Show TELEGRAPH TIDINGS baw to o the tile ailers id I railroad rebuke kd iuka washington dec 19 tho report of joseph K mccammon commissioner corn missioner of Railroads lias has been received bj bytho bythe secretary of the interior it sa says a the indications aro are that within a f short ah ort time there will be five different routes to the pacific coast where less than a ve year ar ago there was b but ut one the rai railroads oads will be instrumental in dey developing eloping the country at a rapid rate capital liaa has been invested in immense jul M ense sums and still the tendency I is towards further developments principally in the west and southwest it is believed that operations in railroad construction this year will exceed those of any nr evious year and in consequence barg largo tracts of mineral and agricultural ri cultural lands ands will ve made access accessible ate the commissioner takes up the question of compensation by land grant to railroads for the transportation of troops and government in ent supplies and says I have ave readied reached the tile conclusion that fifty per pet cent of the tariff for ordinary rate of the companies would bo be compensation just to the railroads and the government and proper for permanent application ecat eainer Eg on engineer iner blackstone while recognizing the general good con condition of the pacific railroads says there is mill still left much to be done in order to b bring r ing them to that standard condition that true economy in their maintenance an ef and operation suggests the engineer criticises criticizes severely the f aul t construction of many brid bridges Cs 82 and cays comparatively few of efem them are supplied with proper safeguards safe guards against accident in conclusion the attention of congress gr ess is in invited cited to the fact that t there h ere it no uniform system of railroad signals in use which is a source of confusion fu slon an and should be remedied by appropriate legislation |