, 1876-05-06
THO Wnr Between tho Trunk
Lines to tho Enst and the
Grand TrllnlIs
Termination Of Hostilitios Between tho
; Chicago and st. Louis Roads for
Missouri River Business,
Probable Reduction In passcnger.Parcs
/! from tho East to tho West.
70. THE. GRAND. TRUNK.
TuH fiolir WITH THE, vANDEnBtLrB.


road Company, OF It might posl1apd bS mora |
proper to say tho Atsasrs. Vanderbilt, jealous Of
the popularity aud SUCCESS Of tho Grand Trunk
Company, made An attack upon their business n !
few wcola nEu, and evidently had laid thclr |
plans for driving thia Company out Of tho field
of competition for tho through irnf1e. Tho |
thing Wal lono ia: tho usual way. An intoroBt
wholly under tho control Of tho Mcssrs. Y1n-
derbilt Was instructod TO cut the ratea atd
thko certain trai1,a from tho Graud Truhk.
The response 10 this was what was
to DO expected, aul those gontetuon found tho
whole Of their valuable Iivo-hog traffic divostod
from the Lake Shore and New York Central
rontcs 10. tho Michigan Cont1Al and Grand
Trunk: Thcy thon desired to opou uogolia-
toni with tho officers OF the latter Company,
who showed 10 reluctance TO n1oot and conBiler
compantoa doing a through, buainesa
After submitting certatn ,propoatttons, which
wore nnaccepsablo to tho Grand Trunk
ahd its allies, the aame parties were
pondlnR. To again cut thu ratoH On tho through
livestock traffic and to divert tho bustuoBs from
tho Grand Trunk. The second offost did not
succeed my moro than tho first, but u had tho
tiatfona which usto going on in regard to tho
ltve-6tock: business. After much talk, and tho
net being characterized by ncarly every interest
represented ut the moe!inEs. which took place IN
Nor. York, ION the Habjeet ~ IT doacrscd to be
characterized, eotk Of truce WAS Established.
which Was, houeyer, OF only very. short
duration. Further attempts were to Do mado to
come to 10 understandings but worry shortly
After Tho dato OF the meo.ihRs to which I ha7o
referred the Now York Central Company. Issued
inhttuctons privately to MI Its agenta to cut tho
rates On ail tho tralI1o Carried by tho Grand
Trunk, md BY every moans IN thoir powor to
Shore and Now York Central. Thia was dona
about tho 9Th Of April, mud in very fow days
afterwarda tho pooling arrangement which had
existed bctuoon tho Eastern lines running out OF
t2o, ,0d0 had been extracted from this treasu1y OF
tho Michigan ,Csntral Company. by tho 14ake
Shore Comphny BY taoans which would have
dono dIscradis to the tactics Of tho "Attfni
Dodgor:"'. Tho Messrs; Vanderbilt now sock to
pnlauado tho penplo Of Now York TINT tholr
courne has been adopted by a dos,so to protect
tho inleronts OF that city. refer to tito lotsofs
puh!ibho1 bploE. Having fallod to coarco tho
Grand Trunk Company into snoh arrangements
a. they desired md On tho othur hand the dsB-
|, ctoet course Of tho officers Of that Company
having been indorsed by tho whole Of tho other
railway interoets carrying through sratlo, 1t u
plain tho Nov York Central Company aesroa to
shift the insue, hut it ts unfortunate that In tho
eanae ordsr which refer to a. haviug boon Is
sued about tho 9Th Of April. instructlons wero
given that ntho agresm99'nt. 9'a.,, ~ regards Now NOW
the I'd OF March, 1B7o.' This compact Ind
for its ob]oct tho forcing Of tho Western
aes Into making saeh Tatos tr,,s Is 70 the o
piacea montioucd, aud it won't no far as to pro-
vido that II any OF tho Western companies
dhould make lower rates tan thoso which wtro
dictated by the' Eassorn nos' tho traffic ehould
other point whore Il was delivered to tho East
cru compnuieB) the local rates from auch point.
sincerely hopc now that all tho arrangements
smonsst The Enatorn companies have also been
| btoken up, IN alliance may bc formed bctHaeu
The Michigan Cpnttal and the Grand Trunk
Companies which will place them in o
poB{tion to bold OF to an independent
course., FREQ from ~ sn.sngling a1!iances.
ut fntr rates. which Ia all the commercial COM
mupity desire. Shippers from Chicago arc not
Iikeiy to donert tho Grand Trunk line In this
cr!nin. They havo much 70 thank the Company
for in tho psat, and tta rrosont course ouly
proves that tl,oeo who control 1t will not bo dc
tatod 10 as to thoir business bY. adverse intbr-
ests, and havo an aversion to alliances which are
not unfrequcntly inlnncai to Tho public In
terosts. wv.
TIE LErrEnH
referred to by tho correspondent arc two In
nnrabor. Tho first. addressed by 3Icsars. Scott
Jowets, and King to Commodore Vanderbilt, urg
Ing ths formation Of another combination id
oludlpg the Grand Tr,1nk wea published in yes
| tGfQhy lHIBVAE. lun Ecplt ID vi lul4oHH
1sid-axMrLEazs: Your letter Of t!,a it'd, a.sc.see
to G. Vanderbilt. President, aud william II. Wander
hut, Flcop1esdcnt, has been reeeivcd, aud duly con
This Company has arrangements with al tho com
1tse reas for nusfss; 4s Ma W u
viii enaI,o ii I'll 10 receive far eonrenaaon 10
tbas % tEey l slssll continue @ ii il, fosee. n e. s
On March i 1916 va entered into agreement viii
the Baltimore Ohio mud tho rotts you fopteAont II
regard to tho EaAtbound trathc, ana horcd an
ses.sa bat r. r. 79 y ss.assoa5ls a satsa ssea H. e.
srshued iho susiuc.s ii The connsTy over tho grea
rouscs to tho sesuoard i was In th!n spirit. and +
sccompish thcsa 1ossl!s, that tho agreement was Gil
leen earr1od out asll Of tho contr.ct!uH patlo
did not i1ue the notices To lis agents requiring hcI
to comply wlta % itz nrov11on' until shout 'non'l
: This Company protested through is Vice rresiaon
a9alnst this injustice nnd bad fntth. An almost tota
Ioss of business followed, and inay compel
Cd to gtve .notca of withdrawal from agrce1nen
wh!ah h.d besn faithfully kops by u.s. aud CONSTANT
Ths action docs not necessarily affect any other
rKu9enentA Which and hasn been in foFco bet~ec
ra,ltoad Intaresss controversies pte,qclal to tl,e
, siirch simply replaces ,La Western roads On Nsa
bound bnsness In t,e kaae position w are gu Weu
snssl sn s,an saai o
moment admit .hst this sctton Oh our part eudA,
6Gtt the railroad fn&GrsK+a III faa country onu l.
from srrlt of yindic1Ivcaeaa for What hnye don
competitors throw tAa transportation business
!. tl,s country into lsntIet Ivy n gtnetAl reduction
TSa sSeeaI et s fnd Trs rsfsrsad @ 70
your communication. y only eac, aud ay no me9s
chAoA il to follow our aoclnasion To aow dtncscn
af 10 per cent II fAe Kastbound business. ~ s,l
cgtksed by your letter. tho eAubs would seem harI
Ruicient tu justify sueh result. Very truly
. ", II. yAapEnuiLr, Vice President.
i
q pkGTERN Pk9EEMNER RATES.