, 1876-12-17
THE RAILWAYS.
End Of the War Between the East
ern Trunk Lines.
Vanderbilt Recedes from His Position
Of Antagonism to Scott and
Garrett.
1 General Advance in Freight Rates
Goes into Eject To.Morrow.
Probable Advance in PASSENGER
Rates Imminent.


ruE WAR rynpn
- 1a.+ haan daniara5
Feace naS ~ A"es oeen uee'asea" Inc most
stubboEnly contested ano longest railroad war
m record Is at an end. Cheap freight and pas
<enrcr rates are things Of the past, and higher
o., tho Feet .~o ;nto affo,+ +,-,,ezs~.-s
taf7ns' ~ 14s A,s 81 ~ 4 Iomo1io"' T.
During the VIII, WHICH, ean'e ~ III eno yester-
dar, both teight aud passenger rates fell to
fovpr figures than wcre ever reached before, and
~ ,aIroads suffered as they have neyersn ffered
saa wv There is not single linz eost ~ ~;
beiose+ !uean Ivy 49,. sutsiE lpe eas1 od IAi-
cago VMcn nas uot e99h ~, m!!uGnso H amounts OF
money, anu seselsu " tne sinalier foaos $1,000
II Imminent aang1s ., Q, tg9ollaPs'ng ~ any mo-
s; set tbe sppers Mts se
tbs low rates. While it is against the
interests Of Smppers& & a6o q mersnauts 3 to be
charged e1osnatan. lutes, u Is just Us dlsas-
trous to tnsin " nave .ag fates too LOW ana IN
settled. sntPfSls iouuu ~ uaposslole WINE Inc
a1 u 1as for i iIey dd not Tnos W mhat 1e ple re-
rates "oulu oe tns 4aa, ncat oa{. pes!ues, tnc1e
Fas no aYreeens .1 We 1 tne VARIOUS roaas
tosoEeo ~ w ;+s 49, d "ea so.nplssu "
the lines east Q. ent t 70 aunele % TO stiputated
faSpers m got better rates than o1nefs thus pre-
venting tug % Smaller mefcuants from competing
WITH Tue oasseIeonte, &c H., - cousequence, the
business lnseresI9 VI s9e s3uy enunt1y sunesea a.
most as ,,+ - fatu no si,fan.ra s4esEes, fa
spd tne17 s,1 vi ~, 1ow and ';tah mno M not
Raas' & Ths5 It is known xn be siu.aiDsd tame for for
cef11n@ ~ nne, anu ~ ~ ~ mu,sn coatres Gun DC
based. 1ne causes o. Tue present failroau war
we're mant1o, IT, ~ ~ ] nhJ m pioueh1
aoout gJ 5ue ~ tt art ~ te
paltlc,laly tRe W. e12oit pnsntsS @ was nelng o.
seftea Ipm paa. neM a dutA' an4 tahlnE rs way TO
snd va oIner r' seaonalus' ~ ~nuGn 10 Inc 5oss anu
ehas.1n o. Comaouofe aN vanaerDnt. lhis gen
uenan has a. a'at tGa0eeu 70 9eAete " sue
way 9auans 0I pf ~ .ae ea, anG balti-
4ore omo ~ h;a oeott aau uarfeLt,
:hat the cause 81 hls L, snaeEang SaS , enrsly due
. the Solnpes1A4on % sae q.ano a aiank 1SaitKay
Canaaa, HnleA nau Always pecn
:at1mg " en5 noslon 1ales. 1he
:afes 70 BOSTON " Tue tlunh Anes we're
nts in;atad inln ~ ~ ew td aAs nos e granu
Boston a. tne eulae tates as cnarseu ny Tue
trunk llnes, lor otnerN1se II con1d get no busf-
ness Its hne ocne longer tnan the others; The
COMMODORE poutclg requestcat tne 6ran9 trunk
MANAGERS TO step Gown from Inc position they
had taken ana aonele 70 tne Iates ADOPTED by
the other Toacs: 1hls WAS, however, refused,
and thereppon vanderbilt and the other mana
gers OF the Eastern trunk lines
decided to "intimidate" and "bull-
dnzs" the recalcltrant canada line
uhtll It came to terms. a pool o1 Eastern
trunk lines was organized about ycar ago, and
vigorous war was made on the Grand Trunk.
4 great many Inducements we're held
toEth to this line to join the pool
and share III the* profits arising from
:he exotbitant rates agreed upon. The
Canucks, however, could not see it, and when
var was made upon them they resisted
Tal1antlY. Every move madc by the comblua-
tica WIS followed by another BY the Grand
Trunk. and the pool soon found out that 1t bad
~ easF job IN bulldozlng or intimidatlug this
independent line. Dnrlns the continuance OF
this contest vanderbllt's eyes were opened bA
the Cheap TRANSPORTATION Association OF New
York, and the chicago shippers, who showed ny
1acts and figures that the falling oil OF tue busl-
ness OF New York and Vandcrbilt's roads was
the business to Boston. 1t was shown that
Yanderblts troubles were caused mainly by the
and Baltimore d Ohio Railroads.
These Lines, White adnerlnS strictly TO Wander
FSere not so particular as to The rates from
southwestern points, to Which they had better
access than Fan0erbllt's lines. " hale the lat |
'er's roads got thelr snare OF the Northwestern
business, they did but little OF the Southwest ]
m, which Vas being diverted to Philadelphia |
lnu Baltimore. The. reports showed that the =!
after points bad gained Just what New York |
lad LOST.
As soon as the Commodore came to apprehend |
Ae real state Ut affairs. be put down his foot !
he 20th of April last be declared the pool sad
allure, and ut once entered upon the |
,sgantic struggle with Scott and Garrett, !
'htch has jt1srrome TO an end. tic sWore that |
se would fight FOR his rights and the supremacy
Il New tr6 until the latter gentlemen Should
onsent to make the rates the same to Phila-
leiphia and Baltimore as to New forta Before
het difference OF IL per cent was allowed to
3alt1more, and OF ~ per cent to Philadelphia.
'cott ana Garrett insisted on this difference
BECAUSE the mileage 70 their terminal points was
horter: They vowed to stand On their consti-
uti0ll8l TtIFfT3 ana W0lf&0 see vanderbilt IN |
'tace hotter than the nnlloozed districts IN
,<'1s.a2a before 1hey Would AZ asGeoe one 1ota TO
te enraged Commodore. They claimed that
ne CRY of "Wah" had no teErors Tor them and
hey could STAND the contest 1ust as long Is
pynodE else. vanderbilt opened the contest,
cunclngg rates On gram aug lourth-c1ass from 70
snts to ~ cents from lineage 10 NeW YORK
hg enemy replied by making them ~ cents
BalttmGre and IS cents to fnliadelpha. ne
epoiee1 Commodore ralneu asaln' anu on Ihe
otn Of aiay MADE Inc fates ~ cents "a New
ofk, ana similar resinct'on On tne Rest,oouna
1e4gAt6- SEOUL aoa 1a1Iets promptly MEt
ae charge, ana made Inc same Feo1cIlon, Win
ae regular d1nerence III favor OF b11t,fnofe ana |
n4aaelph'a- Inns scnechma1ou Ing Cotnlnoeols,
% hc more reductions we're ops91Y aauouneea.
'ut1 lnouGn tne oneai Larln reHa1ueu ~
bis figure, still It Is known tnat much
Easnl vas moved 1or"aTu py ooLn
ALtes 81 stut lower 1ates. u ostsatus e'!
ent tAat II the Commooore naa Tequced
ne Ia1es 70 new Ior1 70 notnlng. Mcssls s