, 1880-11-30

tnt 1t II stae n:rHrl routthns l'ccn discovered
by why Of Ashnfist. NIT! party IF engineers mrc
now turveyinH n rntiiH yln As!llulnl. Should the
lntttr ru1tn provo fcisf!sfc. tho ncw ffnl'l+witl
tlo,l,tirs. r,n ~ TINT hcuutifut summer rcsHrt.
TlIs following ,!uw rufinGls wrre fully chn.
stritttal IN Wisconsin during l3%l: Chicngb L
Tur,nh tint,, completed fron strru at,d tr,s-haf
miles south ut Wen,dman Cooley. eight miles,
narrow gtinvu; Surih WfetsJrlsflI, frnH II tHlnt
ELK miles torh u! flr,lnIto Lake t1 Ling Lake.
ff'ysfuilr miles: Wisconsin, Centr'l. srtltn Ato-
nasha Junctnr IL Appleton, Two nii'! nt'c.half
miles, afsd I,,,tn AL!t,t.fnrl to chippewa Falls.
tifty-iour miles: Milwaukee. i.ake. ahorn &
WESTERN, from eleven and fnrty-sx hnntrc'!ths
miles south u 1EsHtnnvi!Io to Oshkosh. tot, ns'i
%t icp 'rx";' III t, r n,, w"ns ,,,on thtt,yf"r E, m
Antwn. .!cs'n autl t,n.hu1iirefl:tl+, intlrs:
t;atlan S"rttwr4,ern. fr''n .lu,n'nillrccit!vcF.
+ m.r t s.:nx; 's ;hr !'y. M; ps.ih %t.,: st,:
u!.,' iorty.iye ,i,n.irsli imlI".; nu froii .nn.s-
GbI:nxs. il. i'nai: si sisai,;'is M SMni,n. !he
,,,rb: md ,x 5 ! I.,re a;n ;,r two 1;"l !wty:s' Z
r"n. f.v'al JHut*yIl':: 70 lseoA. st'r,t:tn md
t,.Ig,'1y. four hnnr!r. illus .nil,.s. and rrna
?nnsrribs ntlt:s. The Fotrl III t.ac @ r,,i,.y i
!h'r iiarrt'w-uling. :xttin!e'! In!rltinr mile:
itl"nk !sisrr. fr.,n Alet run, y Mi'sslc. th'r.
teen ltNl sixty -ht.irrtltsa miles. The rails
M w!ttE nntl will 10 laId By Chrl..nAt. Total
,n'nt"rot 1,te:of stand. r.Msr.. W :s.l'hI;
imls ,n:aEc ior lsS 1ay | b" iarrray",i m s tistc
~ further sSicna'un Of tho new linz west nr
,xsru,in, slonlI tla weutiier l'r!ra favorable.
The chtGus.. Milwaukee & Vt. fhltl will hnycfeil
II,cs Of trrk west nf NnnsM rttir ftlr tIle iron
bnFnrc Ja !, an,l, sa,,,'ld THO wrathnr hc favor.
,': TN. my r. irsl l arnx tte 9 pr,ss1t :, :t
10 until stnne ti.nr latcf. Tho wisen.stn Cen.
.rAl IL aso contemplating extet,d'nK !ts llnn
Eultth frun PtlrtIlEu tn Duke III III curly date
but this tlts not rs yet btcn fully resolved ulDn
THE FREIGHT BLOCKADE.
Tho scMrclty Of cRrs md tho consequent
freight lltockntg Mt t!tnrlr all tho point4 EIst
ind West still continues. The rsA,ls nrc uHing
n1i their energy md skill tn hit tho btocku'in
tr,t1 get things nEaln Into fair running Urslur.
hut It Is uphill work owing to tic innbtlsty ot
te trunk lines IL cxircntc themselves from tho
distractions MI ltIunE their routls. Grpnt fAnit
<e Icing f6ltHd with tho inHItare1neNts Ut these
rtahs for nllussinx themselves to bs swA1nprt
with business ut Il time whuEI. with an ortlInlry
nns'nlnt VI foresight md Judgment, tney might
huvn been Mll9 III tMkc eAIG Of nj! the traao thut
offered.
Tile indianapolis Journal in speaking Of this
matser m!tss TIC following sc,,s'e!s rstnar.s:
Cent rnl. tho tlat!Mlnrc L Uhlu. an'l utller vnAt
trunk lines tNtyp bern olockcd with ours that
Tilu statement hlls been tnMtle that enrs nr.,
ttGlr hut tito .nst!n cstac OF tue trouble ~ thnt
these rtl!l!s have 1,ut sufficient locomotives 70
haul tho ours rrtlmItly. which, If tinte, ttprt.
.iuts!d ilIell c cars cl,ti.1fl. Tle detention nf
tfluHy C,trs IT, nf cHllrse ttie c:tsse vt scarcity
sln tlr Western r1M1s. tut tic HTxt t.lIsu. tho
fnu;!snttnn Gf the while trouble, II tic tAct thut
tho trunk lEncs have nut sufficient locor1otyl.s
AL tho ener1irs nf the 1fA,lnK rnt!rsnll lanE-
,mtts scrt1I. ntlI undoubtedly IRE, !te!l>R irnt 10
make IL gothl Showing nt earnings. Accnllntt.
Gun bs s,rr. nsn being nrrai,Yed suna s0 shtIw
EARNINGS US largo ~ possible. mil tho wholn
Il! torsins up., thu, prices Of the aioclts
l'ccoinlnx dangerously ulIIcsl with 'vhat zho,.s,
10 and Nlist lu sriGt1tc business far 1t to hu
DUNG VII, sAttstnction asli lnstIea to tho bisi.
1ess Interests nt t1le t0t tHtrE-tll9 management
tt tho rhilr'MH!a 1t eAn le tjlniny seen That rho
fAln( tendency Of running tho rhiIrm'ls 1T ts,e
country for Ytock speculative Inri,nkcs III tho
MlnrtI1!llX fMc hut fur weeksit Ii possible fur
tho raiIs Of such Il Et1.tt T4IlrtIAtl ,ts itle New
fHrk Lutiirn with Its fntir tracks. III IL Hln.ns:
useless far Freight purposes trnln tho West to
tho l:nat, ow,nK 10 q InctNstn cnuse1 by tho
ttA.l mt hItiiiH sufficient lIatfnnttyctl AeAu-
while. whit Is heard NJ ,nUst? Why, rHtuurs Of
stok dividend Ut silrli nn.f Hch rlirtatl, If
inercnaMl enrHIngs Of ill. of gra.t rive fl the
stock IT tho Dther. nf,l If iinulensa ncKutin.
tinns fur tho fuuI.ds nE ntltsthGr. And nIl this
while tho rall1Jnl tnl!ngerH arc showing tho!r
!ncAunGty to innings their rOAtfs liccts+fuIty
ty inastng freight promptly and sa:,stlcs"r!ly
til every Wny. Everything II being tlalle fur tho
stuck, but nothing for tho business Of tho ruutls,