RAILROADS ENTERING CHICAGO.
Chicago, Ill.
Please state the total number of railroads entering Chicago on their own tracks or others, and oblige
Several Readers.
Answer.—Hardly two persons would agree as to “the number of railroads entering Chicago on their own tracks or others,” for the reason that one person would count all the distinct roads named in the several coupons of every through ticket from any part of the United States, Canada, or Mexico to this city, while others would count only the roads chartered in Illinois and adjacent States running under separate managements, and entering Chicago over their own traces or leased right of way. The latter number about thirty-eight, the former amount to several hundred. There are twenty-seven great railway systems centering at Chicago and controlled mainly from this point, which embrace about 25,000 miles of track.
HARVARD, YALE, COLUMBIA.
West Lebanon, Ind.
Please give a comparison of Harvard, Yale, and Columbia Colleges in wealth, number of students, and number of graduates.