, 1877-08-18
Why the Roads Are Unable to De.
clare Dividends.
Their Earnings Eaten Up by Rebates,
Fast Freight Lines, Etc.
Mr.. Garrett Gives Some Facts Regards
ing tlle Baltimore l. Ohio.
The Live Stock Trouble--Ohscking the
Cutting Of Freight Rates,

of view, a TRIBUNE reporter yesterday 1hsin-
uated himself into tho gool ETaees ot proml-
ncnt raroad official, whose Office IL in Chicago,
ant, sucroc,,c,l in holding a 1rnethr conycrsa.
t,o., ..,,h H., a,tJ ,,n. ar ~ ontv c,,r..n,
.'on WV" mn. s"su ~. .,t..'... ~" es
To give my opinion With tho dsstinet understand
tnt that nY naEno nntl tho road With Which nm
connected shall not be mentioned. Aud, Tou
,s.,.t rorn,,,,,or ,h,t w,,nt ,,,v ear ~ M,
viii havc a general md no. a special bearing,
or, in other words. will concern railroad busi-
ness generally, md no road in particular" !.
uSupposo you refer first To Tho busincss out
,oor y .uc~c..ot, tfc ro,or,cr
iepn ;.ss s,,,. ,a' =. Sne,a.,. .,,, ,,t.,.
that tho railroads ecnterinR hero will this fall
and winter do an immense freight business. but
mato .,t1t vcry !tt}o money nt,oyc their current
nxnor.ns n"s Ifn,y IL, 7 occo,n, for thai, Wo1,
tho proposition is plain to railroad men. All
tho roads running from tho East, tho
great trunk lines, aro unfortunately l,arncssct
Tit, too many su,.llncs, with which ttcy arc
compclied W contract 10 enaso taelt casn'ngs'
BY sub-iinca refer to the lines known as tho
"Globe,r HHluc," "Anchor," -Unseu,"
.Na,ioual Dispatch," and a whole grEst Of
49,. -. .,,r,a-,,,. =. III .ox.,o,ns - y,,.sr
asAcss no nun.e.ou5 10 1 teaIa.ss =, wv.
Ausos desil-isn. Will fcicF 10 1hcee lines NJ
some other point. As to tho outlook for our
roads, think wo shall do large busincss. Tie
nh tJ75n ftf re
mand coming mp from tho East and from Eu-
rope,-iho latter demand having been mug
mented by tho partial failure Of tue corn, wheat
terranca,t.Nw1ii @ flnd rcajy and paving markets
nj huston New York. Philadelphia, DaitIu,ore,
nni hundred otfcr no!nts. anil Ills rrain viii
p"vc - Ia I'd rid ri nr"],ahic flt.I,r fnr thc
+ feyr thnt thrrc win be Init litt1c nrni.
il .iIri,ln u,,ires Tho trunk lines raise thu
im.W a,,a arniy and M,aestlv atila bv tho
st, i, ,1usu ill., nrrnt.c., s.nniy "Is ts "o"'o ''S"
fe'' ~ rsr.r,s,Et, ~ r.rr.' p:rtsc n.7p.
not tpu hf..I,. nor loo ioy,
'1. !" l i,ut wu,iII the cotunautcs ob,dc nv INV
T"1a'.xn ma man .' e"o"'4 ''''"e
Mllcs.. % ~ liz r,b thu r,c ,,on ,v,c,, wo
hive 81, .,icn sn,it. If wo cnuia Do nwav w% viii
ts b,st,,uss. nnal outcr n;s |onor.
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ti".lo.n ' ,1iyt,c,, trtcr ~"ar ~ rai.,cn Il.
;inI, u,.,c.s ard T., f.w vsors mn =. LIE
IN 10 ',' bur y'nsMc ,t What astonisbcs nc. md % hit
.nt, - ,s.sn,pcs 49,, T s,';e
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serG oJ nS Eo .b ha'ef os n a
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rai1aay ai1s;1" 1n.t thInt ~ sarryn. tn m ~
hounds of corn c]oar from Council BlItYs %
T. pot&tuuA for kfn nr ~ fhn so+., ~
10 t nnr ,.',r;,re ~ ,rI c , y ,h ~
nMmbcr ' af roai. Which IL" haya T 10 .harc ~ In o
,n,,nt vo st,,,,t har1v n,iovs :, nni sn9 sat
q T"c, that tSat an1,r. III s",',t ~ trvsts
nxncnar. mi rermtt. n ~ crnrcdjnWiv .m.I1
nro;, rhis ~ n,,., ~ thc re.,ts ot ~: ,,,rnst
rti XII 1'Icn - on ~ ,rbe iss :" Io!,, 1e.-
ttntn u a,;s '.rh ~ ~ "s' LUZ 6'o"u 's's
''*ih " q'"', ~ nue1 nan.7r an sxarru
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tb.m al ' :, '''' ss'''o'' Nn' ''o'' 'e''n' u
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"cea1iy need sJ not rtye ro 70 io ,lcliva
tion Of tho word; besaaao - use you andersiand ilat.
4 's nncy p,t Of tho tnrssa nset @ "a crcat r
~ .,ssy 20 gnsy v III, ,rst.t' n .n pL'
!, ~ Il tc y o.ns ~ s
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9s " ~ ~ a.tsat oS y H. an aSea ~
W 'ha tSo n H. rahate otnu H. y ga
sas ~ IT, sis.,aaa s assr sas !aaEgr
hnn.c. so cuisc istn rt., ttar y s.st wapcsao Ms
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shia, Ser,2s, an.f IL nat.s .hne r. s;ts,s,, 81 m,
ns,e ntss,ean Ient1.at' atta ..aka Snofa = htetiigan
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