, 1875-10-21
Removal of Lust Years Saratoga
Combination.
The New Chicago & Atlantic Road Let
1n...Qeneral Increase of Rates.
Passenger Fares VIII Go Up on tho 1st
Of November.
Tho National Railroad Convention New
Pool,
ANOTHER GRAND COMBINATION.

ECg 3pAlb f4AL HIcpple" h'NVt< eAu
have cherished tue ldca that they could unto all
tho roads In tho country luto ons grand oombi'
nation. and thua forco thu pooplo to phy aach
rates for frs,el,.s and passengers a. they chose
to impose upon them. About = year ago these
two magnatcs succeeded IN getting ,r an agree.
mcus At Saratoga Which carried out this pet
scAame Of thcirs, but which broke GU the stub
bornness Of MIR. Garrett, OF tho Baltimore It
Ohio Railroad, who refused to join, and tho
uuttol opposition Of the press. Since them
however. efforts to renew that grand comblnh-
tlon Lave boeu made, and thoro iB not tho loast
doubt but that they nov have boon successfnl.
or course tho managers were moro csscful
this time, and kept thoir proceedings "a
necrot - posnsble for fear that the papers Of the
coMntry would again pitch Into tho achomo and
nip i In tho bud. The formation Of the new At
lantic Chicago Road via the Baltimore 4
Ohio carne very near breathing up tho new com.
biisasion and getting ur another fight like that
Of Lass winter. But from all that can DO loarned
this has becn avertcd by admitting tho neu'
line INTO Fellowship with the other through
lines. 1t was thought bother to give this line
share OF the business than coutnuo to carry
freight and paasongcrn At Tho former low ratios.
About fortnight ago ncot'ng was hold in
ratoa for fse'ghts. both eaat and west-bound.
aented, but Mr. Thomas Scott announced
that b. va authorized By hs friend
tiou vss also taken prohibiting fast-froight lines
and agents from making any contracts whatever.
aud Accepting any freight except At tho regular
.ariff rates. Shortly after tho freight rates wont
up from, 25 end 50 ceuts per 100 pounds or
cents. and the Same increaso WAS undo on grain
aud four. This is about ~ high as tho combt-
nation dared to 60 Hhilo navigation Is open, but
1t In already underHtood TINT tho ratea attor the
~ nf nhnrV will IN nor i,,1r r3rai
OH fourth class aud gratt and 81. 20 Oh flour.
That noN combination has boen formed, and
that 1t IL already in working ordor, Is confirmed
BY tho following te'egrsphio cron.t juss sent to
tha Genatal Freight Agents Of the Erio and New
York Central Railroads.:
Wo congratulate our connection upon the recent
advaucesln E.st-bcund ra.es, and hope and bolleve
that the ruin1s uliey which haa prevailed in tho pas
fow months has lseen Abandoned and that hereafter
groases, conndones betHeon connections and competi
traeta Is pernclous. and should bo Sloppea and
slider that 1t Is duty 10 strongeat ofoIts to
hereafter be psrtcs to ttino consrncts On Eastern
bound traffic. Agreements hhve been nihdo between
The trunk laes 70 ahaadon tho practice ot making
Wcs-bound time contracts, 0a1 ~ fa4t ~ tloae now
renewed. ,se hopo Western connections will
busincsa entirely In our lands. Pleaae notify all in-
terested. Il. G. FILAa-
]. II, nuT1ER.
DHt nos ONLY III lal8lDG lEelSnt-Eated nht tbe
combination shown its hand, bit also In raising
tho passenger -rates. When posco was declared
between bcott and Garrett, pasaenger-rates,
which had boep unusually low during the light
tho Michigan Central HaiIroad. tho rates ro-
mhuod about 90 lower than they had besn boz
fore tho war. But nov, ~ Vanderbilt haB virt,i-
ally control OF tho Michigan Centra, aud the
manaaoru Of the road hayo nothing to gay except
what Vanderbilt desires them to- their objec-
tiono have boen Quiesed. and the result IL
another advance iu passenger-rates to the
East. At = meeting OF tho 0enoral
Chicago roads held st tho Office OF the Chicago,
Kock Island 4 Pacific Ilailrond. tho announce
ment was made that the combination had do
cded upon the following new rates from Chcsgo
vembar. and which they weso requested to ez-
tend on their tariffs: