Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 7, 1873, Page 3

CHICAGO TO ST. PAUL. Chicago, Milwaukeo & St Panl Railway. The Mistory of A Great Cor- poration. Its Growth and Present Cohs > - dition. P fiienge and Earnings---Management and Future Prospeots. Tho Milwaukeo & St. Paul Ratlway had a vory small begiuning. Its origin was in tho plodding days when Honry Dodgo was Torrltorinl Gov- ernor of Wisconsin, Ouo of his lnst offloial ncta was to approvo tho chartor of tho Lako Miohigan & Misslseippl Railrond Company. Its incorporators could not docido upon ils wostorn torminus untll tho yoar fol- lowing, when thoy concluded that Casavillo, on tho Missigsippl, would bo = good plnco to put in the bumpors, Their ontorprise startod a rival, which Grat proposod to run from Milwaukeo to Prairioville, in Waukesha County, thon longthoned out to Madison, and, in 1860, strotchod, in caleulation, to the Misstesippf, and was protentiounly styled tho Milwaukeo & Mis- slesippl Railroad Company, Thoso wora ‘WISCONSIN'S 'IONEER ATTEMPIS, ond wore nothing more. Still they woro tho modest bogiuning of tho now far-extonding Milwaukes & St. Paul Raflway., But with the prosent grand result tho projectora of tho little stub lino to Waulicsha aro not to bo credited, Thelr most onlarged {des did not tako in St. Poul. Tho Mississippl bounded their am- bition. Xow to got to it was s posor, And how they . oventually did, tho victime Ized farmors along tho routo hava partioular in- torest in tolling. A hard knot of politiolana controlled tho Biato whon Willinm A. Baretow govornod it, from 1851 to 1864, They wero doubly corrupt. It was their wont to soll out at & modorate price to the first biddor, thon surrondor :o o sccond party at # considorablo ndvance, Thoy afliiated with tho original railiond clique, _Among thom wore Byron Kilbourno, Moses Kneoland, Edwin I Goodrich and othors, who to the doluded farm: eors of Bouthorn Wisconsin hecamo *'to momory doar" by the significant uppolation of *! BANSTOW AND TIE FORTY TIIEVIS," An influontinl fow belongod to tho “{)n\ g band ;" and affecting storios aro yet roleted hiow Doacon Clinton ussombled -the confldin, farmors, lod the solomn way to tho ‘‘meotin' housos,” took fervent parl in the esorcisos, and, undor {he aubduing influence of kindred dovo- tion, secured mortgagos of tho best farms in ox- change for utock of tho projected railronds to LaCrosse and Prairfo du Chicn, Whellier tho special incidonts are slightly fictitious or not, the buying \T tho bonds of the Company at a time whon a littlo of the “r-ady* went o long vy inunpopularstock, Similarcautious **donla gavo them 1lmauomon of tho LaCrosso Ilond; and, lr’vlug ho snmo gamo on tho Prairle du Chion, whon Myora and Bponcer controlled the rond, those worthion woro onablod to rotiro & fow lundred thousands bottor oft aftor the famoun “ comor” which jumped its stock from far bo- low par to 270, Dgfln this momorablo epoch, E. II. Goodrich mannged the LaCOrosss Rond in a way poculintly his own., Io ran it and tho ~ bauk to- othor. Tho Inttor onmo out ahead always. IS ad tho lnsido tracl, thus: Tho rond was sald to bo doing lnnln% husinoss, and, from out its doploted tronsury, tho omployos wore compon- sntod in sorip. Thls tho officors bought in, and - tho bank discountod at 15 or 20 por cont of iin faco valuo, _— 1IN TITI8 DIIVEL 0 Company wonthered along until 1865, m_tho 1y summor of which year tho chiof officors wirned Divieion Suporintondent Atking not to buy up any August serlp, becauso tho Compan; conld not pay tho Intercab on its bonds, on would hnve fogo into bankeuptey. Upon tho ova of the threatoned day of disnstor, Aloxander Mitcholl camo to tho front nud prom- ised _rolief. Russoll - Sago, tho Now York President, could proouro no more monoy. Raduced to bc;fiu.ry tho Dircotora tendered tho Prosidonay to Mr. - Mitehell, whose nccoptanco was condifionsd upon 8. 8, Morrill's consenting . to manngo the road; for, though knowing wel how to-conduct n_bank uccossfully, ho fngely admitted that ho Jnow nothing about running o railrond. Still, {f Morrill would assumo tho mnnn&nmunt Mr. Mitcholl nfirced uot only to provide for tho intereat due, but would also put on new rolling atock, and- plnce tlio rond in good - running order, Accompanying thin offor wau tho tondor of a handsomo oalary. Morrill was in o quandavy, Anguy Smith, the Milwaukeo eolova- tor kh\F, Dbad just eppointed hins Gonoral Maua- gor of the Winoun & St. Pefer Iinilrond, ot n salary of $5,000; and, golng tlhero ovor tho hend of Su{mriutundm\L Nowoll (yow Prosidont of tho- Illinols Contral), tho latter iudignantly resignod. Ttacolving tho bettor offer, the porploxed B. 8. AL telographed Augus Bmith, then in Now York, asking to bo relensed from his cngngement, which ‘was denlod him, Nevertholoss Dr. Morrill assumod tho manngement ho hos over sinco 80 succossfuily rotninod. > COMING FROM MINNESOTA, he know of tho immonsmablo quantitics of -wheat thero awaiting transportation. Up to his accossion, tho Milwaukeo & St. Paul cara hnd been runnlnfi cmpty. Quiotly ho wont to worlk and mrangod for enormous’ whoat shipments. The nssuranco he gavo was lnconio: “Boud on the wheat, and, whon sottle up, I will make iho rates satisfactory.” It camo in such con- tinuous volumo as had nover before boon wit~ neasod; and, in the fow_remnining months of ‘tho year, the road earnod more than during all tho Trcccdln portion, Tho oxhibit was most gratifying. Prior to thiis, tho Jeadors in tho now movomont+ had obtained ihe charier of the Milwaulkeo & 8t. Paul Xailway Company, under which title tho ocorporation has sinco beon carried on. Encournged by suceos, “wi (‘nlully bought up & mejori’s of tho doprecinted Prairio du Chien Rnitroad _stock, nud, securing _coritrol at tho oloction of 1868, morged it ‘with tho Mil- waulkeo & St. Paul Company. About tho samo timo thoy cast o Jonging eye upon the Winons & Bt. Petor Railroad, but f i WILLIAM I, OGDEN, ovor on tho nlert, chanced to bo plancing fo: tively in the samo dircction. The ro mainly owned by the Barnoys, of Na An engngement with thom to dlecus tho toru rosult is o ruinous fact. Farmers who woroprou- pering slowly, but surely, canght tho manie for Tailronds. Tho running of o lino through or adjacnt to tholr forme thoy iuno- contly” lmagined would give thom n ‘short cut"™ to abundaut “woalth, Tho roceoding, moroover, bad