, 1876-03-04

THE fODt ttkE6s
From dispatches lracetTad horo yesterday thf-
tcrnoou ,fromtho General freight Agents Of tho
Ya.touB Eastorn ,roada In this city, it appears
Tint tho ,0onoeat a1anaaors, who hayo baon In
scsalon III Now York during tho last fow days In
sostlgating tho uhargoa 1nsdo agains. Vaudor-
Bit roads ofcutting, ratcs or paying drawbacks
to thulr Southwestern connections. against .tho
express stipulation OF tho pool. have tcc!ded to
mako another effort to mnfhtatn peace tho
family. Though, 1t .waB proved ,b0Ynna q doubt
ilat Vanderbilt roads hnvo heon outing ratea. as
charged in GHE tEn1nUHE, yBk tho Commodore
that 10 would not do II agaiu. Tho 11auagara
wore undoubtedly induced to be so foniont .l,o.
oatiso most Ut stcn, are AZ loop In
tho MR. ira, ms ,ro Snn1erblt Dc ID in The an,
ahaaa o, oo euoScr etS and an poo ef Item sfo
ovor-scrupu!ous regarding tho lrncana to obtain
thiaond. 10 1t ia reported thai tho rittahurg j.
Fosk Wayne Railroad ts ct prosent turning oyar
muoh ui ite frnglt at this point to tue i}altt-
.iold whore 1t Is transhippcd to tito Pittaburg l.
Fort Waync. It ia a fact that tho Baltimore &
OHIO ts just now taxed to it's utmost napaolty.
Nhflo tho other roads hnyo but little TO do. Ihe
svlvania 1ialltoad wishes to cheat tho pool out
OF d portion of tho oa1nings. Tho otllcinla
Of tho road claim that the freight thoy
arc giving tho baltimore Il Ohio at prc8-
t6nE l6 jlfG hLoCKa 7Ln63 HlFN " ~
thom beoanne :an ng1oomaut exists .lotweon
thu ,yariouB lines. by which tho live atook ahip-
monts SHOULD bo equally divided among tho va
touB roads, and ns tho baltimore l. Olno had,nos
yat Ind its Share, the fraEht Was turnnd oyor 10
.thoni. II this il 20. IL Ia far moro .raprnhonsi
bio arrangement than has rot como to light. In
connection with shla 1t is rnporte0 that tho roada
hnEe contract wish two Of tho largest shippers
In this city, by which tho latter aro gnarantocd
favorable rates. 40 that thoy Mil not kick against
ft,n nt3ovo A$rN0rnmNot. I'll H1nhIfAf Nh{NnNfH
however, arc forceu to pay tho preaent high tar-
itf rates.. md aro' thus placed At disadvantage.
Tho rntlroal ;mngnates, ut their .conlosance In
Now York, docttlel that tho rates be fixed on tho
l,asis Of 10 oon,e, tho ,preacnt xato; thoso
from oIhnr points to he basod upon that. no-
.garding tho Western grain traffic rebate, Which
baltimore anA' Philadelphia have boon paying,
tho rasbwa reduced from 8 70 ~ cents. Now.
.ta would be all very vol II tho rates would
ouly ho maintained. BUT thero Ia, good roaaon to
heliove that tnny will not. Thus far ,no ngree-
mont for maintenance Of freight rates las boon
kept my longsh Of ttmo. In faet, lately most Of
the; tariffs :have been broh0u ,boforo they Nant
into nHeot. SO 1t waa with the late agreement
n,alo at tho Grand Pacific Hotel. In thla, city,
mud 20 1t will be this time. Whilo undoubtedly
ordors will now be iBsued to tho Rod Line White
I.iue, and all tho othor faat-froight liuos
drawaaeEs d to to- aesist from their aoilonS'
9tbeF moRnB witt undoubtedly bo found by
whioh tho determinations ,Iqado against this
city during tho past winter can ho kopt up. It
Is 4 wal-kuown faot that lnroh OF tho freight
contracted for by tho Detroit & MitHhukoo and
Grand Trunk Railroads at from to 10 cents lcHs
thap'rcg1llar. tariff rnteH is bn!ug aiItpped over
tho New York Contral to Now York. A Fnn-
derbtt4has now ,AiRnel thu AGrooulont to tnlo no
Western freight sexoeps at the tariff rates, docs
ho mean'to 1otllae tho fsoight offered by theac
lines heroafter2 It ia hardly probable tliat, ,ho
viii.