The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-04-11
CLERKS DISCHARGED.

CLERKS DISCHARGED.
WASHINGTON, April IL. A few day
before Mr. Horace Maynard left the port
follo OF the Post Office Department b
made number of appointment to appeas
the hungry ofhce-seekers. and to fulf
promises made during his Senatorial fgh
In tennessee. These appointments in
creased the payroll to such an extent tha
1t largely exceeded the monthly allowanc
OF the appropriation for clerical force
About two weeks ago m.nv "a 9he clerE
appointed by Mr.. Maynard were dis
charged. Yesterday further discharg,
OF twenty cierks,- temporary and perma
nent was. made. to bring the pay roll dow
to such figure that it will be within th,
amount appropriated.
two THOUSAND IMMIGRANTS.
@NEw YORK, Aprif II, Two tfonsanc
two hundred and four immigrants arrived
this morning from the old world; 1872
nearly all Germans and HRngafians, came
on the st eamshipW leland fromf4am burg
and quite number of the same nationali
ties were among the 672 steerage passen
gers of the Furnessia. from Glasgow. The
Wisconsin brought 100 immigrants from
Liverpool. The last were principally Irish.
All were better financially than the usual
run of Irish immigrants. They are. in
common with about so per cent. of the
Germans, bound for the w est. where they
will settle aud become farmers on their
own soil. Three steamships with immi-
grants on board were reported off Sandy
Hook 10 a. N. The Canada. from Havre,
has about six hundred steerage passengers
A large number is probably also on board
the Cunard steamship Scythis. from LIVER
pool.
Superintendent Jackson said this morn
ing that his assistants were at work
until late hour last night registering
the arrivals By yesterdays steamers. and
would have Ito remain at their posts to
night, as the whole arrivals before mid
night would probably aggregate nearly
3 1000 -
AEW YORK STOCKS.
NEW YORK. April I'LL a, M.
Stocks opened dull and speculation has
since continued inactive, and entirely with
out feature of fuctuatien in the general
list beink connned within the range of /
(@ /. The reading is weak aud declined
II. ST. Louis i San Francisco Common
advanced II.
RAILROAD CONSOLIDATION.
NEW YORK, April 1O-At meeting
of the Chamber of Com uerce yesterday,
the report at the Committee on Railroad
was read and adopted.
Tie report concludes with the statement
that great efforts are now being made by
persons now ID the railroad interest to
prove that railroad consolation. with all
its increase of power in the hands of q few
men, is in the interest of commerce. be-
cause it reduces the proportionate expense
Of operating these modern highways, and
constant decline in charges for transporta-
ton is pointed to in confirmation of this
theory, Your committee are, of course,
aware of the greater proportional economy
OF operating large than small establish
ments Of ell kinds. and to this rule railroads
are no exception. We have 10 object
tions to all railroads in the United States
being consolidated into a single system,
provided that system is controlled In the
interest of the public. but SO long as rail-
road managers permit gross favoritism and
against communities and
uals. so long as they seek by stock
watering, and other devices, to obtain from
the public more than reasonable COM
pensation Tor the service rendered, SO long
rs they perpetrate these abuses by obtain
ng control of the legislative, judicial, aud
executive departments OF our government,
ust so long must we esteem the consoll
1iation of railroad power detrimental to all
,Iasses of citizens and perpetual menace
10 public welfare, for it is calculated TO
the wealth of the country.
virtually concentrating the commerce OF
he nation in a few hands and making all
,thers tributaries thereto.