, 1876-02-10
A Few Words Mora on tho Subject Of
Discrimination.
milwaukee, Takes Occasion to Put
in Her Our.
Centennial Rates Agreed Upon by tho Con
oral Tiokot Agents.

,nado its nblo aud convincing report. No ono
cau now bo found who is not fully convinced
tint Chicago lna been noBt ahau1efulDy
treated by tho Eastern. railway managers.
Tho business men OF this oily arc now fully
aroused, and undoubtedly moan bneinebs
Whotovor two Of them are fonnl together they
talk about tho DETERMINATIONS and discuss tho
beat means for a speedy romody. Our Wcstern
railroads arc well pleased with tue turn aIairs
have taken, as they aro just as anxious 10 havo
tho discritn!nations stopped a. our merchants.
These roa,ls have suffered most severely on &C.
count Of tho advantages that we're given To tho
crosa lines by tho Fonusylrania and baltimore L
Ohio Railroads. They now bcltoye that tho
wo1Rt ia over, and TINT the Eastern pool lilos
will como to tor1na In few days and Eiro thcm
Aica advantages ~ will cnablo thcm to compete
With other rival roads,
4 meeting Of railroad managers, Gcnoral
snporintenlentB aud 0oncrat Freight Agents
of Eastern and Wnstern roaas will be told ut
tho Grand Pacific Hotel to-day, Tor ths purpose
OF taking sono action in regard to theso dis
crimlnnsIons. aud having tho rates arranged 30
rs to mako thom equitable all around. Taere
eau be no doubt that something will 10 dono at
this mootlpg to ond tho prosont etate Of affairs.
The Chicago roadB can no longer tolerate the
outrageous dlscrninationa madc against this
point, aud which aro becoming mora apparent
every day. aud aro nov carried out with unpasal-
Ssa xsas bs e. Louis qe 2a 5 aS 5 5i1,l 5
J
dooided to make tho rates from that city to
tho East only conss higher than from Chicago,
which Ia virtually tito samo rate, ns tho conts
hayo tn bo paid to tho Bridge Company for toll.
This, OF course, could not have beon done With
out tho ald Of tho Pennsylvanta and baltimore Il
Ohlo Railroads, which control nearly all tho
Inca loading from 8t. Iouia To tho East.
Tho peorla roads, probably spurred on BY the
to hAYo mado tho tariff from peoria tho Hamo as
from Chicago. at the noeting to-day demand
will be made OF tho st.. Louia and Peoria roadR
to forthwith Eaise thofr tariffs to whRt they
any further cutting, or otherwise such redue-
sion will st onco be made frsm th!a city as to
place Chicago On On equal footing with shom.
The pool IL virtually broken, sud will no
tory measures against tho cutting lines. The
idichigan Contrnl and tho Michigan Southern
Railroads arc now ready to assist the Chicago
Western ltnes regardless Of tho threats and
nenacee Of the pennB1lyanth and Baltimore d
Ohio Railroads.. Iu this they arc backed by
Ar. Vanderbilt who has now become convinced
that Col. Tom Scot. las played 1t rather sharp
OIL him. He Is not likely to DO caught in .
similar trap again. -.......-
Tn1Duna reporter called upon several lead
ing ahippers yesterday III regard to tho charge
that the warehouse.men were oxaottn8 about 16
Of q oout por bushel Of grain for Switching tho
cnrB TO elevators. which tax was diyerting sey-
eral million bushels Of grntn year from this
| city. all those who we're spoken to claim that
| no such charge WAS mado by tho warehouso-mon.
| Tho railroads wero making An extra Charge for
switching Cars from ono limo to another, but tho
| elevators were getting nothing On grain shipped
signed to tracks. Nearly half OF the roceipts
OF corn wero 60 consigned. Tho elovatots
Wond be glad to handle this corn ut !
