, 1874-01-09
Country Editors Abl1or Free Passcs-..
Through Limo to Now Orleans.



fair sample Of them ALL
Nt II y .'oh"oa, General 7c:ts Agant. 1fnot* Central
/ herewith rctur, 1,ass over your road for 1873
tho an1nc, ain none tho lesB grateful 10 you for tho
anry eo M ~ s Nc etop VIC
my personal professional prlio will utter mn obtce-
been the disgrace .nd curso of tho Newspaper Cs&i
ness, and nm glad 1t iins beau checked. G.
PRECEDENT nLAoKsrosE's CIRCULAR. |
The extraordinary circular issuod BY supt.
Of tho Chicago i Alton Railroad,
giving his reasons why no moro FREQ pnsaos could |
DO Issued ia varously interpreted by tho public. |
Willie some think that his renarka were unwar- |
ranted, aud had nothing TO do with the main |
question: otl,ers think it is ono Of the abent and
1noBt admirable documents over issued ly rail-
road President. Tho following dispatch wnB re- |
cciyed by n1r. Black yestcrday afternoon from d
prominent gontlomnn Mt Springfield:
sra1nop1ELD, III, Dec. 3.
p"'''S 40 ''1' 4>''''N"''0 0''>'>''' - Y. n,cxox.
Mr. Hiokox lu an cmployc Of tho road.
rAy or ENGINEERS.
cago i Mtou Railroad, who is at Bloomington
arranging II now scl,edulo Of pay with his on-
ginceru, tecgrnphod yesterday that he Inns suc-
cecded in perfecting an arrangement by which,
in Bon,o cnBcs the ratca will be higher than
under Tie old system OF pug, while III othess
they will be lover.
TIE nALT1,tonE ! ono.
The Baltimore l. Ohio Railroad is making
great oxertions to divert tho transatlantic freight
from the other roads. Tho officers Of tho road
lie to ship goods vim Baltimore, the facilities and
advantages OF their road being mucn creator
thnn those Of tho other roads leading Eaat, and
especially thoso Of the Grand Trunk Railway,
which Ia taking o larEe nlar1 OF Chicago exports
to Portland Oh accoant Of ita offering low rates
Of freight. Tho accommodations on tho tEnnd
Trunk are said to be- unusually Detective aud
only month apo freight blockade occurred on
their roaa delaying frogla for seVeraa a,aa
Baltimore g. Ohio from this city Tor
Liverpool, has Increased during tho Inst year
ovor ID per cent. During the month Of Dccom,
ber thoy carried from tins city 1of nlForpo9l
H. 900 packages Of PROVISIONS and bou, bushols
OF wheat and corn.
THE sWAaE BLOCK CAsE'
Judge Bcckwith, Solicitor OF tho Oh'cago q
Alton Railroad, j. y. Jewctt soltcitof OF the
Illinois Central. and several othor gentlomon in-
Oh trial tn the United states Courts. nave gone
to Springfield, Bloomington. Chenoa, ana uonco
OIL special car OF the Chicago Alton hAslroau.
Tho OBJECT of thotr journey iB to inspect tue
rails mended on the Alton Road by defendants
process,
THROUGH TO NEW ORLEANS. .,
Tile Nni1roRd Transit Compauys steamer be-
tween Cairo and Columbus Ky, connecting tho
Illinois Central Narond viii, tho Mobile & Ohio
Railroad, tas hean withdrawn, ind connections
for Southern poiuts arc now made at Cairo in
tie Illinois Central Railroad Depot; with trains
Of the Central Mississippi Kailroad, running
Seoping. cara are now running through without
ci,n,1re between Chicago aud New Orleans, and
will also rs soon o. tho necessary aro ready,
run daily between st. Louis aud Chicago, with
ont clange, At present Home difficulty ia expo
rionccd In rrtn,inc the trsius on and of tho
transfer gtoamor. ]. s, AIcComb on account Of
tho low stage Of water iu tho mississippi, but
this difficulty cannot last many dnyA.
N, miles Iess tilan via st. LouB, Columbus, aud
jackson, Tenn. 175 mites loss than via st
| T,m1is. Columbus. aud Mobile; and 1888 miles
| losa Him Vim LolieyilIe. 1t il tho only routo
nvor wl,iri through rnra nro run between CHI
c'ct cnco or IL Io'l;s md New Orleans.
~''0 f:youANat; OF TRACKS,
| 4 contract hna lust boon executed between
| thu Milwaukee, Il Ht, l'aul. and tho Chcugo e.
| Northwestern Railway Companies for an ex-
| change OF trnckB. Tho former Company is DO
tinn to II. Pnri. hayins to uso tic Nortllwost-
! er11 "a tracls for 40 miles north from Winona
| Junotion, and tito bridge over tho mississippi
IL tic privilege Of seding ali freight
derived northwest Of Madison, over tho st. Paul
| Company'g track from Madison into Milwaukee.
The privilege il also giyon tho Northwestern Of
uaing q st. pa Uompnrys tho fo Ina be-
| tween Chicayo and Madison, and avoiding the
necessity or building the Jaucsville 4 Evansville
/ Cut-On Road. This latter arrangement appios
both to passenger md freight trains; The nd,
| yantages ure thought to be bu!ancod, oocause II
III nndenab}y tyuo That milwaukee, wheat. duriue:
| navigation, Is generally quoted 2 cents aud y
! cents, and Often ccnta, higher In tho New York
market tllan Chicago wheat. Il.e northwestern !i
vantage of tile hotter market. Tho result is not
attributable to tho inferior quality Of Chicago