, 1877-06-10

"f1OOrTN1 THEM Up.
Inc taAt-tra'n war may now be ea1l to hav.
fairly commenced, and tho roads aro in for IN.
great contest The dccis[Tc stops taken IN far
have been confined to the running time, no fur.
thcr reduction in rates having yet been ma,1e
but a faster timo than TINT which will be mn,a
on and after to-day is probably out Of the oue.
tlon, the uext atcps to be taken must bo nccc,.
saEilY on rates. Tho fact that tho rcnnsylyant,
Road has decided to shorten up It's time aftr,
to-day 10 that Its fast train, which leaves bcr,
at 4:2o p. m., will reach Now York at ~. m.
tic following day, has convinced the managers
Of the Lake Shore d Michigan Southern Raj.
aGaa tnat they Will have no use for thc fsst train
and a. to have reached New York also at .. n.
lhey nave therefore rcconsilcred their ar,Inn
anu now meet The Pennsylvania Company by nm
af.R n,nG 1ast traia which viii lcavo hero every
than tc train of tic Fiji PtsSars Foft wa,ns ssr
connect will a Tho Western sonth and ME- Nf,S' 10
weatern foaIls, giving amplc ttmo for The trans-
!ep Yark f. Ihe trsn VII reach New
should havo arrived there, milking tn nrinn1 sin1
running time Between Chicago and New YnrS
about twcnty.lvc hours, a time which has neycS
been c9nal!cd before. Only f3rst.class pas.cn.
9aggagc coaches viii accompany the tran. M M
dining or hotel cars will he attached tn tho
train, tho managers believing that fhev cn', n
please their patrons better by stnnntuv for t%e
rcEnlar meals, and making up for iost tjnc i,v
increasing speed after meals. The tnnnn.
gers OF tho Lake Shore say they wifi
bo fully able to carry out this programme
az there arc fcr grades on their routc In cxcc,s
81 r. ioFty tect to fhc mile, and 1t has moro mr.
iine track than any road In tho world travcssing
tho Same distance, and has t1le advantage OF d.
posting Its passengers in tho heart Of Nav
York. II ta claimed by the Lake 9horp mnnn-
gere that they arc not seeking to beat The linn
Of The Fort Wayne route, but arc Obliged to
start twenty n,nntcJ later because of tie lcsiro
TO run without disturbing the schcdnlo for tlc1r
other traina The fnss train Of this road, which
,eages ,;' the Van 1uEen stEeet depot this evening
ger trains which has eyer left Chicago, az tic
bckt locomotives and tho newest and most im,-
proved coaches, and Wagncr's elccping-car viii
be placed on this run. Tho leaving time Of
the other trafus on this road vii
not bc changed ut present, though IT Is prnba-
bio That some chanKcs will be fna1lo t1nrinE tho
weck. The Michigan Central will undoubtedly
managers Of the road nrc not yet prepared te
sny when they will bc ready tn do no. It viii
tako them lew days to make the proper nr-
ranEemc1lts.
Col. Thomas Scott and Mr.. ]. ". Mccullough
Wnro notified yesterday Of the action taken bY
tue Lake Shore IL Michigan Southern, but IN Ia
a late hour last evening no ailviccs as to What
additional etcps should hc taken had been rc-
cefyc It Ia tho belief Of the officials OF tho road
in this city that they will ho ttrectod to change
tho leaving time OF their fast train to 4 o'clock
?. M. as soon a tho schedule eau be changed.
n this event, thoy will be- ahead Of the Lako
Shore twenty minutes.