, 1875-08-11
RAILROADS..
An Attempt to Sell tho Rockford &
Rock Island noad.
Freight Tariif Adopted by Railroads.
Thinning East From 1'cprin.
Some Facts in Connection With tho Mis-
sot;ri Railroad War.

TRYING TO SELL THE ROCKFORD d ROCK
lSLAnu.
yesststhy was tho day advertised for tho sslo,
,1nder n decree In fosecioanse. of tho property
end fr1,.uhises Of tho Rockford, Rock leland Il
st. l.outa lsaltfUad, nnl number Of capitalists
mud rnilroad tncn wero present TO bid. They
waited for au hour, however. Without seopE tho
genial ouuntcnat.ce Of tho Master appear, Int
kr;,t themselves in good lrn,or by tohea On cacll
utter an 10 ttoir intention in buying railroad.
III tic meantime Judge Truu,br,ll. on behalf
IF tho complainant, ths Union Trust Company,
u13,cn,ol bnfoEo Judge Druu,lnonl md present
I'd nhort petition asking tl.at tlls saie might bo
postponed for q short time tor tue raas1l,a that
TN IL, was inforn,etl. combination Ind BEEN
tlrMcd which wUtild trByent competition, to bid
in thu roa,l nj much losg than its real value nl-
no beeause 1t WIZ tho intontion OF tho Galnan
Ionhl,oidcrs represented by their nRsnt u tito
amount Of Eetwecn +t.Uu0, U0 and E5.Oo0 .Uo0. TO
bid on tao road at thu sale. but
that in corresponding with the committee repro
Hantiug tIle bondhoEdcrs in Frankfort, Germany.
by telegraph, sono confusion hMi arisen ~ to
his i,,stretone, whcl, prevented hlB ll'dding in-
teligsntly Ut tIla present time, but that l,u cs~
pocletl to be abo to bla in case The eaio MAS
postponed Rlott tins.
JudEa 1rul,hutl thon stated TINT arrange
meista hata nearly been completed, but that llc
was uot sluu III portion to DOT. He w1hl,ed to
llavG thD salu poatpDncd Until lo could Write to
tinrmnny. II possible.
Judge Lawrence objected to 90 long t!olay,
md 1t WAS finally Hgrocd to poatl'01,o Tho Halo
until next Mondny morning ut t1o saale time
mud place.
The Master In Chancory, alr. bishop. then
went down stairs to road tho order, but unn,e
Rumor l,a.l apparently announced tho facs. a.,d
when tho MnHter reached tho door the npocta-
tora lawyers and wpuld-be bidders with their
wealth. lad all disappeared.
This railroad has boon appraised at about
$1,000 0UU, aud IL Ia thought tl5as sale Mt any
iess tignrc than that would prove good specu-
luton for tho purchnsor. The debts amount to
over a.. .n0u, out, but OF cournc, the purchaser
will take f1ea and clear Of ali iucunlbrnnce.
THE GENERAL FREIGHT AGENTS.
Tho Qeueral Freight Agents Of the roads lead
Ing oaut from 1'coria held moetipg at tho
Grund Pacific uotcl yesterday for the purpose
Of ro-eBtabliehing ratoH from Peoria cast. Tho
following wore present q: tie meeting: j. IL.
Osborn, Toledo. Wabash It Woa.oru; Lewis
Vicle. Chicago, Rock leland 4 Pacific; W. s.
Spea1s, Toledo, Peoria 4 Warsaw; ]. =. Cook.
looria4 peku l. Jacksonville; e. n. Staunton,
Springfield It southeastern; II. &. Dieh, 1ndi-
annapolis, bloomington Il Western.
As tho atmosphere IN the GRIND Pncislo Hotel
rms unusually tu!try and closo yoHtu.day,
thu agents took hold Of n tah!o
nnl number OF chairs and established
p ptaco OF meeting right i'll front of tho bar
roon, 30 ~ to give the Iersrir,n. Gontlemon n
chance to bo III near as puBsibIe to pinea where
they could cool themselves OF OCCASIONALLY.
Mr. j. II. Osborn was chosen Chairman, and
1lr. II. G. Dielll Secretnry.
AIR. J. Il. Cook ttlon addressed tic moosllg in
his LslAl forcible and eloquent lnaIl11er, urging
upon tlom tho necessity Of obtaining hotter
rates from pooria cant. They 1nnst Eiyu III,
cutting rates. mud act together iii unity and
harmony, aud tauu 1-cslabliah tho former great
,aas au,i prosperity Ut their roaua. II tho
General EFeEAt Agentu Ut tlo st. Louis roatls
liked to "cut " raleH aud each others threats,
lot thein do SO. Bt. Louis was but littlo town
III compared with Peoria, mud therefore the
Ieor:a roads need tako no NOTICE Of tho
competition Of tho st. Lo,liBans, Sir. Cooh's
speech lad such h powerful effect on tho railway
lnagnntoa protont slAt Il motion to adjourn to
tho bar -roouI for consultation WAS unanimously
Adoptud. Tho consultation WIS private, ai,l th1
reporters were not allowed to tako part IN 1t.
Tn returning. tie following new tariff was iu-
troducc1 aud unanimously adopted:
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