlch ~ lnVo post, monoy-ordor
oxpruss, md to'ogrnph oiiicoH attached to tEom
Nit tho loast importnnt fcHstlro ot this portion
Of tho book Is worry full slatomont OF t9e popa-
Gun bo obtained from tho ccnauB OF 1870. Fol
lowing tE,ts is MI F" Express DireotorY" Of Wells,
Fargo i TO-, showing how TO ship TO all points
on tho paciic coast. aud several sabloH o1 river
|, information that IL glyon in tho list Of raIlwny
towns. NATloaAL HALLWAY luDLtoAT1oN Co.,
No. asa South Fifth street, Philadelphia, pas
CHICAGO SOUTH ATLANTIC.
Tho commencement or work upon the Chicago
T. South Atlantic Railroad At tho Mountain Pnsa
near Spartanburg and Aahrlle Completing tlie
shortest through lno betwoon tho Northwest
and South Afantie cosst) will b., b. inangnratea M
burg. s. e., with = gral,l rairoad maas-1neeting
aud barbouue. Tho Hon. g. G. Mommillgcr,
president Of tho spartanbMrg 4 Anhvillo hsil-
fSs obe5 HI Es nn;,ran% s,th o sns ss
other bcut1omon, will bo present aud deliver Ad-
ilrosBoB OH tho ocnasion.
ultEAr FnE1nur-NA1LwAY rno1EoT.
Mousr VERNON, O., Sept "A hsilro1d s Tl.;.t Goa.
isailroai Company OF ronnavlvania, issued uEon
circular Of tho Now forl; Choap Transportation
Association, mot in this city to-day. Tho object
OF tho Convention Ia to porfeot an organisation
yania, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, to push iot-
ward tie survey Of tho best limo for the cohtruc-
tion of cheap frelgllt-ra.lwny betwoon Inc as-
autio seaboard and tho mississippi Hivor. Dele
Aftf Inn 1S1V nHf1HT
StuteB, and tho Convention was organized by
glecti,,g tho lion. H. u. Curtis. PRESIDENT, md
VIII 4. Covotcr, Of this CITY. Secretary.
committee waa appo'atodd d,; eons'st,B o. he
Hon. Columbus Delano 9f qhio; 9; Ser; ho''lHf; n
New Jersey; james boyd and Judge David
Nci,arda, OF Ohio and ". G. Patterson, Of llli-
pois. 20 report tho order Of business aud pro-
| pare proper resolutions.
Kilograms wero received from different points
| in tho Western States promising assistance..,
| On tho recommendation Of tho committee,
through their Chairman, tho Hon. @. De1ano.
| coulmittoeA wore appointed for each Stnto to 10
licit subscriptions to dofray tito expenses OF pre-
lirninary surveys Of tho e,itiro route. with Con
| tra Committed ut Pittsburg, to which the othes
! committees aro 10 report.
4 certificate of Incorporation for tho Peoples
| Frnirht nailroad Company. Ohio Division, was
executed, with tiyo ncorporatore. Tie presi.
dent Was authorized to appoint, upon tho approval
| Of tho local committee ono attorney Tor each
| STATE, to prcpnro papers and perfect the con-
! aolRton uf tile five companies into one, to be
ca1lctl the PEOPLES Freight Railway Company.
Charles G. Quitil, Into Engincer Of tho Tcxad It
! pnclflc Railroat was appointed Chtef Engineer
OF tho preliminary surveys, with headquarters at
| Iittslurg, Pa. TTho Convention adjourned to
meet at Tic Gull Of the Central COMMITTEES.
There was full Attendance from the different
| States. and full interchange OF views was had,
| and considerable interest manifested. From the
character Of tho gehtlon1on prcsont, succoaa
| scems reasonable at no diataut day.
| SUIT UNDER TIE IOWA Law.
DEB Mp1NEs, 1a., Sept. "a Transcript from
tho Clinton County District Court, In the caaa OF
| tho Chicago, Iowa t. Nebraska 1lailroad vs. Tho
| Chicngo q Northwestern Railway, waH filed yea-
| terday In tho Clerks Office Of the United Statca
| Circuit Court in this city. This is an action bY
tho plaintifr, WHO, owning the roatl-bed from
| Clinton to Cedar Raplu, Ia loasod tho Banjo
earnings. Tho petition sots forth that the
charges for carrying freight aud passengers aro
1,iut and reasonable a1a tlat by statute OF itto
Stale OF Iowa tho rates for carrying passengers
and freight are reduced about 10 por cent; That
l tho defendant la nbout to conform to tue re'
quiremcnts Of TINT statute; tnat. it ho docs 30,
tho receipts Of tho road will not bo sufficient te
pny it's running oIponsea mud therefore the
plaintlr viii not receive any RENTAL which, it nj.
fegcB, il its only sourco OF income to pay interes
on its honda aud its dividends to tho Btockhoa
CTS. Tho prayer Of tho bill is that tho defendant
he cnjoiuel from accepting the provisions oi
Chap. G8 OF tho Laws Of the Fifteenth Gonora
Arsombly Of tho State Of Iowa, and from adopt
Ing tho rates Of compensation for tho transpor.
thoren, md from operating said railroad undo
and in accordance with said rates; also, praying
that tho said Chap. G8 1nny he held aud do
clarod unconstitutional and void.