, 1877-03-03

As already announced by the telegraph, tho
meeting Of the managers and freight agents of
the Eastern trunk lines broke up without me-
complaining anything, anti the present unscttlcd
state Of affairs regarding Enst-bo1tnd anil
foreign fsciGhts will continue unt!l aetiye rom
petition ly lake will commence, when general
reduction will necessarily have to bc matic.
Though each road Is leit at liberty to do HI 1t
rteases. yet Il 10 generally understood that
until navigation opcps no regular warfare will
he commenced, u II IA nut licl!cret! that a
cutting Of The rites inst tow would stimulate
tho shipments Of freight. This much, however,
made to establish regular foreign through rntcs,
tho Northeastern lines refusing to join any ar-
ra'lRclnent looking towurtis tl,at on1. Tho
nllllaEcrn of the Pennsylvania anil Baltimore IL
Olllo Railroads refused to ustcnd either "f tl,e
two meetings unless they wcrc uroa.teed ihnt
some actl.tl in rcgarl tn. the foreign thFnuEt.
rates woMll hc taken. and as tho managers at
The New York mud i}t'ston lines refused to taakc
slicl' psotnlso they statd AWAY from tho nleet-
inEs altogether. Nu1lo Of tho Chicago rlat'.-
gers 1lavc yet returned frum New York, atll II
j., therefore, not ,ossibic to give particulars US
to The course whieI, rilt bc pssucsl by the rari
ous roads leading Fast from tl'is city.
iTEMa
In order to stimulate the passenger tr2fllc Of
the kanaas l'aclic ital1road tho nlnnagenlent
have Just adopted tho following tariff to the
principal Western points reacl!e'l hy teir road:
Coloralo Springs, AM! Dcnyer, 9nl'mItesl-I5st
lays, first class, $3.50; sevulni class, t2i5o.
Tic emIgrant rates, good only on, rcgula esni.
worth and ka1'sas City to Pueblo and Denver,
limited to five ttays. SIC. From thu aame puilts
t. s Gsn9n as, c1y La vet'' aud E' Aoro' limited
x al,ori time ago q man by tho name Of II.
Tllmnas, claiming to be mn cnpfoyc of the Great
Western Railroad OF Canada, made application
at various railroad offices for passes. md in
some instances lug received them. H. presented!
Manager Of the Great Wcstcra, askins railroad
tnen antl conductors to show hin such far0rs a.
they could. Tho General Manager Of tile ILL
nois Central Thought there was something
n"Ss osas srs not ss' IN s o ha1t q gss ' s
Communications. For this rcason he addressed
a note to air. BronEhton asktng particulars
about this applicant for passes. Mr. Drough-
ton replies thut lie knows no such man, and
pronounccs the letter = forgery, md requests
railroad managers to have him arrested II an
opportunity oilers.
Henry Wentworth, President Of the Michigan
rstr"s S
tho Michigan Passenger Agents Association
had hrcn formed Tor the purpose Of acting
jointly hereafter on nil matters oi Importance
appertainiug TO H. passenger business ot the
present at thc meeting at Saginaw, and every
road In Michigan was represented. Tho next
,nectfnr will be held oil tho 9TH OF April At
urand Hapi.ls.
!sp<ctai Ditpatch 10 7at Tribune. II
NEW YoHK. Man:lt a,-rhc amended schema
OF reconstruction of the Eric Hallway Company
prupnsel by the London bondhudefs, for whonl
the FArn,cts' Loan and Trust Company In this
city arc tlle New fDrk agents. pruyiie that The
COUPONS ot lilo first tconsolltatcd mortgage bDntls
falling due on Sept. !. 181l, unl amounting
to about sf0o,0o0, should be paid IN Der. /,
1s7U, or. II through the continuance Of Tho rail
road competition tho Rceclvcr Should mot
Dee. !, tho, Reconstruction Trustees
Of the cpciycr, to extend tho tfnlo to March |,
| 1871. 1l1e coupons falling due on March !,
| 1875, 1510, anil 1850, aro also to 10 paid tn
rash. Nr. Jowett stated to4lay tilat hp
was not ruady to say whit provision
| Ind been nnle for the payment Ut
tho frbt coupons, or what action had hecn taken
In the 1r,uttcr. II waa reported On Wall sttect
| lint telegram Dul been received from sunlo OF
tht IritAh l,o.1dhultcrH giving positive lnstruc-
| toas to iurotlosc tho mortgage II tho coupons
were not promptly paid arcorsllng to tho pro-
| poscl sEllcn,e.
CINCINNATI souTnEBN.
| ClNc.sNATi. o., Marv!. a.-TAu Trustees Of
tho Cincinnati Southern fallruad to-day awarded
! tho et,ntrhct fnr the construction af tho TGi-
llesacu livcr brflge TO Cnri., ]eeeyes IL Co., Uf
Philadelphia, at cost NJ $ll7,00u. The bridge
| will tu q troA, Wh!ppla truss, l,s0I feet III
length. There were seven competitors.