tho snnction of Iny. o thoy truatfully mortgaged -thoir farms to build tho roads. Never wera fond oxpoctations moro bittorly dienppointed. Aftor years of sick- ening shilly-shailying policy, the farmors woro ivon tho roads in oxchiango for thoir farma, or the law had boen ralentlossly executed ; and scoros of toiling mou, who, coming to Winconsin . when it twas o wildorness, had made thelr pm‘(iculm‘ eections * hloa- som ag tho rose,” wore dospoiled of tholr homestoads and reduced to beggary. They had givon first morlingca in oxchango for stock of the Milwaukeo & LaCOrosse end the Milwaukea & Prairio du Ohien Railrords; and os the oxports " mado no_lonest effort to build the ronds, but coolly dispozed of the mortgagos in New * York, tho victimized fmmors, ro- celving no rotwrn {korefor, woro sold out of * houso aud homo. Wisconsin's history rerents no_darkor, moro unredeoming chaptor. pon the Xurpetrn(um of tho shameless fraud puraes loud and bitter, for many years, wore heaped ; ood, amid ill-supprossor dotestation, o rondss strugglod into o precarionn exiatence, Deantimo, littlo' stub lines had boon running— Into debt. Upon oho of them—Irom Milwaukeo to Waulkesha—Conductor 8, 8, Morrill collected tickots o satisfactorily, that, oftor doing liko gervico on the Watertown road, ho was promoted to tho'manngemont of tho combined ronds that, for the lnst half o dozon years, ho has eo cbly and succossfully operated. 4 IN TIE DABKEST TERIOD— sbout 1860—Aicxander Mitohell first camo in sight a8 o railrond “head-light.” In conjunoe tion with Hans Orocker and Byron Kilbourn, ho soourod o chartor to constrnot & road from * forty Milwaukco through Portagoe Cit to LaCrosse. . Nothing muchg was 2 done- upon it at tho timo; but, years _after- ward, It come Into vory opportuno play. 1IN 1652 tho project. was rovived by i, Lrenting. of & charter to tho LaCrosso & Milwaukoo Railroad Company. Tho Govornor, Loonard J, Farwoll, Edward H. Goodrich, and Lovi Blossom wera smong the incorporators, Two yoars’ lifo gave it strougth enough to take in ‘tho Milwaukes, Ton du Lac & Greon Day Railrosd Compeny, and tho Logislaturo was so ploased with the process that encouraging authority was promptly. given %u{h fim‘LnlCmnn ‘?nd the Mlllllmukca & iloricon ompanies to purchase or swallow any. cowmpan, ‘éifllgl their ca) _:\clly.bb\l\'l&cran on ;}\g Lz\(‘rrxx‘mng lompany spee obbled up the Milwaukeo & ‘Watertown nalm{nfi Uumpnnx;. THOESE INITIATORY STEPS woro all of dnto prior- to 1838, which yoar is somewhat memorabls, bocause, in its Qctobor month, the first through train from Milwnukeo entar:% LnC;?fixlzs. To this E:Iuryrim the admir- ers of Byron oUrne 8a) avo his onargics, fortuno, and lifo, I S Tor a time Col. Goodrich ran the rosd. Boon, howover, o split ensued, right in tho middlo, Hogtilo factions controllod the onst and wost onds. Evontuslly their dispute went into tho courts, and a galo was ordercd. This the man- sgors of tho Ponneylvania Railroad thought waa a splendld opportuuity to scours the Miliwaulkeo, or east ond, at a bargain. For it thoy sacrificod 400,000, Jay Cooke was ono of thom.. Emli- nent qunl talont sesured them the title would be portectly olear, during whicl procecdings the western end peoplo took advantage of tho char- ter granted the year bofore, and built a road fresa Portage City, through Watortown, into Mil- waukeo, bofore fho enslern end men got their gca opon. This turned tho tablos upon tho lattor, and loft them in the lurch with o stub lino, Then Ponnsylvania, Jay Cooke & Co., squirmed badly, and begged. Tor a roturn of tho $400,000. But thoy never saw the snug sum in all ita rounded fullness again. Aftor muoh pleading and co\mter‘plcn&lug, & compromise was_olfectod, by which the Ponnsylvanis Raile road osmflod tolorably woll, but minug the lncra- tive northwostern counection thoy aimed at s~ curing. _THE PLAY WAS SIARP, but unprofitable, oxcept to a few of the winners, Finally, tho cry for justico impelled tho Togis- lature totako tho patt of tho aggrieved farmers sgaingt tho railroad intorest. With this morciful intont, a law was enacted in 1861 appropriating cortain Iands embraced in the old L.aCrosi Come pony's grant, to the roliot of tho Bufforing mort- gagors; and, threo yoars lator, anotlhier Iaw ro- 11uu'efl the Company to sob apart 12 por cont of its aonuoal gross eamrnings to form a einking fund “out of which to reimburso tho sufferers, ~The- formor measure did yleld imrtlal roliof,—in somo onses G0 per cont,—Dbut ho othor was dofeated by the munagers claim- ing that tho ronds did not pay expenues, ‘Lhis doplorable condition resulted” in tho Court de- claring tho roads bankrupt, and placing thom {n the hands of Rocoivers. In which move tho politioal influengo 8o long potent came again Into succossful play in soourl “81 tho appointmont of Belah Clinmborlain us Reccivor of the LaCrosse, aud Iuns Crockor, of tho Horicon Rond. I waa virtually a rcinstatemont of tho former regime, sanctioned by lnw. Chamberlaln was o contractor, who acoumuleted some surplus cssh I Oblo, which ho invostod $0 guch axcollont ad= vantago in rallronds across Wiscoustu, that, for toveral yoars past, his roturno hnvo shown him toho a millionairo. ITe built tho LaCrosse and :.otuw Méfinnutn ronds with considerable profit 8 LCRaokzR nip EVEN mrTEN, . omewhiat fumous as a lawyer, he bad ingra- tintod himsolf into ralirond fyvar by bia niocen: ful ploading—n spocinlty that Lo since omnod him tho distinction of laLbylst-sxtraordluacy to tho Milwaukeo & Bt. Paul Ruilway, 'Tho firat year of Lis Recotvorship was a Iml{lul one, 'Tho fn:ut Northwost brought forth most abundantly, liohly tho ocarnings poured in, and wore quicte ly dopositad in AlexanderMitohell's bank, whorg- upon the sagacious Beotchman usod the funds in of sale was mndo for noon of a certain Alunday, Learing of which on the Baturday preceding, the ontorprising Wm. B. made o similor appoint- ment for two lours oarlier, took tho aftornoon raln for tho metropolis, arrived on Monday #.m., and closed tho bargain for the North- wostorn Company nearly an hour boforo tho St., Paul people found they were *‘sold.” This’ trousfor carried with it the LaCrosse, Trem- cleru & Proscoit Rollrond,—80 miles, from Winonn Juncticn to Winona,—over which the Bt. Pnul Compouy hins since regularly paid toll to tho Northwestern Compnny for the priviloge