, 1879-05-20

ycat. Iust ,pMt. when tho pool Of tho
trunk HUGS Ind becon1e m established fact,
Wcra Frightening md "a rn!o rnIlwaya wcrn
striving tO maintain rates, nui Ito rcm,lncsa-
tiVd business, Fur Tho paat two Or thrao years
et.ls Wabash Ratlwa5. has accnlcd to b. The dts
The protcctlon Ut railway Interests. and wtlcrs
business colnmor-eentc would scetn to In
tlieato hut all should work for tho cort!-
inot' wshl. whether tito way Was through
i .ta nollry .: ts nannecrs WI. ilelther TO ialn
III any arrangement locking to t1leec cnlfs to
tneitly old in Strengthening any such nndo by
ofllers; llst TO rcacll for all IL euld got, like
ilaEc, than striving for good business ut nay
Turing tho two-,n4l.a-halfi years past tho
rt,ltla t'otween Chtca1u and 81. 1soiis AMI tho
ehfpp'tg ,poIats OH tue Missouri lstvor :haro hal
an organization b. which rates havs been uni.
iormly maintained, not high unough to be bur
ucusome to ahlpnars, bit Sill fatrfy rcn,uncra-
tivS To thcnselyes. The ratc utl 0rntn from
kantas City to Toledo. lstancs Of CSC miles,
flat been 334 cciltB pur hundred, EfyIMg the
roads, after detluctmg bridge tnlls, about u OF
cent per ton pcr mile. TEls rats IL the eano
per f,!!c ny from tho hn,no points to Chicago,
as'l witi' ahc splendid advantages pt'ssesscd BY
the Wabash Hallway for axe delivery at Tole.t6,
rs we'll rs OF the tsteh greater proximity to tho
seahoartl, 1t srems difficult 10 understand how
The element Of Chicago cotnpctltion should be
of much moment, Or why Il should bc 'nadc the
excuse Tor the remarkable showing n,aoe by this
ruad lust ycar.
Making ail duo allowance tur the low summer
rntcs to the sca6oard, 1t looks almost rs II tlle
Wnonsh management hal been cultivattnG the
friendship OF the (irangcrs by doing Its local
traillc nt a pro RITA proportion OF through rates.
lfthls lshfnRe! asnOng railroads would abandon
Its nomadlc hAbtss md settle down 10 business,
co operating With Its nctg1}ors ana connections,
nlt woultl bo bettcr oft, anl the paltry excuse
l1n hiatt
to 10 blalIi1ss nt rAtga below any unc else In
order to SHOW IN inrrense In bus[neas.. x.
ITEMS.
Mr.. j. +. Tucker, General Traffic Manager Of
the Illinois Central Railroad, hns returned from
his Eastern trip, and was 0n duty again ycster.
day.
Tho T,avt'trs', Shippers, and Mai, Guide, orc
Of the most useful publications OF tho kind, has
moved into comfnodous quarters ID the journal
Building.
Col. Robert FORSYTH, General Freight Agent
Of the Chicago d Enstern Illinois, Inns gone to
the Northwest to looEi IN tho interests Of Ills
llno III tllat scctlon. Whether lie means to buy
Up the Milwaukee & st. Paul and the Northcr,
Facltlc a. OH outlet for h1s line Inns not yet erons-
pired. II Ito docs, Vanderbilt will lind tnat he
made mtstake when he purchased The Chicago
y Northwestern, for Col. bob Forsyth means
business.
The St. Paul & Sioux CITY Railroad Company
has made step IN tho right direction hy oi,cy-
street IN ths civ. Tic oiilcc viii b. In charge
of Mr.. ". s. Hall. The leading newspapers ct
Minnesota will be kept OH tlle. utlA u>tro Will
atso hc q book Of registry for visitors. Thls
1e} as On at Tho pa1t 81 tn; ron VII u
itlnE this city place wherc they can cpngru-
cato anst meet each other rs they peruse this To-
cal papers.
The recent lease OF tho North Pennsylyanfa
and M 1fIs pclawuro d Bound Brook Railroads by
tl'c Rcnt'Hg Company IS Of more significance
the Baltimore & Ohin Railroad Company IS ron,
cerncd IN this lease, nl,,i will !erYc great bene.
lt thcrcfron,. The lcasc OF the roads nut only
gtYes the Reading Company IN indcprndent oft-
Ohio also chance to carrs out tts long-conter1-
llatca plan Of becoming independent Of tho
Pennsylvania Railroad Company aud run con-
tln1Dus line from tho West direct to Ncw
York.
A number OF tho officers and Directors OF the
Chicago, Iowa q Nebraska. Cedar Rapids d.
Cttr u Pacific, Maple River, Fremont, EtIsl,orn
Il Missouri Valley, Iowa NatIroatl Land Com.
lAny, Batrtown Lot and Land Company. md
Mo'ngona Coal Company held meeting at the
ntize the blisncas to como befpre tho nnnunl
meetings Of thcsG corporations, u.at they cun bo
transacted with dispatch Ihc annual meetings
Of tlicsc companies which arc all identified with
each other, will DO held al Cc,lAr Hapids, Jn.,
aml Fromont, Neb., In iew days.
Ms. II. +. Sargent, General Manager Of tic
Northern laclIle Rallroad, was In the city yes.
teFt'aY, anl TRIBUNE reporter Ind talk with
tlt1n regarding tue prospects, Of his ruad. lIo
stated tllnt bc had just made contracts for II 900
tons Df stccl and 10,UW tons Of tton rails. Six
tcct, thousand tona of these rails will be- lald
west oi thu Missouri River, orlnglng Tho roal to
the Yellowstone. The remaining 5000 tons wifi
6e 1aId in Washington Territory, cast Of Wo,la
Walla. The crop prospects, HI. Sargent said,
we're excellent. Grain was well up u,itl lookuE,
finely. Stree seeding they had frequent rains,
ms as tllis seasou Of the ycar. Tho business Of