, 1874-10-30
MISCELLANEOUS.

TIE ROCKFORD, ROCK Inland sr. LOUIE RAIL-
ROAD COMPANY.
at last, after oon,ldorAb!e discussion aud Do
lay. tho conflict bet wccn tho Federal aud 6tato
Courts In tho caac uf tho Union trust Company
Of New York ys. Tna Rockford, Rock Ialand l.
st. Louis Railroad Company has boon decided,
and tic impending trouble ayortod bY a llnd Of
jolnt-appointmo1st Of William II. Ferry as Ro-
celvpr, tho United statos Court howovor, ro-
taiuing jurisdiction. It is understood that
Mcssru. Cable mud Lynd will gracefully abdicato
in favor Of yAr Ferry. who will proceed to wind
up the Com ,,any'a alrara for thu benefit Of all
parties interested. ....
TIE lt.uAao. SAGINAW ! CANADA RA1LnoAD.
The C ntract between tho Executive Co'ntut-
too and fJapt. iicGraw. rclativo to tho work Of
buillsV; The bridge for tho new roaG. MAS signed
0cs. 21, and nothing now renlninB bit to plnce
thn notes in one Of tho Detroit bnt.ks whero they
wall ienain intact until tho work is MI conl+
patpa. The Saginaw Courier eays tho idea was
thnt thcao notes wero to bo given to Capt. Nc
G1au on iliH furnishing bUnd satisfactory -
tho Committee. Iuis lns been dispensed "i-
| aa tho Company Inns plonty of money, and ~
O. D., or till tho work for which sl'oy are to pay
is completed. Twenty THOUSAND dollars Of tlleso
notes como dno in May. and 80, 010 in Noycm-
| her, 157d, and Cap:. Mcurav ASSUMES all risks
| III strinknge attaching to tlein. Tho Committee
| returned from Fruitport un the 2Gth whoto they
| met tie moneycd meu of TINT placu who arc ili-
tercstod IN tho road And they report everything
| highly satisfactoly. Ground was broken ut Sagi-
nav On tho 27th.
| unEAr rnEtaurs.
| There is An agent Of the Baltimore d Ohio Rail-
roAd III this city at present making arrangements
at tic Uulon Stock to take live stock to all
! by tho General Freight Agent Of an opposition
| limo that this road is DOING very larGo west
| bound buhiness at reduced rites. A short tiuo
| ago II took out of Delcher's sugur refinery at
t,-r Nrfr $Utk
130 carloads. It IL estimated that this tonl has,
during the last fow montha, tateu out Of Now
York no less than 1000 tons OF freight whicl,
the other roads would have had had they not
1ivoy timex when tho Baltimore i Ohio opena @
its line to ills city.
THE CANTON NR1DoE CONTROVERSY.
Tho difficulty bctwcon The Chicago s. NORTH
regard to tho cllnt"n bridge. reported in yeater-
days IRrnuNE, is moro SERIOUS ttan at frs: sup
posod aud there is every probability OF a long
md tedious railrond war. Tho refusal to give,
Beii. or lease the uae Of the iRand by the North
Western will probably give rise to numerous law
suits and iniuuct!oua, which will pontpn,o tho
building Of tho pontoon bridge for an indotluito
period.
t ANNUAL ELECTION or DIRECTORS.
| nr,eint Ditpatch to Vht Chicaao 3r,nnne.
| COLUMBIA C1Ty, Ind, Oct. Z9-The annual
election Of tire DIrsctors Of the Detroit, Esi
| River j; Illinois Rail,oAd resulted as ioIlowA
ESOlEa L. laAh4lbs LUbaubpuTI; uH1ue8 o. CQl-
! Inns. Colu1nbin City; D. D. Dykennn, Lognua-
| port; ]. L. Davia, Auburn Janps r. Joy, G. II.
13uhi, A. Sheldon. T. D. Euhi. Detrnir; D. i.
Quirk, f. j. Uhl YpAilanti; and ". ". Cispo.
| Boston.
| An INDIANA PROJECT.
! Special DtspNtcA 10 Ne Ch,cttan Tribune.
| RIcHMoSp, Ind, Oct. 29.-A party Of survey
oRs uudor Charge Of \. G. shuto d engaged in
| surveying new railroad from 1tich,nond TO
UNION City. with every prospect of opening mp
the Whitewater Valley BY this road, which car
built unusually cheap.
| R.uLAoAD CosDucTons CONTENTION.
ST. Louis, bto., Oct. 29.-I'no ralro I'D con-
ducto1s took ariya around tho city and visited
the dihforont parks aud notable places in tho
| suburbs this forenoon, aud assembled again af-
ter dinner, When tho report OF the Finance Com
lnittes was presented, discussed, and adoptod.
| Tho report on the Constitution and bylaws
was then submitted, and adopted section by sec~
tlou, with slight revision, until tho clause re-
lasng 10 disability waB reached. when consider-
able discussion arose, and finally, TO give tinlo
for further consideration OF tho matter, the
Convention adjourned till tomorrow.