of running through traina botweon Milwaukeo and 8t, Paul, Xt wao to avoid this tributo that tho St. Paul Company so strenuonsly lahored, during tho recont #ossion of the Wisconsin Logialature, to securo o chango of THE BRIDGE LOCATION AT LA CROSSE. Tho Government Engincors fixed. the location within tho clty "limite. The ‘Bt: Paul Toad wonted it four miles north, With o bridgo nt tholr desired point, connection would to mado on tho west bank of tho Mississippi with their River Roed, giving them an unbroken route through to &t. Paul, : ‘The old rivalrics e0 gratifled tho citizons of Wiscongin_tlat their roprosentative Solons de- crced, in 1809, that neither Company should Ienso, oporato, or purchaso any portion of tho ailway of the othor, nor becime interested in their rospeotive stocks. Not that logislativo on- actments wora mnocded to perpatunta the jeal- ousion, for tho googrephy of tlio lines had made them natural rivals. Every advantageous move made by ono was bittorly opposod or chockmated by tho other. Whon the Northwestern Company ondonvored to securo the shore line to Milwau- keo, an injanction and obstacles innumorable -| wore interposed ; sud, nmot until Mr. Mitchell Liad recelved Northwestern influonco in tho pas~ engo of o partloular measuro at Madison was the lease allowed to be consummated, - HESIY KEEP'S DEATH gnve Alexandor Mitohell the doublo Presidency, ro tem, That ho did not expoct to retnin the oublo chargo wat avidonced by his nover paesing over tho Northwostorn Road, 88 custom pre- scribos on accoseion to powor. " During his fon- ure of- office, howover, an unsuccossfnl attempt to.work tho lines in harmony was made. When ho stepped out, on Mr. Tracy’s incoming, tho contest was remewoed with Increasing vigor. Hitherto tho two linos had jointly constituted tho through routo from Chicago to St. Paul. ‘Tho Northwostern began to perfect its connec- tion with the West Wisconsin Railway, This effoctod, tha Chicago would bo indepondent of tho Milwaulkeo Road. The uu‘l& gflsufl:fllt}' forcod a like policy upon the 8t. Paul Company 3 henco tha conatruction of their oxtension fothis city—one rosult of which has boch tho prefix of A &Alcnga" to tho 8t. Paul Company's now im- Jmposiug name. IANNED OF BEQURING NEW LINES. ‘The Prosidont, Vico-President, and & scloct . fow of the Dircctors constituto a construction company. ' Thelrapproved methad is, to con- struct o now railrond, and sell it to the Milwau~ kee & 8t. Paul ‘Tailrond Company at an advanco ‘vpon cost. This ia the share bondholders ave riviloged to bave in all new enterpriscs, In s woy tho Hon. Aloxander Mitchell, Dresi- \dout; Tussoll Bago, Vico-Prosident; Relal Chamberlain, N. A. Cowdry, and Fred P. Jamos, | Diractors, huve individually made o great deul of monoy out of a road whose stockholders are g stranfiorn to tho sight of n respectable dividond, In this way tho 85 miles hotweon Milwaukeo and Chiongo woro constructed by the Wisconsin Union Railrond Compavy, to be handed ovor to the Milwaukeo & &b, Paul Railroad Company at' :an appreciable advarce upon cost, though the oxtraordinary tightuess of the monay markot lnst fall and wintor proveated thom from muking auy - largo profit on the job. Thus the_ construction comproy is found to work moroe ndvmugnnnsly - than the railway. This is the * Credit Mobilier " mothod of building railwaya ; aud, in one shape or anothor, is the common method of modern ‘nilwoy cobstruction, Eovoral of the IRANOL ROADS .axo oporatod by loaso, purchingo, or contract, For tho twenty milds of raad connecting Ripon with Oshkosh, o rental of 85 por cont of the gross earnings is paid, For tho Hustings & Dakota Railrond, now ran- ning from Hastings, Minn,, to Carver, Minn,, forty-olght miles, and projected twonty-soven milos boyond, o rontal i pnid of €1,600 por milo per aunum of finished rond. * ho last jmportaut purchaso included tho at- itractive * River Ro betweon LaCroecent, opposite LaOrosse, and St. Paul—a distanco of 1180 milos, Tho prico was £500,000 eterling, pay- able in London in tho year 1002, at 7 per cont interest. Ot tlio £4,000,000 cnrltnl atoolt of the Westorn +Unlon Railrond, the Milwaukeo & St. Paul Com- {::lnry own moro than 81,000,000 jmjpre than ono- i thus securing control of tho 20036 miles of rond ownod by that non-dividend paying compa-~ it y'l'ho lines mmcd’ lonsed, and oporated by tho Milwaukeo & 8t. Faul Company nro thus' enu- morated 2 vEY LINES IN OPERATION AND GWHED, Milwaulea to Pratrio % Miltan to Monroo, bt BleGregor to B 213 londota to Miunospolls [ Conaver to Decorals, 10 Calmar to Algoms, . 123 Austin to Mason Gily... i llwaukioo to LaCroso, .., 106 Watertown: to Mndison. ... a7 Mwaukeo to Tortago o Morioon to Morsin sud 5 TaOreacent to 8t, Itilwaukee to Chicago, - ! Total mtles owned, . < <t MAILIOADS OPERATED AND CONTHOLLED, Tipon to Oshkoel Madison 10 Portage. natiugs o Carver, Weatern Union I, 1. ", 1 Totalmilesowned arid operated,, {Until tho rocent completion of §ie st Elroy. |:by ango, thin vask syutom of railway was oxehalvoly tributary Lo Milwauloo, With ‘that olty fts iu- {orauts wora clowcly {dentical, It was, cemon- tlally, n homo Institution, And, though the mont upon which thiy Croser fed, that it hnd [rown o girnnt, would not bear invostigation, of nto yoars it hind contributed #o matorially to tho Frowth of Milwnulco, that everything olse was ot ulght of In tho gldinour of shbsequont grent- nous, Thoir viow of tho mattor was mtriliingly #eon In tho land-grant skirmish, which mude thio Wisconsin Leglslaturo momorable; The rival Northwestorn way ntigmatized na n ¥ foroign corporation,” while tha Milwaukeo & 8t. Peul wad extolled nu tho only road that fosterad Liomo intorests; ‘also, that ‘It annually ‘contributed 8140,000 to tho Blato Tronsry,—moro that sl ather ronds combined, ‘Thote” argumonts woro potent with o local logiaintion, and decided the Quostion in favor of tho 8t Panl Company, TI BTING OF DEFEAT wan not o keonly folt by tho Northwestorn Com- pany's lobby, hecruse of countorbalanoing vic- torios on o lorgor wcale. Tmmediately nftor tho dun!qu vote, ity roprosontative mon thus pee inccosted Hang Crockier and John W, Onry, tho hoad-lobbyists of tho Milwaukeo & Bt Paul Company : “In any Innd-grabbing, thieving, rascally schiome, wo nolnowledge you can Leat us; bub When you como down to n fair, honost, mauly i,"fllnl)‘ Iof ‘old slodge,’ wo can clean you out any imo, -t And it was go, for, ot ono sitting, tholr chara ‘plon *old sledger " hud taken ovor 860 out of their pockets In &5 driblots ; and even whon the ‘yoteran John 0, Uault camo and took a hand in, «Lho " Bago of Meguaungo” oventunlly came out aliead. : 2 WIAT THE LAND GRANY IMPOSES. Tho bostowal of thiy variously-estimated land grant mposos on the 8t. Panl Company numor~ ous obligations. Thoir clnim to it was that tho old Milyaukeo & LaCrosso Iinilrond was built sixty-one miles—from Lortago City to Tomah— on the original land-grant rosorvation, Within tho presont year, !.lm{ are roquired to construct sixty milea of rallrond on stho survoyed © llno - belweon ' Lnke Bt. Oroix, Lako Suporior, nbont 340 miloa. Thoy nlso ngrood to oxtond thelr Monroo brangh to Bhullsburg, Wis., across the Minoral Point Rail- road, with tho ultimato intontion of striking tho Missisippi ot or ncor Dubuque. But the win- ning eard wag their proposition to build a rail~ rond from somo pointy on tho Mississippi River bolow Lake Popin by way of Durand or Mondo~ vin and Ean Claire to Chippown Falls and Mo- nomoneo, Wis., o distanco.of about 90 miles, thus fornishing ovor 100 milos of railroad moro than roquired by .the original Land Grant act. Alrendy “thoy have agents locklnf ovor tho round, eppraising it, and within sixty dnys of 1o posango of tho bill, they must filo their nce coptatico of tho %mut, togothor with security for tho buildingof tho rond, or aubmit to o forfeite ura, At prosont tho mattor ia in beyanco, nnd robably not wuntil nenr tho expiration of tho dmo, will it bo decided whether or no the road slall bo built. 3 CONDITION OF TIHE LOAD. Tho Milwaulco & 8t. Paul Railroad wos nover ronowned for ity superb condition, The por- tions botweon, Chicago and Milwaukeo and La Crosao aud St. Paul, howover, aro good. During Inat yoar nbout 7,000 tons of rorolled iron woro put in tmclri but the ties and substructure are dofectivo, To placo tho rond in unoxceptionsblo order wonld require sbout 0 por cont of now fron nnd. traok material, The bridges and cul- vorts aro in exceilont condition, having becu well kept up. Tho rond from fflc(}mgur up through Minnesots to 8t. Paul is very choaply huilt, and hns nover given iudicntion of pay! { {ho intorost upon its cost. The rolling-stock o! the lino'is ‘admirably ¢ maintained, and the machineand enr shops avo in oxcollont condi- tion. Tho Prairjo du Chicn and thoe LaCrosse linos run through o thickly-settled, populous country, commauding an oxecllent local business and contributing very materially to tho growth of Milwnukeo. TIE EARNINGS of the 1,121 miles of tho Milwnukes & St. Peul roporly vary from $400 to 5800 por milo, accord- ng to the businoss-offored, When it Is romem- bored that the Lrio, Leke Shore and othor Enst- orn lisfos teldom fall below 1,400 or 81,500 por milo, it will bo seon that thia proporty, 'though immenso, is not remarkably remunerativo as yet. Its earnings havo nover footed up £0,000,000 & your, with tho Weatorn Union Rtailrond included, while tho Northwestorn, with about tho ssme mileago, approximatos £12,000,000. # :'TIE MEAD CESTRE. Alexandor Mitchell,of Milwaukeo, [sthonominal Iiead of tho Bt. Paul Company, but tho mandutes emanato from tho Vico Prosidont, Russoll Sage, tho rn{mlufl posacssor of £6,000,000 moro or less, probably more. From his Now York oflico issuc tho instructions thot shope the polioy of the rond. -Theso 5.’ 8, Morrill, tho Genoral Manager, carvies out to tho lotter.. In tho actual operation of tho rond he is untram-~ meled; ond, ‘whenover a_ question involving numerons dotails’ comes bofore tho Exocutive Committes, in Now York, it is_pummarily rofor- rod to tho Genoral Managor. In his dutios M. Morrill is-assisted by the genini John O. Ganlt, whoso connoction with tho Northwostern was 8o long and ngrecablo, that it scoms dificult to associate himn with oy othor enterprise: - Mr. Mitchell is Prosilent, not by virtue of his rail- road ngency, but because of his good namo and strong bonk. The business mon are compollod to do businosa at his bank simply becauso it ox~ cels all compotitors, Tho President.of such an institution gives respectability to & railrond; thereforo, avide,from nll other considerations, it puys to have tha Prosidont of that banlk put his namo at tho head of o corporation dependont for its prosperity upon the favor of tho pooplo. : TIE PUTURE of tho' Milwaukeo & St. Paul Railway is an at- tractivo subject of speculation, Rumorsare cur~ ront that the Penns¥lvnn(n Company will, soonor or later, mergo ¢ into their mammoth systom, This supposition is natural, bocause the 8t. Paul and Pennsylvania Companies join in depot ac- commodations at Chicago, and will oxchange usinoss.. A trafllc contract Is, thoreforo, w mate ter ' of mutunl advautngo. Another reason is found fo tho fact that the Northwestorn works with tho Lake Bhore system. DButthe most stnrflin[i veport is, that ominont ‘capitalists, lenvily intorested “in the Northwestorn and St. Poal, purposo that tho rivalry batwoen tho roads in the conduct of thoir Lusiness shall conso, by pooliuga tho earnings and workiog, horenftor, ,in common. Btrangor: combinations than either |of the forogoing havo boon made, but, in the ine terest of tho pullic and of commerce, & consoli- dation botwoon the rivals is not dosirablo, Ip- terzodling, a3 they do, a territcry rieby produc- tivo'and populous, the residents atong tEuir ex- tensivo ines will bo bost served by thio coutinun- tion of a strong, hoalthy, fair competltion, B A ek THAT CAR OF OATS. To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune: 3 Bm: Inthe acoount given, in your paper of .March 81, of tho proceedinga af tho farmers' meoting at Oregon, Oglo County, you roport o resolution’ ‘passed in roferenco .to oharges. on * ona car oats, containing 692 bushels onts, and 12 Baricls poultry," shijped by somebody at 'Pino Rook, Ogte County. Now, it may fairly bo ‘asked, How did the *3 barrels poultry come to Lo loaded in the car of oats ? 002 Lushols oats make a full car-lond without 12 barrels poultry, Was it the intoution to smugglo tho 12 barrels poultry through, without paying froight? It that was tha intontion, the shippor hias ovidontly been benton at his own gamo. That it waa tho intentlon, tho fignrea indleato, a8 tho froight is all charged to tho oats, and nothing sppodrs charged to tho poultry. Now, the fireight on 13, barrelspoultry (estimated at about 2,400 pounds), b $1.60 por 100 (Sccond-clnss froights), amounts t0 30 ; 8o that, in placo of losing §95.23, ho -mado about 78 cents proflt, but tho oats must cortainly havo boor of very bad quality, 5 good ‘onts aro worth from BB to 69 couits fn Lowoll market, and have beon for tho st two months, Ind tho oats been of good quality, he would -havo madoe a good protit. Fair play is a jowol, The rallronds haye man sing to answer for, but let justice bo done nfi round, Yowrs, . Baretsorry. THE FARMERS' MOVEMENT. . BanzeNo, April 4, To the Editor of The Chicage Tribunas - ‘Bm: Tho stand taken by you upon the quea- tions now ngitating the publio mind gives us as- suranco that the agricultural -interosta of the Btato aro as denr to you astous. It morits tho approbation of thinling farmors, aud is in atrong contrast with the fuhwinations of domagogues, who are now and alweys ready to seize auy move- ‘ment to drag it down to dostruction. A Wa 500 that our'lrue intorect lies inrospoct for tho law ; {n diffusion . of knoweledgo; in united offortd for radien} roform, A Wilh Tus Trmuxe, wo now domand that the railroads shnll rogard tho laws, and the laws shnll bo Just, -Wo ask o repoal of tho odions “ Proteotivo” tariff iniquitios: aud that the Government shall he oonductod with aconomy, ayd'in the intereut of the many, We still look to 1'nz I'ninuaE, as herotofore, as:our counselor und friond. # @, 0, 31, THE ERIE [INVESTIGATION. Testimony ot Eresldent Watson nnd Aunditor Dunan. Tha fallawlny tostimony Lina beon givon bo- foro the Erfo Invostigating Commliteo, in sos- olon at Now York ¢ TESTIMONY OF T, I, WATOON. P, IT, Wotson tostified: I am Prosident of tho Erio Ruilway Company, and Lave beon sinco last July ; provious ,to this I lind not beon con- nocted with it in any'way; I am_not acquaint- od with tho circumatances attonding its chango of dirootion oxcopt by hoarany ; 1 have learnod ‘moro of thom through tho testimony which hna Dbeon given bofors this Commilteo, than I had Inown proviously from all othor sourecs; I know nothing of monoy boing used on that oceanlon, or who rocolved it; the Iast dividond of tho Company was doolarod on the 11th doy of Tebrue ory, 1874 ; that dividend was at tha rato of 7 por cont on tho proforred stock, and 187 on tho com- mon ; I do nol romombor tho groks smount ; that dlvidond was doclarod on tho basis of my tate- mont of the 318t of Decomber, out of tho earn- ings of tho twolve months proceding, I do mnot Imow when the praceding statomont was mado, Thig is tho only atatomont made during my ad- ministration. Thero was o siatomont moado ab tho macting of stookboldora in July, bilt tho ‘booke woro not thon mado up, and it ivas moroly an spproximate estimate. It waa very dificult inducfl tomalto up thisatatoment owing to the irrogulavity with which tho books had pravioualy boou kopt, 'Tho statemont I made up had no roforonco to tho July statoemoent. It wns made up from tho books and gn ory of tho offlco after. o groat deal of labor and investigation, bogauso tho ~books had not then boon postod up. 1t hind beon impracticablo to got thom postod up, for it was only in October that I obtnined a compotont accountant; would not have boon willing to have declared tho Into dividend on anything but -the proflts of the road, I spent six_wooks, working ot night somotimes, and mndo & vory painstaldng investigation, and only declared it upon tho fullost conviction that it wao earned, I havo made o chango in the man- ner of kooping necounts since that timo. I have tried to got tho acconnts in shapo, #o as to show how overy dollar is paid ; thero is nothing paid out now which doea not, fion on tho books show- ing the purposo for which it i paid. The con- struction and ropair accounta woro not properly kept boforo I ecamo in; we havo ondeavored to malko a oloar soparation of these. It secmed to o tho viow of evorybody who was present at the sonual mooting " July last that if thoro was not more than onc-half of 1 por cent, orn quarter. of 1 per cont, sayed on the com- mon atock, it ought to bo divided, and that the not_onrnings of tho stockholdera should not bo appliod to the conatruction of the road or to its onlargement ; it socomed to bo ronsonablo that it should bo so, and thorefore I resolved as soon ns 1 could got a compotont man to take a complote soparation of what was oxponded for construc- tion and for maintouanco, and I havo endenvored to malo it; in 8o largo & mnohino ns tho Erla road, in which thers are about 10,000 cmployos it wifl bo soon that you cannot got it mado ou ab once ; by tho cost of coustruction I mean in tho subsfitiition of an iron bridge for a woodon ono, or of & stono culvert for & wooden oulvert ; tho difforonco in the cost of tho one over tha other would bo charged to the construction or capital account ; o tho subatitution of steel rails for iron ones s & px?xl:ar chargo to tho capital ac- count—that is, the difforenco in valuo between thom ; tho oxtension of tho track for five, ten- or_twonty miles, or of sidings, woro churgo sblo to tho eapital acoount, &o. The roplace- ment of worn-out_rolling-stock would not bo a chargo on tho capital account; butif it was an addition, thon it would bo chargeablo, or if ono of thoold 80-foot passongor cars, which cost about 80,000, was roplacod with a 60-foot car, at n cont of 824,000, thon tho difforonco botwoon tho 86,000 and tho §24,000is justly chargeablo I thiok, if there is an honest intention to malto fair, straight accounts, thoro is no difienl~ tyabout'it; it i8a work of fabor }, thoro_novr Liag boon anything of tho kind beforo; I can got o statement of what has Leon charged to con- struction and what to repaira account, and sub- mit it to the Committeo, which will show how much was earned and how much it cost to earn o dollar; Iwill have it Bmpnmd by Monday ; tho businoss of the road hns boen better during the Emzt twelvo months. than beforo, bacause wo ave been gotting botter ratos and putting more of the monoy into'tho treasury; the recoipts havo boon larger relativo to tho oxpondi- tures; this systom of doclaring dividends, if followed up from ;oar to Euru', would incresse tho indebtodness of -the Company so long ns construction wos going on, as the rond is boiug improved, enlarged, or extended on the samo principlo that capital would increnso from tho timo that the firat spndoful of enrth was dug; if the road was completo boforo they bogan to work it, thon thero would be no additionnl charge for construction or ecapital ; but eapital will in- cronsad 8o leng a8 tho road is improved, and tho oarnings would be divided among tho stockhold- ora ; if tho same utockholders seo fitto buy o Inrgor intorest in tho bonds of tho Company, they m‘li}“' or they might uso tho monoy a8 thoy likod. thero was on indofinito enlargomont sand oxtonsion of tho road, it undoubtedly would bo incrensed a8 tho rond is onlarged, oxtbndudll or improved in vn!no—ungunng that would ton to enhaugs tho value of the proporty, like & wing on 5 dwelling, for tancoy if the - Company * should to-dsy roprosent I, and “thore should be b cents improvement added to tho rond in addition to paying the znnual dlyi~ dond, that stock aftor that wonld r?