A % PROPOSED NATIONAL SYSTEM OF HEAP FREIGHT RAILWAYS. FREIGHT CAPACITY TEN-FOLD OYER THE PRESENT DOUBLE-TRACK. st of Transportation to foe Reduced to ©ne-Tfoird of Present Charges. -:o:- tter from the President of the National Cheap Freight Railway League, AND OTHERS, TO CITIZENS OF TEXAS. Washington, D. C., Nov. 21, 1867. n. Chauncey D Sabin. Peter W. Grgy , T. W. House, E. H. Cushing , and others, Corresponding Committee, &c., Houston , Texas. (Gentlemen: We are in receipt of notice a Mass Meeting to be held at the city of uston, on the 10th of next month under auspices of your “ Cheap- Freight Rail- y League,” the object of which is to take ctive measures to assist the great move- nt heretofore inaugurated to improve the nagement *of' the Railway and to lessen cost of transportation. In this movement not only command our individual sym- hy$ but, we trust, a national approval, n this proposed policy inaugurating a Na- nai System of Cheap- Freight Railways on improved plan of management, it rejoices ,o see the State of Texas throwing herself the foreground, and even taking the lead he movement. We trust that all the other tes will quickly follow. We hope you will ulcate at your meeting the wholes' me sen- ent, now seemingly too much t ; /often, t all parties must live on production, in- stead of office, and that the great family of this nation must be made to thrive on in - creased production. We regard the proposed Cheap-Freight Railway System the most ef- fective agency that can be adopted to secure the material prosperity of the people. With sentiments of individual respect, and earnest sympathy in your, movement, we are cordially and truly, Your Co-operators, Lorenzo Sherwood, President National League. J. M. Edmunds, Vice President National League. J. S. Fowler, U. S. Senator, Tennessee.. Wm. B. Stokes, M. C., u S. C. Pomeroy, U. S. Senator, Kansas. C. E. Moss, Editor Lynchburg Record. Isaac R. Hawkins, M. C., Tennessee. B. F. Camp, New York. Ex- Gov. Richard Yates, U. S. Sen., 111. F. E. Spinner, U. S. Treasurer. John R. Elvans, Pres., Aux. League, D. C. Z. Chandler, U. S. Senator. Michigan. H. D. Cooke, Banker, Washington, D. C. H. A. Willard, Washingtou, D. C. W. D. Wilson, Iowa, Dep’t Agriculture. Ex- Gov. Wm. Sprague, U. S. Sen., R. I. D. K. Carfter, C. J. S. Court, D. C. G. H. Williams, U. S. Senator, Oregon. 2 M. C., “ Tennessee. B. D. Peck, Editor National Republican. H. D. Cook, Illinois. Henry Wilson, U. S. Senator. Mass. Ex-Gov. Geo. S. Boutwell, M. C., Mass. Ex-Gov. Leonard J. Farwell, V. P. Na- tional League, Wisconsin. Wm. M. Stewart, U. S. Senator, Nevada. Ex-Gov. Alex, ltamsey, U. S. Sen., Minn. John B. Gray; State Agent, Missouri. Wm. A. Pile, D. A. Nunn, R. T. Van Horn, Alvan Flanders, W. H. Kelsey, J. W. 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Timothy 0 Howe, U. S. Senate, Wis F B Penniman, Ed Pittsburgh Gaz., Penn John W Orr, Ed Amer. Odd Fellow, N Y J H Shultz, Ed. Amer. Rail’d Jour’l, NY Horace Greely, Ed’r N Y Tribune, N Y Johia H Griscom, Pres’t N Y Ass’n for the advancement of Science and Art Giles W Hotchkiss, Ex-M C, New York Calvin T Hulburd, “ “ J H Ketcham, “ u Burt Van Horn, u il A H Bailey, Sidney 1 Holmes, Ex- Billop Seaman, N Y, Treas’r Nat’l League J A Garfield, M C, Ohio S F Cary, “ “ M Welker, “ “ » E B Washburne, M C, Illinois Burton C Cook, u u Abner C Harding, “ 11 Wm Oland Bourne, N Y, Ex Coun’l N L .T W Patterson, U S Senate, New Hamp David Atwood. Ed Wis State Journal Gail Borden, N Y, Ex- Council Nat’l L E A Rollins, U S Com’r Internal Revenue George Tucker, Va, Vice Pres’t N League J. S. Shultz, Pres’t Met. Bank of H, N .Y. 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Loren BloUget, Ex- Council Nat’l L., Pa James Kelley, Post Master, NYC., N Y J M Comly, Ed. Ohio State Jour’l, Ohio *S P Dinsmore, Ed’r N Y Stockh’r, N Y W Richardson, Ed’r Gal. Daily News, Tex John A Peters, M. C., Maine Aaron F Stevens, Ex- Gov. N P Banki George A Halsey, W H Koontz, Samuel J Randall* G A Grow, D. Polsley, Charles E Phelps John Trimble, Wm S Hoi mar* a New H >, “ Mass n New Jersey it Pennsylvania u ll Ex- “ it 41 West Va » Maryland li Tennessee U India** A L Train, Ed’r Daily Palladium, NH ; Ci John Hardy, Editor Daily State Sentinel Montgomery, Ala. L A Knight, Ga., Vice Pres’t Nat League M. C., Iowa. Wm B Allison, Hiram Walbridge, Ex- Thomas Cornell, Wm A Darling, Ex- Benjamin F Butler, Alex. A Rice, Ex- Ebon C Ingersoll, Samuel M Arnell, John F Starr, Ex- Thomas