, 1881-10-24
Visit to Chicago Of the Magnates
of the Pennsylvania
Road.
What Mr., Caldwell Has to Say
About the War Waged by
Vanderbilt.
Donblc.Track Lnying Operations by tho
Michigan Southern mud Rock
Islnnd.
Railroad Extensions IN Iowa-Sleeping-
Car Experiences Of Traveller
ia France.

THE PENNSYLVANIA atAOSATEs.
Must ut tho ut'setr3 NlNt Directors Uf tlio
Pennsylvania lsailrond Company who nr.
rived here yesterday ,.l0rItnE III their nil
nnal tour Of inspection over their cntnpany's
llucs spent tho day very nnictly. THEY went
to church iii the morning, md during tim
afternoon tl,ey remained III their r0otl,s ut
the t;raut Pacific ltu.ci, where they welc
visited by friends IND acdualntal,ccs. Ui,-
like most Western rlilroa,tlicn they dt ilOt
caro to Talk huslness oil Sunday; still 1t
'fHtM'SE representative prevailed npon Mr.
Caldwell, General Manager Of the l'cnnsyl-
ynMia Company, Tan llalnlle, and Fantnlla
ltoails tn desecrate Sunday to tlat extent: as
iU Gi1tnge III q sllnrt conversations, regarding
tho nbiscts of tho trip aud uther ratroutt
tuplrs. ..........
Their annual tour ri inspection, tho sonttl VI
Directors having tOtGll Nil ntliultnt Of nluney
fur. tlIts PURPOSE, and they were trying tO
make the best llse they could Of tl,u atrFt-
priatioiI They. llad found the roatIs Of tl!oir
s"nGaMy, ; ,ttr II @ 1e "St 5 n sXs'Si nntciai G'lq r.
the Dlrecturs. Wrre It not fur Tho Ros( con-
tlttim uf the Pennsylvania Railroad Enl!t-
uAl,y's lines, eXpetlses cDnttl not be- posstbly
nasis ut TUG rrsyntlng low rites lt1 h;;I rsg..II
said TINT his rnadH, were simply meeting Tug
ratus lnate by Vanderbilt. I'lu present
freight rates were much t0o Inv. lnd thD
railroads could pet Just NJ much h'islness at
nlstter nf making an independent advance IN
rates OIL tho Pennsylvania lines l,nd hcoll
TALKED ef, but he dfu not know that any !te.
cIs.ou, had bsell arrived ut, If IMlderhlit's M
Pennylynnia tIgrecd To nnke the ssslne rates
10 PHILADELPHIA and Baltinoro ~ u
New f1rk, the wnr would eoi!tilil!e
fur some time to come, as ule Pennsylvania
III
Philadelphia and Baltimore nte mncl, nearer
~ the principal western points tlnh New
York, ntltl nre tharefnro entitled to d!itGr-
enco ~ rates. Ganfd might Just as well lie,
points 10 st. LtnIs should be thu sa'tle ~ tic
rates to Chicago, ThB situation Wnufd be
precisely the Salne. Chicaxo and isS rail-
roads would AMI could not submit to my
they would consider 1t Il rrcpDsternts anu
unjust demand, and fight as much against It
rs tho PENNSYLVANIA against Vnnderbi'ts
proposition to make tile rates to nll cfstofn
scaboAtlE puluts thu sAnlr.
Tlle, PENNSYLVANIA eXcursloillsts VIII re-
lllain IN. the city until y. III. toaay, when
they will lcaye fur Cleveland via tho Pitts
burg y Fort Wayne.
Directors oi tho Pennsylvania KAliroad III,
rived here last night. Ttu party consists Ut
George 3, Roberts, President; J. n. McCul-
lnugll, William ShMw.. .'rlInluus y. MtssLcr,
f1CE-l'IcSNlElltSf ~ W. AMN4WGllt AscilGlAt
Manager, md tho fullowlug Pl,tlatlepl,lnns,
most Of wllnm are Directors: Wtstail Nor
rIs, Alexander. II. ,Fox. N. Parker Short
rEttc. Henry u. Wpc,, .yolln I'rlcU Wether-
eli, William l.. Etkins. II. N. Houston. ]. n.
DnIarry, Julln i. GresE, John II. nart!tng,
and Tli1nlas Il. kenne1y; ". U. Sutherland
tic i' party, a and il. ". sThomeson, cx-Sscre-
tnry Of tic Nnyy. ntd W. ckcen, OF Tnvre
Ilante, President Of tlle Vallaal'a Line. Tllo
gentlemen NrH ttj III annual tour Of Iu3prU-
md. The h,nin object Of the visit here Is TO
Inquire Into tho fruight blockade In East
St Louis. They palu q. visit to The hitter
III tic Vicinity Of tho Van.laIla terminus,
witt, tue object of purchasing, It possible. 80
us to increase the number of trucks, They
Waited the southern TERMINUS Ut tito East st.
Louis & Caronte!et Railway, to vIpw tile
quarry there. 1t Is thu Intention tO procure
gil tile stolo for balIasting tl'o Vnntlalia Rnatl
purity took Il special train ut East st. Louis
fUr Chicago.