, 1877-10-16
TILE RAILROADS..


ordered that tho city, It's ntll.ers, HCcnts. mil
servants, b. rcrpctltaltr cnJnt,,cd frutn rxccut-
lng any Il IT,. pro1'stoas OF the ordinance
,o; e. De; =, ls!of ,so Sf Interfering n BY ,, yrtne
Il Evantssn iai,roa,l laid IN The streets Of tho
c,tY, ur frou, prosecuting thc Cotnrnny fur In
franging the 1rltnai,rc. The Conpanr Is 10 TO
restrained frotn linking 'n It's tracks from any
uf the STREETS In obedience 10 the onttlanec or
frunl laying any money tn Aatistactfon Of my
penalty.
In tiIe rntlrni, setting nut tho organization III
the road, nul tho various p0wcrs granted to It
l,y t,lsrrtryc oninanfcs Ut tia city. nnh the
tfiml annullng anil repeal nf all the privileges
hg The smcepng ordinance Ut December last.
This INIT ordinance. be claimed. WA void nl,'l
given by tho Legislature, aud of which tic city
could not deprive It.
CHICAGO MANAGERS IN DEMAND.
The position of Uenesal Manager of the
Northern Pacific Railroad las been offered tu
Mr. II. E. Sargent, formerly General Manager
Of the Michigan Central Railroad, and that EeE-
tleman has gone East to accept tho position.
This IL an excellent appointment, as Str. Sar.
gent Is a railroad man OF vast experience AMI
Of Ereat energy. atltl tits appointment shows
that the Directors OF The rt'aA arc determined
to hare man nt tho helm whose stantling md
ability will satisfy the publc that they really
mcaM to push tho road forward TO completion
at IA an carly ,lay as possible. Tic annual
meeting uf the Directors of tlts road was lle1st
1T New FORK On the Aith of Inst uiant|1. when
tho change In the management was dccldcl upon.
1t TINT mcettng report was submitted which
strongly urges that C0ngress bc pcttttonc,l to
pass ,ll extending the tlIne for the compile
tton of tho rua4i to the l'aclfc, ami saow tho
advantages to avruo tt tho country by its con-
struction. a resolution was Adopted That tho
construction Ut the road westward fran Ills
,narck shnuld bo forthwith commenced, and
eastward from the Columbia River Us soon as
The extension Of the Pacific Division from
Tacoma, Washington Turritory, to tho PnyalIup
coal-tlct,ls Is nearly completed. The grading Vi
the cntiro tlirty~one miles Is finished, nl,out
aEc being delivered. The limo will be in operation
ln November.
CHICAGO, WILMINGTON 4EWEsTEnN
The Farmcrs' Loan Il Trust Company yostcr-
day lllcll b!ll In tho United Statcs Circuit
Court agulnst the Chicago, MllllnRton Il Vest
ern Hallway Company, 4. i. Wusncr, Pomcroy
Wells, G.. ". Knox, Samuel Shpman, Douglas
Putnam, ar'l Dnnicl Torpey, to forccloso a
ttnst-1rcd covering all thu prupcrty, real anl
personal. VI the railroad. THIS was giyen Aug.
IL, 1873, to secure l,5UU irst-1noFtCao luutia Tor
$f,UO each, funhlns Thirty years anil bearing
rer gent Interest,". principal and lntercst bel''E
Illrposc was fled lust February byJ. Warner anil
other houti,ul.lcrs, tlley alleging that the CON-
plainnnt in tho present suit hal declined tp
bring suit for iofcelosurc at their rcauest. Thu
Farmers ;soan IL Trust Company, fluwuyer,
tlcntca this, claiming tnt no proper uctianl tIad
bcen lnnle IN II. The Trust Company therefore
ask for tic usual decree Of foreclosure, a. fur
tho appointment Of Receiver.
GOULD AND TIE MICHIGAN GEN.
TRIAL.
When Jay Gould gavo np tho contest for tho
possession OF tho Michigan Central Railroad
several months ago, Tna tribune predicted
that 1t would not end tho tight, but sl,at Mr..
