The New York Herald Newspaper, November 6, 1872, Page 7

on the their Let them work, for a cause @f which they might be proud, and te would be safe ee to the democrats of Tammany Hall. ‘Some other speakers having addressed the meet- x mn v - ity for Brooks. ~ (Gbecra) A Voics—How about the State? ‘The PREsIDENT—We have received no definite re- turns from the interior of the State. Mr. James W. CHANLER stated that the indica- tions were, as lar as received, worable to vhe election of Greeley and Kernan. It was painful to state that the State had been lost to Greeley and Kernan. People had in a part of this State got ten the great fab ay and that was the right of every man to worship God_ according to the dic- tates of his conscience. If Kernan was defeated it ‘was because he exercised the right of an American freeman. (Cheers.) ‘A DAMPER THROWN UPON THE MEETING. Mr. JOHN “KELLY said that the information re- ceived from Police Headquarters respecting the voting for Mayor was erroneous. He then handed ‘a list to the President, who said, “The number of votes for O’Brien is 25,411, for Lawrence 43,210, Tam sorry to say, for the bigoted Havemeyer nt. The meeting was on the point of breaking u after this announcement was made; but the Preal. dent succeeded in calling it to order, and after a considerable time had been spent in Jooking over retarns, none of whch could the ’’ at the information they had receiv towards the close of the proceedings, which termi- mated shortly alter eleven o'clock, AT APOLLO HALL. The Defeat of O'Brien—The Lights Burn Blue and the Boys go Home. At an early hour in the evening the adherents of James O’Brien began to gather together in the vicinity of Twenty-eighth street and Broadway. Every few minntes a carriage would be driven up te the door, and some ward politician, descending, would greet his friends standing on the stoop with ashake of the hands and a guestion, “How gre things?’ to wnich the answer came, like an echo, ‘Things are rough.” Up stairs General Fer- reroo sat watching the scene at the head of the vestibule, and dense crowds poured in and out to get the returns. But the returns were few and far between, and those who were intimate with James O’Brien wore saddened looks on their faces. Tom Murphy’s Custom House republicans had not kept their promises, and the hired and disciplined republican votes were cast ina way that astonished Apollo Hall, The hall was filled at an early hour by an immense mass, who crowded the galleries and the body of the hall, A Mr, Morrison acted as Chairman, and the bench put on the stage was filied by tellers, reporters and distinguished guests, The solid democracy were present, and at every retarn from an election district which was favorable to James O’Brien the frescoes on the ceiling were almost broken with the cheers from the excited audience. The returns, however, were generally read for the Eighteenth, Nine- teenth, Twentieth and Twenty-first wards, which were all known to be strongholds of O’Brien. There were no speeches, and everything seemed blue. The working politicians who liad been all day canvassing at their duties were aware at seven o'clock in the evening that Mr. O’Brien was beaten. From the Twentieth ward returns were read from one or two districts which seemed favorable to Lawrence, and some few from the Twenty-first ward, in which Havemeyer secured a large vote. These figures were greeted with wild hisses and groans, Then came a num- ber of veterans from the Nineteenth ward, in which O’Brien had achieved majorities. These veterans were hailed with uproarious. cheering. Then came the despatches from the down-town wards, and even the dullest man saw at a moment that the cause of O’Brien was last for this term. Then came news that Have- meytr was selling in the pools down town two to one against O’Brien, and later that Lawrence was selling for $100 and the field for $25. After the sealing of the returns, for an hour and a half after this, all the betting men left Apollo Hall, and soon aiter the audience dispersed and walked down to the Fifth Avenue Hotel, where nearly twenty thou- sand persons were assempled. TEE NEWS AT THE CLUBS, aun aes From an carly hour in the afternoon the head- quarters of the several parties representing the various political associations in the city were thronged with an eager and excited multitude. After the close of the polls the news had been spread all over the city, and had received ready credence, that O’Brien was elected to the Mayor- rity, and in many quarters it was confidently asserted that the liberal republican democratic combination had carried the State, but as the bours wore on the large odds that were confidently offered on O’Brien were no longer to be had, and the supporters of the liberal republican and democratic coalition felt subdued and quiet, and calmly met their unexpected fate. At ten o’eiock it became apparent that O'Brien's chances were hopeless, and much doubt and anxietv prevailed as to whether the race was won by Lawrence or Havemeyer. Tammany Hall democrats asserted that their can- didate had won the day, and the reform party headed by Havemeyer were equally confident of success, and the returns, which poured in rapidly from the various districts, showed that their ex- pectations were not without foundation. Crouds gathered at the hotels and at points where the dlews was received, and it was not until it became apparent that the regular reform candidate had been elected that the people retired to their homes. At the Andrew Jackson Club. As early as half-past seven lasteevening the friends of James O’Brien began pouring into the Jackson Clab rooms. They remained some time waiting for news, but none being forthcoming they tallied out again. At half-past eight o’clock there were hardly forty persons in the place, and these seemed to stay there because they did not know where else to go. <A feeling of general gloom rvaded the atmosphere, and there was very little drinking or talking, but many ominous shakes of the head and looks of silent sorrow. Once ina while a messenger with the returns from some odd district showing a ma- jority for O'Brien would come in and a faint cheer was raised for the first time, but soon died away for want ‘of sustaining power. Every time the door gong sounded the heads of those sit- ting turned anxiously towards it, ana each new comer was looked upon as the possible harbin- ger of some good news. None came, however, and each messenger only made matters seem worse, It was painful to look upon the countenance of Lawrence O'Brien, the father of the Senator. The old man paced the floor up and