, 1875-07-26
RAILROADS.
Some idea Of the Business Done
by tho Ronds CcnterfhE iii
Chicago.
4 Few Figures Showing the Present
Financial Condition Of the Eric
Road.
another Cilicngo Connection NTH Kan
sns City ,ia The G., Il. I. &i'.

CHiChGO'S RAILROADS..
Tho tatest number nf tho Rairoad 1nxehe
contains tie following elaborate a1ticle on the
Railroads. of Chicago:
extending nortiward westward aud southwest
ward, have = somewhat slmilar traffic, in that
their cl1aef ssa, EASTWARD ia agricultural pro-
ducc OF ono kind CT another, aud their chief
farmers ,lsc. Still there arc widos differences
in the nalure aud tho bnlk Of tic traffic Of tho
different toat1s; and In tho comparison which we
make Aclow tho orient and the nature OF theso
| ao,, 10 be learncd. UnfortuDasoly the returns
from tho dlfEcEol,t lines como In for dif-
ferent tlscal years. anu at wldoty separated
! pcFinH. AL OF them havs nuw olosod .
tttal year since la7l, but tho company with tho
| largest mileage has not yet reported. and prob
ably will nos until near Octobor when the re-
ports ior tho calendar year 1874 will DO already
old On this account wo prefer not To delav sho
comparison Until that ti.no. but rather make it
INV. nallg The Northwastsrn'A report for 1S73-
"a wha,. referring to il, bus continuing our IT.
tunttun chiefly 10 The railroads ro,Iill OF ta llno
frnm Tho th,cago, Burlington 4 Quincy to tho
lI'inols Censral inclusive, which occupy tho
southwestern quadrant abuut Chicago. On this
tho t'hira.o+ Milwaukee Il Ut. Paul. which hhs
hut recCutly bccomn ChlcAHo road, anu stIt
las its terminus at Atilvauhoo, thus differing
iran all tho other fuadH named which have no
other lake terminus tltan Chicago.
TLere will be tie 5csH 10 regret In this orn!s-
Riut. l,ecAuHo tho lines OF tile northwestern
quadrant from Chicago form, III ma,,y roapeats n
separate c3ass tlisttact in traffic and other cir
cnlnstailces from tlI06e further nout II. htyw-
ever, it was po~ril'ln to trcas in detal tho sep-
nrate lincs Of The different companies. NO would
include in this soutl,woAtorn quadrant tho Chi
cago 4 Omaha line Of tho Northwestern, 400
miles OF railroad extending nearly duo wcnt
iron, Ccngo. wInre traffic staples are moro like
those OF thr southern shau tliOso ct the north
Western lines.
These Northern lines. including nll north OF
tho taraol Of Chicago, that H. Mi Ut thu Cltica-
so, Milwaukee Il 1t. Paul system, except 1,t-
Ito Of tho Western Union Railroad, aud nts Of tho
ChicaE., Il Northwestern, except this 4y0 miles
frHm Chicago to OmalIa, arc essentially wheat-
carriers, ~ SIC l,avo often said. SesrIy evory-
where IN thcse lines wheru them iA any agricul-
ture. tho country produces tho corl outs, cattle,
and hogs for ita own consumption, but it ex-
orts comparatively little OF tho attor products,
aid Fl1FB immense quantities Of wheat, fro
4nontty sending to Chicago nearly M mitch ~
oil ether railroads togohcr, aud 10 Milwaukee III
much NJ tile total Chicago rccnipth. They have,
too, on their murp nost!letly lines, tumbor
traffic directly from thH tni!ts, which mona Of tho
southern Inc" have. mud tho Northwestern haa
Que iso with nu inltnenro iron-oro trall!c. Moro
over, except toHA, tlloy Aaye Ito ct'al nuncs on
thrir lines. ns all tic southern lines hayp 10
that there IL reason for making Bnc! tlivirion
between tito Railroads. vilich carry produce to
1iln Northern group. until recently. Wae tho
avstenl ef n single company, tbs Chicago 4
Northwestern, which had aud las tslreo distinct
liuc. entering Ehlchgo, fron. tito North, one
from tho Nortfwost. md ono from tho West,
Within tlrce years the Chicago, Milwaukee, l. IT,
Paul i.as zen, down iii connection from thu
North, an'l tic Chicago Il pacsDo has Just COM
pieted line n little north Of wcnt for ns mtlos.
Tie llues OF this Northwestern quadrant arc
NHts.
Gh1rnGo NoFthveatern. ,l,97a
Chcagn, Milwaukee II II. Paul. ,3p1
To ileso must be atldcI the Chicago l. Pacific,
but recently completed to tho Rock Niver at Dy-
rot,, and tho now to hayo recurd. We NAV or.
rot it bv tho Chicago UanvillIa d Vncouuos in
tho southwestern quadrant.
Tho Erou), Which We SHALL consider mora phr-
t!cnlnrty includes tho following lines, having bY
their last 1cporta tho mi!cugo given:
5Fifes.
Chicago, burlington X QniIry. 2si
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ti!fabo hH9h.. .-....-.+..s..,..,,....... f41
A4luoA
TotaI......... .3,034
The Ctl,cago. Danyllo l. Yincennes belongs
properly To this DIVISION but It laa published
reports that aso full enough to make cam pari-
BotI8 profitable, At1l. narrower IL Id st1ark roa