, 1875-11-02
RAILROADS.
Present Stntus Of tho Rockford
& Rock Island Litigation.
Eat:s Fixed by the Pooling Roads Be-
tween Chicago and Points
East.
st. Louis County Drumming up tle Dc.
lfnQucnt Missouri Pacific
0fIlclnls.
Narrow Gauge Projects In nebraska
aud Arkansas,


THE ROCKFORD T. ROCK LELAND RAILROAD
COMPANY.
II Will be remembered tint, at aalo 1IoId ronf
time ago In tho foreclosure suit OF tie Rockford
Nuck 3slntl1 Il IT.. I.ouia lsatlrond Co,p,,apv
IeI1mtn Ostosbcr9or, IN Representative of tic
04rn.au bondhot.lerH. purchased the ro4i for
tbu snh OF II ,a2o0l an.l tho question Of con.
frnlng the ealo yesterday ca,no up before J,ntro
UrunmoEd.
Osterber9er has rai1 alnco tho dato nf lin
f.to tito srm Of s2op,0oo, aa required by tho
terms of tho eao; lo l,as also peid in ~ 0t am
worth u ponoa, 10 ho taken at all nsHcnsmont OF
% per cent: nnd pr0f'uRoa To pay :30l. .0uD In
e.th. This would leayo balai,co Of abont
s3Jo,oC0 Of tho ptitchnso tuohoy still duo mi
this Mr. 0sterhorHer aHked tho Court to rrant
him I'LL tho 10th Of December to ray; bit in
VAS admitted, neyesthelcss, by Judge l'rumhuiI'
Of counsel Tor 0stotberRur, t4at tLey lind m
laud only s50o'00o in cash aud $a,jQo.o .oOo in in
lonls. "
The motion to confirm the aalo uau obicctod
e y 1fo r. Tsofse ;@, e T. Gapbell of counsel for
stt. on tho following grounds
t"a-Ecca.iso UHtcrbergcr had not coupliod
sith he tefn's OK tho salo, mud that it was ,aro.
fore unfair to tin otnor bildrrs that II aLnnit
10 eotirmea. I'm otlor partea lad bid ~ high Al
sl.3l5,oo0 at the aale and they might. n,,d nrnI.
ably would hRvo bid more had tlay ind anY ;ta.
that tuch favorable terms would lave hssm
granted al tlatort'orgcr now asked for.
Scaad-it w"s alro objected by Dir. Camplol1
thai at:r tue sa!u was confirmed there wo,1fL In
uupal1. "''''
nuter adyisolnont, NV 1''s''os
Regarding thu settlement OF tho nror;tv ~
tie intervening e'aims against thIs railroad. Lin:
qaesslan qa. na5 aos yct been LoeiIed but lie
t0Q1t }CSlGF4HT lDtitnntt1 $t,atf
tlI u complaint by tho Union Trust Cou,na,,y
iud Tug appo'htHe,!t Of lioceiyor ttoreuudor
w. lleu upon ail tho property of tho tornnsnv
10 tle extent of any Judgments tho co1nplajnauts
might hereAftor recoYnr
~! ias J., 'aa.or .l wiz como up before sho Court |
asa'l Eo-nof3cw mosuing.
THE POOL.
Ihe great rool or combination of tho ro,da
eaang frolu tl!is city TO tho Last IL now II, work
tug order, tbs agreement for tliylHiou of earn-
lngs ha'lug boon signed by all the roads, except
hs L's Il Chicago Lilie which. though at p:os-
cut setlnB with tile pool lines. Is still holding utr
toas to Fec iirst how tho people will take to Tho
nex road before binding itself to act IN harmony
NTH Tue older nliu better pstabiAhtd oues.
lle i!bes belonging To tile pool-tho Michigan
tens1a. AichiFan fouther,t, md rlttsburg i
Fort wayne Railronas-Aavc dcclded upo,, an
lpss from Chicago 10 all Eastern puin.s. Ihe
~" rates are ns follows: To Dutlalo and
sstpehsiou lir!dgc. t40 ner car: to Aibnur'
!ny stc:: se5: to Philadelphia and DalAn,oro'
~ ~ to Now inrk. 80; to Boston, $75; to
tt'osaehcot S6'. Fresh meat, excent beef, will
~ ~ eggs poultry sud game. Grcen hidos viii
90 @!:d o. ccuts per bundle lcsH than tho
as:aal wciCht whoa kllippcd tl1is allowance
0tng mAds for stlriuKago.