‘pmaunz B8L.05 instead: of $1.00; am acqunintod in a genoral way with tho Archer contract; ho bus not mado any statomont of the receipts and tho profity .that acoruo to him individually; X have lookoed upon that contract ns unsound, but I have looked “upou it 08 o temporary matter only; I think the .Company ought to do the business at much loss cost; ‘on coming in hoyo I found a great many -things thot roguired change; Rome was not built in a day, and tho Erio Rallroad Compan; ‘cannot be put'in & ‘finod condition in a day ; have worked very diligently sinco I have goeu ,hora, but thero are a great many mattors that I havo not had an opportunity to investigato; I hove endeavored to tako ~them in the .ordor of thoir importanco, 08 noar ss I could fudge; tho contract with Blechoffsheim & Co. wos made bofore I came in; thore was probably a supploment to that contract exocuted “aftor that time; my opinion of the rate of com- mieslon allowed to that firm is that for tho sor- vico thoy porformed to the Erlo Railway Com- pany, it was vory slight indeod ; if it wasto bo *considored ns sinply 2! per cent for tho l'Bfi!~ toriug of thoso bonds, that would bo excessivo, but considoring the wholo servico thoy rondorad to tho Company in advancing monoy—part of tho timo without any security, and some of tho time without any considerable naom‘it{—lb 'was looked upon 18 & servico of which hardly anybody olso would Lave taken tho riel, and I think tho com- ponsation thoy roceived, supposing they got 2}5 percont and the £80,000, would have boen ngoos arrangemont for the Erie Company to havo made; no moro advantageous contract codld havo boen madoe at that timo ; I think Bischoffs- hiom did this for tho money Lie could make out of it; it was n mattor earning monoy; ho hold a largo nmount of the stock, I supposo, and ho ‘probubly oxpected tobo benofitad Ly the rise in ity value ; ab tho mm&llufI of stooitholders b .was the g\t;numl opinion of tho gontlomen present that Bischoffelioim & Co, should be reimbursed for tho amount thoy had - expended in_tho in- torest of the Qompany, ond in_the Board of Directors the mattor was referred to the Execu- ‘tive Committeo, of whioh I was one, but thera not bolug any bill of itoms_wo could not - act, n.ltlmufih we would have been willing to have auditod any propor accounts; tho amount they olulmed to have oxpended was about 800,200 X thiuk {t would be & proper charge if the atock- holdors agreed to it ; I think thoy havo a right fo do as thoy ploase with thelr own monoy ; tho amount of tho scourities pald bagk by Jay Gould was n littlo over $9,000,000 ; tho “sotual ensh valuo as I estimatod {6 was' botiveon 6,000,000 aud §7,000,000. I would furnish an invenlory of tho sccuritios, bub thoro uro unset- tlod mattora In gonnection with the property ; thoro aro sevoral itoms. 3 TESITMONY OF B, il. DUNAN, : . Mr, Dunau, Gonoral Auditor of tho Erlo Rall- way, testifled s I havo general knowledge of the affalrs of the Compauy; all tho uccounts paus through ny oflice ; tho oaruings of tho road are classiiied under tho hoads of gouoral froights, conl, mail, oxpross, passenger, nud miscollane- ons ; from tho grouss reccipts is doducted tho amount .paid “to” forelgn ronds conncoting ‘with tho Lrlo, lossos in trausit, &o, louving tho nat rovolpts, againut which ischargod tho expanscs, inoluding ropairs, loaving tho not oarnings, upon which tho dividends aro deolarod; the ucoount of Lischoftshoim & Co. *with tho Erio Railwey Company is not rottled ; tho net earuings aro'n t ascortainod aftor deducting tho intorost on mortgages, but only tho regular ox- ponses ; tho following 14 s statemont of the carnings and oxponses for the year 1872 Earnings, Trpenses,’ $3,812,025 19| Trnusnctions, 247,208 nlitond Dipt.... 471,101 84 463,601 23| 202,002 U3 Rolling Btock, 3,102 Guttoralc 740,003 03| Incidental.. 514,899 h‘ll.\l.l.lwfla' ncous, 16,763,838 01 $12,019,045 07 Not earnings 0,143,258 04 Parentrge of' John Wesley. n'1701, aclergymin of tho Established Church of Euglaud, the frat man who wrole In fayor of William of Orango a8 muccossor to Jamos IL, obsorvod that his wifo, o vory beantiful snd nc- ‘complishod woman, to swhom hae was tondorly nt- tnehod, and with whom Lio ud lived - delight- ful harmony for elevon_yonrs, did not rospond whon lie prayced for tho lauq. “ Why do you not ey Amen, whon I pray for his Majosty?" hoin- quirod, " Boonuo,” sha oalmly roplied, 11 do not beliove tho Princo of Orangoto bo tho Ring ! “In that caso,” returned tholunbending Orange- | man, *wo must part.” It doou not appear. thnt tho wifo, n consoclontious, falr-minded woman, who wes willing to givatho liborty sho exncied, mado any offort to turn him from his purposo; sho scema to have lind a8 nzroné» boliof in tho slucerity of his convictions of duty ng shohad .in hor own. Accordingly, the roversnd gontleman went up to London and romainod o yonr, lnnv(nq sovoral ohildren and the ears of the parlsh and Enmonngu to his wifo, At tho ond of that timo William of Oraugo dled, and as tho lady could ro- spoud with a hearty ‘Amon® to prayers for Queon Anuo, tho husband snd wifo wera re- united. Among tho nineteon ohildron of the Denutiful, strong-mindod logallst, aud tho in- floxiblo, ncholarly rovolutionist, wera John and Obarles Wosloy, .SPECIAL NOTICES. The Thoughtful Physician Doos not rogard spring aa & hoalthy sosson, Its sudden transitions of tomporaturo, soatobing winds, and ohiiling rains oro provooativo of