down almost continuously, and if the dead body of his son lay in the back room he could not have presented a more woebegone appearance. He nodded to his acquaintances ashe passed them; but he looked as if he had little desire for conver- sation. The blow seemed to have gone right to his heart, and there is no doubt he felt it even more than the defeated candidate. In the billiard room a party of eight or ten collected together and tried to enliven the proceedings with a comic song. Even this attempt at mirthfulness was of ene and fell perfectly dead on the surrounding gloom. At half-past ten, and from that to half-past eleven, a tew of the sporting fraternity dropped in. ‘They hac been buying O’Brien pools all the week Jong and had staked their last dollar on the event. What they were going to do for the Win- ter began to be ® matter of doubt and uncertainty, and they commenced to drown their grief in copious libations of whis- key, for wine was too expensive in the depleted state of the finances. These men left and there were none then in the room but a few old philoso- hers, who were hanging out to the last and fight- ig still against hope. At the Blossom Club. The members of the Blossom Club assembled in force at their rooms, on Fifth avenue, to gather the election news. The members of the club had donned the badges of mourning for the loss of a re- spected brother member, who had falien a victim to ie vengeance of an assassin but @ few short hours before, and sopetenty little interest was felt for the news and gossip of the hour, The clamor of interested rivals was unheard, and the asnembled fertemen peal chastened and eir minds, an ich was born anu Toatered Of political animosities. At the Union League Club. -A large number of highly respectable citizens as- sembied at the Union League Club at an early hour in the evening to learn the latest news from the seat of war, The large hall of the club was gaily decorated with flags and adorned with the portraits of eminent soldiers and statesmen. A handsome range of gas jets dispiay platform bearing the motto “Let us nave, peace? ieeyeen pipe to reveling idea. ae id ‘o'clock ORK HERA (ERALD, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1872-TRIPLE SHEET. or me and State | just like to see if they could’ make Horace , wee. | 1867 a Sa eins Sie “in "SU | Roms fartete’ eeeramengete accra’ | RUNNING THE RAILROADS, | sro {| Pg ge hg ROC De ed ; Sea | peel yaaa) sane ner on nn aed Ee ¢ ¥ tar ormrion's defeat was < to that = and 2 thin-looking gen appeared ‘at tne 1 eee sir an 4,726,008] 4,996,527 contest in this city was confined wrence winge & piece of white y audien: or 1811, 151,640] $10,x33, 989 }$11,148,002 Hav . Indicating that Havemeyer's | relapsed into silence, and the thinjooking person | Comparative Cost of the Past and Pres- | rxrenses or’ ovcrating 8 chances isacoegs were simost assured. This news, rn nebodi Hh TovurHs bo Tat 88 y had bd repairs poy cent. bs nes Te equine Fem. \d ‘the mam line with his house ¥ a “4 - ent of Railroad Expenditure. Expenses.......... me 1 87] 147] 188 in street, infused much life and | of 19,000 was received with ‘something appresdhing Net profit rs ry spirit into the assembled members, a8 subse- | to enthusiasm, ki ig who had ny ——— = ei b 4 quent telegrams were received Lt ofthe a grim aspect a tl re might, at ance relaxed ana 1809. 1870, isi. dia not disperse Seth Cong alter SUGaigUe and te || eeeaot ones often nde eee ta eien Repairs ot roadbea and news of the republican trlampts seemed to infnse | with apps hands and rd ‘enuncia- REPORT OF THE STATE ENGINEER. Fpllway, excepting cost 91,904,500] $2,972,017] 1,700,084 mirth, life and vigor into the staid and serious gen- | tion ap bravo. The announce- St phe gt % tlemen of the clul * ment of the Mayoralty returns showed. @ pairs. hope ty 2 1,141,480) 1,056,270 . decided difference of opinion between the audience. . Hapaies of. puilerese soi 247,140] 328,643 SCENES AT THE HOTELS. Havemeyer’s figures were, listened to uletly but} An Amount of Passenger and ae of Haves om 4,392 49,070 as soon as Lawrence's name was mentioned there Taxes on realestate. *. 2897: 233°530 eurueet was jause and hissing. ‘The announcement Freight Traffic That Ap- ‘ Intense Excitement at All the Leading | {Hit Obrien was last in the | race seemed Establishments—The Rotunda at the | declediy weak, while ‘the hissing became pears Almost Fabulous. Astor House—Merriment and Joy at the | vicious. The demonstration, however, was aay Repairs of pass 3 287,925 Fitth Avenue Hotel. brought to an end, ana the audience settied down + —_— Repairs of treight car: 1,144,675] 914,181 It is diMcult to Gepict the intense excitement which reigned at the principal hotels trom the time whem the polls were closed to an early hour this morning. A feverish anxiety to know the latest news pervaded all present, and the arrival of a messenger with a despatch containing election news was the signal for immediately surrounding ite recipient to learn its contents. In a word, every man seemed on the tiptoe of anxiety and expectation, AT THE ASTOR HOUSE the scene was a novel one. The rotunda, usually of so staid @ character, was filled to overfiowing with speculators and others who came to invest in pools on the result of the Presidential and other elections, The seller from his rostrum read Rumerous despatches between the sales of the pools, which had come over the wires, and their contents were received with alternate cheers and hisses, It was computed that over one thousand people were in the rotunda at ten o'clock, The newsboys and girls elbowed their way into the surging crowd and disposed of their “extras” at quadruple prices, doubtless wishing that Presi- dential elections might be everyday affairs. The hotel clerks at the leading establishments were driven fairly to their wits’ end in answering the thousand and one questions put to them as to the result of the elections. “Do you know how Call- fornia has gone ?” “Isit true that Georgia has on Greeley a large majority?” “How does O’Brien stand’? These are @ sample of the avalanche of inquiries poured on thelr unfortunate heads. Hotel clerks assume in all cases the virtne of polite- ness if they possess it not, but by their constrained answers it was seen that they were bored to death by the perpetual stream of inquiries, THE FIFTH AVENUE HOTEL being the republican headquarters, was densely packed, and it was dificult to force one’s way hrongh the compact crowd. As each Grant ma- jority was made known radiant faces were seen, and a calm, satisfied expression was worn by countless people, which seemed to say that the tanner of Galena was safe and had things well in hand despite Greeley’s gains. As the hours wore onthe number of visitors became smaller, and those who remained were evident. intensely in- terested. The leaders of the republican party nat- urally were there, smiling and unctuous, reposing, as it were, from their weary and incessant labors on the stump of the past few months. 