, 1875-01-20
RAILROAD NEWS.
Indications Of tho Downfall Of the
Saratoga Combination.
The Fort Wayne, Munoie & Gin
oinnati Road,
Railway Accidents.
THE SARATOGA COMBINATION.
Hf,1HH nm trA II mn

Tho rntnors which prevailed last Saturday that
tho various limos lcadlpg to tho East wero 'cut-
ting" freight 1ntes 10 Now York are again re-
pcatetl. II is stated, aud apparently on good
authority, that coitractH have boDn made during
tho Inst two tlaya at 37t1 censs for fonrtil.clasn
frcigl.tn to New York. II This Ia tr,1o, II
proves beyond n doubt that tho combination Is
broken, and that tho various Eastern lines arc
tncting independently Of each otilcr.
An effort will bo made At tho Commissioner
nooting at Cleveland to-aay to harmopze tho
'ariols interests, and settle all cxlatug dificn.
| les, This meeting Is but continuance Of tho
ac hold in this city about two weeks
no, WHOM nono hui tho nlanagera of tho
lmnsylvsnIa l'ailroad Compauy's fines n1ade
| tllir appearance. It was thought that by atl-
! lotning to Cleveland. wIcrc the manager Of tho
Laso Shore t Michigan Southern has Ills head
cutters, tho presence Of that gentleman could DO
| nr9tncu. There is. however, but little prospect
| TINT tho Meeting viii be any 1noro suocossini
than tho ono held in this city. Mr. An,asa
Htont lilo General Manager Of tic Michigan
| suitlern. Is decidedly opIuscd to having. any
more tonRa1ltatonh with tho managers Of tho
ptttatTg, Tort Wayne & Chicago, lEd ll9 III nn-
| loubtaiy acting BY tho advice Of Commodore
| Vanderbilt, who IL President Of Liz road. IT
m:y Alss DO safely announced thai neither the
prcBtIeit nor tho Gencsat Superintendent of the
tElILInt WIZ ukIEUtt tile TnSGL"
| ing. Air Strong. tho General Superintendent,
soag d ihas bo '' DID nra not no sa Secss
flat Mr., 10y woaid 60. Tho prospect, there.
fore; IL tlls ti,e Saratoga combination, as far 10
| tho Wchtct. Bureau IL concerned, will bo fnr
nlaliy 1oclred dead at this meeting, and the
Commissioners will adjourn Rino die,
| AZ FAR aa tile Eastern Bureau il concerned,
but ittlo is l1ia{vn Mt present, and, apparently,
they aro "sking in harmony, having just sus~
| CnG111 tn rnSi11r thu r1tfR frnO1 Nnw Fnr1f IN
| Chicago. Ihro Is, however, little prospect TINT
this portion e tho combination viii lust much
longer than t,o Western. Tho roads aro work.
inG agalnHt ea& other in spite Of tho,r sconllnE
agreement IL tlo abolition of tho commission
| aystem. Flow hithfnlly it Ia carried ont will DO
seen by the follswing circular. which l.as acci~
dcntally fallen hto tic lands Of TRIBUNE
/ reporter:
noIs: II you haze watclsc,l tho rapers, yon know
that the Vanderbilt md Tam scott lines rtralnilt
cT'rG i"rva 70 kecp Aa Saratoga kwinto altyc Re-
inralf*v tah I'll Eeisg your Eastern tlcktG.
When you gel out ccrnin fornls, keep otlt.
As t1cge aro but sl,rco Incs belonging to tho
Eastern con'birstio,, 'anialy: the Vanderbilt,
circular haa been gotten mp in Tho interest Of tha
| Eric load. The aevieo to the "boys." M
hcalreyH aro o,deagisE!y called By tbs ticket
ngouts, to kepp nut of certain formH
when they get cut, altowH tiat they aro
still selling tickets on eoniniaHion FOR oil the
lncs in spite Of tho ortorn thut 10 commissions
should hereafter be pail THO fuct IL that these
| roads wora never in sarneat aa rcgastln tho
rnrinsl,, reforms Which v.ro merely put forward
rs blinds to 1niHload TIM people frnm tho real oh
jcct Of tho continuation, Ehicl1 wa1 tic making
n'ul maintaining OF high froiglt~ratcg, Tho
failure OF the combination Mill prove seriouu
calamity to tho various fast-treght lines. Those
lincHt apparently independents corporations, arn
mostly Owned by tho railroad companies, aud,
/ whenever an agreement OF any lInl was eukored
into. these lines woto used to ouLwt tl.cao roads
that had uo Huch linen. They could mako rates
M they plonsed, whilo tho roads with no fast
| freight !lres hnd to abide by tue rates Cstal,-
| lia!led by tho combination. Those fast-frniElit
| Iiues Aayo o"sEsown their usefulness, and theso
is no rnaaon w.y they should not bc anlalSamat-
esl with tho freight departments Of the various
| roads.