New-York tribune., 1875-02-12

oc.ve list and with some apparent
reason. The proposition made by the Company 10
the Secretary Of the Treasury for final settlement
of all disputes between the Government ana tne
Company. appears to offer plan which might per-
hans prove beneficial 20 both and althongh IL is III
the nature Of compromise, many inteihgent eci'-
temen Of the street seem to think that the uo'ern
ment might do worse than to accept lt-that I" 10
something much better for the National Treasury
than its present relation to the ROAD, anu
that it would be q point gained to recover
even the principal Of the bonds which 1t issued In
aid of the construction of this road. The remainder
of the railway share list if except Ohio and Mis-
sissippi. which made a decline of per cent mas
been comparatively steady. and might be called
strong in the face of the adverse influences LII APP
pears that the railroad war, which commenced two
or three weeks since at Chicago and at ST. Louis on
eastern bound freight, has extended to the East so
that freight is now taken West at rates
never before dreamed of. The Baltimore and
Ohio Company, il is stated, commenced
about week ago to contract for freight from Bal
tmore to Chicago ut IS cents per 100 pounds at the
same time declining to make special rates from
New-York. This action becoming known to ship
pers in this city, at had the effect to stop all
shipments until the lines running direct from here
should reduce their rates to something like those
from Baltimore, and we have it on trustworthy au-
thority that one line has actually made within the
past two days several contracts to take
freight to Chicago at the Baltimore rate OF
Is cents, and Furthermore that to-day even
more favorable terms could have beeen made. 1t
will be readily seen how disastrous this will be to
the railroads when it is understood that the rate es
tablished by the Saratoga combination was 81 per
100 pounds and that that rate even was from 30 to
40 cents lower than those previously prevailing
Add to this condition of affairs tho fact that such
roads as the New-Yorll Central and Hudson, and
Lake Shore show falling oil in traffic receipts for
the month of January, compared with January
of last year of over 100000 and 100000 respect
ively and assuming that this insane railroad war
and the present condition of business are to con-
tinue for any considerable length of time, and we
have basis for estimating the prospects OF railroad
companies in the Immediate future by no means
1atterng to such corporations. Lake Shore, as We
are credibly informed, shows a decrease in the
traffic receipts for the first week in February com
pared with the corresponding week of last year. OF
$4,000 or at the rate of over 100000 for the
month. The receipts of this road for February
1873, were in round figures 81 100000; for February
1874 Sl3JOOOO and for the present month they Will
probably not exceed 81 100000 Where is this thing
to stopi The transactions upon the Stock tx
change to-day aggregated 155,7O0 shares, of which
Al 100 were Union Pacific, 24,300 Northwestern,
23.GOO Pacific Mail, 1920 Western Union, 1900
Wabash Il 100 Lake Shore. 9700 St. Paul. 300 Ohio
and Mississippi 300 Eric, aud 1000 Rock Island
The opening, highest lowest and closing prices of
active stocks sold to-day were as follows: