, 1870-06-14
THE RAILROAD WAR.
Tnndcrbiltss Blockade versus Erie
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From The .se.o ITort Tribune, June II.
Ihe notification from Commodore Wander
blt Of the conclusion Of the arrangement by
which passengers BY the Eria Road were csr-
Road, has undoubtedly inauguratad = ffesh
wa1 Mr. Gould claims that be had foreseen
tho movement, and, to defeat it's object. had
already planned line between BuffLo and
Niagara, thu contract for the construction Of
which in ninety days has been sHarded. Chi
the Erie Road, and for some time past, under
an arrangement with the Lake Shore Road,
Erie freight has been transported by that
road; three weeks ago, by an election OF the
!, Lake Shore, Vanderbilt gained possession Of
the line, and iname mediasely repudisted the ar-
ing its connection With Chicago. This Also
the Erie folks claim to haye prophesied, and
to have provided remedy in the shapo Of An
invention, which. il AZ successful as present
appearances seem to indicate, will causo
great revolution in their favor. It is an i'm
travel over any gauge Of road, and consists Of
steel feather one and half inches in
width, inserted in = lateral groove in the axle
hse-e!ghths of kn inch deep. This, unlike
former inventions intended to work the same
results, does not weaken but Strengthens the
axle; in this festher notcles are cut so that
the wheels can be spread apart or moved near-
er together. The first caz with thu invention
applied left Jersey City on Saturday, ths 18th
OF May, and a1rived at Chicago, bound for the
Pacific Coast, Oh the Sd Of June. By this IN
Tention the controllers Of Erie expect to run
to Chicago and the Northwest over cor raectiona
with Western lines on friendly terna With Erie.
Our reporter Was informed yesterday At the
Ere Office that freight for cattle On the Cen
t1nl had been reduced from 2I20 to 40 per
ca1- On inquiry Of the freight agent OF the
Central this Hss denied, and the assurance
* van hy +ha dor& $AAAE k.%4 L
Of any railroad war, and that he did not be-
lave there was any. He said, further, that
though stock rates on come of the Western
lines might have broken for dxy OF two, still
it had not come to his knowledge, and that
rates to snd from New York on the Central
But freight bills received in this city yesterdxy
show shipments Of live stock 1t the rate Of ass
per cAr--a reduction Of 465 from the old
chArgea. This attack was met BY aimilar
movement On the part Of the Erie 1tne whose
. cS1<snded, Vii stect tne Rria protite iesa
than those 6f the Central, for the reason that
Mr. Gould haa devoted much Of his time lstsly
TO the study OF the transportation OF live stock
in the Vest to New York, Boston, Ind
Albany markets, and is prepared to offer better
facilities, even af lower rates, than Vanderbilt.
the Central has carried merchandise from Roe-
ton to the West At so much lower rates thkn
Erie hAs from New York that New York mer-
chants found it cheaper to send their Western
ebipments to Boston, and from there west-
w1fd by tho Boston L Albany and Central.
It is understood that Daniel Drew is to tsks
q part-hoM prominent is not yet developed
il the pending hostilitiee. About weak ago,
Nj. Drew. Who, since the sudden seyeeanoe ID
his connection with tbs Erie Road, has avoided
the Grand Opera Hon4e, sanntered into the
office with his cigar in his mouth. and, heedlees
Of the astonished glAnces that followed him
from every Gde, extended his hand to II. Fink,
Bsyln8 that EIie Wns his first lone snd that he
had returned to It. Fisk received him In The
most friendly mannsr, and since that
constant communication md frequently
closeted together Each side claims 10 be
acting en- the defensive, only resisting the in
cursions Of the other in its e6orts 10 obtain
the monopoly Of the Western traffic. Fiak
contends that the breaking up Of the azxange-
nent'by which the passengers Of the Erie
Paseed to Niagara Falls, bJ virtue Of coupon
tlckeb oter the Giag1rs Branch Of the Gen.
tra!, VIII in tho end recoil On Vknderbi1t's head
and prove really baneft to tbs public by
canelnK the construction Of the broad RuaRs
Erie Branch 70 the same point. 4 letter r.
esiyea It the Erie oface, yesterday, from The
Chicago freight agent, states that the calling
In OF the combination tickets by tho Western
agents OF the Central createa the greatest e1-
csenene IN that city, and that the war il
watched BY the American people with the
greatest interest.