, 1877-12-19


Mr. ". X. Ackcrrnan. President OF the ILL.,
nois Central Railroad Company, has inst re-
turned from his extended trip over the New
Orleans line. Mr. Ackernan ststes Tint Tho
buslncss Of the line is continually increasing,
anu h's Company expccA TO d. largo export
business Via New Orleans before long. W
far no arrangement has i,ccn made With any
particular steamship company, hut lie is cnnli-
dent that some line or other will soot, find It
profitable to make regular trips. At present
there are seversl independent steamers md a
number Of vessels running between New Orleans
nnd European ports, and all o! ,llcfn nrc doing
good business. The Illinois Central Railroad
Company canhot establish, a Steamboat line In
which It has IN interest, and must teaye It tp
hutsida parties to establtsh line. AL the Co1i-
pany eau DO is to tai.e the freight to New
Orleans, to which pnint it proposes to charge
suct. low rates rs will enable steamers to rou,-
pete with tile lines running between the East
crn aea-ports and Europe.
An eliort is being Inadc By some Of the
Southern aud Southeastern railroads 10 open a
tralu between thu Northwest and tho Wcst India
lsiands., a lane u steatncrs Inns just been cs-
tAbllshcdt connecting Savannah with Cuba, tho
tnats to tcafe Cuta every two weeks. Thu
rates on flUur lrn,n Savannah to Cul,a will ,,c
60 centa barrel. and 30 cents per 1U pounds on
fourth class. The. frst i,oat will leave sayan.
AAA AcGt AZ uFHh kuS ktkEuLI0H OIL tue
sh'ppers Of the Northwest 10 The business pos.
ttbililics In this direction, ARRANGEMENTS have
tccn perfected 10 tbnt frclghts eau be Slipped
ifonl Chicago and st. Louis direct to Cuba.
The roads which have taken the Initiative in
this movement are tho Central OF Georgia. and
the Nashvi!lc & ChattanooRs.
Tic heavy raius of tho last few days have
placed the country roads In such horrible cunslt-
ttOn that no freight can b. hnuleh to tue dcEast,
aad Ia consequence the railroads arc suffering
n In sft l.
fonds afc Greatly alarmed lest this SOFT weather
should continue throughout the winter, aud
titus upset. their calculation for large and
profitable buetuees which they anttcthate in nc-
tnunt Of tho big crops which blcsscdthe farmers
thts season. Ihu managers Of tin Western
roalS look at this condition OF things moro
c0olfv. as they will get tic business even after
tue 0pcnlnK ct navigation.
Several or the tnaAnGcTs Of the EhfeaRN roads
interested In the lfvcatogk business left for tho
East yesterday TO take part III the Managers
meeting, to be held tn New FORK m the 10Th Of
this month. Hopes arc now exprcs.cd that the
evcner-1rrangetlont, which hns cngcnlercl 80
much opposition Iii commercial c'rclca through
out the Wcst, will come to grief and that some
other and iuorc acceptable arrangement will bc
adopted III place t1Iefcuf.
The scalpcrs have not been troubled during
tho last two days, and It * hardly probable that
they will be unit! aftcr The meeting Of the t;cn-
crat Ticket and Passenger Agtn.s' Association
Of Chicago, which comes OF today. Arrange.
n,cnts fur more effective prosecution Of tho
scHIpera Will be nlatte ut that time, when thcy
may look out for more stormy times thnu tbcy
have had during the last two weeks.