, 1874-02-01
RAILROAD NEWS.
Earnings Of Some Of the Lines
Freight War with the Pacific
Roads.
Australian Mail Line--.Lumber Rates'''
Thousand Mile Tickets.


Several tons Of Australian mail arrived in thi
CITY Yesterday by the Chicago, Rock Island i Pt
citic Railroad. and was shipped East last even
ing by the Lake Shore d Michigan souther
Jailroad Chinese General and staff arrive
here on tho Bame train. This mail came to Sa
Francisco by the new Australian Steamshi
Company's line lately established st San Fran
cisco, and OF which mention was made in TH
TRIBUNE few weeks ago.
FREIGHT ON LUMBER
The General Freight Agent of the Michigan
Central Railroad has issued a circular informing
agents and shippers that lumber, ]ath, shingles
staves, and other forest product are carried b.
their Company by weight, and upon the follow
ing terms Lumber, ETC., in carloads, at mini
mum weight Of 0.000 pounds. When consignes
to stations On that road no excess will b.
charged when tho load does not exceed p, ,00t
pounds. When the weight exceeds 22,00t
pounds, Charge will bo made on any excess oycl
20, 900, aud up to $4,000 pounds, at 1egu
lar rates. aud all excess over 2200{
pounds at ono and one-half the regular rate
Lumber in car-loads. consigned to points OIL
this road, will bo charged on excess over 10000
pounds and up to 22,000 pounds at regular rates
per loo, and all excess Of - 900 pounds at one
aud one-haH tho regular rate.
TnoUsASD-auLE TICKETS.
The General Ticket Agent OF the Illinois Cen
tral Railroad has issued circulars to country
editors informing them that the Company had
decided to issue 1000 mile tickets, at tho ratio OF
$50 per 1000 miles, in payment OF advertising.
Each editor accepting one of these tickets has
to sign contract that he will keep Timetable
Of the Company in the advertising columns Of
his paper during the year 1874.
NO MORE DIRECT FREIGHT.
On and after tomorrow the Chicago Rock
Island j. Pacific, Chicago l. Northwestern, and
Chicago, burlington l. Quincy Railroads will re-
fuse to take f4eight direct to San Francisco.
The Eastern roads have also decided to bill no
more freight direct to the Pacific coast yia the
misunderstanding With the latter two roads.
AL the freight to the Pacific coast will be IN
loaded at Omaha, whore shippers have to make
their own rates with the Union and Central
Pacific Roads. The local rate from here to Omaha
which will be charged On and after Monday
third-clase. 70 cents; fourth-clasB, Is cents,
and special class, 40 cents por hundred. The
difficulty arose from the TACT that tho Union and
Central Pacific Railroads refuse to make pro
rat q rates, but charge more per milo on their
roads than they arc willing to allow the roads
cast OF them. Judging from the firm and de-
termincd stand taken by the Eastern and CHI
cago roads, the present deadlock will undoubt-
edly continue until the two Pacific roads come
to terms, which, it is hoped. will be done very
soon, as the Pacific roads cannot afford to make
a fight with their connections at tho present
time owing to thoir fight With the Pacific Mail
Steamship Company.
RAILWAY MONITOR.
4 bound volume Of the Rdil,ody Monitor, en-
bracing all the numbers issued during the year
1878, published By William B. Dana d Co., hns
just been received at this Office. The Monitor is
one Of the abest and most reliable rnilway Jour-
nails in the country, and gives in each number
full review of the latest annual reports OF rail-
roads and full summary OF current railroad
intelligence.
RAILROAD EAnN1S6s.
The majority of the railroads centreing in tho
city are doing n remarkably good bus1nes and
are In fair way to show large increase in enrn-
ings compared with 1873 For tho first threo
weeks OF January the Lake Shore i Michi-
gan Railway earned 8, ,005, 009.76,-an Increase
Of e44,e5S.99 over the corresponding period OF
earned during the third week. The same weeks
business yielded the Chicago l. North western
Railway $181 ,3l4.07,-au increase OF $685.
1854, and the three weeks retuans show
an increase over 1872 OF 9128, ,0o2.81. The Mil
waukee d St, Paul Railway will show an in-
crease Of o7er S25o,0o for January, and expect
TO maintain q proportionate increase during tie
remaining winter months The singularly mod
crate weather iu part accounts for these faTora-
bic showipgs. Broken rails are, fortunately, few,
whereas last winter they were disastrous daily
;ho roads are in much better condition this
season. More miles Of steel rail we're laid last
summon than in any previous years history
If Western railroads. The durable steel
displaced the worn-out iron; aud, aa tlere arc
few train loads Of valuable freight
reduced, and the net earnings
oroportionately increased. If quietly left to
heir legitimate business, tho railroads would
1age reason to fellcitate themselves upon their
but in the midst of all thoy arc being
by the various State and county
,ficais with demands for statements that vast
lericai force cannot supply fast enough.
PERSONAL.
1tr. G. A. Swineford, whose appointment rs
Assistant Superintendent OF the Madison Di-
Tision Of the Chicago l. Northwestern Railway
ras announced last month, has now been ap-
IL. J. e. Stewart The appointment takes ef-
ect to-day. The Office Of the Superintendent
sin be ut Daraboo, Wis. Hitherto it has been ut
{adison. But the extension OF the Ine through
0 Winona, and the pcculiarities Of tho route =
most OF it traversing almost mountainous
'eEativo that the officer in Charge should be
ocated where ho can personally facilitate the
movement OF trains. For six weeks past, this
irision has been doing remarkably
eavy business, the Company's Winona l. St.
'eter Railway being its largest feode1. Aud it |
'as just because the business coming from the
attor WAS 80 large that it WIS deemed necessary
Q divide the control, and allow Mr. Stewart to |
i've all his attention to the Winona Road, with |
'hich he has grown up, and which NOW has be- |
ONO distinct line, $50 miles in length, extend |
Dg ACROSS Minnesota, 80 miles in Dakota Ter
itory. The Madison Division. as rcorgauized,
223 miles long.
Dir. ". 0. Husbe1t has been appointed Presi- !
ent and General Manager of the Grand Rapids |
!; Indiana Railroad. one Of the Pennsylvania |
'ompany's lines.
NO LOBBYING.
The officials Of the various railroads in this |
|ty deny that there are any railroad mon 1T |
prinshcld for the purpose of lobbying, all the |
:adns railroad men being at their posts in
le city.
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD scuENEs
SEeti1t Dispatch tn The Chicono Tribune.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Jun. 31.-The New jersey |
outhern Railroad Company will rccommence !
usiness on the 10th of March. Negotiations
re pending between the Lancaster d Reading,
u 44,r H. -?r~5.s.