4 fervent “Thank Goa!” was breathed iy Many an old gentleman of the Knickerbocker school when It was reported that O’Brien was defeated for the Mayoralty, and heavy bets were made that teks ha would be elected to that position. The popping of cham- pagne corks was heard and again, and all was rejoicing and merriment. ‘THE 8T. NICHOLAS HOTEL. The corridors of this hotel presented during the evening an animated spectacle, the crowd of vis- itors being simply immense. Cheers and counter cheers re-echoed through the hotel till past mid- night, when the enthusiasm abated somewhat, when it was known who had been elected to the princi municipal (Mees, and Grant’s re-election was a fotegone conclusion. Although the Western element is strongly represented always at the St. Nicholas Hotel, and alsoush. a considerable portion of the Western States have been written down as in favor of Gree- ley, the enthusiasm on behalf of Grant’s over- whelming successes Was a8 spontaneous as it was heartfelt. When Grant's success in the Keystone State was made public the old belief that Pennsyl- vania decides the election evidently still held good ro present state of matters with the majority of minds, THE GRAND CENTRAL, Here the Greeley element predominated some- what, and a certain amount of despondency was evident at the turn matters had taken. The crowd of visitors was infinitely smailer than that at the St. Nicholas. General satisfaction was, however, expressed at Tammany’s discomfiture, and not a tew blamed Greeley for having allowed himself to receive its support. THE OTHER HOTELS ON BROADWAY. In all the leading hotels in Broadway the influx of visitors was very great, and all stimulated by the same motive—viz., to learn the latest news, The excitement at them all might fairly be compared to Wall street when bulls ‘and bears are causing a panic, and it was not till the small hours of the morning had been reached that the marble halls were deserted and mankind sought repose after the excitement attendant upon the Presidential oe day of fifth of November, Anno Domini 872, ELECTION RETURNS ON THE STAGE. The enterprising managers of the Bowery Thea- tre hit on a capital idea when they resolved on mixing the drama and politics. It is not every one who would think of treating such a matter as the election of a President as a kind of entr’acte to the ancient comegy, “A New Way to Pay Old Debts.” However, there may have been something Particularly appropriate in the connection, and it certainly required the possession of no ordinary genius to enable a manager to invent such an ex- cellent device for filling his house on a night when political excitement would in all probability have drawn away his clientele, In spite of the foresight displayed on this occasion the patrons of the in- tense drama were not to be won from the DELIGHTS OF THE TAR BARRELS P and the bonfires which blazed in every direction, Perhaps they failed to comprehend the luxuries prepared for them. Neil Warner, as Sir Giles Over- reach, strutted his brief span on the classic stage and brought all the resources of his tremendous wit to bear on the susceptibilities of his audience. They, howeyer, were laboring under conflicting emotions, and failed to recognize in anything like a hearty manner the fine points of the actor. ‘The truth was they were but little in- terested in what was going on _ onefore them, but nervously waiting to learn the fate of the rival candidates, This was visible rather in the universal quiet oi the audience than in any demon- strativeness. The boys in the gallery who usually insist on having the full value of their fifteen cents of unrestrained fun were especially subdued. One Was almost iinpressed looking up at the gods, see- ing them hid away in the immense distance, with SHADOWY FACES, suggestive of remedial soap measures, peefing down in grim discontentedness. But whatever they may have thought, if the gods ever trouble themselves with thinking, they said nothing, but looked over the distant rim like a flock ad Vera Cruz scavenger birds perched on the ledge of a house curiously regarding the passengers, In their silence the gods were awful, but now and then Neil Warner, in one of his savage moods, would elicit from their highnessts expressions of human sym- pathy that were quite reassuring. Some of the assistants, however, were made of lesa stern stuf, A middle-aged, respectable-look- ing citizen of the industrious classes had taken his seat beside the HERALD reporter, and ashe haa a good deal of bonhommie in his face, and a kindli- ness in the expression of the eye that invited com- munication, the HERALD reporter, being of an inquiring disposition, soon struck up an acquaintance. The citizen proved to be @ great admirer of Neil Warner, and looked upon that gentleman as the most intelligent interpreter of the drama that America had seen for ever 80 many years. As the man was good natured, and therefore obstinate, the HenaLp re- porter did not attempt to shake his convictions, thinking it a pity to disturb anybody's belief in an age so cynically incredulou it was quiet dehght- ful to find @ person who believed in something, but as the acquaintance progressed it became evident that the genial face upon which the reporter gazed was MORALLY HONEYCOMBED with the vice of the period. The man was a citi- zen, native born, as he somewhat proudly asserted, and though still in the maturity of his powers had seen somewhat of the world. His experience, however, led to rather melancholy conclusions, bu in the waste of his confidences there were two green ts whose verdure had never faded. He adm Warner and believed in Greeley, thought the white-coated Philosopher was an honest hastened” to ‘say was'‘on principle, as fer’ eight say on inciple, as for it to to. the ballot box on pendent citizen. years in one of th jaestioned by men him suddenly because ticket. .As he had memory of the politicians woul mistake him for some one else, he thought it more pradent to retire from the cares of state and leave voting to those who lited it, He was however, to make an experim Like @ desperate gambler, tho faith in humanity, by the skirts of the old Philoso- pher’s pee) would cast his idol on the political cl just to try if could