, 1877-09-10
RAILROADS


RAILROADS IN Mo2 & O.
The United States Ministq- Nc1lco has
transmitted to the Department Of State M In
tcrcsting. report ulon tho railroads Of THAI
country, from which It appears tha, thore Is hut
one railroad Of any extent In Me1tcn-thas
which runs from Vera Cruz to tho City Of Mex.
Ico, with branch connecting the hitter plare
With rucba, ~ miles, and another branch run
nnx from near vera Cruz To Jaiapa, eixts-one
nlics. All other roads In The Valley Of Mexico
aggregate less than hfty miles. The concession
for the building Of this road was transferred
from natEsc hands to an English company In
Isis, up to Which time only the SURVEYS had
been t,,aae. and BY this :ofnpany Il ras COM
plstel IN 1853. The principal Office of the COM
pany Is In London. The foal Ia managed By
Board Of ten, elected by tho shareholders. T1lo
eo@tof the construction VI TIC road Is general
lied II follows:
General shares ..::.'.....".........s 81 G5' 1Se M
G0fcrHmeht ahnrt6..,....4.. ....... 3. GEI. IN
Privileged 'hate. nrst ssued, sper cent ~ :M
fSsSns Ssasa fsJsl isasbtdnss,s nss bonds sou
II u. tend. @ Pc. ~ $780, 5,sS, ~
Special Indebtedness. 1,oIU. Hn
Total. 81. 7o:, III
Tue nial earnings Of tl,e roa.1 during the
year lSfi cxceadcd &a,0u,tU0, while thr wnFt-
Inv expenses fur tie same pvrIul wero ouy
fractlo,, over s1.s0D,0u The number OF uas-
scnEcEs currictl oyer thu road for the year tpcg-
tfErd wns 4f5,Af!, the fares Ai1louutillE t. fJi-
50. The freight atn1untc.i u l1s5ti tuus:
l'assenKrr ratcs from Vera Cruz to tl,c City OF
Mexyu, .I ln,lck, first cllte, SIG: sceunl tlaTs,
| 5l9.5U; tllird class. t7.25, Freight Fatca per
ton ovct the same route: Foreign goois, first
c!ask, *;u.Ui; native guu!s, e>o.U3; foreign
guuis, heco!d .lars. slsl1 Is; natiye goods, scc-
0,,d e!ass, s.ss,.iu: foreign goeIs. tllifd clSs,
| 4j4.:s.: uattsr g'"xls. thlt,i class, $21.lU.
Fifteen lrr cent Vi thu clrt tons dues was set
apart yearly to PSF the subsidy duo tho Conl-
| punt TN the completion vi tho fnad, but tAa
Guyesu,neEs- In lieu OF this las agreed 10 ply
| 8:aD,0u1 Jrnr'y fur twcut Y-tlyc years. In conse-
Yucs.ee of the stsep Rralcs On this roul. henry
English eug,ncs hayo heretofore been used
tacrro,,, but Ut present the American Baldw!n
engines nFc btin:, successfully tntrtducc.l aud
'AmcrttAn Gata arc also supetsedtng thc Engllsh
| tAakc.
out Mcxeo. a,l the subject Of cssEecss!uas tor
their construction will, II is supposed, be Lead
| lug topic 1t The lHxt Acas1un Of Congress. Tnu
capital for their construction 1nu.t co,nc froto
nbroad 10 large extent.
| ITEMS.
It Is announced that the Chicago, Rock Island
& 1,:ciac Railroad Company has cumplrtca 4
negotiation for thu sale to d syndicato repre-
sentc'i BY Dzexc1, Morgan d Co., an.l WlnsIow,
Lanicr && Co., Of New York, Of the remaining
s.Au0, 900 Of It's new pcr ccut loan. In cot.so-
Qucucc of this ARRANGEMENT, tho outstanding
r ceut bonds viii be called in anu paiu of Jun.
| l. 1878, at 1N.
This IL. Louis Oh. claims that Sir. !. C. Nc
| ALullin, Grpcral superintendent OF tbs Chicago
| d. AtNH Railroad. has bcen restored to health,
after atng for SOME tlmc by the purc air Of st.
Louis. NJ. McAilillin Is vcry Indignant about
thi. misrepresentation Of txcts. Ile says 1t ID
the pure air OF bridgeport that lid the Job.
Wli[o he admits that vt, Louis pure ulr Is good,
ne wishes 1t 10 bc undeFstool that the pure atf
Of Bridgeport is almost ss good, aud nearcr
hOtnt.
TIC last number Of the Kdaray Age Appears
in 4 new drcas, anu enlarged to tHcuty.fnul
pages, ot which fifteen arc reading tnatttr. TIT
Iiailaa1y Ayt Is now not only the hanuson,cst
but also i4o lasgcst railway journal In ttai'
country anu in punt Of ability l. "a good as ta*
best This paper las, 10 1sa short e1lstcn =,
achieved suuras Of which tho publishers mai
| Mn1t bp f,tnd.