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Il. aggregate of 4la795,655 passcugt1s Or Ion. u
freight was carried one mills tn 1874 sgAtnat ~
4l1 lit lB73 and the cost Of transportation Tor tach
eis1a cents, @ asains 72s1Soo eens il 1sia Ths
81 in is;J. IN isi ,hs road trahsportel leSo
bo7 arrela Of four In 1874 e4a7a, an inersase Of
aiso Shows considerable gnfn, The total n1lmber Of
1879.
chatta aud capitalists OF Boston to turn their
attention to tic improvement Of their facilitles
for receiving md distributing tho products Of
the West winch the Boston 4 Albany Anl tunnel
reap richer md moro enduring. harvest than
can DO rbalizod by exDendinG their own and tile
3tats'a money In extending new roads over rn-
ttied territory.
oa1IronS1A ROADS.
There arc at present 1.2Cl miles Of wfde-eauGc
railroad completed and In operation IN tho state
Of California (Au at tho foot vi incll gaugo)
OF which tbs Central Paciie 1lailEoad
Inns Gil miles; the Southern Pacific Nai!ioad
2HG miles the l.os Angeles 4 San rcdro
lsailroad. 40 miles; the California Pacific
llailroal, 113 miles; tho yaca Railroad. miles;
tho suerameuto Valley Ruilroad. a. miles; the
PIaccrville d sacramento Valley Nailsond, 90
miles; the CaAfarnia Northorn RailEoad- II
miles; tha Stockton l. vlsala Railroad, 80 miles:
tho San Francisco l. North Pacific Railroad, So
miles the Mount Dihbio railroad. II miles; tho
Gan nafaol t. San Quentin 1sailroad, 8 mi!es; tho
YisaIia Railroad, milea.
IN addition to tho wIde-gauec roads, there are
Tho following narrov-Eauge lincs: eah Fran
ciaco & North Pacific liui!road 80 miles; Ga]i1as
( Monterey Ita!lroad, 1877. niles; colfa1 4
Nevada Iihilro1d, % miles, WataonylIle d 6anta
Cruz Railroad, % milos.
OPENING THE nAnN-nooN.
In running tho preliminary line Of tho Wheel
ing / Lake ERIC 1toad through Erie County, the
| surveyors came to farm OH which raa = large
barn. At the time Of tic approach Of the sur
yeying party, the farmer was At work In the bnrn,
| with both dorbie-doota open, and it 10 haPpaned
that the line passed directly though this ooon-
! tng. Without asking tho permission Of tho pro,
| prietor, tho party weut through tho bafu, and
ipado their meaBurements. Tho owner. who
| Was German, OH seeing this, stepped up and in.
quired the object Of these proceedings. 1ic was
at Unce informed that they we're surveying a
railroad, and tint tho line passed directly
''Dat Isl, alE right" said the farn,or, t'lot do
railroads gonlo along; but do yon dinks gomez
out syory dimes TO open do barn door for ds
aTaasl Yon enn1t st nc DO e. Ho IT, r,
surveyor to change his linc. 1Ie concluded te
| leays it to the conductors and engineers Of the
trains to make their way through the barn u
best they could.
4 dispatch from Now York, received hera yes
| terday, Btates that an e1-pafto order l,ah beor
granted restraining the Lake fhore d Michigan
soushern Railroad Compauy from paying tht
| dividend declared Dec. 10. The complaint 10
cites .l,at tic Company. instead Of paying ],
dividend, ought to pay interest Oh their bonds t.
SECURE tile mortgage on tho road for S25, ,0o0, ,00t
held by tue Union Trust Company.
aenersl Freight Agent Of tie Chicago { North
| western llhlroad, hseuucd tue duties Of his Of
! Aco yenterday.