to Wasnington and remain an honest map, “I roula a nce ef fourteen city districts, his identity was knew him well, but be did not vote the right tection that the not cause them to that | into an expectant mood to await further develop- ‘hen the curtain fell at the close of the fourth act the thin man once more put in an ap- pearance and delivered the state of the poll in eighty-six districts, and the audience expressed their pleasure by a hearty round of applause and then settled down philosophically to be amused until the Rext bulletin was prepared. This luxurious mode of hearing the result of the elections will probably supercede the more primitive one of standing in a crowd in front of the newspaper offices. Doubtless in time Jones, Brown and Robinson will have their election jndicators on their mantel pieces so that they Day eniey the political comedy without even the trouble of going to the theatre. ———— The Teatomical Tour Through the Tentonic Clubs Last Night—How the Election Returns Were Received— Their Duty Done, They Patiently Await Results, In order to ascertain the feeling of our German citizens a HERALD commissioner was despatched to visit their various assembling places. Teutonia Hall, in Third avenue, a usual political headquar- ters, was only partially filled, and, while politics were but lightly discussed, the phlegmatiem of the assemblage and their total indifference to the gqneral result were apparent. ‘The lager was quatfed with evident satisfaction, for it made but little difference to them who was chosen President, Governor, or Mayor, as long as neither candidate Was an avowed prombitionist. At Schmenger’s Hall, 200 Third avenue, there was a little more enthusiasm, This place has been the headquarters of the German Reform Association of this city. The large hall was wel! filled and the events of the day earnestly canvassed. Hopes were indulged by the majority that Havemeyer had carried the day for Mayor and Kessler for Coroner. The only election returns received here were trom stragglers casually dropping in. Beethoven Hall, in Fifth street, was deserted. The front of the house was brilliantly illuminated by a monster bonfire, which the gamins were feed- ing with stolen ash barrels, theatrical bill boards, dry goods boxes, &c.; otherwise there was no one around who cared a ‘dg for the election or election returns. The Arion Club had only its quota of gentle- manly members present, who usually congregate at their fine hall to dine or pass away the evening in a social manner. Politics had no place either in their thoughts or on the bill of fare, ‘The very same may be said of the popular ‘“Liederkranz,” the “Maennerchor,” “Harmonie,” “Progress,” &c. The liveliest place come across by the HintaLp commissioner among the Teutonic establishments visited was “Concordia Hall,” in avenue A, Ata very early hour in the evening the establishment began to fill with an eager mass of Germans, who, however, were more anxious to learn of the returns from the Assembly district and the Common Coun- cil than the Presidency, Governorship or judiciar: Returns were regularly brought there by messen- gers from the Seventeenth precinct station, and accordingly applauded or derided as the names of candidates were called. Havemeyer seemed to be the leading favorite, and whenever a ma’‘ority in an election district for this nominee was announced the cheering became deafening and the landiord’s profit from refilling glasses corre- spondingly large. Lawrence was the next favorite, but O’Brien seemed to be regarded with little favor. Unlike Tammany Hall of old, when on the night of election the redoubtable Captain Rynders, of the Empire Club, used to harangue the audiences on the results, the Teutons quietly listen to returns, but do not care to have any stump speeches made to them. They see no occasion for it after the polls have closed, feeling contented in their own minds that during the day whatever German has taken advantage of his sovereign right of suffrage | has done so with a full knowledge on whom to be- stow his patronage, and at nighi he las neither fears of nor regrets the result, _ UMTED STATES MARSHALS AT WORK. ie + The United States Marshals were busily employed during the day in making arrests; but at the close of the polls but four persons remained inalurance vile as the reward of their vigilance. The Marshals had three offices in the city—one at 41 Chambers street, another at the corner of Forty-ninth street and Third avenue and the third at 12 University place. From their conduct during the day it was evident that they acted solely with the purpose of intimidating voters, as men were dragged from the polls to the offices upon the slightest pretext, to be ony. instantly released. As the hour for closing the polls drew near the exertions of the Marshals were increased, and numbers of persons who were in the act of casting their ballots were prevented from doing so, and lost them, heing delayed after the closing of the polls. The principal charges on which arrests were made were illegal registration and lack of voting papers, but in all mstances save four the charges were found to be trumped ap. The men who Were held are Timothy McGrath. who was arrested in the Fourteenth Assembly district on a warrant issued by Commissioner Davenport, || charged with false registration. He was held in $1, bail. John Meaghan, of the Ninth Assembly district was arrested on a@ like chi default of bail, was sent to prison. was arrested in a downiow: voting, and held, The enly oth that of Patrick Kearney, a deputy arrested jor drunkenness, arrest ade w Marshal, who was AT THE POLICE COURTS. eS SS The Day at the Tombs. For an election day the Tombs was remarkably duil yesterday, some forty cases altogether being brought up, and thirty-seven of them were for in- toxication and disorderly conduct. Judge Quinn sat on the bench in place of Judge Hogan. A man named James Hoyar was arrested at the poling booth corner of Hubert apd Greenwich streets for upsetting an O'Brien box.” After a suort examination it was discovered that it was more by accident than design, and he was discharged. Henry Shannon was arrested for illegal voting in the Fourth ward. No complainant appearing he was discharged. * Patrick Haipin was arraigned charged with assault and battery on Daniel McIntire, a United States Marshal. McIntire refused to press the com- plaint and Halpin was discharged. John Smith was charged with snatching a watch from the vest pocket of William Wallace, of 25 Elizabeth street. He was held to answer. A few more cases of assanit and battery, while intoxicated, were