, 1877-12-07
RAILROADS.


THE WAR AGAINST THE sCAITEns.
The war totween tho railroads and Tho dcalper1
Ia getting more exciting every honr. Tho fornes
arc not relaxing sheis olofta to force tho ecApcrh
ont Of the busness. AnA new arfesta for violating
tho law arc continually made. The latter have
recovered from THAR panIc AMI 1ndeclson, and ARD
taking decided steps to beat their ad'ersat'cs. a
meeting Of scalrcrr, Of, as ther prefer to be
Called ticket brokcra, was held yesterday morn
Ing, and in organization effected. hir. William
1gItl was elected Chairman. Mr. J. j. Wafsct
Treasurer, and Mr.. +. y. Manx Secretary. Tho
partlcs rrttont p1ctGed themselves to contribute
fense. After long le6.tc ~ TO the heat course 10
pursue. It was decided to make anothst test
SO n tas so9r Sn carr, sp sGf oe'o1s
Ia claimed that Tho late case against milford eonfd
not 10 considered test case. a. that man had real
now n1rsn to lake up the earc n2atnst one Of Tho
ps' es Of s e.
avoriie isr the positlon, an he e.a % ininec,l
e s.o b. assed s s s asysn
the offensive against tho railroads md throw AZ tho
6nelnces they tccura nrcr to tha Erle q Chicago
Shortly afterwards postcrs wcrc placed on the
doorr and windows Of the vnsion. scnlpfna Offices
announcing Tint tncy would sct hrat. .class tickets
70, sho.e tseke;t. limited 10 thtes =. days,
Z SEP. They do THU BY purchasing tickets otes
ss II tSs got sese 81 snd onR s
Mesars.. lansing and Thorne, hasn agreed to buy
the nnneeA eoupans from New York 10 lIoston for
entail. lssa on te acalpcss IN s1ls city Of 81 on
each ticket they scll. Tho railrnah men laugh at
III I'D s = sin@p .hs sui '9 II shs s,.. @
cannot 10 kept up, a. must Of the cnupo1a would
c1pire before they can he rc.o,d, md tho boston
cent tickeh o. coupon. ihe stn,e of which has *:
ptfcd... But. to enarl nRsInht all emergencies ahd
not allow an advantage to be given to any ono
HI nj eee s to Dys - @ al tcks's boston 1s Sass
York and only tcll 81 tickets "a Aloany. Mr. Il.
Ms ha,s Ha"nt Of s
declares hl;cf hee3ii!y ip fssor Of thts aetton.
Northern llnrs. Tho .calpcts adMt tha. this moxe
moi prevent .hcn iro.n discriminating aya'ns: the
to Now York Al thc rc2ular rate ss0 and teli them
for Slh. losing 81 on each ticket. They say that
will tell heavily heatnst tho roads which nfo da.
iiske': eyer H. s6!easo E:fe tiae. snd :. ,his
aru also discussing the advltnb!ty Of bringing snit
against aoMe Of tho toads for prosecution.
them were arrested. Tho railroad mcn htc not IN
s{ Il I'D 81 as e S q e
fused TO gtyo them Up they were clearly violating
Among tho srscsts made yesterday was that Of
Mr. Il. i. .hsnz for selling tickct to Cairo orcr
the Illinois CentFnl. lie was taken ho!ote snm-
siefa anaef bond. nj, q oe H. asnt. who reay leaf:
lie reputation of botng ono IT The most inncas
NJ rSi3r ffcknta n ? nn4
clalms that the roads !svc no case against him,
inasn,cll as he was authorized to aclt the ticket
count Of Iii, Nanx's good reputation tho HcalpeFa
wtii probably mako bis caeo tho lest ono to bs
dseldoa BY tho supreme Court
r.rr cna1n rp1,SE "a COMING.
n.x.,a,nns,. 49,. ~. ns,a " as.t.n ~ T.,
few days which clearly Indicate the intention OF
tho Grand Trunk Rellvor Company regarding IN
,nI.n.n,,s,, .r,Iot ~ ~. ct,~ II /, now :cst,,.
!naepos'ueHt oo'!e1 ~ s"'s Wy ~ Nv" .SssaD. ~
ttsled beyond donhe that shsa Company VIII run
trims all tho wny through to this city ovef Its own
l,ne setors ssn. t.l II ..red, eesn stated t5..
w HEama l'nns "as ssc"ro" = c"n!"'' p,s.ey. a...
Of tho Chicago q Southern Hailfoad. which runs
,ea, a bs,ics tS,t ths u,an, r,nnx ,yen,a soanss,
Ihis Ing with thach!easo y Lake iinfon ~ eeu'
Uut the Developments malo during the last seg
that tho kAsett1Qnk heretofore tnA10 By tho
pot Huron Road at any prtcs were true.
Thn a7rsaxsments vhlch the Company hsa LATELY
nnlo viii secure iof II q rnch better constructed
anil moro direct route to t!o city ihan .ia tho Port
toad from Rdgwsy. li'ca., on g. own Iins 70
And viii require hat little outlay 10 compietc,
WVtkmcn afs already at wurk 10 hl;tsh tho line as
enccllly ~ nnstihle il II nOw nudcr.fnn tlat TIM
1rsnd Truak fas succeeded In milking arransa. :.
Wr.Ltns, tic leasc Of which Wss Hivcn In by tha
Michigan Central about two years aEo which gives
Il uli control Of tlo road fft,a, Jackson 10 Niles
Frnm tbn isttar uoint new road r to be- conatfct.
al 10 Ttprnton where connoction il nadu viii Tho
iIh1csso 4 Houtharn iiairuaa which Wilt caninlelc
fne iins IL lhta civ. THs Grani Trunk oif}ctRis
eyncct ID hayo fhe gnuro jine c0nnlctuli bY ncxl
Of tho trunk lines for the EattcFn tsa,ac. and pny
them eScE lar sae Nsesln'natah nsae!!ced aSa!ast
ths ~, ~ n ts Gnd r,unk IN sasm1ing III linz
Ia p|aco Of lis Port liurun Noni viii aiioet tha
Esslecn trunk iinss more scssrs'y tl,an was eK.
l'eetao o. the new so4ts u a!Eo.t az son d. aa.y
,.eG H. ,.n;n.t ns t, n,en ~, nv, n 4 Il
,r,I =. t,,nt H. H. S.isst III. ,sn