, 1874-04-04

thett increase Of business rill mako up for the
deereass L. 1ete snd ths sarhiuga Of 1874 Ei
W bare said that tho Potte. law required tho
rou1a to do tho work at
LESS THAN uoar
nftor Tho hrHt 30 mifea' haul. 1}oforring to the
tables Of cost for transportation on 1ho Now
York roads, NO lind that, on tho Roma, Water
town Il Ogdonsburall narosd it cost 2.G41 cenls
per ton per mile !; on the Eric, 1.037 conts per
2:9o6 cents por ton por mile; and, on tito New
Looking at tho Bubjoot 1ittlo' moro miuutoiy,
We diacover TINT t!o coat Of. transporting tinor.
that tho cost Of shipping tho Same goods On tho
titus, tic oost to tho Nov York dentral @ al soad 1aa
for transporting freight in 1866 was asa cents
cont. per ton poi milo. On tho Eric, IN 1906. it
was double what 1t was In 1871. whflu on tho
Harlom noad tho variation Of cost botweon '6B
aud u nas worry littlo. Those dl1foronoos IN the
cost OF carrying aro owing to
A VARIETY or CAUSES,
only fow Of which can DO cited, such az tho In
oroaso Of wages, repair OF rosd-beds. failure OF
! crops. strike8 among employees, accidents to
wintor, oto, etc. Ons Of tho roads lending out
Of thls city met With all acoidont TINT cost itovor
s110000 aud auotllor had thirty locomotives dis
ablod and sent to the shops for zopair At one
winter Of 1878. All thoao things are chargoable
to tho account Of handling freight, and to them
must be added tho interest," on the money which
| has boen invested In tho original construction
| and equipment Of the road.
Il this Wisconsin, law had givon tho ttireo Com.
mtssionors - ';.:
| ! DISCRETIONARY PowEns
10 alter the tariff to suit the exigencfes Of tho
case It would havo been better than 1t now stands
~ assly le,eimsns; e ] ha Io
door for = falr aud reasonable adjustment Of DIFF
| forenccs betHoon tho people and tho oorporn-
ract ita orrora snf1 mnkn It harmoniyo With the
t'sA'' u AL '1''ioe.-e M~- ~ WIS. -
Tho American Railway Master Mechanios' AS
ISOLATION will hold the'r annual oonvontion at
tho Sherman HouHo In this city, hay II, IL, and
IT, n9 ns1.tn ourosSs nas.1. s'',es n,s u
Il. Il. IL: of'.eo'' iio''uut''' ~ -: onnpina't
First Vice- e-presfdent VA. Robinson. Second
''eo.t .oo.aou' ~. A., ~ a' ~ sss a",o
boen busy ior some tltno pabt III mas'ng arrange
--i1, at,ond tho Co,evor,tor Thov h.vn n,sn nj.
van "'.o'o 'o' oo'A' ot'''0A' A"'o 04'o f'>@
uD0s''a: r,,r ,,ow,,o o,no1nAa
L. r r.,,...:s 49,, t.'I-..sst .,u
to the Irosldonts anu sapef'ntendents OF tno
tho ob;o.ta NJ tbc;r Aaaooat;on. - =. y
the ou1ee1a y. sno.t 1Aoooo"stou:
and purposes Of our organization. established IN Sop
to,nbor, 1865 under constitution Which lnita Tue
this motive power of railroads, Superintenents Of
,nachnory, nlasor-nlcchancs, or foreman. Cur car.
anonq ~ swsg
knowledge Of tho mechanical Rrts, ~ applied to tho
construction md operntion Of railway machinery. :.
apnroprnlo con.mttscs appointed, whose duty s to
gather from al psrts Of the country no ideaa praotc
carefully e1amine and digest en snd present 10 tho
ner, valuable fund Of Information will DO
hted for tho gtanoa and benont OF rn-
way officials motive power departments will be man-
agsd VIII ncrsnsed M q efficiency nnd economy railway
yensage will accrue to tho travelling public,
Nearly ono.han the coAt of ocreting railways is OF
p eondue sa ~ H. sase ss
VICE WI n n'atoffahy iosseh operative expon5es.
Eminent Eaway meeha.ies entortaln disotae opin.
locomotive engnoa regarding tho correct proportions
of various parts: Me strongest and simplest m9do Of
thom againat exploaon: the most efficient form and
o. 70 deyol9p 70 value Of tho
o5 a5oh @ ana sea
anoedee OF te arta nd soienees ~ snnaa TO H.
details of manufacture aud management of tho loco
mosiys os.sa engine: .3tnas. n,n,o,a ,, ,~ :,
tercango Of thoght, Ind systcinatto invoaestiyn Of
yiews presented md OPINIONS expressed; Tho aou-
Of conpssent aud from ~ a erncranco an
praetca in branch Of tho sorvico gathered from Ill
p1s0Rs % OF I'll ire w9 n9pa 10 conc
action. '' 1~' - = '''''' 3@ eN'''S' A''~
Our Association is not framed from motives Of per.
Or to frtiur aes l1o es t se s az
earnest workers for tho creator development Of tho
msehaniea aEta n ts to ~ "fon agor soek through
We @ ha4e ~ to-isy. 'A's e''A 9's'A t'"''oS' >l'
With .heae enta in viow, we REQUEST your ooopera
ton snd ala N onf important UNDERTAKING. Our ~
to&1Ht6 0Fo luouNEI WILL yours, ana Wallo VIC 1ee de-