Lynch, John H Rice, Ex- President National League Ex-Gov. Wm A Newell, Ex-M. C., N J Portus Baxter, Ex- 11 Vt. H S Burndy, Ex- “ Ohio Charles V Culver, Ex- 11 Penn. New York u Mass. u Illinois Tennessee / New Jersey Maine Important Material Movement of the Na- tional “Council of tlie Union League of America.” RESOLUTIONS. Whereas, Bills have been introduced into Congress, and are now pending before the Senate Committees, the object of which are to inaugurate a u National System-of Cheap- Freight Railways” on an improved plan of management ; and it being satisfactorily de- monstrated that all the material and produc- ing interests of the whole country would be vastly stimulated and invigorated by such improved System, therefore, Resolved , That it be, and is hereby recom- mended by the National Council, that the Loyal Leagues throughout the United States give immediate and earnest attention to the great movement which has been inaugurated by the introduction of said CongressionalBills. Resolved , That this council approves the objects sought to be accomplished by the 11 National Anti-Monopoly Cheap-Freight Railway League,” and recommends to the Union Leagues an earnest co-operation with said organization, and with Congress in its proposed action to benefit the material inter- ests of the Nation. Resolved , That material Statesmanship, under steady policy, and such as is adapted to the vigorous development of our resources, and increase of production, has become in- dispensable to the country at large, and next to the duty of maintaining the rights of the citizen inviolate, has become the immediate duty of Congress and the Republican Party. J. M. Edmunds, President, W. J. Cowing, Secretary. Isparttmt MfiTeraert ef the Alabama Constitutional CC*vv«atio*2. Montgomery, Ala., Tuesday, Nov. 19. ’6^ The ooMiaitWc, to wfcicL was referred" a. 4 certain preamble, and resolutions, respecting a national system of cheap-freight railways, have had the same under consideration, and report the following preamble and resolu- tions, which are substantially the same as when referred to the committee; and recom- mend the adoption of the same. John C. Keffer, Chairman. Whereas, ^.fter establishing and securing the equal and just rights of every citizen of the State, the next policy of importance is the advancement of the material condition of the whole people; and, Whereas, Internal Improvements are the acknowledged means of invigorating devel- opment, stimulating production, inviting pop- ulation, and creating wealth ; and, Whereas, Bills are now before Congress, proposing to inaugurate a national system of cheap-freight railways on a greatly improved basis ; therefore, Resolved , That this convention heartily ap- proves of the principles and plan of the Con- gressional Bills introduced into the Senate of the United States by Senators Henderson, of Missouri, Harlan of Iowa, and Nye of Ne- vada; and further, that we. recommend the proposed national system to the attention and approval of the people of the State of Ala- bama. Resolved , That we regard the monopoly system of transportation on our commercial thoroughfares as injurious to the whole coun- try, and particularly oppresssive to a State possessing the extraordinary but undevelop- ed natural resources of Alabama. Resolved , That this convention hereby pe- titions Congress, to adopt the plan proposed in the bills now pending before the Senate, and that provision may be made to authorize the building of a railroad to unite the Gulf of Mexico, at Mobile and Pensacola, with the lakes at Cleveland and Chicago, upon the cheap-freight principle, which, in the opin- ion of this convention, is the best plan yet promulgated to promote public economy and tbe common thrift of the people. Resolved, That the President of this con- vention cause copies of the foregoing pre- amble and resplutions to be forwarded to the President of tlie United States Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, with the request that they maybe laid before the respective Houses, as the petition of the people of Alabama,, for the early adoption of the proposed plan of cheap-freight railways. The report was adopted unanimously. . Advantages and Results to Plow from a Consummation oftlie Proposed Nation- al Cheap Freight Railway System. SPECIFICATIONS. First , It is assumed that the freight capac- ity of the roads upon the new plan of man- agement will be increased more than ten fold over the double track as heretofore