, 1876-12-18
RAILROADS.
The Truce Patched.up Between
the Great Trunk Lines.
It Will Satisfy New York and Boston, il
Faithfully Kept. I
But II Contains Conditions Likely TO Lend
10 Another Rnmpus.

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NEW foaH, Dec. I7.-T'ho agreement ter.
n'nastnE the railroad war, which Was signed BY
representatives al tho trunk lines ycstcr-
day, provides that the trunk lines shall make
NIL westwasd-1Muud through rates and tic
Wcatcr1, companies all castward-bound Through
ratca, 1t being understood TINT botll Eastern
and Western freight rates Ellal be tho same
between all Western cities and points IN Europe,
tho British Provinces, aud on the coast Of
America, whether tile freight passes through
Baltimore. Philadelphia, New York, or Boston,
and also TINT a'l freight shipped to any onc Of
the above mentioned cI.ics o. ter
minus and then rcshippcd nr sult1
for export or import through or
at another Of those cities, il competing business
within tic meaning Of the agreement, and shall
be governed bv tho fanc rutc. AT business
which Is purely local to an for bona tlEc use or
consumption at baltimore anil Philadelphia
wlll 70 to Philadelphia Mt IN average Of
0 per cent less, and to Baltimore
at 10 per cent lees than to Ncw York. The ba-
sfs of rates IL 10 cents from Chlcugo tn New
York for The number Of miles bctwccn these
prints by the shurtcst line tn New Yurl;, after
deducted from New York ratcs In order to
arrive ut the rates for local consumptton
at Baltimore and philadelphia. The agreement,
which goes Into effect tn-tnorrow. Ia without
limit ia to time, but appended to the original
agreement Is another stEpuEattng that none of
thu parties to the first shalt make or cx-
tend any time contracts. Tte cutnpaet
Is signed bv ". II. Vanderbilt for the
New York Central; II. j. Jtwett, for tic
Eric: Thomas Il. Scott, for The Pennsylvania;
and John King, Jr., for the baltimore s. Ohio
Railroads.
A meeting Of freight agents Of trunk lines
was subsequently held al the Windsor Hotel.
mud the following rates among others wcrs
! adopted, to take effect tt'-tnorrow morning:
| From New York to Chicago on each 100 pound.
ecn;s esSG q @ ssn,
isa.es frsm New York TO Cincinnati at ~, ~.
90, %. md II cents: and to EIst st. Louis, 81.
| G1. 40, III, mud 10 cents.
in NJ casc. however. *hall ratcs be Icse than 10,
g. aa;;, 70 wss; E; and 20 cents from New York to any
On Eaaswasd.tonnd frcights rates on fourth
esla:s. pFussEons' aud grain aud 'ooF are as fol-
| chtcago-Fonrth class, Is cents; grain anil
"9s,i eeia'"sa.; ;@ssa' + i and 81 cents.
l,tttnlt. 10 Hsl,l ~ cents,
%"aii,yis, .dI, A; 4 asa aa T; /; ss't;: siI;;
| No cfnnge hns yet been made In passenger
r9tes. bnt # was statsd T., today That the subject
dnr' mectfn, ri tic frct@ht. .a,.e,ts ri t vii ~
hr{a IN this vity Tuesday Il, rons{icr tho best
t sneans oi ascertalnit; shipments which Will
taint unuer the nsau VI tnsouEn-isc'eh1' a1ltl
W;j,ia,m II rnn,irrt,,lt' imt",yintx, You7,r
cxpre .pcd much satisfaction with the result anil
asserted that the New furk Central l,ad ro1ccl-
I'd nothing, hut l.al luuintaincl the position
which II held from thu start. so'ne raslway
wllt not Inst; that It dyrs not lilYcr
essentially from TIC contract which t,le
| trunk tlnes 1l,ade lust Murch, and
| WfIiri, Vanderbilt broke MI tllr gruunl That II
vas detrimental to New Ynyk. They nav that il
will be Impossible to distinguish, In oil tlses
between ircjEht intended 1ur lusal cu1,s,lu,ption
ald TINT intgnurl ftr exrort nr resl,iplnrut to
any other r,rt, md that H,arrrls will ccrtuin]y
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rI4E E1sY1; HATHAWAY.
| Ne II I Jnrct,. I3rc..;v,.r nf tI,e r,;c Rail.
road has Just n'ade Ills annual report. The
total cost If tic road ard equipment Is eren as
SILT. Il, being all increase since the last
report Of sl,1+,,H0.si. The business Of the
| 4.Po's '.'..e ~ =. '.'.,s Nv
year III tral'spoftat'o anu tota' ihes 1un IL as
| follows;
Number uf miles run by passenger
.traias .:..;. ;..::";:;:..:. -. 2 eol 0o3
Number OF mlfea run by freight tta1Ils 7,oof e41
San'igf ot passengers las' e1asses} cur nm on,
| Sumhoe ~ ~ tnjics trnrrica iv nn..rn ''"'"'>01
| A'" "n.s ~ ~ nnnna, rf nsss,r;y,!rs rur
| rEieI onc miic 11a n7a en1
xnmhcr % ~ ton: n '61fi no,n,i. of '"'
freight carried in cars .,....,;'..;;. se7s SIS
CONCERNING INC expenses VI malHta'hlEg Tue
gircs I tlo following figures: Repairs If roa,,.