, 1874-03-26

This ahowa steatiy gain Of nbout o11 per cont
per annrnl. which In iyo ycnrs Should unable tho
Company to pay dividend. The receipts OF jan
,lary, 1879, and January, 1874, compare as fol-
lows:
1ess:nin 1esp,iax EXPENSES i! oassa saa sssss
Tho american Railroad Journal, in speaking
Of this road, says it is trunk limo, and tho
business has oyory prospect Of increasing for
many years to como. In tho results OF the Inst
six years. .as above given, 1t must 90 remembered
it,has been u tho hands Of Receivers nearly half
tho time, and operated under many disadyan-
tages. It il now ono Of the best limos from Cln-
cinnai to Chicago. The recent arrangements
with the Cincinnati. Lafayette 4 odicago Rail
road will enlarge Its business, and It's connecting
lines to the West snd Northwest aro much mora
extensive than III 1863.
THE NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD
LAS heon completed, equipped, mud put in suc-
cebsful operation from Duluth, the extromo
westerly end Of Lake Superior, to Bismarck, on
the Missouri River, a distance of 452 miles, and
from Kalama, on tho Columbia River. to Tacoma,
on Puget Sound, distance of 1051S miles. At
Kalnma communication is extended np tho
Columbia River distance Of 400 miloe by
means Of the Oregon stoam Navigation Company,
thus afrorling direot HoanH Of communication
and transportation between tho TcrEitorieB Of
Idaho md Washington and tho State OF
Oregon with tue nayi8ablo wators of
the Pacific; With great care and after
Tacoma has been seleeted rs tho Pacific
terminus Of tho Northern Pacific Railroad. It
is finely situated on Commencement Bay, III
excellent larbor in Puget Sound, mud a}ready
has assumed the appearance Of d growing city.
THE AUSTIN PACIFIC SHORT 11SE COMPANY
was rocontly organized at austin, Texas, under
charter from the State. The roal ia to e1tonl
from Austin north" est to . connection with
tho Texas d Pacific Railroad and will haye q
Immigrant Of sixteen aootionB per mile from the
Slate.
TIE RAILWAY ASSOCIATION.
Tho sixth annunl convention Of the American
Railway Alastor-AIcchanics' Association will meet
at Kingsbury Music Hall, il, acity, on the 12th,
held at Boston, on the 1ltla, 18th, and 18th Of
Juno, 1878, tho following subjects wore deotlod
upon for discussion during tho coming con-
vention;
/. Locomotive boiler construction.
?: Tho operation and management Of locomotive
boilers, including tho publication Of water. ,
g. Tho comparative value Of anthracite GOAL bitu-
nnous coal and wood for generating steam in ocomo-
i. Tho construction, operation, and cost Of main
6. Tho relative cost ofoporatng roas Of gauges Of
feet inches or eSs ana those OF tho ordinary foet
i. The construction and operation Of zod-end con-
Z. Resistauco Of trains gu rtraight md curved
tracks, and on wide mud narrow gauge roads, aud OF
and 6whecIcd trueks mud with long and short-wheal
base.
g. Tho efficiency Of check Rafoty chains engine,
tender, anil caz-trucz in lesseuiug the danger from
| running of the track.
o.. Tho machinery for removing snow from tito
track
10. Tho machinery and appliances for supplying
fuel and watcr to locomotives.
| IL. Tho machinery and appliances for removing
| wrecks and erecting bridges
LAFArETrE, ausc1E BLOOMING roy.>
LAFAYETTE, Ind. March 25.-At d meeting Of
the Board OF Directors Of tho Lafayette, Muncie
l. Bloomington Railroad, tito resignation oi
PraBidcnt o. W.'Piercs waa accepted, aud Judge
Greono. Of Tipton, olhotod in lliB stoal. Chiof-
Engineer Talbot has also resigned. His aucces-
sor IL not yot appointed.
| CHARLESTON AND CHICAGO.
OnAnlEaroN, s. g., March 25.--The Spartan.
burg Il Ashyillo Railroad Company, one of tho
links in tho projected direct connection betwoeu
Charleston and Chicago, organized to-day by
tho election Of q. G. Momminger, President,
with strong Board OF Directors.