, 1875-12-21
Tho Efforts of tho Great Lines TO Stop
tho Cheap Rates to Boston
So Far Futile.
Elc Vermont Ccntrn1 and Grand
Trunk Route Naming tho
Tariff,
qqN Tildou Invited to Take the Chairman.
ship Of Committee Of Eric
Foreclosure.
The Packers and Shippers Of Meals In Chicago
Exaspera.ed by tfgh flatos.
THE ILLINOIS RIVER ROAD.

cago X 1lllnoia River 1lailrond aid the Chicago
Il Alton Railroad manifested itBclf yesterday.
believing that their officers md Directors lihSe
bccu acting in colluBion with tho Alton Company
to ho1p ii Ill ie efforts to gobho their property,
tho slockholdora Of tho Chicago Hallway Con-
HtEuction Company (Which OWLS the Chicago 4
Illinois Rycr lsailroal) mot yosterlay 1t the
Office ot tho Company, 132 Iasalio street. ru1a-
.narily disposed Of tho old officials. and elected
now act throughout, as follows: r. F. 1nisifer,
L. H. Talbot, .. i. Chase, H. 4. Frihble, j. @.
llu.lnutt. N. i, naprleyo, and II. l.: osaham
Tho officers Of this new Boarti nto lscsidont,
NJ. A. F1sbic: Secretary. l.. II. Talbot.
Before adjourning. tho Btockilotders paHsed
tho following serscn Of very pointed And unlnis-
taKnblv earnost revolutions:
WHEREAS, It is The 1etf Of the sockholderA Of This
COMPANY that majority OF thu Directors and olceFs
who have bern managing tho Of This corIn-
ss ssns ss"a S IL usess1
Company and ito SCENTS to ruin thts corporation and
he I'll ayrs o lis . chaso
Alton Hatlroad Company pretend to lav" ne'Jiis.
81, ~ absolute InrcLaro from he fa1ther. oieers "
lay and the actual possession Of al! ,sh atset and
using the stock of thln con} ay thus fraudg-
lenty acqulre4 to bankrupt tho thicngo k.lilnoia
luy+r lsitosl Company anu thus destroy oil this cor
l"raoaH s,teeea therein: 10 n which clalns and o.
1orts Of said Chicago Alton lkilsond COMPANY tho
executive officers Ut this corporation have ade no re-
sBtance therefore, 1t ls
rapy. hers e.sosnbr that tho term. Of oflce of al!
tho present atting Directors to md the Rnc arc now
ear.'. vacant aud il IL ordered tat ~ cecro1 ivr
Directors be no" held, such Dlteeors TO aerve
saeh Dasrs 70 j. Ills ay tse, horsy otdes
I'd 70 al o.'ce assuIne control over tho property aud
Essoired. TINT our attorney, Henry Crawford, Ea1..
Is instructed IL withdraw tilu anawer noH 0n fu III
.le uaae of tht4 Go.9any In sls saxe of J. Q; Aua.
It Is belief that such answer waa
,saTsS M and filed IL the interest .s "f
Is only part Of tho consp1aryso to ruin th!s company
ana nsqurc lis psoporsy Aud our said attorney is
ud cres.bill duly ssttuH up the interests of lLls
sreraon. mud lraying g y rusores to IT, ropesty
Rrsofrtt, Tint, believing that tho different acts
agreements, aud tEanfferu done by tho said Drectora
ns cssa III a1o asss ess N sna .st x
u frauds, tho htockhulaess do rrl,talAte snd 'na
ai such nca, agreements anil transfers rs being H.
legal fraudulent, Aud void, anu especially any trans
irr Or Eac of any slIarcs Of stock bolouRing to this
Company to Q. lseskwstt 1s hereby DECLARED TO be
tsanla!ent snd yoiI IN. wholly bs5oad thu rsopef
lilo gcntlomen WHO haro taken this action aro
tnou Of well-kuown business standing, nsd eyi-
dontIy propose to mako a fight for what they
believe to bo their property md their rig4ts.
THEY WON'T STAND IT,
Tho packers aud shippers Of meat In this city
aro greatly o1aBperated at tho action Of tho
pooled lines leading to tho East In making q
further advance in tho rates on meate. This
action tho part OF tho railroads, IL IL claimed
will hurt the packers In Chicago immoasurably,
as corresponding increase has not yet been
,nade from Cincinnati, Indianapolis, and st.
Louis, and thoso cities arc. therefore. enabled
to furnish the Eastern market with hog pro-
ducts and other meats at lower ratcs than Chi
cago. Thcro IL somo talk among tho pork-pack-
cEs Of getting up IN Indignation meeting aud
takinY such action as will induce the railroad
managers to consult tho interests OF Chicago
little moro in tho future than they hRso boen
III tito iabit Ut doing. The railroads claim that
tho rates arc not too high. and ray that cor-
responding incrcass FROM competing points will
bo nnle in q f0w days. This, however. iB Their
standing o1o,lso. As the roads from ht. Louis,
Cinciunntt, aud othor Western points, leading to
tho East, are notpoood, 1t IL uot ikuly TINT they
will accodo to the demands Of tho t1nuagerB Of
tho Chicago lines. They like nothing boster than
10 maintain lower ratoB than tho roads from
Chicngo. and then take away tic trade from this
city. Iho fact that the millerB laYe succeeded
in preventing another increase in tloar and graiu
Tor the present seems to stimulate tile packers to
tako similar action, and protect their busincaa
Ha!nat ufs railroads.
THE MISSOURI, KANSAS 8 Texas RAILROAD.
Tho necolyor Of tho Missouri, kansns d
Texas Railroad furnishes THE Tu1DuSE With tho
following statements OF tho approximate car1l-
Ings Of tho 1load for tho frat and second woekB
in Dccemben 1876. Tic earnings for tho first
week III December we're: freight. $A8,2i4.i3 !;
passenger, el4 4B45l; mail, s2,9o3; o1prcsss,
sl,0U; total, 6C6,77l.0l. For tho correspond
inE posod last year tho earnings wore e63, ,376.65,
The earnings for tie secold week In December
we're Fseiehk s52.37a.a7; passenger, s9l5,-
s2i;M; =; y; = m'ii saocs e.press;; slo6o total
Scat Tue calu!uga wero 9Ji, 33l.0i.