and now managed. Second , That freights can be lessened to dne-third, or less, of present railway charges on the average. Third , As much can be saved to the peo- ' pie in the annual expenses of doing their bus- iness as the yearly interest on the national debt amounts to. Fourth , That the improved system will be attended with a new creation of taxable pro- perty of more than the national debt itself. Fifth , That the arterial trunk thorough- fares, to be built, among other things, for the common advantage of the 38,000 miles of road nowin operation, will add to the existing lines of railway twenty-five per cent., on the average, to present value. Sixth , That our national production may easily be doubled, or trebled, in the course of a few years. . The above propositions have been repeat- edly thrown out to the public, and their re- i futation challenged, Instead of any attempt- ed refutation, or serious cavil, they come back fortified and strengthened by the leading public economists of this country and Eng- land. They are again put forth, and will be i urged on the attention of the public. The documents and papers containing a full elu- cidation of the principles and plan of the proposed national system can be had by send- ing to Henry O’Reilly, esq., Secretary of National League, 24 Pine street, New York, or the office of The Great Republic, 499 11th street, Washington, D. C. From the London Railway News,. Sept. 27, '67. AMERICAN RAILWAY REFORM. CHEAP FREIGHT RAILWAYS. A powerful organization has recently been formed in America for bringing about some most extensive and much-needed reforms in the rail- way system of that country. The association styles itself “The National Anti-Monopoly Cheap-Freight Railway League,” and its objects are to provide “reform in railroad management by securing equal rights and cheap transpor- tation.” The League has attained to power and influ- ence with a rapidity which affords pretty con- clusive evidence of the geueral feeling of dissatis- faction with the existing state of things in regard to railway matters. For some time past it has been very clearly seen that the system of rail wavs in the United States, extensive though its mileage and wide as are its ramifications, was not thoroughly adapted to the wants and exigencies of the country. The area of the United States is enormous, the distances to be traversed are greater than in any of the countries of the Old World; the freight to be conveyed is, for the most part, natural pro- duce from the land, or from the mines below it3 surface, and it cannot stand the burden of heavy charges which would be borne by manufactured articles, to the production of which skilled labor had been applied. It is monstrous to suppose that coal cannot be conveyed from the mine to the grower of corn in the West, or that corn, produced so cheaply as it is, cannot be sold with advantage a few hundreds of miles from the place of its growth. It is for the purpose of showing the practica- bility of this work that the great American League has been formed, and it is because its ob- jects are of so thoroughly practical a nature , and so well calculated to benefit the whole community , that it has met with the extensive support which it has already received. The League propose the construction of seven new lines of railway, with double track, to be specially devoted to the conveyance of freight — differing, however, from other lines of railway in the important essential that they are to be open to free competition for transportation, just as in the case of an ordinary turnpike road, on the payment of tolls by the persons using them. Not less than seven bills were introduced [three ^troduced, and four ready for introduction] ditto Congress proposing the establishment of as many long freight routes, running from the in- ferior, through different States, to the seaboard. (These lines would run from Galveston to Kansas; from the Mississippi to the Atlantic; a third from the eastern shore of New Jersey to the mining district of Pennsylvania ; a fourth would provide for the States of Carolina and Virginia; a fifth for Georgia ; a sixth for Alabama ; and a seventh for the northwestern States. The whole system of trunk roads to be thus provided would embrace about 4,000 miles, which, at the cost of 50,000 dollars per mile, would amount to an ex- penditure of 200,000,000 dollars, the yearly interest on which would be 12,000,000 dollars. Ample precautions and safeguards are