, 1881-03-13
ers, and, 11r. Gorllan stated yesterday, had
not yet talked Of leaving the Company.

| not yet talked of leaving the Company.
| ITEMS.
! 1t is estimated that the consumption Of
rails for 1881 will be a35,000 tons for new
roads and $50, 900 tons for the renewal OF old
roads.
General Ticket and Passenger Agent F. r.
Myers, OF the Fort Wayne, did not return
from New York yesterday, as expected, but
will arrive to-day.
Mr.. Marcellus Hopkins has been appointed
Assistant-Superintendent Of the Gaiena
Division Of the Northwestern Road, the ap-
pointment to take effect Tomorrow.
The railroad officials who returned from
Springfield yesterday, where they had gone
as witnesses before the Warehouse 1nvesti-
eating Committee, complained bitterly that
they had been forced to waste so much time
from business. waiting two or three days be-
fore being called upon to testify.
Last week the towboat Oakland, Of the St.
Louis Il New Orleans Transportation Com
punY. left st. Louis with the largest ship
ment of grain ever made from st. Louis. 1t
consisted of 263,0o0 bushels Of corn and co.
coo bushels of wheat. and was contained III
eight barges. Which Is pretty fair for a
small town.
Among the hardest worked men in railroad
service, as a usual thing, are the attorneys
general, and their duties are yearly beconl-
ing more and more laborious,, as railroad
with important cases than IN years past; and,
instead OF going outside and employing legal
talent at cost Of 5000. possibly 81, 1000, OIL
some single case, they turn the matter ell
tireiy into the hands Of the attorney gener-
al Of the road. The salaries vary from 81, 600
to SIC, 600 year, but 1t is much less expense
to the railroad companies to employ All able
lawyer for such a position than to pay the
enormous legal fees which outside talent
often demands
Agent Of the Northern Pacific Road, was III
Chicago yesterday OH u brief visit. It is ex-
pected that unusual progress will be- made
in the coming season in demonstration of the
Northern Pacific. The Company is well
supplied with money and are linking extern
work of construction. Rails to the amount
of over 5000 tons have been purchased,
10, 900 tons Of which are steel, to be delivered
OH the line during the summer. There has
also been purchased. for the Use of the CON-
pleted road, thirty-two locomotives and 1750
additional freight cars. 1t is now promised
that the road will be opened from GleMdlve,
up the Yellowstone River, to Miles City, a
distance of 700 miles, in July of this year.
: Illinois is not the only State that has a Leg
islature endeayoring to regulate passenger
fares. Tile Massachusetts, Legislature has
before it such bill, Tie points Of which are:
First, no railroad corporation whose road ex-
ceeds five miles III length shall charge or re-
ceive exceeding three cents per passenger
per mile; second, no railroad corporation
whose road exceeds ten miles in length, and
that has paid an annual dividend of i per
cent OF more. and less than per cent for the
past two years upon its capital stock, shall
charge OF receive more than two and one-lalf
cents per passenger per mile; third, ITO rail
road corporation whose road exceeds ten
miles in length, and TINT has paid ILL annual
dividend Of per cent or more Tor the past
two years upon its capital stock, shall charge
per mile. Fifty dollars is the penalty flxesl
for each oHense where the law is not COM
piled with.
It is very aggrayating to st. Louis man
to pass by the immense works .Of the Pull
man Palace Car Company near Chicago, with
and attractive houses that have sprung up i'll
the prairie as il BY magic. lie cannot fail to
be impressed with the extent OF the works.
the size of the magnificent buildings, and
the arrangements. so carefully made for the
health Of the employees: 1t is, in fact, large
town, all built up where'a year ago was only
a broad field of vacant ground. What dis
pleases the St. Louis spectator Is the thought
that his city might have had these works it
and liberal. But 10, the old fogies who
owned the required land asked double price
for 1t IS soon as it was suspected that the
Pullman Company wanted it, and we lost the
plum. Selfshness is IN effectual damper to
mg either for Others or fur the city in which
they live, that city is pretty sure not to grow.
This is the reason St Louis has been out
stripped by Chicago. II the foolkiler. was
people would sutfcr.-T2nil,Udy Register.
4 few years ago member had introduced
III State Legislature Il bill concerning rail
roads. exceedingly harsh and oppressive in