brought up during the afternoon, but on promise of future amendment the prisoners were al] dismissed, The Day at Essex Market. At this Court yesterday there was not a single case of election disturbance brought before the magistrate, and a duller day for general business has not occurred in a long time. Justice Scott stated that in his remembrance he did not know of 80 quiet an election day as yesterday was. Not even a verbal quarrel came before the Court for its Judicial sentence or for the exercise of the usual | clemency exercised toward electioneering enthu- slasnl. FRENCH POOLS, 4 The following 1s the return of the Paris Mutual pools as they closed prior to the election :— AT THOMAS’ SALOON, 1,239 BROADWAY. Tickets sold on Lawren Total.... Tickets sold on Dix Tickets sold on Kernan Total Tickets sold on O’Brien Tickets sold on Havemey: Tickets sold on Lawrence. Tickets sold on Dix Tickets sold on Kernan TOTAL... eee se eres eeeeee teeeeseresessveseeres + 441 On the Result af the _ ion for President in New jersey. Tickets sold on Grant.. ste 190 Tickets sold on Greeley... On the Result of the Election for President in Con- Tickets sold on Grant... 86 Tickets sold on Greeley. 28 Total. Tabular Statement of Transporta- "tion Expenses. AE Ha DK neat Particulars of the Increased Cost of Operating Railroads in 1872. What the President of Erie Knows About It. me The United States Import Sixty-One Per Cent of all Manufactured Rails, Sone! Ls Lax aia What Mr. Watson Knows About Albany Bribery. ° Experiences of the Treasurer of the Dela- ware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Oompany. The United States of America operate more miles of railroads than any country in the world, and yet it will be demonstrated by the perusal of this article that the companies are running their roads at almost cost, notwithstanding the fabulous amount of traMc they accommodate both in pas- senger and freight carriage. The fiscal year of railroad corporations subject to the laws of the State of New York ends on the last day of September, up to which period a detailed re- port of the roads has to be transmitted to the State Engineer, who, in turn, is obliged to transmit a condensed statement to the Legislature at its next, session. This report must be verified by the oaths of the treasurer or president and acting superin- | tendent of operations and filed by the 1st of Decem- ber, Jars: ‘The amount of The amount of ‘The amount paic ‘The total amoun ‘The funded debt b The total the float his report must state the following partien- last report. » ount now of funded debt. 1 debt as by last report, w of floating debt For gradnation and masonry by last ‘The total amount now expended for ‘The amount tor bridges by last report. ‘The total amount now expended for the same. ‘The amount for superstructure, ineluding iron, by last last report. mount now expended for the same ngine and car houses, machine shops and ma- and fixtures, by last report. motives and fixtures and ploughs. ssenger and baggage cars, freight cars, engineer- of the road. THE CHARACTERSSTICS OF THE ROAD must be described as to the “length of road, road laid, double track, including sidings, branches owned by company laid, Weight of rail by yard or main track, the number of engine houses and shops, of engines and cars and their character, THR DOINGS OF THE YEAR IN TRANSPORTATION and total miles run by passenger and freight cars, rates of fare for passengers per mile, number of tons (of 2,000 Ibs.) of freight carried, rates of speed by all trains, &c., dc.” ‘Then there must be enu- merated THE EXPENSE OF MAINTAINING THE ROAD by stating for depreciation of way, length in feet of iron and in renewals, with weight and cost, repairs of buildings, fences and gafes, taxes on real estate, expense of machinery or personal property of the corporation, repairs of engines and tenders, depreciation of same, repairs of passenger, baggage and freight cars and their deprecia- tion ip value, repairs of tools and machinery in shops. Incidental expenses, including fuel, oil, clerks, watchmen about shops, total expense of repairs of machinery, agents, clerks, labor, hand- ling freight, loading and unloading, porters, watch and switchmen, wood and water station attend- ance, conductors, baggage and brakemen, engine men and firemen, fuel, oi) and waste for baggage and passenger cars, loss and damage of goods and baggage, damages for injuries of persons, damages to property, including fire, general saperintend- ence. contingencies and total expenses of operating Toads, All these items must be set forth succinctly and in detat!, At the same time the receipts and earn- ingg must he described, equally as plain, and with fali particulars. Our object in going #0 minutely into every little detail concerning the expenditures on rail- roads is to show the thousand and one chan- nels of expense that have to be bridged over by railway corporations in the course of their daliy operations. The above extensive items fully show what it requires to run @ railroad. It 1s not only abed with rails on, and locomotives, passenger and freight cars. which constitute a railroad. After the road is built and fully equipped, then the run- ning expenses begin to count, which may be said to constitute the major portion of the company’s outlays. Of all the railroads in this country, one of the most extensively operated is the Erie raliway, and an exhibit of that road is a fair criterion to judge others by. Through the kindness of Mr. J. B. Hodgskins, the Treasurer of the Erie Company, we have been en- abied to obtain an abstract of the transportation expenses for six years past, which at a glance will show the ditference in the running expenses o! each year :— 186. | 1867.) «sR. led and) cepting cost! : ; $1,557,019] $1,573,368 nm used in re om ‘i 909,762) 1,179,598 pldings. 262,378 255.445, fences and gates . 46,433) 58,190 Taxes on real estate... 228,888) 231,549 Totals. coccesees} $9,460,618) $9,001,482] $3,909,594 sof engines and SRT, 1,181,270] 1,030,860) 1,189,015 pi f passenger cars| (356,909) 63,592, 378,123 Reps freight cars 798,623) 1,005,208] 1,067 )809 Repairs of tools and mi chinery In shops. 138,731] 113,877] 110,079 Incldental expense cluding oll, fuel watehmen, & shops... . 79,753) 05,068 7,461 Totals ‘ 4: Office expenses, station- CFF RC esc eecvseses--| © 187,796] 164,131 Agents and clerks... (584,456) 611,871 Labor, loading’ and’ un- loading freight....... 588,796] 473,500) 472,981 PeMACAMe at 45.185) 105.343} 100476 nd water station ae 17,005] 18,881 408 (688,358 sare) fee 140n,g06] 1,278,040 286) 197,204 i ; i 27,148) 404 ger and Daggers cars 18,940 poe Loss anddamage of goods ness Damage i to “ cluding damages ° b or x cattle Kitled on rond. 10,366 neral superintendence 116,045, Contingencies ... 