The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-03-31
RAILROAD CUTTING.
LOW RATES wESTwAD.

A New York special to the Chicago Tri-
bune, says: "The officers of the New York
Central and Hudson River railroads have
made discovery which has led to the re-
duction of the rates of fare to emigrsnts
nearly fifty per cent. The three great rail-
roads to the west-the New York Gen.
trail, Pennsylvania, and Erie-have
hitherto divided the transportation of
emigrants among them, and the rates to all
important western points have been uni
form. 1t is now known that a contract was
recently made by the Erie road with the In
man, National, Williams Il Guion, White
Star, Anchor, and State lines of steamships,
whereby tickets should be sold in European
cities for the transportation of passengers
from New York to Chicago for ten dol
lars. The uniform price agreed upon be-
tween these three railroads tor such trans
portation is S13. By this scheme Erie has
nonopolized western bound passengers ar
irving by these six principal lines. The
steamship arriving yesterday ordered at
Castle Garden that all her passengers bound
west be transported by the Erie road. On
relinquishing their throughticket, therefore,
passengers were given tickets over the Erie
road. The Pennsylvania Road has for some
time HAD a contract for transporting
west all the passengers by the Cunard
steamers. This state of affairs was soon dis
covered by the agents of the New York
Central, and was reported at the company's
headquarters. The vice president of the
road at once sent a letter to the commits
sioners of emigration, stating that, as these
two competitors had fionopolized the
arrivals of emigrants at Castle Garden,
his company had decided to withdraw
their agent at that place. He also
requested the commissioners to warn
emigrants in future against the overcharges
for fran m inf do
by the Erie aud Pennsylvania railroads, as
the New York Central road would hereaf-
ter convey passengers west for nearly 80 per
cent less than the other roads do. Single
tickets to emigrants by this road from here
to Chicago are now 81; to Cincinnati, 81; to
st. Louis, 50 55; to Omaha, SIG; to Milwau-
kee, IS; to Kansas City, SIS, etc. OF course,
the Erie and Pennsylvania roads could
not hope to successfully compete with
the New York Central unless they reduced
their own rates. They therefore notified the
commissioners that they have put down
their charge for passenger transportation to
compare with the New York Central. The
emigrants-a needy class-wi,l be greatly
benefited by the competition between the
railroads, but it is improbable that these
rates will continue long in effect.
The Washington correspondents announce
that General Butler will be among the eulo-
nounced inthe House. If the Essex states
man had any regard for the fitness of things
or of the wishes of the American people he
would hold his tongue on this occasion, but
it offers him another opportunity to keep
himself before the public, and for this pur-
pose he will speak hollow words OF eulogy
for one who, in the purity of his public and
private life was his antipode, and whose vir-
tues must seem to him incomprehensible.
He will praise the dead Charles Sumner,
whom living he hated. He will mount the
coffin in order that the public may see B. f.
Butler. 1t is as If charlaton should cover
Summers grave with posters of his quack
medicines.-Hartford Courant.
There is a champion editor over in nli-
nois, who, having become disguised with
ink, has retired to his fruit farm, in the
southern part of the state. Under date of
March p. he writes to a friend in the Sen
tinel office, in the following ecstatic strain:
" Gentle Anna has made spread-eagle of
herself down here. The service trees and
peaches are showing their red and white
banners, and the Strawberries are a carpet of
bloom. / look out on wheat fields ripping
their green blades in the wind, while blue
tail fly insists that atn dead cat" 1t is
pleasant to know that spring is on the road I;
she will reach here some time.
While congress is vexing les economic soul
whether to have a centennial exhibition or
not, Sweden has made an appropriation to
nav the expenses of having its products fit
| tinply displayed at the centennial. We
must have an exposition, or somebody
will have to draw their foot out OF an un'