, 1880-12-14
THE RAILROADS.
Notable Decrease in the Earnings
of Western Lines.
Goultl's Capture Of Another Tex
nll Through Route.
The Freight Blockade at the Rock
Island Bridge.
Reported salo Of the Iron Mountain Road
to tue Gould Syndicate.

Tho pHrrnEs OF most OF tho Western rpnss nro
beginning tu fall ulf ,lutnhy. Thu catlses for
thin nro twofold. III tho rst pInce tho West.
ert roats c,not work IL tlsutr full catncty lust
now on ncct,stnt OF tho frcfRht-Ulocka!cs uxlst-
Ing on tnost Ut tho Eastern lines: md, In tito
second place. tho blsslncss this time lust yenr
wis unusually hcnvY. md consequently tho
carnitHa very lnrKe. In spite Of tho clatn,s
tnalc thut tl,orv arc immense amounts Of
frtlKtt awaiting transportation til tho country,
tho facts nrU tlAt*horo Ia not rs mitch rrcightin
the interior ns toro WIN ut this tImu inst year,
nnd grcat fcAr Is manifested I'll rnilroad circles
tint business during tho remainder Of
tho winter will bo light. The intoilsely
cold wonther thus fnr this winter and
tho smhlt amount OF an0w covering thu
ground hive oreAtGtl m nlartn thnt tho wlntor
whent might bo ktIletl by fr,st, md tho crops
next ycar tie greatly diminished, II not prove MI
entire failure. should tl,cro bc II fulluso Of
crops next year tho consequences to some ot tho
rolte would prove very serious, especially those
that dus!ng tho prosperous times or tie lust two
yc,lrs hltvu satl,tlrl themselves with number Of
unproiltnb1u brrl1letcs Ind acquisitions, an nlsO
those which hive wMtesed tl.otr stock In nnttcl-
pntlon TINT tho heavy cart,t',gs OF tho pst year
or two would continue to keep up. There nso
st!ll sos.1o Western s,nls That havo hnd schemes
for watering tholr stock u,sor consideration for
some tt,ne rust, but tho fattiy.osr II, eArnipRs
fately nus cHt,sel tho managers to hesitate,
5 ft i IS ., not tno,y ~ rys sy Vii ,sips yo,,tr e1Tt m
present ..to!! tho a2Irtios ex}orin'oHt OF Ntl!s.
!ns nw.or" t. .l'er stosk !eslass they aT
public sinr fsf,tl cso antagu1,istic teElsatsos,
by tho various slnte Legislatures n1lt Longres.,
nEd they do not euro Just INV to STIR tho slutn.
over tho cs,Intry inso renewed tianle ttint might
c.lsu grcnt Envno ttrog tliu fslllroas and s,ll-
Wcstosn % rels wuh still sh"S In IN thoir weekly
eAt,llnHa lMrgG lnurgase t'yer tho earnings OF
te pr9sealng }ear: i,ut the !g''rcs DO nSt ex. *
sssseu'ss,s ''' ire 5';sj:s,sd '4 ths easasss
a. % INV ~ %Aca1!ssst1ons nude ,.;s:, snGo
hat bo ns9sso sa 1o'f has nfxS Gssu n es
wt,ilo Iii faot thru as bren au actunl fulinE-u1f
~ cnrnnys. Fur I9Htance. tho Wnh9sh COLI
!nKs avery week. hit no mention u tlu1l9 Of tho
Faet TINT tho mllraRe 'of tho rold ut tho sarno
ts a @ss vs. ysr Sc m sisr S VIII Il ;, til sia"s 's o
earnit,ga OF THO WMbas 'natn linz showa falling.
oil OF trom sntuN to *iopt9 y week. THUS 1t
lntnts Of grosa earnings inring tho past nix
!ionths wure oxIectGa to {lss dividends Of Or
~ e9 Gc s 1 y S r oo 70 20 or pc1
! dividend or from to per cont hnyo to pHss
| ilyl,,esitaa nltognthcE.
sueh ro'rls sniy that havs sa.i'i!oi the,'sslrss @
with unpro',thbp acG4ts!tions .!l!rlng tho iast
si fasa. III that so i ways oa ,''g oo ss Siisoss
sections Of ooas'try TIC cnieas" / xitai,, tor
inis tho I,at yunr, uni everybody will admit tsnt
II lsn wull lnt cansnrvhtiyely managed rnntl,
will! terIlin at thrGU great rnilrtHld ccttres,
holds ln tho West, which hulp to onargo It's
rov9nues. fot tfa statement for tho hrst weok
erxs aud s gcss 10 u1ove bnt
tic luuroasu on other roa.Is ia Btill moro
aorfat,s. Tho IncrcHR1 1T esrtifnxs oil this rotfl
fur tho fourth week In November over tho cor
responding week last yrnr amounted to only
*lO1s1l. md for tno trst week in H. necot!ilnr tao
ago tho waokly iinoroasu In oarnings by ti,is
rtmd varied betwpcn f;u.0OI and $l0,0N: Tho
1ctreMBe IL ent1ruly On nceOint nt freight traffic
Tho uMrt,ing1 of tho Alton for tho tErAt wu1k IT,
Dccembor. 1850 wore *l4n, G.1p; sanlo tinto 1871
f144i27.sl; increhsu. 81! .1Mas'.
frutn Jun. L. lH3, to Tcc. I, tito HrOAs earnings
by tho ruati wcro 81, 0 llgniast <a 81,
| IllcrcAsp, 81, ,lsss7, ,7lD.s1.