Gs a Se but Of son,oe hey
fres Of charge. Tho elevators mado no extra
| charges Of any kind all thoy charge on gra!n
| consigned to thom for sale In this city WAS a
cents for storage for the first twonty days. This,
| however, does not include inspection chargeH.
| It wna well understood that tho Board Of Trade
or tho warohousemen had nothing whatever to
do with tho inHpeotion. The Granger, Logiala-
ture had soon Ut In ita wisdom to have thia
II the Board Of Trade could do tho
for the interoats Of Chicago, ,as Eaatern con-
Bignees do not like tho grain inspected by the
| State oficore, 1t being imperfect In many ro-
spects. Ihon another great trouble was that tue
Law onactiuH ths Htato inspection applies only to
| Chicago and not to Peoria, springfield, Toilet,
| and other Illinois towns. Hence tie merchants
TO control their own inspection. The Board OF
Trado Committee on DETERMINATIONS will shortly
reopen lts acsHons aud take additional evidence
regarding the aboye complaints, and will try to
tud remedy,
THE ERIE Z CHICAGO PASSENGER ROUTE.
| Tho many advantages Of travel botreon Chi.
cago and New York, By way Of tho connection
formed a couple of months ago botWeen tue
Baltimore & Ohio and Eric Railroads arc Just
beginning to be roalizod by tho travelling pub
lie. This convenient and comfortable route Ia
mainly due to Ms. yandarbilt's shabby front
mont Of Mr. Pullman by excluding his cara from
| tho Michigan Central and New York Central
Railroads In tho lntcrost Of tho Wagner limo o1
sleepng-eoaches, Of which MI. Vanderbilt IL
supposed to DO part owner. LII throwing hlr,
pulimans cars on his roads, b1r. Vanderbilt sup
posed that ho could tako just that much bust.
noas from tho Pullman Company and add 1t te
hs Own, not tblnking for . moment that any
combination conld DO formed which would create
a now competition Tho rcnu!t has proved how
seriously ho wAs n!sta1ep. An ontfraly nen
passenger route, and ono Of tho ahostent aud
most direct. was ostablslod Immediately,
| running from Chicago to bholby Junction
thence TO- Cleveland. thonco to Salamanca
thence to Now York City, Whotoit enjoys ali tha
terminal advantages Of tho Eric Railroad in Of
.ieoS' bassago aecemnoa.ath1ons ana an np-towl
route uses are tho baltimore d Ohio, tho Cia.
cinnatl, Colunbns, Cleveland l. indianapolis
the Atlantic d1oat Westotn, md the Edo
A1r. Pullman attached to thia route not only hlt
admirable s!eopng-coaches, but also hotel.cara
on which moala Aro Hcrvcd i Ia carte, including
all thu best tIiings tho market Affords, cooked
and sotvcd after tho mannor Of a Europoxn ho
to!, aud At reasonable charges. These oars run
through Wlthous change, Dy this nloanB tlt
tYspoptto institution known AZ tho Tailroad eat
fng-house is ayolded altogether, aud the trip DO
twccn Chicago and Now York IL rendered NJ
comfortable and luxustoua ut 1t IL possible tt
mako travel Of any kind. This fact IL 1uet bo
giuuing to bo undorHsood ty tue public.
4 NAERoW.aAuGE RAILWAYS
In Docembes last Tue Tribune published al
article on uarEow.ganse railways IN France
frotn tho Philadelphia Aullet|n. In 1t monitor
was nlado Of tho nnEno OF Mr.. Chabrlcz the d!s
tingulsLed civil engneor OF the 6oc!ety OF Agrl
culture. In order to get daiiuito information Of
the subject. b1r. John Woolnos, Of this city
Wroto to Mr. Chabrioa asking for facts 10 regars
10 tue cost aud tho Working Of theae roads. Al
tho Hubject IL attracting much attention iu thl
country, NO publish tho correspondence, fur
niBlled by BIZ. Wooluor.
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