Goutl would renew tho contest ut tho earliest
opportunity. II there Is my tr1ltt, In the fol-
lowing item from tho New furk Laditator, 1t
proves that there was good CAUSE tor that pre-
Ilctton:
morning. lic etorpcd at tho Grand Pacific IuicI.
Chicago. Iaht night. II was raEorcd In tho strect
yesterday that ho ha4 e3usht enoas!, alshlran
tic director. to restEn upon hls return.
Thu correctness Or fulstty Of tlIs sumor must
bcxo1ne apparcnt ln few lays.
CENTRAL. PACIFIC SUIT.
San FRANCISCO, Oct. 15.-In tho suit brought
by tho United States IN receiver from the Gem
tral Pacific lsa!!Eoad Company ) pcr rent Of tho
net earnings Ut tho road from July Is, 1869, In
tcrcst. Judge SAWYER, OF the United Blatca
Circuit Court, tu-lay rendered. decision for
defendant, holding that tho obligation to pay
dtd not luke effect until Oct. |, ls74, when tho
roal WIS finally acaeptcsa by tho Government.
EVANSVILLE s. TENNE IIAUTE.
EVANSVILLE, Ind, Oct. 15--Thc stockhold-
era OF tho Evansville 4. Tcrrc lIaAto Railroad
toalay rc.c1cctcl the old Board Of Directors,
and will doubtless rc-clcct tic oil otffctra. Thu
roal has bccu wull ma1laEcd during ths last
year.
ITEMS,
Tho General Freight Agents Of this roads
lcatlinE from this city to tho East held con-
fereDcu yeaterdav ut tho os1ca OF r. C. Ncl-
drum, Western General Freight Agent Of tho
FuEt Wayne Itailr1ad to consider tic dcstlnblt~
" Ut Increasing thu freight rates to tho East.
The uattrr WA talked aver fur SONS tl,ne, but
for tls sa1nu purpose will be luia In 0 few
tlaYs, and 1t u believed that an alyauce OF fivo
cents will to ai,~ldui upon At the end OF tho
1eck, tn take effect next Monday.
1t u now Ill aseertainci fact that this d.
Eectors Ut tho Boston. tin~ac Tunuct Il Vest
crn 1tailI04a haTa culsAtIlrcti operations Oh
tho pew llae that ID 70 conlleet tho tunnel with
Yirc.Pre4Llcnt ltohnso,,. of ths Troy Il Hos,on
Itailroau, were recently watcl upon by y Cosn-
mittcs Of the new coEpoEAtiou. iur talc purpose
0t akecrtaliinE how mucA Of tho Troy Il l3udtol
line trark woull 10 granted. Tho rcauEt OF tbs
tntEryiax was not wholly satisfactory 70 one
party. Tas Truy Il buston Company desired to
*eal out t1 tbs new corporation thetr entlro roal
iDr soinu Tvs millions of lullars. This PROPOSE
tion was, Of course, 1cclined. When it was
known that iii independent liue cs,ul hs built
run the Massachusetts, state line to Troy lus
*1N,0u
afl. U. L. Conncr, General Ticket and Passen.
ger Agent u the Fall lilser Lnc, was In tho
clty yesterday.
Af. Elpraige L. Hill. Eastern Agent of tue
Chicago, A(tlwsuk y St. r4ul KailfoAd. IL III
the e@iy u Attcnd - the 1narfiaxs Vi friend.
Nt. ]. ". Gary, General Ticket aud Passen-
ern Elll!rosd WAS u ~ here yesterday, offending
to tile Interests Ut hia ruRt.
Ths Chicago, sillwHukss T. st. Paul Railroad
ID so longer discriminating against Chicago, aud
Is taking ii! tue graln thal " offered u tEts city
tn bulk. 1t has mule arrangements With tilr
Unton Elevator for the unloLiiuy VI tbs cars.
.fhe managers sav that but little graiu except
barley Is being Slipped u this city, as the mar
ket Ia Milwaukee Is about lye eents higher.
Ju1vtpX bY Tho large shipments VI Curu-beef