, 1876-02-09

! Baby organs can find any comfort III thls
position Of The CHICAGO TRIBUNE, tley are
welcome to make Tie most Of 1t.
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THE GRAND TAuNK RAILROAD.
Tho Board Of Trada Cornmittee which
haya been investigating tho raiiroal tliscrin-
nations against Chicago are right III direct
ing public attention to tho Grand Trunk
Railroad ns Tho quickest and surost roliof
from tho expressions which s1csHrs. scorr
mud GARRETT hnyo heaped upon Chicago
while Messra. Jor and VANDERBILT have been
holding us down. Immcd;ato relief can DO
found by tho offering Of sufficient freight to
induce tho steamers now running between
Milwaukee, aud GRIND uavcn to como to CHI
cago and mako tho route from this city to
Grand Havon, thoro connecting with rail to
Port Huron, tho western terminus Of the
Grand Trunk, which has thence n direct
ronte to Portland, and can roach both New
York md Boston. No time need bo wasted,
therefore, in building steamers, anl, in fact,
there need be no delay on any nc
count, unless 1t be owing to lacl
Of unity among tho Chicago merchanta
md shippera in nyailing themselves Of
e '"o "'cta6o
/ "ea'nef 'o3 Il long te31A OF years anu thefo
| Ii rase'y moro tnan t"o months when nhSs-
eu''on is ciosoo oes"een on'eago ano urano
ii"sen' nass Sea1 "as an e1cept1on, aaa lilo
! iee'plooAl1>'o ~ WIS unusaa.iy ionB; iA'S Yeat
taefo nss peen no olocKaoo "hetoVef' anu
.hore Ii noe hSety 70 DO any. IA RUG,
however, tho free passage at eithor port will
| not be shut OF longer thnn t,YO months
Al otuae ~ "eaulfo eoml,toto pfoteouon
against Ing EasteEn monopohsts there must
/ 10 m Ml-Fai connoctioh oetwocn ohlcago
aau 'ne uraha trunk 1tallfoao. Ihis IS
'n"1.er u completing oue snort Ahlf, Which
| Gun DO aono IN Sixty days ana at O cost OF less
| tnhn halt q miiaon aollafs. Thero IL COM
| pahy IN etistehco under tho naino OF tho
| eh'caeo d l!aKo nuron hailroad which hasa'-
| roaoy pulit lts foad from Fort Huron to Flint,
alicn', anu from lansing Mich, to Valpa-
raiso, ha' 'wnero IL mas q connection with tho
ftsaon1g d r. wayne Inc chicago q
nake huron company haVo contract with
inc tit'aDuFe q 1T. wayne Nailrond enabling
IL 70 run over inc iattefs track INTO Cliicago.
1h1s contract extends over a te1nl OF twenty
yeh9s' IL only roMa'ns' thefeiose, 70 com-
Pioto INC Iao1 oot"eeh Lansing anu Flint,
tnstehca OF some ~ miles moro or less, to
HaRo uisoc1 conheoloh with the Grand
| 1run&, ano cstaoush an enurely now and i'll
oepenoont ife'eht fallzoad to the soabonrd,
running over level territory, aad so located as
70 10 1foe nom tue temptation OF entering
any pool o. combination formed ny tho New
aofR, oa1''moro' anu fh1ladelpma railroads.
lhls Is manuostly Inc connection that ought
10 90 n@de "a Iao interest OF chicago
NC shouaa talh1 tnas INC strand Irnnk
i.a'lsoaa "oula nna no mhcalty IN ra'a'ng
.ue 'ioeessaly tunos 10 ouy tnls ohieaSo u
i*lAo nu1on On. 1a''1oao' anu complote tao i1nk
ue'"eon hiin' sno 11Rnslng. iho erana
tFu'lS 10 ono ot tnoso Eoada thot arc 30 con-
'etnl.'o,S's lete3teu 10 ~ tne Ed8tosn lines
~ oa1lAf"p'' nnu ~ u shefeiofo IN the
oes' poAs'o'e eonu's'on 70 0eg'n nto aaa Dust
,'c5b on nu" "n'' so"aa oasls' !tS stoot hea
ooen s'ltuM1y "lpoa oue' ano II IL now down
~ t1e na.'. pan, ~ snoa'o oo aole 70
a'1racs nne''Sn oap''o, 1of inc pofehaso anu
compie''on u tne en'eago u AaRo Huron
isoaa, lot tao aeason that sach o purchase
"oa4o maze onlceso 'ts western terminus
anu upon l. W !" ". enormous business
wn'cn II cou.u never otnefwieo seoaro' Inc
Engnsh cap''el's'a VIII not 10 Rlow TO SEQ
'nls' ana they nave Always oeen wiling aud
prompt 10 come 1of"hfta "l'h a'a 1or oanada
| runway enterprises. doF0 Ii project whore
tho prospect Of fair return on tAair invest
mont Is hundred-fold better thnn the roads
running solely in canada woods.
II, however, thcre il any danger Tint the
Grand Trunk Railroad will not bo able to