, 1874-04-15

until tho advent Of buHEor times. Our oltacns
aro uot, therefore, IN immuda TO dangor OF losing
tho rioll trade Of tho Upper penitsula, and,
should It asaume formidable shape, tho alga1i-
taros loriyod from thiB maret will 10 sufficient
to rotatn tho business secured.
RAILROAD EAnNfNOB.
Tho earnings Of Tho Illinois Contral for March
show decrease Of $685. ,205 compared With tho
corresponding month Of 1879. For tho threo
months ondinK with March, tho decrease Ia
s1427lo lbnt the operating exFensea sve been zen
rio milwaukee, & St. Paul continues to show
an increase, though much smaller than for tho
X For tl,o itst wook In April tho g1oaa earnings
of tho Chicago & Northwestern Railroad. o1o!u-
aivo OF tho Winona 4 81: Potter Railroad, the
Northwestorn Union & 1owa 9TE ~ Manas 81 H. were
oreage for Mnrou was 2727.
THE OMAHA DEPOT.
Tho ncy depot Of tho Union Pacific Railroad
ut Omahn is expected to bo ready for occupancy
in about four weeks Dusineas Will 30 tGansfor-
rod ttoro as soon as possible, and the Western
portion of tho prosont depot will DO dovoted to
Increased accommodation to enligrants and tho
oas.crn to freight aud baggage. 81,
Work In the Union Pacific ahopa Will be imme,
diately Increased, aud u large extra forco added
to tho number Of 1uechanica now employed.
-Four hundred bo1-carB, 400 coai-caFs, and twolye
passenger coachos will bo built Immediately to
ACCOMMODATE the 1ncreaHlnE puHluoSa VI ""
road.
AhiLhoAn ASoiDE"T.
1esteiaay morning. Wh9h t1o Woatrpouna
matl:train Of the Michigan oentral Railroad VA
hearinR 1urnefhVllle, boy, "hoso namo was not
learned, fol! from m the train an cmfgraut pY
tho name ct sohillingoharr, who WAS on tho sa1no
platform from which tho boy foil, jumped aftor
| him, although tho train was running about
t"enty-aVo nllos an hour At the time Iho
| traEn Was lmuooiatoly stoppeo, ana t9o nopler
| heatiod emigranf was found 90 severely injured
~ mt ~ ne died IN \ 1ew houf6' NO harm Taa doao
! h1sosLhANEoqa.
ire composition between tho three Eaetorn
t1unK HueB ntlil oon,nuoH, ano tne ~" 1olh
Gentfal e Auaaon hyer Naaroaa maao 1n5
tnor roauotion N emlg1ans raEes "ostwalat
Wnloa aonon Was 1on9Woo pY me Efie ana fenn-
aylVauta hailroads. Ihe ratio from NOW YORK to
Chicago is now 90, With other points In proper
tlon.
Il ia aushortahyely donied that tho shops ot
tho Pttgbutgh. Fort Wayne q Chicago Railroad.
now at Fort Wayne, Ind, arc to be removed to
some other point. These Rhopa arc Vory ox-
tonsivo, employing about LOGO mon. During
the Last year thoy turned out twenty locomotives
ten alooping and twelve passongor~cars, and
pairs for tho Westorn Diylalon Of t4o road. ,
Most OF tho General buperantondonts ct tho
various railroads in this city loft last evening to
| att9nd tho lime liable convention, which aeso1n-
bleB ut ". Lonis to-day. The business to DO
transaoted will be tho arrangement Of timo-
tables that tho various lines will connect With
| cach other Oh timo. There Is probability that
somo othor buBinesa may also como before the
Convention.
THE FonT1ETn PARALLEL RAILROAD soHEnE'
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, April 1.-THE Executive
Committee appointed at tho recent Convention
to doVise ways md means to build tho rai!road
on tue fortleth parallel, met hero this afternoon