, 1876-01-15
Annual Report of tho Illinois
Commissioners.
Their Recommendations About Rail-
road Control and tho O., 3,
q q, Suit,
Their Statistical Tables Put Into Com.
prellcnstblo Form.
Tho Board Of Trndo Committoc.
THE ILLINOIS RAILROAD COMMISSION.
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TWItH ANHuAL HEFDHEs
6rtetaI ptspatch u Tia Chieaa3 Tribune.
f'rniNoEiELp. ILL.,. Jan. 1i.-Tha Board Of
Railroad and Warehouse Commissioners aro still
engaged upon thoir ANNUAL report to tho Go.otn-
or. and as thoy were sono wooSs ago reported to
Aayo completed their task within oao pnyo, aud
thoro does not At present seem to DO any pros
nocs oil tho!r completing TINT page, THg Tntnuu z
correspondent has doomed It duo tho public to
mako report in advanco for them. Tho forth
conllns report Of tho uoard wlIl, liko its preio-
cohsors, contain, frat, mp'apocch, OF tho
views OF lfcssrs. pcarnon, brown, nud
Steele, upon tlso zaiisoad prob,em,-
problem t1,nt fnlu solution to thoul
III tho form Of fat salary of 80, 500 year oa:h
SECOND, republication Of tho opinion Of The
Slate Sup-smo Conrtiu tho Chicago. Burlington 4
Qh!ncy case. which wls months nzo published In
TuE TRrhusE; third. tho annual reports 10 tho
Commissioners by Tho several limos Of railroads
doing business Iu tho State, by tho gracious por-
mission Of thoss Commissioners; aud. lastly, Bsv-
oral acres Of tabies complied at enormous Ct
ponse, and with great trial to tho brain tissues
OF tho Honorable ths Commissioners tho 6ccse-
ta.y, lilo First Cteris. Mclaughlin, tho African
porter. and tho exporter.
A8 To the 1tngr rAHT
OF tho report, Messss. poarsou, Brown, and
Stccle will. OF course. clucidato their vaws ii
lsngsh. They will say Tint thoy boievo Ia Tho
law, Of eoutso they do; Il proysles for their
tho WardH OF tho qovornor, who has been sov-
oral Times urged BY his most intimate personal
mud party fElcnds to allow tho members Of tho
noasd % undsreake thelr own guardianship.
Thoy vii! toll OF tha vRss number OF aults fn4tl-
tnted b7 tlon. whom slogla ono would liayo
sulltcod to tent tho points at taaue, but will
hardly add that thcy have yet to gain for tho
Law aud tho pgobiom Of State control Of railways.
a fb1rbf tA1Sii via
Will scarcely call attention to tho fact that
tho Suprotne Court-ln its docision In tho
g.. D. !! @. csno-has. BID thom try
II all over ngain thus virtually told thin Ttlunl-
big foes. too-its frequent iannsR. on f1es
pa,sca. over tho stato to consult counsel, and 10
bcsceoh soine one 70 take caro- Of tue ltattrnad
BoaTd; ttA frequent sesB.ouH II the Grnnd Pa
tn tino. its expenditure Of want sums Of the poo-
plou Eluney,-haa al been In win, except to DOM
onstrato Its Official stupidity and inospacitr to
grasp tho situation, or. fn fact, to grasp aur-
Thia part Of tho report MIN DO ror,ow Of the
axnauotlog labors Of the Dosrd, and Ia, tho1o-
foro, Of l!ttlo consequences.
TIE SECOND TofHT-
the publication Of tho Supreme Court opinion
will bo Interesting to tho Intelligent juror who
nuvar read9 1 newspaper. Tho annual roporte
ot tho railroad lioeB arc substantially thoao a.
Eoady mada to their DIRECTORS. and published At
theif own e1pep6e. inBtaAd Of UNDER thp super
vision ot Tho Board 8. tlse S!ntn'a o1ponao.
THE LABT POINT
is the acrcB OF tables, and, with no desire to de-
tract from tho clerical work of months IN pre-
pairing The aan1e under tue supervision of tho
Board. yonr correspondent supplies syuopsiu--
the work Of iorty mlnutoa ot trrupsration-nos un-
dor such supervision. Indeed, tho Commissioners
will themselves draw much information from
thoao IEureB ~ they road them in The TRIBUNE.
and got from tho sumo source tho first IntIn,n-
tiou OF their very lakortous work of tic past
year In lGnrtng 20 much,
This lnte1catiug part tpf tho report of rail-
roads IN Illinois, thon, h summarized NJ lol-
lows, compnrison with tho report OF last year
being addsd:
THE TAELrt.