provided in the bills against that jobbing and reckless ex- penditure which has done so much, both in this country and America, to impose heavy bur- dens upon railway property. One of the clauses provides “that so much capital stock, in gold valualion, as is necessary to build and complete said railway and appurtenances, is hereby au- thorized.; and further, that said capital stock shall be divided and represented by shares of one hundred dollars, of the gold faluation ; and p that no share of stock shall be issued by said company or its officers to any person, Govern- mcnt, P tate. or corporation, unless there be paid into the treasury of the company one hundred dollars in gold or its equivalent therefor.” The promoters of the League state : “Upon a . careful estimate, we find that the railways in the ) United States are underlaid with diction to the average extent of more thfqp forty per.cent. of their assumed cost; in other words, had they been constructed with casbq prudently and economically expended, they would not have cost sixty per cent, of what they now stand at. It is immaterial whether this resulted fmm un- avoidable sacrifices through feebleness in finance, or from turpitude on the part of managers. In an economic point of view, the results upon the popular interest are the same. No one would dispute the proposition that the public is entitled to accommodation by paying fair income on ac- tual investment, whereas corporators in all cases insist upon exactions from the public, in order to make dividends on their fiction. Nearly all the scheming connected with modern legisla- tion has had an eye to false capitalization and dividends’ on fiction. This is the great modern plan for cheating the people, and legislators who knowingly encourage it, instead of participating in the spoils, ought to have a snug place in the penitentiary.” Basing their calculations upon data which ap- pear to be unassailable , it is contended that freight charges may be profitably reduced by two-thirds of their present amount. It is contended that freight may be carried upon railways constructed under these favorable conditions of economy, and worked under the advantage of uniform rates of speed, from the Ohio to tide water in Virginia, at 4 dollars per ton, or 40 cents per barrel in ‘flour, and 10 to 12 cents per bushel in wheat; that flour may be conveyed from St. Paul, Min- nesota, and Nebraska to the Atlantic, at less than 1 dollar per barrel. The proposal of the League is a bold and a novel one. THE CHEAP-FREIGHT EQUAL-SPEED SYSTEM. DEMOCRATIZING THE RAILWAY. This wonderful machine of English origin, and hitherto conducted on principles of Eng- lish management, is now threatened with an [American] improvement, that promises to add as much to its efficacy as the American improve- ment added to the printing press. The appli- cation of the paddle-wheel to the steamboat was an American idea. The practical adoption of the principles of telegraphing, whereby it was broug,ht into public use, was American. Sew- ing by machinery is American. The planting of grain, reaping, harvesting, and threshing, mowing, raking, and pitching by machinery, are American. Agriculture, intercourse, com- merce, and manufactures have advanced on American ideas, and now, last of all, the railway is absolutely to be placed on the democratic platform of “ equal rights,” and opened to the public like a turnpike road, with manifold effi- ciency over present management. We have heretofore explained and advocated through the columns of our journal the “equal- speed,” “equal rights” plan for a freight rail- way . It rejoices us to see our contemporary of the London Railway News , falling into line, and approving, as a measure of necessity, the democratizing of the railway. It has been demonstrated to the world that the strongest form of government on earth must have its foundation on equal rights, and we shall soon demonstrate that equal rights in the manage- ment of the railway will not only secure a mani- fold degree of efficiency and cheapness in per- forming the business of the country, but, in all probability, add one-half to the actual develop- ment of our vast resources. The subject of democratizing the railway, which is now fairly before the, people of this country and Europe, is the most important sub- ject of material economy ever presented to the world. It grows upon the mind by investiga- tion. It increases in magnitude as its co-relative results are traced