86,996 wuss mi henesctesoaiee Repairs of tools and ma- chinery in shops «+-+e6 138,878] 110,163] 113,664 Incidental expenses, “in- cluding ofl, uel, clerks, watetune . i shops. 60,408) 63,666 ‘Totals...... ‘$2,601,691] $2,354,644 Office expenses, station- Y, de... § 251,080] 245,992] 244,158 Agents and clerks. 872,952] 1,086,701] 1,173,627 Labor, loading and w loading treight -.| 683,223] 881,575] * 670,718 Porters, watchmen and switchmen........ 198,813) 207,372) 247,046 Wood and water station _fttendance . 27,002, 30,044 99,261 Conductors, baggaxe aud brakemen . 854,382] 936,049) 1 sages Engineers and 900,908) 945,653) 1,073,3 Fuel, and labor ofteparing for use...) 1,406,412) 902,806] 1,076,368 and tender ee) 06.107 146,757] 154,440 nders....... Ott and waste to: rs 25,006] 27,981 48,201 Oil and waste for pi Bor and baggage cars 7,990 5,262) 16,701 0 Of KO and bawga v-] Janos! 164180] 202,864 Damage for injuries’ to| DeFSONS «2. 67.087] 36,972 71,606 Damage to property, in: cluding damages * b; fire and cattle killed on road , 9,263) General supert 167,280} Contingencies . 187,794 Totals..... ’ $5,828,358) $5,781,626 Recapitulation. Maintaining the road 4,248,273] 8,680,603] Repairs of machinery 182,634) 2,601,601 Operating the road... '309] 5,781,626} TotAds. 2... 819,260,206) 912,078,010) $12,190,006 Expenses of operating and repairs per cent 79.0, 750 725 Barnings per Inile run $204). $1.65) 1 St EXPOMSOS eee 1 66 1 Lig Net profit.. ENaC ee Tt will be seen by the above that in 1866, when the number of locomotives and the amount of roll- ing stock was not more than sixty per cent of what it was in 1871, the expense of ‘fuel, cost and labor of preparing for use’ cost $600,109 68 more than it did the latter year, which was altogether owing to the high price of coal, &c, Again, the item of oil and waste for engines and tenders alone in 1866 was $37,240 64 more than during 1871—cause, en- hanced price of material. But that it costa more to operate ratiroads In 1872 than during the past six years is an incontroverti- ble fact, yet to-day coal is cheaper by $1 75 per ton than it was in 1868, and enters into the expense account of railroad company to a frighttul extent. On the other hand, iron of every grade has risen beyond all reason. tron rails, which last year cost $07 per ton in gold, now bring $75. Spikes at papeent sell for 53s cents per pound, which, in 1871, brought 414 cents. ‘Fish plates’ have gone up from 33 cents to 6 cents per ey Steel rails, which one Bhes ago sold for $92 50 a $95 per ton, gold, now bring $117 50 a $120, gold. The duty on iron rail is 70 cents per 100 pounds, and on steel rail 144 cents per pound, less ten per cent. ‘The ad- vance in rails of all sorts 1s due to the enhanced rates in coal and labor in Europe, yet, withal, our importations in that line are datly on the increase. he price of locomotives has also gone up about twenty-five per cent. An engine, costing in 1871 $11,500, cannot be built at present for less than $14,000 a $14,500, American rails have kept pace with the trans- atlantic advance, rising from $68 to $92 per ton at the mills, and, as a matter of course, if trans- ported to the Far West the price increases, In the matter of timber for beams and crossties there has been no perceptible advance. The ruling rates for such remain almost intact, While material for construction has advanced so greatly, the various companies are using the ut- most economy. Old rails are used in piace of new, and patching resorted to, where in ordinary times new rails would be laid down. Thus, by the economy, the corporations are enabled to tone down their expenses to the lowest rate. The average prices of coal, as placed on the mar- ket by the monthly sales, and which greatly influ- ence the ruling rates, for the past five years were as follows :—1868, $4 25 per ton; 1869, $5 26 per ton (which high price was caused by a three-months’ strike during the Spring of that year); 1870, $425 per ton; 1871, $430 per ton, and up to September 30 the average price ruled at $3 50 per ton, These prices are termed “tide water rates,’ and are hardly rulable in conn tion with those paia by railroad companies, It is an impossibility to mine coal and bring the same to Elizabethport and Perth Amboy for $350. Some one certainly loses by the operation, But the rail- road corporations as a general rule own the mines which supply their fuel, hence this article seldom, if ever, varies in price tothem. All the railroad authorities are unanimous in blaming the rise inlabor as the chief source of increased ex- penditares, while the receipts for fare and freight have remained intact, and are likely to stay so for some time to come. We have been favored with an official statement of the report of steel and iron rails and pig iron from England, to all countries, for a period of eight months each during three years; also the ex- ports for one month, from which can be seen that the United States imports about sixty-one per cent of all rails manufactured, ne following is the report alluded to:— Month Ending ‘Aug. 31, 1873. Countricn, | am 1870. |. | 1872. Tona.| Tone. Tons. sa ain || a} United States... ./41,076|47,993| 40,003) /279,616|395, 162/340,821 British... 2,889) 10,976} 13,478] | 25,001] 48,114) 59,080 Spanish West in- dian Islands. 824| 200) 83] 3.166) 1,478] 1,089 il. 135] 2,155] 594)) 2,785] 14,426) 13,434 36 515]| 10,448] 7,908] | 24 2,585] 1,682| 2,496] 11,563) 16,349) 24.700 . . {2315212 ,095}21 468) |163,700] 65,684) 48,941 nm. 2) 1,240) 1,120) 6,585) 8,219 Germany... TA} 3,630) 4,996) | 42,344) 40,622) 25, Austrian Terri- i «| 2,179) 6,607) S01} ) 26,208) 15,241] 7,504 i 66] 62|| 248) ria] 307 1,032) 2,019] 232]] 14,412] 8\590] | 2,608 6] -"153] 2.038] 91463] 6,511) 8.877 9,234 | 1,678) 1,989) [122,798; 29,283) 10,200 727, 1,993} / 6.023) 11,382] 14,577 Egypt. 2] B08) | 290]| 1,666) 2,429) 10,403 Other 8,950] 6,767] 3,605] 37,822) 51,461] 46,617 Total | 88,632] 9%, 369/94, 982 | 1768, 233 | 662,841 |627,587 Old iron to all | countries 8,428)19,247) 6,789) | 76,355) 91,765) 75,744 Pig iron to U. 8.. 