, 1875-05-04
RAILROAD NEWS,
Tho Fight Between tho Michigan
Central and Detroit u
Milwaukee,,
Russell Sage to Be 0ustod by the Alox.
ander Mitchell Party.
Tho scnru In Wall Street Yesterday Orcr
John 7. Tracy,s Sickness.

DETROIT AND CHICAGO,
About Neek nEo tbs DotroL l. MilEHnkta
Rnltsohd. IN order to seonro largo slAro bf the
Western bhsinchs. reduced ita freight rates TO-
tween Dotro!. ard Grand naplda Is pot cont,
The Michfghn Contrnl followed suit IN tho cut.
all c!asecs except spnclh9s, aid conts per tuO
pounds Oh that. Consequently tho Detroit 4.
h1slHGnRte made still furthnr reduction, Which
compelled tho Michigan Cuutrai, in order 10
maintain tho shptumaeY 70 bring tho rases down
This tight IL eoyoroiy lbjnting tho eLufost}o
deaEors OF this city, ns the cheap rates make ii
tnore advantageous tor merchants living In she
stocks In Detroit. ami seseral Of orr merchant
liaTo written ldttors to ttip paper ihnniriuH why
TUG Michigan Ccsitln1 Was maklu8 such dis.
crtmiaaton n favor Of Detroit.
Superintendent Strong 6f tho Mic!iigan Con. M
ttal. 70 hear WIN. ho bad to say in lo2ari
tSox tS this IN a'to5; 9:.os A. Strong stated shat
te boSe i iSssheo S aa. a mi 1h H. oa By
bad to follow sqit aB q matter Of sc'tpscscrya-
tlon. Tl,cv had Gut doun Tho 1ates 10 bottom
t!Snres 90 e to brlng tl,e netroit & siswau*eo
1lllHhukte Road Ia in batt pdh!tEon fiiahcnily.
htid could not stand this watfare MY lcnrtl oi
tinle, and consequently ho cxpcctetl tho rates 10
20 reAtoted again III fev days. Tho atchigaa
Gohtral could not pohs!blv reduco tho rates iron,
tallug bottfedh Ctdnd Rapids aid Uutrott
for by, 10 doing they would lures
the hichigan eol,thnrn and nreud 1lapils /
Indiana 1latlsoada 10 take part In the light ani
Creek, jackson, kalamazoo, etc.. would 10
destroyed. ahd wonfA bring on general ilghl,
which w{pu!d not only Ho1erplf, cttbplo sla toala
but the business intcscstnok tlls city also. Tins
taoEe tliau. some OF our Wholesale, horhbs, but
he wa contldcut Chicago would be aheai again
within foH daJH. .n
g A CHICAGO, MIL LWAukEE 4 ST. PAUL ROW.
=, Rnteat D'al'tth so 7hs Chteaao 7rsb,u.
NEw YoiK, May J.-1.iissell Sage, rsco-presi-
dent Of tho Chicago, Milwaukee l. st. Paul
1sailroad, will bo tldpoAol ftoln tho management
Of that road on June 1a, whom tho stock
holders moot. Alexander Mitchell. tho pres-
stoc!!s. and D circular addressed by ths
Mitchell party to tho Rtockholdors SAYS that.
among other contemplated reforms, it III intonl-
GU that tho Office In Now York shall DO used e1-
DO Under lnnnagctncnt that aill 1avo
no interest in. tho stork.Marlset iucon-
nlatcnt with that Of Tho shareholders.
Sage .sa}a, that ;thee, diasanslona iu the Com
him out, grow ont Of lis complaints that Bonlo
officers llava be6n privately Interested In con
tracts los lumbar supplied to the rqad, aud That
while there y po proof of irregulasitN tho1o ala
5'Nto 0hoFtshoAH " >AolH6s
THE CHICAGO RoCK ISLAND PRESIDENT.
1pfesa! UtspGtch 10 fhe Chau7o Ir1eua..
New Tonx. Mar 9.-C Considerable e1cItcmcn,
was created In Wall street by tho report tia,
Johu T. Tracy, President Of aho Chicago, Rock
Island & Pacific Rlilfonl, hal been stricken doup
wEh apople3y-a third nttaok, complicated wita
BtlGbt's disease Of the ktdneys-wlaicA had d.
preaalnF effect oil tho stock market. Upon il.
iifiT tb hiEht ii lilo Gilaey uouBo, whero ho
Hldps I found tat 10 had only at, attack Of ror-
tgo, and hc was sitting up. feeling much better,
md nut it a!i In q critical condition.