, 1876-09-20
THE RAILROADS.
Some Additional Gossip About the
long.contemplated Lake.
Front Depot.
Will the Baltimore & Ohio Join the
Northwestern, or Stay with tho
Illinois Ccntrai7
The Canada Southern Fighting
the Eastern Pool on Live
Stock Rates.


TIE LAKE-rRoNT DEPOT.
No one cea deny that tho Lake-Front Is tho
nroner p1ace for ula railroads to come into tic
city, There arc no strrcts to crosa, and tho
lives of neople arc not continually endangered
b7 moving trains. Yet, owing To tho short
sirttencss Of nr city authorities there Is co1'-
siderable danger TINT most OF the roats now
coming in that way will ho driven TO seek a'l
entrance elsewhere because they cantiot secure
sufficient depot md yard room. 1t ts now two
ycays since tic Baltinlore & Ohio 1iailrnad
camc into this city, but up to tho prcscnt tfn1c
It has hcon unable to sccurc depot accomnotla-
ttous, When Tie managers Of the road decided
to enter the city by the Lako-Front, they wore
to1crub)y certain that tho city would sell 10 tic
md Aiad!son strcrts for the purpose 0f having
n grand union depot erected thereon. Tho I'LL
uois Central Ratlroad had agreed to let # lave
tie use Of It's present tcmnufary depot uutll
that time. tut tho Illinois Central WIS unable
to carry out its agreement hceauae tic Michigan
Central Iiatiroad, which is putt owner Of thc
present depot, objected to tho arrangement,
cIaimlnE TINT tho dcpot was too crowded, unl
erected, and t!ls Baltimore s. Ohio was left out
In tho cold. BY lcnalDg the Mechanical Dcpart-
inent Of tho Exposition Building at an cxorbl-
tAnt rate, tilt roau SeEllTCu temporary uEpot,
but every fall when tho Exposition, confinement
It was turned out, and had to get
along the hest it could. Last SUM
,ncs tlc lllinois Central and baltimore q
Ohio Railroads. mado another effort to llase tho
for depot, offering ss00, ,0Uo for the sumo. This
Is considered o very high price, especially since
real eatato III this city lias greatly dcprccintcd.
The two roals intended to build without dclny
a grand depot, and let such roads Us choose to
In Htf tim f}Pt fX atfI1 In
hands Of the Council Committee, who aro fight
Ing over tecEinlea1Ittes, antt tile roads To not
know what TO do for ample depot aceotn,noda-
tLons. In this dilemma tho Dalttnloro y OHIO
servo its interests bottcr by leaving tho Lake
Frunt, entering. the city OH thu West
Side, and building d depot in conju1,e-
tton with tug NorthwcstsIn Railroad, either
thu corner Of Wells md Knzic strccts on tho
North Side. The Baltimore s. Ohio Railroad
CAr e1slly mako tlle change without building
more than a few miles Of ruad. There Is q ruad
junction with tho Chlcagof Rock Island y l'acIlc
kaIEroal, between Dluc Island and Englewood.
This ia the transfer road, and IL at prcseMt uscl
BY the Rock Island Road for South Chicago
branch, There will be- NO difficulty !n SECURING
this ltnc at ycry low ratc, as It's protectors and
owners would be glad to got rid Of II. From tho
junction of tue Rock Island Kuad tho Trunsfcr
Company l'as Tue right o. way to s the Nort ,l,
ss'rn W. s car 10 shGR R aaa ahs IL .bo eua aco
From Ills point the Baltimore 4 Ohio can colno
tn over tue Iowa Division Of the Northwestern
Railroad. Dir. W. G. Quincy, General Manager
" the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Will be IN the
rss 1 soaay "a for thr p1gpGSG , Of dGssaaf Gsn Mn @
road, anxious to keep tho Baltimore d Ohio on
tho Luke frunt, as 'ind considerable correspond
once lately with the lnalaagcrs Of tho Michigan
Central Railroad, witt, view. of getting their
lat RnS% r. In
comforts OF tho she'd wllicll Is Of present used
by tho Lake-Front roals ns depot. Mr.. Sloan,
tho Prcsiaentot the Michigan Central, las mt last
giycnhi consent, and Mr. Quincy will heInformctl
the Illinois Central Isalroad, that Ills roaa can
colne Into the depot II It wants to. What hIr.
Quincy Hlll do under these circumstances Is d
matter Of conjecture. but 1t ls probnble that be
awhile longer, and 90 II Tue city authorities
VIII not co1ne to their sunses IN the meantime.
LII this event the Baltimore l. Ohio trains will
arrive ut and dcpart from tic Central Depot af-
ter this week, iusteaa of 1rou the foot Of Mon
roc street. One thing, however, is quite cer:
tain, mud that Is, II the railroads do not get
tho ground Oh Which to build largc and
cnnlsnollous depot very soo',, probably oil of
tue Toatia now entering there, EXCEPT thu I'LL.
nois Central, viii moyo to the West Side aud
join In tho erection OF lcputs there. The I'LL.
nus Central will then haya all the ground II
wnlits tu build new depot on the PRESENT site
and tile city eatl Eell tho two blocks wanted "
thu railroads to circuscs and baseball clubs
which now occupy It must Of tho time anyway
II tile two blocks are aold to the railroad co1n'
panfcs, then all tic ronls entering there now
Enthusiastically lola in tile crectior Ut gras,d
union depot, witch will not only be an orna
mell and credit to tho city, hut will greatly
unl.ancc the value Of The now deprecated
real cstatc in tlat ncghborhooll. Besides
tho Illinois Central Railroad cot,tulnpatcs max
ing connection with the new. Northwestern
depot On Wells street, by building ratlruat
hritlgu uer,ss tic river below Rush street bridge
This Cb1npany WIS empowered IN 1857 to bull,
such n atrilctnFe, and there IA nothing In thu
way Ut It's erection. The managers vi til.
Illinois Central state tint they will hayo Il
build this bridge ultimately any way, for soone
Dr Inter tho Illinois CcntrAl will have to build
road on tho N0rth Sh.u to make direct con
ucrtton with tlio main line running througl
Nurtirrn Iowa Us fur ns Sioux City. AZ prascn
the roau uses tic Burlington IL Qulucy ant
Chicago T. Iowa Roads to make connections Will
Its Iowa lIile.