, 1875-01-01

THE ELL CffARTEhlNH a dAHHoM-bAudE AuAD
FROM TOLEDO TO COUNCIL nl.uFrs.
sreciag D,spatch to The Chicago Tribune.
WAsH1sa1oS, .. G., Dec 31.-A bill! was in-
troducad by 31r; Mctraty a day or two before
tho holjlay-recess, whoeo provisions should DO
known to tho roop3o Of tho Northwest. 1t has
Just boon printed. It is IN bill charteriug tho
Forty.tirst Parallel lallroad Company Of tho
United ssatos OF America, from Lake Erie to The
Missouri River, Rud to limit tho ratcs OF freight
thereon" 1t il project fer Il narrow-sauge q
tcot) freight and passenger railway from Toledo,
O., to Council Bluffs, Ia, tho proposed line
going directly southwest from Toledo to
point on tho Ohio lne, and thence
directly across Indiana, Illinois. and Iowa. It
would pass through nenssr!aer, Ind. and abGslt
2o milcs north Of Peoria, III.
THE PROVISIONS OF THE I'LL,
In detail, ere:
Sec. l provides that tho Toledo i Grand Zap.
ids 1lailload Company, Of Ohio tho Forty-tirss
Parallel Company, OF Indiana; tho KelthAburg
l. Eastern. OF Illinois and tue Forsy-arat Par
allol Company, Of Iowa. ind their stockholders,
nre created q body corporate, under tho name Of
tho Foaty. first Parallel llaslroad Company Of the
United 6tatcs OF America, with full powers ~ q
ccrrnration, with tho purpose and object af con-
atracting a narrow-Enuge railroad, AZ ahoyo ret
10TH. 1t ID alb0 PICPlucu tnNt no EIA0c IUl
traffic eastward bound shall oxceea ID feet to
tia mills.
Sec rroyldes that the corporation may cx-
| tend isa li,,o eastward, through Ohio, penusyi-
| vauia. aud Now Jorsey, TO the liudoa River; aud
Sec. provides thas tho caplta-stock shall not
exceed e7.GO0, Zoo en- tho line botwoen Toledo
and Council bluffs; between Toledo aud New
| York, tho same.
scos. aud s provide elaborate rules for the
practical organization OF tho Company aud tho
| management of ltB business.
Hec. provides for Tho construction Of = aret-
clasA railroad, 3-tcct GaHlee, with steel OF aolld
nteel-headed rails. md equipments to match:
Secs. and confer ,powora, upon tho Com.
| pAny to buy inndH. md to make contracts with
StatoH In which the soads arc located. Tho Sec
ton provides for tho condemnation OF lands.
| where hn agrecmont caunot otherwise be Hadc.
These provisions arc quite etabornte, and Judi.
cisl prosoe1in.s Hereunder are III tho lsIda ot
tho E1ntad t,tnsps Courts, but tue laws of tho
s;sate IN which right of wayia thus obtained
Sec, Is io,ni.tipg "details OF secs. E0, II, and
l2) makes tue road public highway and pobt..
1oad, aud gIvcA The Company power to construct
ing tho charges Of telegrapbiug, wAetlles by the
Government or p1irato pelsous. ,,
Secs. II aud 15 provide fair aud liberal rules
"a to tho reception aud transfer Of irclghtH.
SEQ. 10 provides that b1l!k-tlelEht (MeauinH
all articles u freight Which aro rlacod III cars
loa1t and without handling bY Tho Company
shsll be carried At tie rats Vt mills per ton pei
mi.s for al distances exceeding too m'!es
.na,ia ior diblauces less than Go0 aud moro t1at
and @ mote than 400 nilos usis tot the mex
!Vo-nne ratio for tho nexss. 10 mills; for tux
ns1s, II Ia mllls where the distance IL bctwcet
oa ana 4W miles; is mills whats the distance