Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-01-25
UNION OR DEATH.
That is About What the Trunk Rail-
way Lines Say TO the Water Routes.

way Lines Say TO the Water Routes.
Chicago adviees of the Eth state that
several of thc leading railway managers
OF the country held meeting ut the
| Office of the Fort Wayne road, vcStcr-
day, 10 protest against the concession vt
Il diilcrential rate from Milwaukee to
the seahoard, Via the lake and rail lines
The officials present We're j, \. McCul-
Tough, vice president of the rcnnsyl-
wanna company, John Newell, general
manager OF the Lake Shore and Michi-
gan southern; Marvin liughitt, general
manager ~ the Chicago and North
wcStcms II, i. l.edyard, general man
agcr Of the Michigan Central; and Ma
than Guilford, commissioner 81 the east
hound traffic There may have been
some significance III the fact that the
Chicago, milwaukee, aud st. Paul road
was unreprsSented.
The discussion lasted about two hours,
and resulted in the sending Of " Joint
dispatch to III. j, lewett, chairman of
the executive committee Of the eastern
trunk lines stating, ON behalf the west
cm trunk lines, that they were not sat
listed with the present situation ~ re-
CARDS east bound rates from Milwaukee;
that tharc was not, III their opinion,
| any reasonable occasion for allowing
the water and rail lines Ia make any
difference i'll caSt-hound rates, ~ com.
pared with the allrail lines. and that II
such dillcrential should he conceded, il
would result in the water lines drawing
the entire traffic from the interior Of
| Wisconsin, Minnesota, and portions ut
Iowa and Illinois tn Milwaukee, and
| thence across the lake eastward, to the
great prejudice OF the Chicago roads.
The sondcrS of the dispatch requested
! MIR. Jcwctt, us chairman Of the eNrcu-
tive committees, 10 exercise his authority
/ and compel tine water and rail lines to
/ make and maintain the same rates from
/ Milwaukee, to the seahoard ms Nv the
/ nll-rail lines via Chicago The telegram
also conveyed nm mtlmation that unless
! the chairman instituted such action MS
\ was suggested, the lines from Chicago
would not he responsible for the main-
4 tcnancc Of schedule rates from Mil
waukcc, as they hadalready determined
OH securing such share Of the cast-hound
business rs they We're entitled to 10.
cciyc.
The sentiment Of hcmcctinp seemed
TO be about this That Mr.. Jcwett MS
chairman of the executive committee,
mqucstionably Inns the authority to die
tate such terms To the lake and lail lines
leading from Milwaukee, ms will obligc
them To advance their rates TO the basis
of the same schedule ms VAS adopted Ivy
the nll-rail lines, aud thus meet the
wishes Of the Chicago roads But ms
receiver OF the Erie railway, Mr.. Jcwett
may duly consider the fact that his line
receives n greater revenue from the
carrying Of u given amount Of traffic
which is delivered to il by the lake CON
ncctlons than il could possibly receive
for the same amount Of business origi
mating 1T Milwaukee, and delivered u ],
hy any one Of its all-rai connections.
The telegram communicating the re-
suit of the meeting was signed by al
present, except Commissioner Guillord
lie declined 10 aflix his signature fol
the reasonthat he could not consistently
do SO in Wow Of the recent concession
of II dillcrcntial To the lake and raj
lines.