, 1879-08-16
Tho Top Notch Of Competition---
Carrying Cattle for
Nothing.
That's What tho Burlington s;
Missouri Railroad ls
Doing.
No Moro Freight Contracts to Be
Made by the Trunk
Lines.
Absorption Of the Chicago q Cannda
gouthern by the Lake
Shore.

THE OMAHA FIGHT.
Tile light betwccn t..e Uniun rar3Iic md the
burlington t. Missouri River Railroad ln NJ
hraskn ilas now reached ita culmitlat!ng point.
Tile Burlington 4: Missouri 1t!ycr has issued
circular that until Iurthrr otacra it will take
live stock from Kcarncy Junction to ilAtts.
mouth, distunct uf 200 miles, fur uuth!,lg. nn
Il is harjlY probabIo that the Unon Pacific will
cut urdur this rate. Tlle rate from pinttsnouth
to Chicago rctuains At 80 per car, the sumo as
Is charged from Council Bluffs. 1tlo rutnoEs
that tho Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Is bauk.
inv TN tho burlington tE Miasourl River IN It's
light aga!n1t the Union pacisc nrc cnt'1atfca!1y
'leuied. 4 TRIBUNE REPORTER was shown conies
Of dispatches yesterday fu which the managers
vi t1e Chicago. Burlington Il Quincy untEfy 1l'r
managers nj ths Burlington & Missouri River
tt.at they will not prornte with HEN ndcF any
circumstances, and that ,hsv Will insist IN t'tl
Tonzalin, Of she Burlington d. Missouri
1sircr, replied TINT he noycr expected that tho
Cl!caso, Burlington e. Qutncy should psorate
with him. Or tiat this road alonld ~ any '1iau'
self perfectly nbe 10 light tho Union Pacific
slngle-laantlcl, und enforce the Just denands Of
Ills roatl. The princ'pal difficulty. rs ntrcady
stated, Is IN regar1 to The cattu business trot
the country west uf kcarhey. II IL claimed
ttat the Cnion Pacific thus far llas been making
lower ratcs from Plum Creek and SUsth Platte,
which are many miles further west isan kc,r,.
,les, than srosn kcarncy.. THIS Vi cottrsc forced
to tho Union pacllc, and the Burlington u
Missouri River has never becn able tn draw any
stock anFth speaking nf trnn' tie country
wcst Of Ktarney. slsort time ago the lsur-
nutire TINT 1t deslrcd u have the rates liked on
d reEulnr mllca1e basts, SHAT Is. to rejH 0 tho
rates from kenrscv on the basts Of the ratts
charged ,om Plum Creek, NORTH Platte, and otlier
thu Union pnvit'c sent buck n a. refusal. ut The
same tlne declaring that unIcss thu Burlington
IL Missouri K!vcr rcccucd frOn their demand
ntt' agreements between the two roatls as 10
Burlington d; Missouri hvur usanugrrs did no.
t,Hk they ought to aow themselves tn tpe bull
tluzed unY longer by The Union pneI!Ic t,eoule,
and the war wns commenced. I'll. Union Pa-
ttp, finding itsu1f In tight hox. commenced to
discriminate agatt,st sllo Chlea,o. Burlington
| IL Quincy 50 rs 10 rotnpcl this ronl to use its
inllnenee With the burlington Il Missouri River
lf,ti yet Il to reeet!n IRON tts demands. But te
burlington rclnsea to rnrtlaIc With tho light at
| ul1. rs 1t was in no way. Interested In Il. Tie
Chicago, Rock 1s1ani 81 Pacific mid the Chicago
| IL Northwestern 1tntlroAds, which tHto1 sllcir
Omaha business Will. the burlington, hare been
rhe burlington. but tlrY huye refused 10 tlo
thts. as they arc opposed TO brcakins the Iowa
pool, which has proved very beneficial 10 tIIclr
| interests, Yet If this fight continues much
I lO1lIET tHc5E II HlSub unHEEE ItlHl lhtQH gh+
ellie will s,,ccecd III brcuk[ng up The pool. To
prevent this gTeas efforts are being male to
bring the tlgnt to IN end, and the step taken by
the Burlington d Missouri River In reducing
| stuck rites from kearney TO- ,Ptaitslnonth 10
nothing may tend to brtnhstllc unton Pacilc to
| Ets senses, rs the season pf shipment has Just
| commenced. The Burlington " Missouri River
Road cnu sttnA this for sonte time, as 1t ueYcr
| 10 the Union Pacific, which has carried nearly
all the traffic, will be !tnmtense II this stntu oi
affairs Is allowed to cuhttiInu much longer.