12,197 [14,726 |10, 008) | 75,0611 19.008] 152)237 The Erie Railroad, With a desire to obtain information in reference to the above facts, Mr. Watson, the President of the road, was also called upon. Ina general conver- sation about the recent and present management the following is extracted as bearing upon the question under consideration :— ReportER—Mr. Watson, I want to obtain infor- mation upon the iron and coal questions as con- nected with Erie, and how they affect the prox- perity of the road? PRESIDENT—These two questions of yours invelve the most important interests of the road, As far as coal is concerned, we have had A GREAT DEAL TO CONTEND AGAINST during the past season. Coal has been so exces- sively low at the mines that instead of being a profit to us it is questionable whether we have cleared ourselves. During the reign of Fisk and Gould many fraudnient contracts were entered into by which coal was supplied to the Erle road at prices far above its actual worth, and now when coal has gone down in price these contracts remain in force and we find ourselves unable to compete with ‘atner dealers. Of course this surplus in the price went into the pockets of the late managers, and I | find that discovering these franduient contracts is by no means an easy thing. It is a matter of time, and we have to go to work gradually and slowly and one by one secure the annulling of them. J have already succeeded in doing this to a great extent, but have not completed the matter. Of course during all this time we are suffering great losses, or rather the loss of profits which we ought to make. | It is only one of the many jobs we find foisted up@n us by the previous management and which to @ certain extent we are bound to carry Out because we are HELPLESS TO PREVENT IT. In the matter of tron we have another state of affairs to look at. Here is an industry which is one of the greatest importance to us. The price of iron has greatly increased during the past year, a6 yey, nearly all our ratiroad iron is imported England, and you are no doubt aware how things stand over there when the scarcity of coal has dealers to put up their from eight ‘a ton to twenty-five shillings. This has an immediate effect, of course, upon the iron men, who put up the price of their commodity, and finally THE BURDEN FALLS UPON 0S, f who have to buy the iron. This increase in price Will be one great reason of a falling off iu profits this year, tl ih, in spite of it ali, fam confident of showing a clear gain ym previous years. You have no idea and can have wo idea unless you S 5 delve mto the matter as I do, of the incubus under’ which we labor at present in the Erie Railway Com- pany. We have all manuer of burdens to shoulder winch legitimately are not ours, but trom which we can only gradually rid ourselves. It is ap Aen stable which it will take time to purify. e plan of Fisk and Gould was to delay the pay- merrts as long as they could, Our paymasters ougit: to start out on the 12th of the month and go Song, the line, paying of the men. They stop at eac! place on a certain day, thus making it a month be- tween each payment. The old plan was to send the paymasters out at the end of the month, thus keeping the money from the workmen halfa month. ‘This evil was repeated so often that the workmen were paid in some cases three months after they should have been paid. Of course, the men couldn't ind this, so that Lg 3 would se!l their claims by giving orders upon the paymaster, The people who took up these orders would generally charge A discount of twenty-five per cent. The workmen, who thus were only three-quarters of their Wages, would strike for higher pay, so as to make up their legitimate pay. Thus Erie was paying twenty-five per cent more to its workmen than any other ratiroad, This plan opened the door also to AN IMMENSE DEAL OF SWINDLING. Fisk and Gould, by keeping the money back, used to operate upon it. The men who discounted the orders of the workingmen made an enormous and illegitimate profit, and it introduced into the man- agement a plan which would have been death to the corporation in the end, This was one of the iirst evils which I attempted to reform, and | have already succeeded in bringing the wages of the workingmen down to the proper date. In this manner lam enabled to get men to work for the Erie road at the sume pay that they worked for other roads which paid promptly. It is a reform which will be worth millions of dollars to Erie every year. Our paymasters now start out on the 12th of every month and pay the hands regularly each month, and in future their pay will never be allowed to fall behind as it did. The reform gives great satisiaction everywhere and cuts off a sys~ tem of usury which was of the greatest detri 3 eee aeoe work rao tet hie Shey a aI o ir regularly on the it is due, it pre- vents strikes and makes THE WORKINGMAN CONTENT. I consider that nothing could have been more in- iquitous than this system of cheating the laborer of his proper hire. They are the least able to stand it, and it only goes to show to what devices the for- FP ease bh would proceed to cheat and de- ‘aud, REporTER—In what other ways have you intro- duced reform? Mr. Warson—Two great curses have been suck- ing the very vitals of Erie during fhe past few years—litigation and legislative expefises. I have no need to explain to you the enormous legal ex- penses which have been put upon the road, and all to cover up the greatest frauds. The fees alone of lawyers ran up to hundreds of thousands of dollars every year. Judges were bought and sold and tue courts of law were turned into markets where de- cisions were obtained at the price of gold. Thi for one thing, has been stopped, The Erte Roa doesn’t have to pay for “Black Friday” suits any more, nor for lawsuits which never should have had an existence. But as great A CURSE as this, and perhaps a greater, was the item of legislative expenses. On the one hand Fisk and Gould and on the other Vanderbilt were fignting lor a supremacy wnich was only to be bought at an enormous sum. Thus it wenton year after year, the stockholders ‘vainly endeavoring to get their rights, tae revenues of the property they owped being used to prevent them. Never was there a more iniquitous proceeding in the financial nistory of the country than this. And Heaven alone knows when it would have been broken up but for the death of the prime mover in all this business, ‘The road was being gradually impoverished by these everlasting and enormous expenses. Not even so rich @ corporation as the «rie could stand it, and God knows where it would have ended. This out- lay will occur no more. I believe it 1s possible to run a railroad without bribery. At all events, the Erie will be run without ‘t, When men walk in devious paths it is of course necessary to cover up their tracks in some way, and legislative corrup- tion seems to have been the most successful and the most Bonnie thus far. I remember an instance of a member of the Legislature