, 1874-12-28
MISCELLANEOUS,

ohlCAdo i HUUTIEHE TROUBLES.
Building railroads must bo almost as difficult
aa running hotels, for t!1oro have already bccn
throo suits begun over tho Chicago & Southern
Road. short and unconploted bit Of limo about
20 mites long. Tho last ID by tho road itsolf
against John 3. Brown. tho contractor, and III
IN debt Oil bis bond, tho damages being laid Ut
.0G0. Tt is alleged TINT tho roau waa to bo
completed by sspt l2. 1874, for the sum Of s175,-
QUO, Of which 100000 was to be- paid iu cash on
tho completion Of the road, and tic balauce to
DO givon in subscriptions to tho Southern Road,
1t is alao alleged tint Brown las failed to either
complete ths road in Time, or furnish the nucoa-
aary iron rails, nuts, bolts, or frogs tin. he las
not dono clio WORK properly; tint llo has pur-
poscly donycd i 30 TINT 1t could not bo lcaaod to
thp Chicago, ,Danyille Il vlucenuos llailroad
Company, aud haa also hy injunction still fur
tllor DELAYED operations 80 that tho plaintr it.
6olf has boon obliged to stop ill., declare tho co,-
'ract fnrfctcd, anl colnp'cto tho road itself.
Which 1t has just succeeded in doing.
PERSONAL.
o T IT, H. A. sFvGy ass hson appointed Agent
dubuque StRtio1l, H.. 1lo will ASSUME tho duties
OF the otsco OH tho lst Of january.
=, AIR. v, K. Muir, ln roinquIshing tho dutlos Of
General snporlnteutlont OF The Circuit Western
tho Detroit 4 milwaukee, Rullruaa. llas issactl q
circular to tho oirers aud employees of tlo road
expressing to them Ills coytlial il,auks for o..
operating with hin III bringing the road, through,
very trying circumstances, 10 llo nreso,,t hit,h
6;nto of e1icigncy. TEl0 reintiunH between lin.
Hof ald tho officers and ouployes, he Says have
throughout been OF tho most friendly ilcacyin-
tion, md 1t s impossible for lin to terminals
those relations without Il foeling Of deep rogrot,
THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD,
THO annual report OF tho Directors of tho
Southern pnciho Ilairoad Company for tic
fiscal venr ending Jaue 80. 1871 shows that Tic
number OF miles OF railway cDmrptcd at tint
tlsno wnB 27a. Tho earnings OF tlp road for tho
yaar amounted to 81, ,lG2. 7Ss.3Y, mud tho oporat-
ing Expenses wero R4UJ, ,G7t.O9. DuriuE tlo yoar
6o miles on tho LOS Angeles Division wero COM
pctea. The authorized cupttal stock Of lie Copl-
raily y sc QUO, ,uoo. On tho 30th Of juno sl6.-
~, quo Ind bcen subscribed aud sl4D71.-
lou had bcen paid in: Tho proHont organlaa-
tlon Of tho aoAth horn 1'ao!l'u Kailrund Connny
VIVA elfoood Oct. II, 1870, by tho consolidation
Ut tue aa,l FrAnotH0 Il Finn JOBo 1ta!lrond Con.-
pAny. tha Southern Pacific, tho onnta Utasa .E
pajnro Valley, md tho California Southern lluil-
roau Companies, all Ut whicl, Ind baou duly ja-
earliorata1 ustlor tho laws Of tho State Of Cali
forhta. Tho object Ut tho nosY corporation was
to construct aud ppcrato line OF rAitroal from
sns, francisco 10 point Oh tho Colorado Niyor.
III TITO southwestern part OF tho State. llstRuco
of about G20 nllcB, with n branch from IoIlacla-
Eh paBa to the Colorado iiivoE ut Or ncar Fort
fu1sln, dtRtlnco of about 3j3 mics.
TOM araTr AFTER THE loosAo TUNNEL.
.,, frDm tad North tldhms tfM*s) 7raHscrfpk
There Is report tint Col. Toln SCOTT al,d tho
peunsylyanla Naisroad Company llare plan to