, 1876-02-05
Causes which Led to This Result, 50
Gratifying for Chicago.
Condition Of the r., P. l. W.-The Illinois
0antfal.


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'"4 ",'o ni4e.ttan 'o"tuetn "at.'oaan' ]no ~
'eEests o1 "osen 'e n1aialy IN 'n!s ei1S' suu ot
showing them that they Ind been used a. the
Instruments to forco tho bulk Of tho business
from tho lptor,or Of Illinois on to tho pcnneyl-
vls ana baltimoro 4 4 Ohio Railroads, Ihls 10
1n6s Wllat LIE TRIBUNE laa charged oyor s'nco
tue formation Of tho uool: that tho combination
was engineered by Col. ThomaB Scott, to
a,lva,ro 1,ls ovr ,ntaro.ts ami Inns. NJ
s"ase ,Is au 1e o"n '"'eTea1s , aua y. .aoss so =,
n'a naly' Ut. Jarrett. 1nouen IL was soo"n
IN IHE Ihtnu*E time hnd nga'n that
such NAB tho casc, by indisputabte facts aud
figures. YET neither air. Joy nor alr: VANDERBILT,
',.a.s ssa W. .Aaas'a ~ .ono'o 'uas suo,A t.us
scost "as treating thon treacharonb'y. Less
shnn week ago, hlr. Joy stated to TRIBUNE
reporter, who intoEsIomod Linn resardips tho
dtd ~ 1o,ora th.t a,,,er H. 1,annsy,vor,. ~
u'a uos ooneso tuas e!'net 'no ienueJN Nti'.@ vi
baltimore Ohio lEai'roada Ind A. yet violated
any Of tho rules Of the combination, Or that they
@ sneriar coneetionn Tbe res,. nt
oo%N.l" osavs" sonusun .nu
wednesday me e''ne was 10 une1peesea 20 most
railroad managers that 1t hna had tue effect Of
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neo ~ paa'o ~ NV u'ast4',.laluo' oas 'a'
thos ~eio elled nnd noesseu 10 M 'nnSahl ae-
IN; No Otps: Boomer Ind to ]ast.na,uca tvo roads
learned that Tho arbitra.y tariff was burntcd mud
that tie Illinois Central, Chicago & Alton, and
S%oI % soou es1 msha 'arr auch rates "'o from ' COM
netting polnts GO to Icayc no margin
10 tho bankrupt lines, thau thuy forgot tier
prudence aud made overtures to pro.rato with
conditions as thcy l,ad proratcd With tho intorior
cross.t!ucs, Dispatches wero received yoBter.
day by tLp illinois Coptral and Chicago l. A.
ton from the- depora, Troight-Ageuts Of tho
poppsylyania aud baltimore i Ohio Railroads
oircliug To- pro.rato iron. interior points Via Oil
cago, Ihts, Of course, il q direct violation OF,
tho rules Of tho poul, "A tho roads oo-
longing 10 1t nero pledged to adhere
rigidly to tho arbitrary rates based
OH tho ratos from this city 10 Now York. Hero
toforo, when the ropnsyyauia aud Haitioore K
Ohio Railroads have boun cbrrcod with pro-ratlng
with tho Illinois csoss lines, they always indie-
nanlly denied the allegation, Thia ti1uc how
ever. they are caught IN trip from Which tho.e
ss no escape, aud their deuials viii bo OF no
avail, The t5tepatehoa psoy,ug theIr trebcherY
are in tic posseaslon Of tic General Freight
Agents of tLe Chicago & Alton aud
Illinois Central Railroads. and T,tE TRlp-
Thev Lnye also boon fnapco,ed BY air. G. G.
Wheeler Genoral Freight Agent OF tho AIichi-
gan Central, and Mr. Charles Gray, Western
uonasal Freight Agent Of tho Michigan South.
o.n, and they no longer doubt they
layo beon ababbily treated by tue other
two lines leading to tho East. Neither Of
tho above tno gentlemen awcsr. but It could
easily be seen by tholr loo!s, and their length.
clined to say aumnthiug Which vas not exactly
biesnip1, Tho General Managers Of their
lines have been informed by telo-
graph Of tho present state Of nffalrB. aud
pectotl to-day, which viii undoubtedly be to dis.
regard tho pooling agreement and take hnutl
IN tho garpo which tho Pennsylvania and Balt.-
more l. Ohio Railroads haye thus far been p!ay-
Mr. Whce!er stated yesterday that his road an
vol as tha Michigan Southern wxa now ready to
pso-rato with tic Chicago Westorn lines on
reasonable terras. Tho roads lcading from this
sction 10 tako, to I.ins the trade pacs M to Ills
city. TtoY eay tho Af1chtaau Southern and
Michigan Cettfal must rod1co thefr rates from
Chicago to the East to meet tho ctoss.iInee, ~
from Indianapolis to seaport cities IT from 10 to
Is cents Iownr than ffom Chicago. wbf!o tho lar
ii rato from tic former city IL uuiy 6 cents
lovor. and in tustico shouM bo Tho sau,c. With
such rates thoy clsi1a lint Ii rays tho cross,nos
where Il cannot poReiblY pay tho Chicago roads.
it ID a.uo asserted that It is Tbs lutept,op OF
tue ronde leading on, Of root,a to make tic rates
from that city t1o ssao a. iron Chicago, Il viii
DO rcme mbo5ei that fcw moati,a ago 1t noo.!ug
Of the ptorin acontB In this city M effort Uas
mado to Obtain ills result, Which. howoyor,
faltod on account Of tha tfetcrmined onnositiou
Of Mr, Lew,s Vioio. Genaral Freirht Arvut Of
the Chicago. Rock Ia|and K Pacific TaiIroatl.
finding MAJ tba Cbicnro ros5a would nayer
coueeut to sucti outrsoe eoun dsdfimiustious thor
their relat}nna viii thn rl,icnoo ronn. that
ihsy naight m fonror ho Gtndercd frnm rar-
tying out measure from whch they
pto1ntHe themselves great prosperity. There
can ba no doubt that they Will now Attepapk to