through the ramifications of business and again centered in the combinations of result— vastly increased production. Few persons, at first sight, comprehend the immense effect of an improved system for the rapid and cheap handling of the agricultural, mining, and* manufacturing resources of the country. It was stated by an intelligent farmer of the West, a few days since, that the “ Cheap- Freight Railway System,” if accomplished, would add three-fourths to the average net profits of agriculture, after deducting the cost of production, to the whole country west of Utica. It has been clearly pointed out that Pennsyl- vania, in consequence of expensive freights, is suffering under a yearly deficiency of produc- tion of more than one hundred millions, as com- pared with some other States, and that Ohio 1 and the West generally stand in nearly the same category, while the Southern States exhibit a still more meagre production. It was well re- marked by an experienced railway financier of England, lately in this country, that “the great West is strangled by illiberal railway policy, while the South is starved,” and he concludes that “ cheap freights and very numerous trains is the remedy.” We do not precisely agree with our contem- porary of the London Railway News , wherein he declares, in connection with his admiration of the plan for Cheap-Freight Railways under the Congressional Bills, that the proposal is a “bold and novel one,” The idea of putting the operation of the railway on a democratic f c Noting, is neither bold nor novel. T t is only mcrtcan. It is simplygoing back tt> the prin- ncip les that underlie the Canal State system of New ' York, wllic k was inaugurated by the most emin en t statesmen and political economists that Amer ; ca has produced. It is in entire accord- ance w ith the principles that were originally pnrrrqfh 'd on the charters for railway enterprises in Massa chusetts. The proposal to open the rail wav t« 1 free competition in transportation merely ina Mcates a return to the sira I )le P rincl ‘ Dies of com. 11011 justice and good sense. P It I v h assumed, as an undeniable proposi- tion that nei ther the rights nor interests of the ceon’le will be guarded or protected until the Silwav^s oner ated on the equal rights plan. Exclusive pnvil °S° on the highways of com- merce is St 0di0USand / ff Tl\ e A r S jsumt possible to bt ' conceived ’ an4 wke * trac ^ t0 its uniform results, the most paralyzing and injurious. There is no excuse for it, unless such excuse can be found in absolute necessity. When it can be demonstrated that tenfold freight power can be added to the present work of the railway, and freights, by a combination . of economic incidents may be reduced to one-third of present charges, it does not speak well for the monopoly principle in transportation. Our railway management is now brought face to •face with the popular requirement of doing much more work for a much less price per ton. Unless this is accomplished without unreason- able delay, we are confident that, on the great national freight routes, present managers will be obliged to leave the track.— American Rail- road Journal. PROPOSED SYSTEM OF ARTERIAL OR COMMON TRUNK RAILWAYS. SCHEDULE OF ROADS. From the Mississippi River eastward, through Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts, and New Jersey, having Atlantic termini at New York, Boston, Phila- delphia, and Jersey City, in accordance with Senator Harlan’s bill. 2. Coal Thoroughfare, from the eastern shore of New Jersey to the coal mines of Penn- sylvania — the object of this road being to supply the navy, the ocean steam marine, steamtyO.vts and railroads, mechanical industries operand by steam machinery, and the household wants of <.5,000,000 of people in New York, N|w Jersey, and the New England States, with cheap fuel. Bill by Senator Nye. 3. Railway from Galveston to Tyler, in Texas, there branching and running to Fort Gibson, in the Indian Territory, in one direction, and to Little Rock, in Arkansas, in the other. Bill by Senator Henderson. 4. Railway from Beaufort, North Carolina, to Raleigh, thence to Cumberland Gap, with branch to Wytheville, Virginia. Bill by Sena- tor Fowler. 5. Railway from the waters of the Chesapeake westward, through the State of Virginia. 6. Railway from Brunswick and Savannah, Georgia, to Atlanta, thence to Chattanooga, connecting with the roads of .south-eastern Tennessee. 1. 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