, 1876-01-21
MISCELLANEOUS.

Chicago Il Alton, 1t. 14onis. Kansas City Il
Northern, and st. Joseph Il Council Bluffs Rail-
ropt1e IL bitter pilt for tho Iowa pool limos to
swallow. These Iines consisting OF tho Chicago
burlington Il Quincy, Chicago. Rock 1s1and It
Pacific and Chicago Il Northwestern Railroads,
havo i1ad heretofore exclusive control Of all tie
through business to Council Bluffs and On.aba.
Thny woro virtually rim as ono limo, their oarn"
ingu on All rho busiuets hping put iii q pool and
diyided. That their rhtos to Omaha arc not OF.
tortionatcly high IL mostly attributable to tho
competition BY tho s.. Louis limos. got they
would bo much lower than they arc II thcro was
any competition from this city. Tho st. Joe 4
t'~''rcll Bluffs Toad was tho only road over
! which competing lino to Onaha could
y, established, md tho pool lines anticipating
tho formation Of such route, sooner OF later,
induced its management few yearsngo to enter
into n compact 70 keep out Of Chicago III consld-
| otutlon OF tho other lfnuH konpuE out OF st..
Louis. This contract wns adhered to until last
Saturday twhcu tho St.Joo t. Council Blnra Rail-
road b1oke tho agreement aud joined Tho Chicago
t. Alton aud tho ST. Louis, Kansas City 4 Nortll-
erll in the formation Of tho new limo. OF cou1Ho
gcaflco upon tho head OF tho st. Jo 4 Council
lslu0s Road. They doclaro TINT they will Mt onco
begin 10 compete for tho 81. Lonis business and
inj,lro tho III. Louis roads MI they can. 1t Il,
however, hard to perceive how they eau compete
for that businese, al they do not connect With
| ruals loading to ST.. Louis from Omaha. Tho
ST. Joo i Council Bluffs Ralrond las probably
become aware Of tlo fact and therefore broke
tho agreement.
Tho principal cause for the nctInn OF this road
Ia, however sRid to he OF 4 moro startling ma
turo. 1t is rumorcl that jay. .Gould obtainod
controlling intessst IN tis Ing; ana aa
l. Northern Railroad, 10 will savo half tho
miongo by shipping tho California business oVer
these iincs ard thu Chicago l. Alton than ship
ping urcr tho Iowa pool lines. Ho is also hasa
TO have obtained control OF tho st. Joe { Denrer
| Railroad. which woa1d give she now luo sSo cat.
lcts-at Omaha mud at Kcaruoy, ThcHo ruinots
secm TO be vary plausible. as It ID ucl known
that air. 1on}h hhn tos some tino past tr.ea to
get control OF ono Of tho poul lines. but without
avail. I1e undoubtedly calculates by this action
l,e CIT. not only punish the pool lines, but mny
{naay conarci tho least prosperous among them
10 COMO into tlia opcn arms. This surntBo Is
| stFongthcucd By tho fact that tho Genoral Manu.
ger OF the Union Pacific lsaltoad waA in tho city
last Saturday and participated Ia tho meeting At
which tho ncw limo mas formed.
TIE :issouns. KANs.s TExss.
| The Receiver Of tho Missouri, Eansas Il Texas
| Railroad gives the following statement Of tho
earnings OF hls rosa for tho accond wock in jan
nary: Freight. s.iS, as15D; PASSENGER si4.-
| 953.74; mail, 2,1s3; express, $t.G50; total.
9G1l45,9o; corresponding period last year,
Tho Board OF Trade Committee on DI.crimna-
| lions owing 10 tho absence Of eeyoral important
| witnesses transacted no bnsluesb yesterday.
1 eeYcrat prominent railway officials promised to
testify b,foro tho Committee to.lay mud to-moz-
row.
| 70 th6 Editor ~ Tbs calru4o Tribune:
I EHloAuo, Jan. l8.-Nl:h reBnra to tue charges
for freight Oh the proHone ruals west OF shlb
| city, II they aro exoesHivo why not encourage
| t,t,f1f for hntf hin nf a