, 1874-02-17
RAILROAD NEWS,
Passenger Rates to tho East Como
Up.
Completion Of tho Now Union Dopot...
Hannibal & St. 10.

PASSENGER RATES UP AGAIN.
at a meeting Of the managers ct tho Pltta-
| burgh, cincinnnti & st. Louis Railroad, known
as the Panhandle Route, and tho Chicago, In
tanapolis, Cincinnati d Baltimore through
limo, known no tic Kanknkoo Limo, hold at Gin
cinnaH Saturday, tho existing troublos between
these two lines In regard to passenger ratoa woro
am'cabis Bottled, and tho following woro agrood
upon: From Chicago to Cincinnati 80 +; to
Washington md Baltimore, e1o, md to phila-
dolphia, $40. Tho rates during tho difficulty
wore: To Cincinnati, $3.50; to Washington and
Baltimore, 915, aud to Philadelphia, 800.
Tho now rates arc nearly tho Sumo as they
wore before tho difficulty commenced, and "a
usual In snch arran8emcnta tho public arc the
loBers.
1t is stated, however, that round.trip ticket
bctwccn this city md Baltimore, good for fiyo
days, will soon bo issued, the price OF which
will DO 515. This arrangement does not infect
tho fight between tho Baltimore Il Ohio md the
Pennsylvania Railroad from Cincinnati Eost, as
tho Baltimore 4 Ohio Railroad continues to soil
tickets from that city to Baltimore for SO, to
Philadelphia for $40, and to Now York for sl3.
But wnllo tho public arc tho loaoFs by this mr.
rangomcnt, tho ticket agonta in tho country nro
tho gamers thereby. they having beop ,lnab1e
to soil tlckots further than Chicago on account
Of tho cheap ratos to DO obtained from hero to
tho East. The managers Of tho Kaukakeo Limo
Chin to havo beon forced to this agreement, az
thoy wero 1osing money at tho old rates, lhuir
limo being niuot, bct!or equipped andmoro ekpon-
" put on their limo number OF now and elegant
cars, and have boen very liberal Ia transporting
passengers In lorse-ca1s and 'buses froo Of
charge. Many who ilayo heretofore taken tho
Pan-llandlo and tho Pittsburgh i Fort Wayne
Railroads now prefer to go via tho Kankakeo
Limo.
THE UNION DEPOT
Tho new Central Depot Of tho Chicago, Bur
ltnston i Quincy, tho Illinois Central, and tho
l1h.hg Michigan Central Rail roada las bcen CON-
ia much superior to tho old one,
which was burned about ono month MOO
1t llaying been rebuilt with brick, whilo tito Old
one was Of wood. Tho waiting and dining -rooma
tckot-otleo Is as good as any HI tho city. Aa this
depot will have to do Rctvice for three or four
years Jet, aa now depot could not bo built in q
shorter time, 1t was very wiso Of these roads to
rebuild it III such substantial manner. Thoro
Depot. Dut, frdn this ii must not bo Inferred
that tho, now Contrai Depot ia q
palace. -. It moods but little beauty to
our dopots, except the ono specially referred to- TO-
arc nero sheds, and = Disgrace to tho oity. Tho
roads cntoring tho Central Depot would gladly
build ono that would bo credit to themselves
and an ornament to tho city II they could only
have offered tho sum Of $500, 900, their present
site being too small to accommodate 40 immeuso
structure as Is required by them.
THE G., n. Q.
The general offices Of the Chicago, Burlington
i t2ntncy Railroad, at No. 102 Michigan avenue,
having become too small for tho transaction OF
its largely-increased business, tho managers Of
tho road have rented tho second dnor OF the nd
Joining building and fitted it up for General
Freight and Passenger Agents Offices. Tho
office is 8e BY 10 foot, and is very neatly fitted
up, tho floor being laid In alternate strips Of
maplo md black walnut Tho private oflico off.
@. a. Beam, the General Freight Agont IS 10 by 81
feet and is partitoned OF from tho clarks' office
with blind giass wallis: III the rear Of tho main
office is largo room sc by Sc ioet which il fitted
up with Shelves ptgeon-holos, and book-racks,
and will DO usod for tho storage Of books aud
dooumente.. The Office Of the clerk Of tho Gou-
yery noatly tttoil up In te roar Of ths W Is Mr. Mr.
lHtchcoehs private oslico. which compares favor
ably with that OF any Passenger Agent in the
city.
They moved into those Offices yesterday after
tho Burlington Road belong to temperance socto-
ties, tho boys wore treated to oranges.
HANNIBAL ST. 10.
It IL tho intention OF the managers of tho
Hannibal L st. Joseph Railway to extend their
road to St; Louis, Tho, contemplated line viii
be along the riycr bank, crosning tho Missouri
over tho bridge Rt st. Charlop, aud will tormi-
unto at tho Missouri Pacific Doprt, Ac-
thirty miles Of this rond hnvo airoady
boon graded, and the Company IL ready to 30 on
aud complete tho road when it can make tho
financial arrangoments. This, like all
other railroad companies, has folt VI neasuyo.
tho pressure of tho recent panic, s1ll has found
it necessary to suspend operations ,uti zolief is
afforded from aoue quarter or other, With
view Of securing this needed yeliot, bill las
9eon Prepared ,,, md presented to tle Missouri
hold by tito State. Should this roief b. granted.
Tho Company will take up the now suspended
work md puHh 1t forward % rapidly as posi1,1n
completing tho entiro ln4 within Tho next 1O0
days. 6tcel rails oulyl will bo used on tho road,
while tho grale from St. Louis to Hannibal
'slll not oxoeed twenty foot to the milo At any
ono point. THIS will make tho line flrst-olaas
ono. aud much tho shortest to st. Louis.
LAFAYETTE BLUoM1NGToN noAD,
Special DfstKieh tn The ChttaGo Tribune
apR1NoFiELu, ILL.,, Fob. 18.-The controversy
which hns heoE going on ~ tho Board of Df-
ATTIC l. DlooRlington 1lairoad, aud tic Doard
elected by tne atoclt hold by the Toledo, Wabash
4 Wosterl Railroad, which operates tho former |
road undnr lease, illuminated today by IN or |
lor Of Jndgo Drummonl, granting All iniuno-
lion xqstralning tho local Board OF Directors |
from interfering with tho management OF tho
bash party aro ahead; aud, from tho remarks |
nado by Ills Honor. arc ikoly to remain 10.
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MICHIGAN.