, 1877-03-31

thoroughly. .anneale1 and rendered tmrcrrous
to water, It WINS then eplltctl. Each ral,ic Is
composed Of 6,.03 strands, which IL SO spliect1
- TO bc In fact one continuous wire, .aa0
tension of J ,..O0 pounds. As each Cable cnn-
Trims | $50 miles Of wire. tho four contain h,O0
miles. Thu wholc weight of wire Is uvcr tD0
ht.' t"n. EEns & safe y, working capacity q lso }
you'd cnsily hear 4 htrain Ut la,O0 tons.
Connecting These cablcs with thc bridge arc ti7D
silapoHderat eacll ot thirty tons capacity, with
y guy, fasten!nE tho briec to The rssr
n such manner ns to prevent lateral or lltt
Ing movement by tho winds. 4 single train cx-
tcntng from one cnd Of tho bridge to the other
viii" rs sSns 81 S tos. ss5 so Tstae tst II ey y ea sS
bearing capacity Of 900 tons It would take
FORTY trains ono piled on top Of tho other to
snaD the cables.
THE IMPENDING RAILROAD WAR.
There Ia every Indication Of another conflict
bctwecn tho Eastern trunk-lncs. When War;
dcrhIt agreed To treaty Of peace last fnlt, It
was evidently Ills design to get ~ lligli rites
MS possible during tho winter, and begin act-
I've host!ltties again Wlpu navigation opens.
THO treaty, as then made, ,sns known
to be concession on the part OF Vanderbilt,
who Ind often stated that It was his intention to
forco tho Pennsylvania and Baltimore Il Ohio
Railroads Into IN agreement making the rates
from tho West tho snmc to all tho Eastern sea-
ports. Evidently Mr.. Vanderbilt Inns never
given up that tntentlontand will now mako ar-
other Effort to bring about tho mttcl-csirc1 rc.
silt. Though the rates have been sustained
from Chicago to the East as fnr ns ia known,
yet there ran 10 no doutt Tint much cutting
has been 9ong OH for some time past from, vt.
Louis, indianapolis, Toledo. and Other
Of Ii" r',a'is Ipad,,,r rast M from ostnv,. Ecagt,
Vanderbilt and Jcwctt claim TINT this cutting
haa been aous by Scott and HaTrctt, and tho
latter suy tl,at II ts Vanderbilt, who ilas been
breaking tho agreement II Urt1cr tU bring
about another wnr. In faet, onr 1lasncs the
other, but nil agree that tho compact OF last
fall Is q nullty, anu that each road ilas to aet
according to It's own discretion. Unler the
circumstances IL fe Impossible TO lnaintaln the
present rates any longer, nill general decline
will soDn BIZ the ortlcr Of the i!ay To nynisl n!i
ln1isrr}mlnatc cnttinr Of Tho rates, d meeting
Ut tho General Freight Agents OF the Eastern
roasls in this city wns held at tdc Office of tho
Lake Bloro Il Michigan Southern ilal1road yes
tertlay afternoon, for the purpose of ngrcciny
upon q tnffurn reduction, and 10 work with
some degree Of nnaunity dnring tho pending
Ing, but nothing Wns accomplished, md aEother
conference will 1c held ut III ociuck this mor,l-
Ing. II Ia not believed that the Eraln rites will
te liked Mt nlOwcr ratu than ~ cents from uEt-
cngo to New Yurk. The regret 10 generally cx-
pressed tint the railroads could not srttle their
tii1lc1t'ttcs without another war. Last ycur's
contest demonstrated ttiat st,cfl wars arc not
afao acts t1eprcssinEly upon the business inter-
csts fair steady rate y much better for tho
shfppers than low unsettled ratc at which they
cnh baae no contracts.