, 1876-12-28
THE RAILROADS,
The Illinois Central Assumes Control Of
the New Orleans, St, Louis &
Chicago Line.
A General Strike Of tho Grand Trunk
Operatives Predicted. .Rcduc.
ton In Train Service.

Operatives Prclictcd..-Rcduc'
ton In Train Seryice.
IMPORTANT ACCESSION.
Mr.. J. c, Clarke, General Manngcr Of tho 1llt-
nots Central lsallroad, has been appointed
Second Vicc-pres!dent Of the Company. As the
First V.co-Prcsidcnt ID tho Acting.Prcstlcnt,
this promotion makes Mr.. Clarke virtually the
Viec-prcsi1cnt. Mr.. Joseph Tucker, General
Superintendent OF the rond, nssurnca tho 1nttcs
OF General Manager In addition to his other
duties. Thcse changes were made necessary by
the new Developments which have tatscu place
In regard to tho New Orleans, St. Louis Il
Ch!cago Railroad. 1t wns stated In TIE
tribune few days ago that arrangements
wcrc on foot which woult undoubtedly result
in The annexation Of this property to the ILL.,
nola Central Railroad, mud that Mr.. Clarke
had left on tour Of examination over the road
Information was received hero yesterday thnt
been aIntcabl3 adjusted, and tho Court has or
dcrcd tho salc Of tho road TO take place IN two
months. This has to be done pro fornln, rs the
road was thrown tuto oankraptcy about ycac
bo,s3hol1crs. Mr. Alexander, tho Rccciyrr, has
resigned hs position, mud Mr.. j. C. Clarke, who
is now at New Orleans, Las ASSUMED tho inar-
agemcnt. Nj. Clarke will remain IN New o.
proper arrangements under tho ncw manage
merit perfected. or fcoursn the property will bc
bid IN by tic illinois Central. This has already
hcen arranged between the boudho1lers. Tho
Illino1s Central Railroad nssumcs all Tho indebt-
edncss, which amounts to sloooo, 900, besides
tho $1,000. 600 which It loaned to tho Now
Orleans, st. Louis y Chicngo Railroad, to hnyc
4 completed to ca!ro so!ns M ysars aso. Tie
Illlnola Central Railroad mnde thorough ex-
animation OF the property Inst summer, and
t1sy found y INT t IN Pay the Interest on
slGooo goo, II properly aud economically mum
present para]yxc state. of alfuirs In the South,
but a. soon Is tho business reYlres. which +
must, sooner or later, its yaluo will
greatly enhance The rcd rn. ' T ~ hs'main @
| trollcd by tho managers of the Illinois
Central Railroad; III fact, It will bo . division
| Of this road. rhta new accession to the Chca-
go railroads will DO Of great benefit to the blis-
new trunk lno to thu Atlantic coast. The road
Iron Chicago to New Orleans is almost an air
line, and will DO shorter than my Of tho roads
leading to thu At'antic seaboactts 10 tho East.
feet sucli arrangements as to mako ths litc tho
most desirable for foreign grain shipments, es-
pecially during tho wlntor mouths. No better
man could have been selected to arrange for tho
union Of the two roads and manage tho limo
than Mr. J. G. Clarke, the new Vtce-Prcslacnt Of
the Illinois Central lie Is ono Of tho most OK
pcricnce1 railroad managers IN the country, and
perfectly understands oil the transportation
problems. HI fRa labored for years to bring
about tho result Just obtained, and It is hls firm
bGlief that much Of tho export business Will
hereafter takG lta way via tho new Southern
trunk lines. ARRANGEMENTS will also be per-
| fcCtcl by Mr.. Clarke to make close connections
with all tho Southern lines, especially those
| leading to Texas and Mexico, TO facilitate the
business OF Chicago and thu Northwest with
those sections Of tho country.
THE GRAND TRUNKS TROUBLES.
| 4 general strike on the Grand Trunk Rail-
way is predicted. The trainmcn struck n
short timo ago, and 1t is now believed that
within few days tho engineers Wilt ntso strike,
| unless some compromise Is effected between
the Brotherhood Of Locomotive Engineers md
tho railroad officials. It is pretty well under
stood that tho Grand Trunk officials have pre-
pared Themselves to meet any emergency nris.
Ing from strtkc'by tho engineers Of their road.
| They haye, rs one prccaution ngainst tho stop
page Of trains, should tho cngtnes be vacated by
the engtncers. ua1o . request upon the
''h to Lave Il The '1 tsalns 't from g. JOHNS rum sa,,
through the Victoria Bridge to Montreal.
The engineers are dissatisfied Occause . number
Of men have recently been discharged who had
always bccu considered Trustworthy, md they
claim tllat these discharges haya been made for
the sole purposu Of inauGIratlng determined
efforts upon the pnrt Of several iealing ralroada
OF tho country to break up tho Brotherhood Of
Mr., Joseph l[ckson, the General Manager Of
the Grand 'rrunk Railway, sends to TIE TR1B-
USE tho following general order which hc has
Issued In regard to tho dfscont!nuaucc Of large
number Of trains on Ills roads
In consequence Of the g,eat depression In trado
and the falling otl in the company'f bualncsa, It
has bsen determined to disfont!nn!c a e.! largo num'
sTtN rAucf}nu WILL fQf / Ahlo to rail-.