rhonmatism snd nouralgts, and ‘whero thore 8 & prodisposition to dsspepsia or billons col- 1o, or chills and fovor, auch variations of tho weathor aro apt to superinduco o visitation of one or othor of thoso complatats, By taning and rogulating tho system with Hostettor's Blomach Dittors at this scason, thosa ovils may, howosor, bo warded off. Tho direst offoot of tho Btandard Vogotablo Spoelflo Is to iavigorato the body and ‘ronovato tho constitution, whilo it indirectly oporatos as n provontivo of diseaso by purifying.the animal fluids from auyaoid partiolos thoy may gontain, and rogulating tho funotions upon which health mainly doponda—notably thoso of digestion, noorotion, and avacuatton. WALTHAM WATOHES. POPULAR WATCHES Popular Prices! Waltham Watche ALB8T 3. With machiriory conal ‘Waltham Factory 18 now EIGHT THOUSAND WATCHES Every Month. Thia largo production 1 owing to tho Incronsod demand . for theko tly improvod nnd roaowoed tha n{shiug over Favorite Time-keepers, thosalo of which for tho last fitteon yaars has ozogodod $hint of iy nthor ton mann(actorics th tho world. - At 1o Iyaltuem Factoey fsa collootion of yolumos, ohough to il a largo Iiurarys thoss et tho roglators wilol contatn 0 numbora and’ doscriptions of all tho watolios ovor mado in tho f{actory. BLogluning at No. 1, thay now extond to ovor 850,000, aud to this alroady largo number over 100,000 will bo added during the prosont year. Of ooures, Thioro ‘aro xoasons, aud good ouos, for-his great domand %Jaltha.m Watches And ono fs that A Walthnm Watch represents moro valuo for thosmno money thun any other kind of, per B S ot g T el o will sofl 1t for'what it "cost, sud o ni Il bo ol +* Mo, and tut dacidedly, o The roputation of those watahoo extends from tho At~ lantlo fotho Pacifl, and from tho Lakos to tus Gulfs Xg moshtho waiite of tEoso widely-soparatod and distant logal. ition, many atylod, sizos, aud_variotles aro requircd. Nor tho Pactis Oonat and for. Woators. Siates bogry and sab stantial watches are domanded, whilg in the Sonth and in the Atlantlo Statos smulige atclios linvo tho proforonce. All thoso aro supplied at Waltham, It is, 1n fact, tho y, Only Complete Watch Factory in the World, Thats, whore ovary past of tho watch, tnoluding tho cany 18 aotuntly mado. ith avory adlvantagon Cnpital, Tinprovod Machinery, and Bhiliod Workmen, togothor With an oxporoncs af noarly TWENTY YEARS In tho manufacturo of Watches for this purkuh. The American Watch Company OF WALTHAM, OLAIM THAT THEY OFFER THE Best Watehes for the Priee in the World. &ZBtom-winders sro now mado of all sizes, hoth for LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, ‘or Balo by all Respeotable Jowols MEDIOAL CARDS. PEABODY MEDICAL INSTITOTE Millions of Pcoploe throughout tho country have learnod durlng tho pat six yoarsof the PEABODY MEDIOAL INSTITUTE, Bos. ton, eatablishad with a largs ondowmnent of fuuds, com- manding tho sorvicas of the vary bost physictans in tho world, Aud §t has becomo univorsally known through- ont tholand that this Institution has had a careor of uso- fulnoss, and has achiosed a ronown nevor bofora ronchod by nny Modieal or Burgleal Institution in this or any othor country, Thourands of Invallds from overy sootion of the great Northwest bave boon liftcd out of the pargatory of a do- moralizod phys{cal conditfon, brought up from tho dopths of despalr 8o that they soomod to zovol in & now lifo, Thoso tnoludo eminont men of tho highost rank in the loarnod profozsfons, Mombors of Congrasy, Logislators, Judgas, Scholars, Students, as well as ufluontial busl- noss mon, who have all joinad In urging the establishmont of tho PEABODY MIDIOAL INSTITUTE fn Ohloago, 50 that tho superlor aystom of practico and tho suporior skill of tho managing aud consolting physiolans may bo brouglit to tholr doors, and within casier reach of tho millioris who look upon Chicago oa thelr Commorolal Oapital pad tho homo of tholr most chorishod onter- prises. THE PEABODY MEDICAL INSTITUTE 1a porma- nently loaatod at No, 167 South Olnrk-at., Ghleago, undor thie managoment of DR. A. I HAYES, Ohief Consulting Physiclan, suthor of T{lE COIENQIt OF LIFE or BELF-PRESERVATION, PHYSIOLOGY of WOMAN and hor DISKASES, A TREATISE on NERVOUS aud MENTAL DISKASES, &o., &o. Assistod by MR. Q. W, WARREN, memborof tii Royal Collego of Surgoous, Loudon, Vieo-Prasidont of tho Columbia ollego of Phy- slolans and Burgeons, lato Medical Inspootor, U, B, A., Oonsulting and Advisory Physlolsn to tha Peabody Mod. foal Instituto. Having dovotod Lwonty-fivo yoars of his extonsiyo prac- H100 ontirely to the treatmont of tuo followlni disoavos, now olfors his sorviocs to thoso afifotod by Exlausted Vi- tallty, Premature Decline in Man, Nercous and Physical Debllity, nnd all disonsos arlsing from tho orrors of young mon or tho indlsorations and axoossos of porsons of ma- turo yours, Those Include Norvous Aflotions in nll thels muti{adindus manifcatations, wuol us Dizainces, Himuors of Bighit, Oonfusion of 1doas, Exil Loroboainas, Aversion fa itolity, T o Htostions Nighita, Tndo Ghooks) Wonknass of Tiack af Kusua, Loss of Anpotito, B so thetomh alpttshofiboslect end ; cotion, whioh, 1f not {imoly oarod, PATALYSIN IDIOOY, INSANILY, ahd DIEATIL DI, WARIEN'S ssstom of truatmont diifors from ali othier phiysiians in this countyy, his vast exporionco hav. ing boon gainod {rom oxtonsfvd ressarohus and travels throughout Kuropo and a moro extonsive practeo intho Uuitod Statos than any othor living physiotun, Liis pruc: tico Ia maro thorongh and horolo than othors. 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Lakest,, Indlanaav,, and Sizieenthort.s and Ganaland Stzteentioste,” Tickes dffica tn Triggs Hous % g F.n and B: BEST COMPANY IN AMERIcA, | BsiE Friday night—Bonefit of MISS RATE KERK, Bondota. e e P 4 10 1 1y 1y ot S8R RRBTELGERTILZA OCORNER sad §§g§§:§‘:‘,‘; o i 2 8:50D. m. STAR LEOTURE OOURSE, Sy nd Brasorymodaton]” 6 5: m 1+ 1R { ( ILLINOIS © LAST APPEARANCE Depot foot. ,fd”""zfim%u&?%géfiu. o Of the Great Sooteh Posb 2ad Author, GEORGI 8 Qanat-sh, corner a7 Madison, MACDONALD, 00D i85 m, Miohigan-av. Baptist Churoh, TO-MORROW NIGHT. gg m. ROBERT BURNS. s Admission, 75 ots, Rosorved Aoats, 81 an s Big *pleat Carpoitar & Sholdan's ! 