, 1875-01-21

ieCkeN WIFI lilo ND1tHWGttEfn.
THE PREVENTION or HnHnENtEH
For eonlH time rant robhcries have heep nm.
usnally frequent On freight an,l esprcrs trains
The locks neto hroken and The cars entered In a
myhterious manner, and III hrite of the utmost
Watc1fu1ness on tie part Of the men in charge of
tho tlAtns goods continued to disappear, and the
railroad companisa had 10 pay immense tiI1s for
Iofaos. The vArtonH etpreAH companies. beHideg
pnttlng or tho CARS tho lent locka that co,lld DO
obtained, hare also armed tue me.l in charro nj
tho cars. The railroads themselves have takon
Unusual precautions lately, an will be seer, Ly tha
following circular tIAt irrued to conductors by
the Chicago d Northwestern Railroad COMPANY :
Wooden bafs. with chafn attachments. for The pro-
tcctlnn 0f the contcns Of thu carr ,r4, otItly fr
Luggage aud exIsns On the ne tf tsi. foal, i4ase
nesn lref.5,s s,h VII b" psse 4 your
IN motion. Willie tie train il IN inoion ,pu viii nnt
oer authorized agents Of the .sprrss s.t ng aad ID
mo ,emrloYe on your tfa to tntcr lie
nrsen's msa S1a 1or M exsgr "r s'es* ner
allowed to enter sheee une4a their .Jue, tlue
them 10 do 10. All t'.ancs. connected wrh tneas
transacted ~hlla the train 1e.s.na at rfatimn. IN,
VIZ promptly rcport to ,!e EnIserutcs,drnt Of tbs
abnsenamtl violation ills ortlrr IN lie ,art nf
Tie EIrreAs Messengers. ~. Tfrn,tirT.
General Superintendent.
rhocEED11os AoArHHT THE LAKE sIoRE ROAD.
Proceedings have been begun against The inke
Shore tsallroad Company to compel the taynlent
OF f1G0u60 alleged to he due tho Government
OIL account Of internaI-reyenne taxes. Iuytnti-
gationa have been ordered covering tie remain
l1B Buma of over es300 0uD, which Il in rni,nott
are duo, and accountants arc il, CIeyc]srd ot.
tanning the material fUr report 10 tue Internal
Revenue Department at Washington. Tie baris
q action is the asserted failure uf tie Lake
shoIo sts, G.;omapsay to Try 5rer cent ta.sn on
According to the balancc-sh issued by tho
Company. the coRt OF tie road waH repreecf,tod
to have boen $45.472, 1896 OIL Dec. II, 1871,
on VI. Jan. J., aS72 tie eost u Tue road
867,D.-shoniug an Increase during tic uisht
Of 1921 ,7547D. This lattar amount il statnd
to have represented etock dividend issi,.d by
tho Company upon which no dividend has ever
oeen paid: me government claims pr ccnt
Of this dividend, tho claim aggrerasi1g siGt,-
5s7 -. aud the claims in tho In suits aggregate
S621, ,587.72.
TIE sAnAToaA COMBINATION
There y no lo'Esr any , doHbt shA. the Saratoga
entirely Withdrawn frum 1t, auf il now artior
entirely independent NeitLer Alr. Joy nor slr'
Strong lave gene to Cleveland to attend lis
meeting OF tho Commissioners.
Tho var between the various lines hcre.
tofore belonging to tho combination has
already commenced, and lively tines nre
III prospect. All the lines aro cutting, aud il il
currently reported that contracts haze been
New York at S. cents pei 100 ponnds on fourth t
Glass; and 80 cents to Philadelphia. The Ealti-
moro Il Ohio has AZ ret taken no hand u tue H.
suo. but vii! undoubtedly come to the trout be-
fore the fight is over.
PERSONAL.
Mr. J. 2. Thouraon. Jr., one Of the leading
yonng men in tho freight Office OF The Chicago.
burlington l. Quincy Railroad has returned from
lis Eastern trip. and was at his poet aqua
yesterday.
PROFITABLE EXPERIMENT..
~ Srecadt 5tfpafch 70 Ihe Eltr.so" Tribune.
1}osTos, Mass. Ian. 40.-Ihe Railroad Com
mIstioners in their forthcoming re, ost will speak
Of running cheap workingnen's trains, as being
decided fuccess. These trains leaye
LINN for Boston at 535 h. H., md
rstu1n l,, from Dos.on Mt G:s5 p. m.
two places. In 1878 tho regular trains ca1ried
vi 4Gl passengers. and the cheap trains 1B7 0lG.
In 1874 there were 4Gs 920regular passengers, and
a66.5Go cheap once. Tho reeeipts from tho
choap traing in 1879 were s9 10. and in 1874
s13, 32s. Tho growth Of travel On these trains
in 1874 averaged AZ per cent over the previous
year. It appears that during the second
year tho cheap tsnin not only ruld
.ta expenses, but earned net rrotit at tho
tate OF *5.14 per trip, 39.5 cent? per milo rum
Thu average net earnings of passenger tralns on
the Rame road during the wear we're 4H.4 centa
per train milo showing that tho cheap 5cent
tran WAS only IS per CENT tess profitable thau
tho ayeihgo passenger train.
Spcctet L4sta&ch to The Eh,rdoe 7r,8uns,
9rn1NHfiELp, ILL.,. Jan. 20.-Thc Illinois Cen
trat ltailroad Company has iRsuetI circular II
It's agents ordering that hereafter rates to olcya-
tors, warehouses;. mills and tack delivery ut
Cairo shall be tho same from oil Btations, and |
tho cunaiEnoes Ut Cairo arc spocally |
!eqnested to aid the Company bY uu- |
loading promptly, The order naensoned |
Ia claimed 10 To = concession by the Company
looking towards obsving tho law. The guestloD |
u tne Flght to Charge cents per hundred |
weight extra for track delivery Ia tho subject Of
tAe principal count in the declaration by the
Railroad and Warehouse Commission against |
nat Company, and now pendlng in the CIRCUIT |
Court at Cairo.
ANNUAL ELECTION OF p1REcrons,
Spee,ot Lfsbalch t1 1ht tHeaan Tribune.
FOND Du LAC. ME-, Jan. 2O.-Iho stoekl,old-
,rs OF the 6aebosEan Il Fond dn Lac Railroad
company held THAR annual meeting at the getl-
raj Offices ln Fonddu Lno to-day. Tie following !
3oAld OF Directors WAS elected Tor 1876: AloaeB
Iaylor and Il. g. Kolssou, Of Now York; +. ii. /
Jarrett, Of ClncinEatti; A. G. Ruggfcs aud L. N.
Ioster, OF Fond uu Lao Edwin Glade, Of Glen
,enlah; ]. a. Bentley, Of Shebosgap. Imncul-
tely after tho election, the Doarl orgaulzod by
lo re-olecfion OF tho old officers, VIZ: ]. A.
'ent'oY, Itesi1nut and Superintendent !; \. q.
lnTgtaa, fics-l'resdent aud Treasurer; Luwin
lade Secretary.
cAr1rAL BToCK INCREASED.
=. hfeeiat Hsrueh 10 Ths CAicuus 1Tbunf.
MOUNT VERNON. O., Jan. 4u.-A meeting OF
10 stockholders Of the Cleveland, Mount Yer
GU u Delaware Railroad Was held In this city /
,-day. lsesolutions were offered by I. u.