, 1879-05-16
JOLIET.

8pectas Dts1,ateh to Ths 7ftbnnA
JOLIET, ILL.,, May 15.-1he amount of business
done on tho Joliet Cut.OH Branch Of the Michi-
gan Central Railroad has always been goud, but
mover bettcr than during the past season, the
detnand for grain cars having bcen greater than
the supply. In tho following table will bs found
tile uumbcr Of cars of grain shipped over this
lluc for tho three months ending May |, 1870, as
compared With tue same period fot 1878:
1B7a No. carsl 1870. No, cars,
Aptll.". ' ..... i, iii Apiii.".... .".4,Ss7
Tota,... .......9, o2a Total.... ...... 0, a:t2
1ncFeahe in 1879. .................. y, 200
Fur somo time the officials Of different rail-
roads leading East from Chicago hare been
working to secure connection with joliet, !u
order that they might obtain part Of t!io large
amount OF freight now shlppcd from this place.
THEY nro aware 1lnt as soon as VII have another
E4tern connection this busuess Will Increase,
und that both tlte Michigan Central md tue ueT
road will have all tho business they can pu.sl~
bly, handle. Last wock a Commission,
et pronl!nsnt Joliet citizens VISITED t,
oaT M s.r. cfna. y s dram, a4 nE sons5Fsa a sa,, * H.
Charles ,, Peck, the Receiver ,ot tue Port
11uruu, Chicago s. Lake. Michigan Road; Mr.. F.
A. Howe. Western Agent for the Graut Trunk
Road; Mr. Dc Foe, President Of tfse Fisat Ma
uo,,al Bank, Valparaiso, Ind, arrived here anl
thoroughly discussed the prelerl Of building
tho Joliet e. Valparaiso Bhort-f.tnc with tu p(li
ours nIld Directors OF the proposed road. Tie
results of thu conference wore very sat!stactofY.
utl tho early completion ot tho new line ia con-
s!dercd almost a certainty.
THE MADISON STREET DEPOT.
1t ts understood that the principal object Of
the presunt yisitot MIR. J. N. Mccullough, Vice.
President OF tho Pennsylvania Company. Is to
! take another step towards the erection Of new
| Union Depot at thu west end Of Madison street
| bridge, There was conference al tho pennsyl-
vania Company's ofllce botwccn tho officials OF
| the Pennsylvania Road, the Chicago d. Alton.
md The Chicago, Milwaukee s. St. Paul, and Il
ia understood that plnns for thr now depot were
presented bv Mr.. alatapur, Chief Engineer, of
ts""''T%ao' S."a e rse:ea eea's, q s Sut ssna SSt
sumcd that The action was favorable, from
the fact that Mr.. Mccullough said lie was no
longer fayorttu OF tho rats That iutcst the de-
pot, u1tl l,ey were down on lll,n ike binzcs.
The t1ua Of having The Northwestern sllate IN
tile erection Of thu new depot has been entirely
abandoned. ~ tho PcBnsylvaniR will unirr to
circumstances abandon their fEe!gnt-1cppts bo-
Northwestern would not joln unlasa they wore
torn dawn. There are l,opes expressed by the
parties now using Tho West Side tlepot TINT the
Chicago, Burlington Il Quincy may ultimately
|
| the hlnd!son Strcut un[on Depot. But whoter
this road ioips Or not, the three roads now en-
| ternE there nre determined to hayu new mil
respectable depot withuut much further dufar.
ATCtIIsON, TOP "a d SANTA FE.
ST. LOUIS, May 15.-A Topeka, Kas., dispatch
snys: At the annual meeting Of tic stoclshold-
ors to tue Atchtsou, Topeka & Santa Fc Ratlroad
Company, III this city. to-day, the following
Board ot Directors was elected: Thomas Nicker-
sou, Joseph Nickcrson, Alden sueart D. P.
Cheycy, ]. 8. Burr, Charles ". Fierce: Gcorge
7. s,,attuck, CD. ralEe, George A. 0arlner,
Boston: y. a. Kent. Chicago; L. scvsrY u. +.
3tringtclIow, c. X. Halliday, Kansas
AT subsequent meeting of tho. Board.
Thomas N!skerson was elected President, w
f. Wilder Secretary nNl Treasurer, Topeka,
kas.; Guoscu L. t:6utlwju Assistant Hotretary
u,ld Treasurer, Boston. Actsoll wns tnken by
the Board regarding ltc immediate exclusion ol
tic ine, Of Importance u tic peop1o of The
Western Stntes md Territories, which will bc
announced III duo time.