, 1875-10-15
.,4tnn Of tho GCrnnn EOnd-
ho1dcrs Of tho Rockford
Road,
Railroad Companies Which Are Anx-
;ous to Get Hold Of the Line.
aett1ing Iialc. from Chicago to His.
souri, River Points.
rhe Haunibnl & st. Jo---0heap
Transportation.



LOUIS.
ACTION or THE GERMAN roSDioLpERA
II. Usserbcrg. WHO. in bohatf Of the 0ct-
,,.u Ao1lhpidurs. bought tho Rockford, Rock
f..na 4 st. Lou;a 1iatlroad Under tho foreclosure
.,ta On eho tuti, of August last for et,320O00
.,,,r,t,i 10 luis city from Germany day OF two
80, md it il understood tl,at he will nay I'D far
.,s Rad and taso ponseaHfnn ~ soon M tho
cn,rl u,akrs the necessary oztlors which utll DO
IN icw daet.
Gc,n,an newspapers Of Iato date bring Tho
,,toraation slat at n noetihg OF tho Gorman
to,nboIdora of tho road held at Fr&nkfort-on-
,h,.,tain Aug. 10, tho following resolutions
..te psssod:
t,m tnf, That all tin bonds represented hy tho
rattor! Cntnitten s!sal be treal"d sr,nh aud hind
,Hrs uilhot .lifustion ar preferences Whatsoever
tntbe retrettiEe nliinEcra Of tho bond.
setrn That tim tcso!ution pasEed ut, tho 9TH day
Il August 1871, shall le 1uos1G1 Ey ssrknk nut the
smds snijcss to rstiacstson Of tho bou,ho'ders."
nd hat full power II fcreby given to tho Committee
tsuty With a1essra. o. 7. alniasker, L. ". B.fAa nut
r.. usnsnlc'nter, In te or rass tho zund 10 m IN.
e ~ SE" e orr fos that nen prpose ~
nots,ate the rosi tlen,scIrct,'
I.sirtd, That In order To provide tlo balance Of tho
tsIruc1 y oJ!,o'0 Of hnnd@, rcteenab1o within tcu
us Dtaring tncrc's At per cent per annun,, tssa-
r psns rsa t5s,t sy4t a, il
r1s shall he sccdre1 by rs:-mortRagc OIL the entfre
td Ind n H tppl'sIsnancc3, md That tho holders Of
n.i represented f'r The CJllIntes shalt take ut 70
rut,n sold rraGortinnatc amount Of 1ad 81 o6O0
fcr 10 vtt, s.la bonds for ccrtjlrato
lila bou.!s, which !sIe shall In rcicesnahle at
ri goft. 1nyI'i"nt for ihc bonds has to DO
Epj. for Ito account If The hartford COMMITTEES ..
ii, Ans.f.nndernaa nEuk Oh OF tefurs tic lst day of
osatsi, 1876.
IT, II. Oatorbers. who wa, donuted by tho
Caudlttoe to carr: Uu: tho resolution as far aH
..lin ff I'm F4S IL
eoEctTued. Ens called npon by TRtn1.Sr re.
potet for tho purpnae Of learning whnt iio WAS
sajn, to do With tho property. I1o alasetl that
ni,teta wero In Blcl, stato at pEcsont that ha
n,sutlous. uo might, hoWcver, DO ahIo to glso
Hno information In = fow tlaYs.
Ets hoSeyer, ascoftAitIed from 0thtr Haurcca
a,s thclo arc several combinations forming to
ls rossossou OF this road, and among then, aro
r.aslooaa tue Chicago. Burlington 4: Quincy,
R4.faads. Tho NosGtusa Il Nosk Island coa~
,xt. a. ..steslsng. H.. with the Chicago
! So,tbTetto,n iia!roas. which makes It
b. shortest 'ne from Rock Ialaud to
Cuicaeo. At Rock Ipand tho load connects
tub shs Chicago. Isock Island 4 raciac aud ut
f.naas points farther south with tho Chicano,
81llipEion l. Quincy. It would DO all excellent
tetdtr t,hny of tlcse 1!nce. Tue road has 295
nlea ef t:acr, ro1ll'e-atnck Of OJo cars. and so
oconotlrc. md Dotno othar valuable property.
MfHulut" ts'i!N III thb PoerEFS!ol VI tuo It3-
stt,r tfon Jul, !, 1h74. to tho tme OF ltn Balo,
k.n es9lGl3.7s. Before Mr. Ostvfhers wont to
Europe thore was toraa talk among tho capial-
asaud manufacturers OF Rock 1alaad, Motino.
Dsrsnport, and other places along tho limo Of
Asrcsd. of buying It In tho interest OF the poo
,'s a!ong tho l,l,c. II tho road could be lur-
Artd by Que ol The Chicago 1inoa ut rcason-
'lls lsuro It would donLtless under
rod management bo q profitable
nse.sreus and by connecting II
nth The Davenport 4 st. Paul 1.ailroasl,
tteh Is nos in ssic hands of Il Neceivsr, would
Ere Chicago another excellent tt.rouga-tino to
4 Paat h1inn. Dy building ehors dlhtnuce,
fna Sterling to Dylon. it would hayo still an
stntt outlet to Chicago by tho Chicago X Pacific
Rairo.d. Tie baltimore d OHIO Ra,lroad, by
p1tttssng this road, could secure = through
tae from Baltimore to 81, Pau, ,aa tho Springfield
Illinois Rou.hohHtorn Hntroad, nhicA IL cpll-
tolltd BY tho Baltimore Il Ohio, conuec!G With
aa B:s1dAtown, Ill.
Amat!efs look now. It scoms an II tho Chi
ssa Burlington k Quincy would socare the
froperty and ttore is no road which could man.
tss't moro succrsatuly OF mako It pay better
9sa sb!s.