, 1876-05-09

THE BATTLE or THE TRUNKS.
Tho patio Of .he giants sill goes Oh, though
there hns been no change In the contost during
tho last fow days. Vanderbilt il determined to
60 On with tho present raitroaa war until Now
York Inns rogatuod tho business It lost during the
continuance Of tho pooi. In spite Of the pro-
tentations Of Scott, Garrett, Jowott. mud tho
10 cessation OF loati1itics until ono aldo or tho
other Is completely exhaustod. Though Wander
built ts fighting all Of hiB Eastern rlTal Ilnos,
get his attack priuclpa!lv directed against tho
Granl Trunk Railroad. This road has inourrod
his special onlnity for dnting to compete with
hts four-track elephant for tho Western
traffic, aud refusing to be inve!glnd into
tho combination. The BtnbboTnues4 Of tho
Grand Trunk III regard TO this matter upset all
OF Yanderbtt's calculations and. instead Of reap.
lug big bouRixa out OF tho pool, lsa waA leeced
nj all Hides and lost much Of hls bus,noss. The
composition OF tho Grand Trunk divorced much
Of tito Northwestern trAtfto from his lilca. while
Scott and Garrett had full sway In tho South.
west, aud thus it came that the graln receipts OF
Bostou, Philadelphia and Daltiu1ose showed
large iscscaso, willis thoss Of Nev YORK 1ecreaB.
oI TO tho Banie extent. Tho 'nttor tuo railroad
managers would have gladly seen tho conb!uh-
tiou coutonod, M they did not suffer from tho
competition Of the Grand rrunk III did the Now
York Central. Therefore tle7 made another
effort the other day. aud wroto to
10 saa'FGs Gtsud aas Tra1k ''s aud t'''us get up
now combination. Tho old Coumndore. how
| cYor hal heen fooled once and did not propose
| to 10 caught IN trap socond tiinn by bis wlly
conpe!ltoln.. Aud. therefore, without mo. 70.
| nent's hus!tatlou, he bent Ills reply TINT lie
meant to fight u out on tho Ina ha
| Ind begun II It toul him all aummor.n Tho war
| has boon going III without interruption ever
since. and freight rhtos havo about reached bot
| tom figures. Conllnc arc being Mado Tor
grim from this oily to Nov York at from 10 to
70 cents per 100 pounds which IL loWor ratio
thun haH been u'Rdo for nany yeass.
It waH a. ti.ss hoped that tho war would DO
neeus that . largo reduction IN West-bound
| freights will hlHo be made iii feW
days. hs the Grand Trunk LAS already
taIson tho offanstvo, n ibis matt9F alao;
undoubtedly come down in a very suH days.
The Grand Trunk made q reduction In pahaon-
ger 1asos . few days ago making tho faro from
Boston aud Portland to Chicago $40, which III a
to make . ain,iar reduction from Chicago to
tl1oso points yesterday. but WAS prevented from
doing so for tho .l1ue oeing, by the Michigan
Coutrn! Aa,road Thla road. ~ soon
sa o tho u!s"a II 1ak ,as upae,
no consideration would it Gecome party to
slict arrangement, cisituin. thss tho GEand
TruuA had no right to tnake ratoh from tue ter
sttory Of othor limos. Tho Michigan Centrn
wonld exact, II such cut waa tnnt'c, its full pro
portion OF tho agreed ratio. At pEesent therp It
i question between tho Michigan CentsAl A1lc
tho Grand Trunk % to tbe making OF ratel
from each others territory, Should, howeYet
any OF the Chicago liuos seek to reduce ratts tc
Tho East, the Atchgan Cantta' will ho prompt Il
follow aud in that eseut ~lll protect tho inter
esta Of al its conuDctlnE lines.
MINOR ITEMS.
Tho Necelvor OF tho Missouri. Kansas 4 Texa'
Railroad furnishes tho following statement Q
ths approximate aarulugs OF Ills 1oal for tA
fourth wook In Apn; Freight. a40.657sl
pa.snnger. sl5.53o.93; laail, $2,l1u.1l; esprcrs
sI,2.5 miscellaneous, s3.sG5.l5. Total, tG3,
3l3.lU. Corresponding Vor1od Inst yuar. 35i.
lli.G7. Tho haleh Ut tha lows Land C0mpau
Tor the mouth Ut Aptil, 1916. are 10, l37 ACRES T.
I2l purclassrrs for $ll2,33l.79. Eaah collection
during lhs month, *Bl,a50 81. Tho Iauds II
wholly Of tbs ta,t1nAd gEants to Tho In"s lsnos
opota ated by the Chicago 4 Northwestern an
tho I!'no,s Central Railroads. They arc most
tocu,eu III the western port.un OF tAat Htat1.
| ANOTHER LAND GRANT ROAD
Spee,4t Ut.pat:h n TAs Ch4ca9o Tribune.
DE1no1r, Mich, May 8.-.rho contract 10
| hutldtnR tho Marquette l. AAcklu2W NatltoR