3, Ayt Bon B Haragie soran . e ARPENTER & BHELDON, B 0. w1 NIXON'S, 7idab. m; Olinton.st., botwoon Ranfolph and Washington, JAMES W. WILDER & CO.'S NATIONAL CIRCUS! **0n Saturdays this train will be ran to ORAmpAIgD, CHICAGO, ' INDIANAY % i V'POL(S & CINCINIME THROUGH A KANKAKEE ROUTI Centeal Ra(lroad Depot, Yoot of Lake-st, A tickets and slesping- car berthe oy ‘g £ kel Widizon; 120 Wonsnatonases veas o, and dikchGan ey alid From the Graat ffcer 6 Ganatat, oormer emont Howse, corni oot af Toenty-second-t, er MONDAY, Anwil 7, sud orery aight this wook, aud raAGEHANE 2 Syniay Attgmoons. THIS | 3008 mel} §:300: me WEER® ONLY: Friv a6 lncinaat Sp: B ! e B MLLE. ALISH DOCOEKRILTL, Qnly lino running Saturday night tral to Olncinnati, ThoQicen ot thp arona, ang her olobratod FARIS man sl00pors oa night trafis; HOOPL OF HIDKRY, ‘Grojatayes and Perfoning rlesdeien gggg.fi‘l‘m;!non t ‘zt':, "EP:E'BEL, lire ::nl: nXoo;.’ CHICAGO & NORTHWESTERN RAILROAD. 9 ‘Monday, Tuoadsy, and Wedusiday, 1nst throo nights of JAMES ROBINSON. 03 sccguug of the onormans exponsq attending thia en- gogomont, the frpo lat will ba eatizoly suspoufad, with 0 cxzopiion of tho Pross and Board of Dircoto AQADEMY OF MUSIO. Gontinacd Bucco Tacroaned Attraction. %flgfluflaénfi? takon ploasuro in aanencing the one gagomont with BAEKBIR .AND FARRON, :;lzuhnlanwnt uw “"fi"”)’i‘fl'fl" Dg' l?:, Bhlonlandu']"e. e’ Gorinan Oibe — SVoniuk Guring tho wosk, {n 5ol Gront drinsa of . *'"7 | CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC RAILROAD, Chris and Lena; or, German Lo on tup Misslssippt, Introuol dusts, dancos, musleal gos # . tho highoat styia of arse e yarly MYERS' OPERA HOUSE, Bionroo-at., betwoon Doarharn and State-sta. Aviington, - Colton & Kembles Minstrel. Depot, corner of l'lng-hvm and Shermanats, Nekel afice,’ Wert Madieon-t, maba, Leavonw'th& Atchison Ex| oru ASoommodation, ight Expr : 1030 . 2 AN ENTIRE ODANGE OF PROGRAMME! DTt gien ol Semarsts, Tk ofcen, IVL CEIN &2 SONT corner Canal and Madison-ats, oot RIS SRS ARG CmE mokors 1t OnoTwoRureo. - Lyess Kvaning. . sud I Matl via Alr Tin and Matn Line| Batuday ‘Matinon: Aonday. April 1h Bonsny or_.r.'fxfl E;X’?"an York Ixpros, via, Komblo, on whioh' oadaslon {tio burlerquo of Homoo tia ol METHODIST EPIS00PAL CEU'H. - Anna Dickinson, At tho Conte: M. E. Church, Wost Side, FRID. B TR 4% “IJOAN OF ARC.>» mfimh'h"' 50 conta; rosorvod soats, 25 conta extra, CHICAGO, DANVILLE & VINGENNES RAILROAD. Putsenger Depot at P, C. & 51, Louts Depot, corner af Cas naland X(nsfe:str, Frelohs and Tioket ofice 168 Waahing-ton-at. Arrive, 10 m. |2 7:80 p. m. a. m, o alrrats, 2 Dyeho's Dra Storo, cormor Madisod | . piTT3BURGH. FORY WAYNE & CHICAGO RAILROAD. Fust Madispn.st, * AIREN'S THEATRE, Last waok of >R 5 * MOKEE RANKIN, 1158 RITTY BLANOHARD, RN BRI o AIONRAY, TUESDAY, and MICHIOAN CENTAAL & GREAT WESTERN RAILROADS ; " ks & ! RIP VAN WINKLE. B Ficket rce, T8 Canalsts Sormer ar Machieone -+ Grand Matinoos, WEDNESDAY aud SATURDAY 2 5E siiiens Rl i, o plbslc QUTAR omive, tho Bugalet o g Ameries, MoVIORER'S THEATEE, Engagoment of tho Eminont English Artiste, MISs IHEI’LOJ:\T H “who wil . Aprl, L T et o I hae world-TasmeA seLdition of'J OLIRAT ia Buakspeara's Tragody of Arrive, M matn snd s plendiotii i Jagkson Acoor ight Expross. INDIANATOLI! 9,008, m.| 8:00p, m. 18310 p. m. | *6:00 8, m. HENRY O, WENTWORTH, sttt PROPOSALS, PROPOSALS For Materinl, and Work, and Lo« bor Required in the Construc- tion of the Cook County Jail and Criminal CQourt Building. Romeo andduliet whch will o praducod wlth appropriato Sosuory sad Ap- Baturday—NEILSON'MATINER, ON FREE EXHIBITION Fors fow dasp only, at RIOE & THOMPSON'S, 20 Wa- : BRAUN’S FAMOUS AUTOTYPES OF PARIS, BRAUN'S GQomprising all tho Drawings, ¥ajntings, Froscoes, Ane until tho 7th day of );m" wnd “Modorn, Statuny o all the “Art Gallories in | »SeRIodproppsals mill be rodelvod uptl), tho 7th day of 28ropo, wvor 15,140 divarso, subjoots : also, sevoral Hom: fi""“"“"‘” for thie furnishing aud. dolivory of all mas g st ot i, bt ety T | L Mot Sl bl G0 U SRR Tust Sty ot tho soupaciive Govpaimeniey | Ocndy Jalland Cltminal Gobet ailding, beigg srested fumous vlaws of " Bwltzorland, Gormany, | of Ghioago, acoording fo plans an 13 ¥ranoo, taly, ILarpt, olo., oto. 20d drawiiigs on 1o {h tho oflion o - Egnny A'x:'@lx:m. No, '1¢ Bouth Clar oago, a8 3 v ? OCEAN NAVIGATION. “§”All matorial, work, labor, gonstruotion, and finish RO e for'sntiromason, out stons, And plastoring work oome oto, V5. A1 matorl, work, Iabor, construction, and finish for the fron work'comploto. 8. All matorial, work, labor, constructlon, nud/finish for' tho bullding, carpenter, jolnor, and woodwork come plate, 4. All matorial, wor forthie plumbing snd Tho atono o by used may b yionos, the duslipies muuss bave unlfoimaley of volor, tex uro, and durability, and o stone w. sonsidere nhg:u Quality lisa not'been toatod by actual use in butld- Hiitdors me iling twvico a woek from Now Yark, and carrying pas- somsora oui. avia ot Crom etteta, Iislend, A EEatio, and tha Madlterraucn, Oabis froi 5853 Bieor s et e, AL el St | USRS i finos. Al payably. in U b fod with s ‘copy of this’ notioos and b i Dogablg in U B orrenoy.p; Anply for (ull - bond 15, tho surn of one Lhosrand dofiara. (31 P R AT R A HENDHRSON BROTIIHRS, Agonts. STATE LINE STEAMSHIP COMPANY. New York and Glasgow via Londonderry, Thoso olegnnt now atesmors will sall from State Line qurlty, to bo approved by said ngsont and perlorm tho contract it dwas itm ivo boud, with approvod soourity thoreor, as folioy "or tho stone, mason, and plastering work. 2 ock and matatial. For the Far tho carpents: matorlsl.... Tor the ‘plumbliy, slal ... 10,000 . The righ 65t ay e all Bids voceived i fod PR ARED S oo ORI Aoy g, | Broposata must (A dorsad GEORTIA, 3,500 to Vodnosdy, Jungd, | Proposals (for tho various kinds of work and. matorin VIRGINIA, 4,600 to ol \Yeenny unaid, | namod) snd depsstiod with the "Oiunty Ulork, addresied Fortnightly thereatior. “AUBFIN HALDWIN & 00, Yo Thie Sat.ed of Oauaialastapes ot ol Gasinty. : Agonta, 13 Broadway, N.'Y, 1L MCBINGLI Htrorngo offco, 40 Tiradway, N: Y- i J X, A, J GALLOWA X ACTIONAL CURRENC G5 e SR OTIONAL QURRENON: & Qommittoo on Publio Bultdings, Board of Commisslonors $5 Packages - | 5 Titmon, dournal, Post, Btaats-Zoltung, Unton, and Infor-Ovosst plosss o5y, +Olidoago, Maruhs 13 N SOALES, FAIRBANKS' STANDARD SCALES : OI-ALL BIZKS, : Y HFATRBANKS, MORSH &CO 8 WEST WASHINGLON-57, TRACTIONAL CURRENCY FOR SALE AT TRIBUNE OFTICE.