vANDERN1LT's LATEST SURPRISE.
Tile latest excitement In railroad circles Ia tic
absorption Of the ChIcago It. Canada Southern
By the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern. The
Chicago e. Cunada Southern Is that portion Of
the Canada Southern running from Detroit,
| Mich, to FnYctte. II connects with the Luke
ShoEc g. Michigan Southern at D1lssvtlle, md
gives tue lattor direct llne to Dstrot almost
ns short as the Mich'gau Central. 1t was gen.
orally believed thut tho New York Central
would lease tic Lake Shorc & Michigan South.
cru, but this scheme dill not come up at the
Saratoga meeting, day before yestcrlnr, and,
instead, tho railroad fraternity was surprised
with thu announcement ti'at thu Lake shorc
had absorbed tho Chicago & Canada Southern.
There are many speenlalpns as to what tlia
new M0ya tneans, nl1d 1t 10 tle prevailing opl,l-
lon tint Vanderbilt means to disposu Ut his
intrrest IN The Michigan Central. for he will
!is1 !ion viii M the cans'la soa,lern vis iiS tic
Lako Slloro aud the .Cblyago Il Canaha
Sontlleru us he llas By ths Michigan Ccntrnl.
Whpu he purchased tic Michigan Central 6,o
believed that it wond stop ttle ti.Al4l Trunk
from getting m iudepsnaent Western outlet,
but since then The Gratl Trunk has purchased
the Chicago q: Lake Huron, a,l Is about to opeu
au independent now Ilne, to this city. For this
rrasDn lhe Michigan Central Gun bc uf little
licved he Is auxous to DISPOSE Of It. Mr..
Vanderbilt has from *12,sD,C0u TO Sl5,U0i,N ,NN
In lie Michigan Central, au.l 1t 10 cIuttnod hs
nCc1s That Douey to extend Ills railroad System,
further Nest, tn tu enlbled 10 .ctlnpetc with
lay Gould, wtu ts trantfcaliy etdcavortng 10 cs-
tablIsl, route between The Atlahtiv anl f'aciiig
Oeeans En competition with Van'lurhil1's lines.
ltia believed 'l1al VAnierb'lt has 81 cyo on ttlc
Union paclle, a.,d that he VIII make Il vigorous
effort to wrcst that valuable property from
uoud Uis Obtaining IN interest in tbs North
western Ru.lrosd latelf cerlataly teDda 10 glyl
some credcncc u these Eutaors.
COMMISSIONER F1SK's LATEST.
Mr.. FIuk has Just issued tho following cscu
lsr:
Tho yote on thn proposition contained In clrculA1
No. itI-''Io discontinue hereafter thu Practice u
contracting fur any spcclsl or RtyHh lois. blocks,
or quaAt!tieh of freight At tafiG raGs, Or at les'
t,an tartG fAtes, tu 1!lo scaDDaFtt On hume fur.
eign business, and 10 giya tsH daYs prevlous notice
mouslr By tho Jont Executive t'onnl1llsc. iu w.ct
@ ssntca: 'H A'Isn,'s s' t;.es, We.tsrs. iaio's
Vermont, Chicago y Ai!on. Chicago. DuE'lnston &
4utncy., clsyeland Columbus, ,Glnetnnat. y In
saa'l' n. cnSna.{ G;1n% Fns ofa aayss Ws;ts "a ss
ses"' 'Ss : dans!s. N i.asy s1sss' s?Id M'sS
| Central, New tufk Central, New YORK, LQkI