Gen. Harding's Great Tramp

U-en. tlarciing, one of the Railroad Commissioners of this State, is engaged in the work of inspecting üie railroads. He makes it a personal and particular business, walking over every mile of road in the State and treading on nearly every tio in them. He began the work about a month ago, and to this time has walked from Kansas City to Lexington, from Lexington to Sedalia, from Tipton to Boonville, from Centralia to Columbia, from Louisiana to Cedar City, and from Hannibal to St. Joseph, inspecting six roads or an aggregate of 455 miles. He intends to keep on until he shall have walked over the 2,300 miles of road in the State. Vhen his task is ended he will know all about the actual condition of tho roads that is worth knowing, and a great deal moro tlian could be learned by riding over them in a traiu at the rate of twenty-five miles an hour; for he will have learned the relations of the roads with the people, the raes of freight and passengere at every station, the discrimination made in favor of what are called competing points, the excessive charges (if there be any) for way business, the character and conditioD of the bridges, and all other facts tliat Kailroad Commissioners must know to enable them to write an intelligent report. Judged by the usual method of making such investigations, Gen. Harding's long tramp would be called unnecessary; bu't, when it isremembered that he is gathering information that ho could not otherwisp procure except at second-hand from the companies, it will be admitted that he is onlT preforming an official task