from the interior. of the State telling me that in one case HE OFFERED HIS VOTE TO ERIE for $2,000, It was not needed at the thae and the offer was refused. He told me that the next time they did want him he wouldn't sell his vote less oe and he got it, too, a few days after- wards. KerorTeR—Have you found any other means of DEVELOPING THE RESOURCES OF THE ROAD and prDene in money besides those you have mentioned? Mr, WaTsoN—The abuses have been so many that they can hardly be enumerated. Fisk and Gould had some interest in every department connected witn the road. I found a great many abuses in the passenger department. Lots of people were get- ting commissions for all sorts of things. There were all sorts of agencies which were paid com- misstons. I have aiready curtailed some of these and hope to curtail more. There was never any need of this sort ofthing. The money which reached the roud finally was sometimes nearly halved from what it originally was. Again, the freight depart- ment was badly organized, and gave opportunities for all sorts of swindling. This, to a great extent, Ihave reorganized. At present, however, I am applying myself particularly to perfecting the connections, which very important branch of the railroad service has been badly neglected. But above all : J THE LOCAL TRAFFIC has been allowed to droop. There is a splendid field not at all developed in this rticular, and which will be worth a great deal to the road, REPORTER—And now as to the earnings of the Toad; how will pire compare with last? Mr. Watson—That is a rather dificult question to answer. Since I have been in - position I have been steemipsing, to in some clear insight into the accounts, This is a work of enormous dimiculty. The plan of publishing ream nceor of the earnings, &c., had become a farce. ere 19 no reason to believe that these reports were based on fact. They said what they liked; there was no one to gainsay them, so that When you ask me for comparative statistics | must put you off until I have come to a thorough mastery of the subject. I can say confidently, however, that our earnings for the months of April, May and June have been $503,952 INCREASE UPON THE EARNINGS of last year, Fuller details it is impossible to give at present. EPORTER—Can you tell me how the profits compare with those of last year ? Mr. Watson—From January 1, 1872, up to this time they are slightly over eighty thousand dollars more than they were for the same period of 1871. ‘This increase is due to the reforms which have been inaugurated, and in spite of the two great drawbacks of the increased price of tron and the present impossibility of fatr profits upon our coal, two Items which, had they been as favorable as they were last year at the same time, would have made our profits greater by many hundreds of thousands of dollars. But these are, of course, things which we cannot overcome, THE GREAT COAL ROUTE. In order to obtain a view of the situation from another standpoint a HERALD reporter called at the offices of the Delaware, Lackawanna and West- ern Railroad Company, and was fortunate enough to meet the Maat gentlemanly treasurer of the company, Mr. A. J. Odell. The gentieman was “up to his eyes” in business, and was signing checks at arate it fairly entities him to rank with Mayor Hallin his ability to rattle of volleys of mechani- cal signatures and talk to two or three visitors at the same time, giving due attention to each sub- ject. Upon being informed of the object of the report- er’s Visit Mr. Odell said he was not aware of any causes which had contributed very materially dur- ing the past four or five months to increase the cost of operating railroads. The Delaware, Lacka- wanna and Western line had not experienced any advance in expenditure beyond probably what they had incurred in the way of actual investment in property or equipment for the benefit of the road. They had been laying down con- siderable quantities of steel rails; but this could not be looked upon as augmenting the running expenses. For example, suppose @ thousand tons of steel rails arrive and are laid down next month on the road, their cost is of course charged to the disbursement account of the line ahd may make the montii’s expenditures ex- ceed the total receipts for the month by several hundred thousand dollars. Still this must not be looked upon as increasing the operating expenses of the road, for in the next month there may be no imprgvements made and the earnings would then large oe. exceea the disbursements for that period. With reference to the outlay of rati- roads for coal he would not say mueh for the reason that the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Company mined all their owa coal, and in this respect they were not so liabie co ie the effects of an advance as some other of 1! road corporations might have done, He however, that if any increase in expenses ha been experienced by other lines it could not be a! tributed to the cost of coal, for there had been no advance of any La a ati within the past few months. In iron the advance had really been quite severe, and he attributed it toa sudden demand, which had made it difMficuit just at present to get the supply into market to meet the cali. e Was no actual scarcity of tron—it was more ability to handle the amount required within a given — time, @ consequence rates of freight or transportation on iron had gone up very considerably, To illustrate. The well-known Builalo firm of Pratt & Co. had found themselves last Fall in ession of @ large number of freight vessels on the lakes, and they entered into a num- ber of heavy contracts to ship iron frem Lake Superior mines to Buffalo at fifty cents per ton. In uence of this recent demand for iron rates ing have advanced so that $3 50 per tou is jor the same sel that Pratt & Uo. are doi under their contract at cents. But this advance is ey ait cae Pratt & Co. are still fulfilling ir contract obligation: for in faith and will continue to do s0; but the effect of the rapM demand and the increay¢ of freight rates, comb!ngd with other minor causes, had been the sending up of iron from $70 and $75 te $90 and $95 per ton. Here, of course, the effect 0! this advance would come in by sngmentiba ina measure on the various railroads the cost of re ire; but it was not at all probable that it could ave any material influence on the general monthly or yearly expenses of running a road; and he thought ‘that at the end of the year, when the various companies come to make up their book: the general total of earnings and expenses woui contrast favorably with the reports of ter caumijas periods