The New York herald., 1876-11-21
THE COURTS.
umpeting Roads Between New York and Chi
eago In Fierce Legal Combat.
| GREAT INTERNECINE RAILROAD WAR
Complaint Dismissed in the Davis
Divorce Suit.
Judge Van Brunt on Matnmony Among
the Chickasaws.

the Chickasaws
9hsss has bsen NO suit Instituted In the courts Tor
hng time involving such extended and diversified in
isrsst q thai recently brought in Supreme Court
In this city. against tho Lake shore and Michigan
Boushern Railroad Company 10 compel It 10 show ts
transfer bookn An order 10 show cause why these
transfer BOOKS should not be offered TO Inspection, ~
asked for granted has already besn published
in tho HERALD by Judge Lawrence, sitting In Supreme
Court, Chambers. This order made rcturnabc
yesterday when Il anticipated the pros and cons
ofthe whole would be argued at great length.
Owing to important prior engagements OF some of the
counsel the case however, has been adjourned until
tomorrow, when the consrovsrted question in ts
ega aspects simply the right withhold the transfer
BOOKS IN question. being claimed wholly under .
statutory provision win doubtless be discussed with
she zeal OF the learned and zeaoas opposing
sells
4 GIGANTIC RAILRoAD WAR
The presents a. will be seen by the outline
yivsn Of IL varied ramined interests other points
Of special striking Importance than the mere dry
ormulated legal questions awaiting adjudication in
the pending suit In tho arst place IL involves.
and this is the primary point Of chieest interest
TO the public, tho question Of the indsn-
nite prolongation speedy termination OF
the gigantic railroad that for the past four
months has been waged with such determined and
relentless spirit the railroad companies
running rival between this city and Chicago.
These great rival railroads have before been
gagged In bitter nght and the determination 10
fight II out on their respective lines macr TO what
suicidal length it may be carried, evinces yet no
dication OF weakening The public OF course the
Denehciarics and aughingly look on and enjoy tha
Iport with all the zest Of the hliputlan canine Of
Mother Gooso's melodies tho memorable historic
occasion when the jumped tho moon.
Reduced rdtes OF fare arc always acceptable to the
people, and when charges for freight show dis
proportionate downward tendency there is naturally
great and exceeding weight OF Joy among merchants.
armcrs, shippers Of live stock and others whose only
way of getting their purchases Of merchandise their
stores their farming and other products market
by railroad. 1t seems moreover, a sort OF special
providence that this railroad should have been
inauguratcd during tho centennial. Hundreds OF
thousands have thus bcen enabled to visit the great
Centennial Exhibition who, had tho railroad fares
maned at thor usual figures would have been obliged
10 rcm,in at home, feeling that they could anord
that effect reduction OF thirty per in
arcs and about sevcntynve For cent in freight and OF
regarded. As Colonel sellers wo uld say, thore are
MILLIONS IN IT;
down carefully inure rather.to the beueat OF tho
public than 10 the mammoth railroad corporations en-
gagsa ~ tn the in;srnscae err warfare Is TO prevents
panies OF other millions Of money or In other words
put stop to .his suicidal war, ,has the present
legal proceedings have boon instituted Upon the
pers thus far submitted TO tho Court Russell Sage
RUFUS Hs'cn; C.%msnn unsasa 4 Co, 6: NJ % Mills
Norris l. ca. and others appear planiins, and
the farmers Loan ana Trust Company DEFENDANTS
Lake shore and Michigan southern RaiIrosd CON-
pany they claiming TO own 81 0o0 600 worth OF stock
Io:s sna
Of the company IN this city, 70 compel i 10 show the
transfer books WITH the view 70 getting the name. Of
tho nominal suitors and defendants
THE RIAL suIroRs
are the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company, the Eric Railway
Company and the Lake shore and Michigan Southern
Central and Hudson River Railroad Company backed
up OF course, by all the influence Of Commodore van-
dcFbiit, the great railroad king and William h. van-
derbit the heir apparent railroad throne, over
which Commodore Vanderbilt Notwithstanding his
Of emsndous power OF course tho oc,ogcnariaa
railroad king does not appear personally In the
ns1 ous los ~ hansh ne sa % ,ne rss
intents and purposes tho prince regent In oihcr
WORDS The real light is said TO be between Commodore
Vanderbilt aud wiiam H. Vanderbilt on the ono side
and Thomas Scott Nj. Garrett, Jay Gould and others
on the other side. It's alleged that William H. Van
Central and Hudson River Raiirosd and OF tho Lako
Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad companies,
former
road and small interest only in the latter road, and
that he 10 using his Woo president Of the
Of sns latter The plain EngIish Of this is claimed 10
be that Mr. Vanderbilt, In she reduced iares and
freights IL making tho Lake Shore road sufferer
against tho will OF majority OF the stocknoders The
Lake Shore stockholders insist that, although Mr..
Vanderbilt and his co-dircctors In tho New York Con-
trail road have An unquestoncd right to reduce fares
and freights TO low they pcaee ON their
road, they have right TO compel connecting road
that this undsrbdding Of the Pcnnsyvania Baltimore
and Ohio and Erie Railroad companies its attempt
freight is Of no advantage 10 Inc Lake shore road,
but entails on tho latter dsproportonate and losing
rates order TO SECURE tho
THROUGH PASSENGERS
for the New York Central at proportionately high
rates. and that the whole result of this is compuslon
eight per cent dividend II is further claimed that
the majority OF Lake Shore stockholders are op-
posed 10 continuing further the being pur
sued by the New York Central; tina, tho
New York Central is prevented from keeping up its
win be resumed that arcs and irechis viii be to
their former figures that instead Of the New York Con-
lra getting the lions share Of business will be divided
among ths rival roads; that there Is work enough
Tor all 20 do with good margin oil profit, and that tho
present war IS most suicidal In It's character having
already caused grent depreciation ia value OF tnc
stock Of tho rival companics II is said also that the
chief ground OF opposition the part Of Mr.. Wander
bilt IS that II he prohibited from using tho Lake
shore road tho connecting line Chicago, unless
no Is willing 10 pay the regular fares and reghts dc
as his connecting road the
CANADA SOUTHERN RAILROAD,
10 the building OF which DANIEL Drew sank so large
share Of hts large fortune Again the enemies say that
Inc whole scheme Ia stock speculating mannuvrc.
rhc latter road H. In fact already completed. except
ing about loo miles, but meantime tho New York Gen.
rai stated, has contracts 10 carry freights at re-
aucad rates extending some SIX months ahead. and
when VIII task 10 the fullest all the vast capacities Of
lh's road These contracts, furthermore, do not In
!ercst shippers alone from this city and Chicago but
rom the entire Eastern States TO farthest western
domain The magnitude Of interests, therefore, In
vowed, - almost incacuabie, and it - no wonder,
with such contracts on Its hands, tue New York Cen
trai, on tho ono hand, should resist the last
srcmy any opposition 10 carrying out It's present line