Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 April 1887 — THE RAILWAYS. [ARTICLE]

THE RAILWAYS.

A table showing the earnings of twentyone roads for the second week of April, the first complete week iu which the railroads have been operated under tbe interstate law, is furnished, showing In many cases a decided falling off in the amount of business. Compared with the corresponding week in 1886 there was a decrease in the earnings of $166,392. Lansing (Mich.) dispatch: “Since the Toledo, Ann Arbor and North Michigan Railroad requested the return of legislative passes a week ago, legislators have been hinting about railroad legislation,, lowering of passenger tariff, etc. To-day the passes were returned to the legislators.” For the third week of April the freight shipped eastward from Chicago amounted to about twenty -nine thousand tons, a decrease of one-sixth under the interstate commerce > law. Passenger business is abnormally light, especially to the eastward. .. .Parties supposed to represent C.' P. Huntington bought the Kentucky Central Road for $1,505,500... .Thomas J. Potter of Chicago has resigned the office of Vice. President of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (o accept a similar position with the Union Pacific Railroad and the Oregon Navigation Company, with headquarters at Omaha. Mr. Potter was receiving $30,000 a year from' the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, but it is said a larger salary induced him to go to the Union Pacific. :