, 1875-12-03
THE WISCONSIN RAILROAD LAW.

10 E.s Ehtihf ~ iHf IhtfH6o iTt6HN:
MILWAUKEE. Wis.,, leo la correspondent,
IA" In your issue Of Nov. "a. sharply criticsea
another Of your correspondents. accusing him
Of devRting from the truth. aud then doliber-
ately procecta to commit tito sanao errors him
self. Ho quotes saying Of one brilliant En-
glsshman. To quote another, ''x " may bo said
to 10 "indob.ed to his imagination for his
fac|s, and bis facts for hi5 imagination"
As usnnl, hn. proceeds to libel the penplo ot
Wisconsin, charging thotn with robblng llol-
landers Who haya ioveatel e23 O0o, ,00u In rail-
roa:fs ln that State. Tho robbery IL perperrnted
hitoEtthcr by the feryants and empioTes OF
those Holianderr, II any Ia porpctrattd. tnsongh
thor Eecklossncrs, e1tra7Asauce, and inconpe-
we're exercised, tho costs Of wortng tho roadB
might he les,enod fully 10 to 10 pur cout,
lhe Chicago h Northwestern Road has prob
ably comnainod lordest, Ind most 10 BAY, and
i!ad least csu'e for complaint. Their report for
per cent {l1.8l). or 3l,702, ,9yb.08. Yet. NTH this
largo dee1easo, caused by hard tlo1ea, gta T.
hoppers, etc., the "co,t ct auperin,endouoo u
Increased $7,272s5l What possible oxcusc eau
WblIe ovotstiinz e1so has declined almo,t, and
In many easos fully, oue-bal' especially Buotl rail-
road eWprIloa as iron, !ubor, u.!e. e3tton waste,
and The Wpges Of aubol tinatn .!u ioyes, tho
locni fasea aud freights have not docltutd At all,
Jaw TO selaco them, and fhen Only with loud and
bitter protects. and lheiH, hud expeattvo su!ta,
10 neatly all 0f Hhich tho roadb have boen beaten
a. they ought TO have beon. Even nos. With all
tue fuss, passenger faro. from h!l iowa toans tu
Chicago are Just what they noro nll thrnugh tile
Wax, less only tho Government snx which waH
levied fur time.
Ia there any Potter law In Indiana, or sTicht-
gan, Q: M!nnesota, Nebraska, Kansas, or his.
road, in any Of tLcse States. that pays any ln-
come to tho owuera? Yet il most OF theso
htntes railroads layo oano as thar pleased oyell
TO debating what laws the Legislatures should
pats for their boneiit. For, whatever trouble nr
may be 10, 1t IL directly resrous bio ittaIf, tor.
up TO within . few ycAtB, ita managers bare had
tuli sway. md done just US they pleased. eson
With the courts Of juktco.
chsrEes giYeu By TX" That "a correct Instead
Of the Chicago. Burlington i Quincy Ma
oharginR, 947 a car per LOO nilea for stock, to
my certain knowledge tho7 hAx- cartfoi thou.
they pet t'red Of doinR tLas,. a,olhsr Chicago
road las station only miles Oh, and will
a!adls do tho work At tao sane price. the O.,
D. 9, also gets 80 conts barrcl for flour 10
car-lots for 20o miles, ustead Of '50 to 60 cents
Oh moet other roads n the 'untry." aud 20
esnss per 100 pounds Tor grain Tor tho same DIS.
tance, s'nroad Of 81 ceuts ha "x" asserts. but
1t Ia uaeits, to attempt to oorrect such = CON-
pleto L!sBuo OF Misrepresentation.
lie INST little railroad ever built fu the world,
from Stockton to Darlington. in England, n,Iiy L!
u,llea long waa quilt with an express real1ictlon
thst not moro than 4 hA'peuny Il cent? ton d
nile should be cbar.;ed for harllug cual, An n.
t:cIe that oosta moro than nost other freight,
for tue cars 90 back empty. Ihls road ~xs
Aeat tnaucitl succosB. and made alt ihe owuora
foh. But 1t was not done by hl!log Up tho Of
ices with useless. bcet-eak.ng taYoritcs to do
nolh.ng, or BY pairing Piasidants sunerintead.
eIts, General MunaRcrB, etc.. from SIS, 10D to
5000 year for l&inK nothing. The wrtcr Ia
well posted as to Western roads, aud ha ,!ooa
not know uno that would uot oo botser served 1t
half to two-thlTds OF tho ba. uarlos tn them weEa
tut ned out.
A year Or TWO ago thh DoAton Ratiroad Times
declared that. after looking over tits terrible
Potter lam aud tho nther Western lava, an1
numoer Of 1ailtoao tariffs, they conli nut un-
derntlnd or imngluo shAt the fuAa and howllug
nas all about. Nen England rosda would %
ouly too glad 10 be allowed anyMhata near Bucl
nllces ~ tho Western roads get. Yet syerr QUO
nuat know thAt railroads there coat nearly, II
not quite, double ~ much to build anu keep up
~ those Of the Northwest.
With proper economy aud man hGemcnt, alt tho
rail- oad legislation Of tie We.t u good enough.
Without tl'ese, no loeislAt,on can srrye any pos
a!ble Rood refults. Thels Ia tho entire nth III
4 nutshell, hnt to secure thess 40 d mAny prw
lfav"n muss be turned over, and re8ornH actual.
y cAlred out, instead Of talking about tAom
only. EaPEnr.