, 1879-05-30
RAILROADS.

i ItG btEteff,e4d Hlth WHICH Tie l.akt 6lulo ~
Michigan Southern and pit!shurg, Fort Wayne
& Chicago Railroads fight each other Is unprc-
redcntctl 1T tic annals ot railroad wars. All
the othrr contcsts-ttle Eastern ind the eouth-
westcrn-stuk into nothngnoss when compared
With this one. Egcry road IN tlle country, nnl
particularly the Eastern trunk limos, arc oil &C.
rtous!y Affected by this war, and I'd long as IL
iasts railroad business NIL over the country Will
remain unsettled and toycris. Aaalrcatly stated,
tllis IL fight between Scott aut Vanderbilt Tho
former has heretofore looked upon Pltta''1rE as
4 city that belonged 10 the Pennsylvania Rail-
road Company as faF rs through railroad bstat-
1.caa wal couccrnctl. II was understood busween
these two railroad naCnatca that the ono WINS to
aye full swiuE at Buffalo md tho other at Pitts
burg. With tllis understanding, Mr., Scott work
c1 harlnoninnsly With Ar. Vanderbilt md went
into tis pooling sctlcucs. Hut Mr.. Seutt. Ike
,nnny other rnfroad managers before lin, haa
learned 10 his sorr0w that fnttt1crb1tt's aEreu-
Vanderbilt went into On arrangement with II
natnber of Ptst6birg shtprcrs opposed to tue
Pennsylvania monopoly. A.l helped thcni 10
laiiId tho PittsbnrE & Lake Erie HALL
in tic way Of the new road, believing hat 1t
WAS to be used for local trasflc only. But i,a
soon learned beitor. No sooner had itie new
roasi' been finished than Vanderbilt went to
work md formed new through ltne from
ChicAgu to P1ttsbltrg Via tito Laku Shore Il
Michigan Southern, Atlnntic Il Great Western,
md pittsburr l. Lake Eric Koals. As Mr..
Scott is IN Europe, sir. Vnnttcrbilt no doubt
thought Ills coup d'c1nt would By 4uigtlY ac-
syiyania. who he did not believe lad the rcqul.
sltc backbone to nuke determined ilrht. but
In thls lo calculated badly. for the
peunsylyanla managers nnnulsd o. i...a ot.se
frBr thH T3Vnnt{r
l'ittsburg, as well as on al other East-bountl
h.ls.ucss, nl.,l there Is but litle doubt tint, IL
Vantterbft does not take thc back track very
soon, the Wcss-bound pool from New York will
The syispathics of the rat'road-.nanagers Of
tho yarioIs roatls IN tho country arc purity With
the PENNSYLVANIA nna partly with the Vanderbilt
interest. Suliu claim ttat Vanderbilt las no
| right TO invade ulc territory ot the Pannsylya-
MIA, but ought to have eunllnea his operntlons to
| his Own territory, while others think that lle
| had perfect right 10 form 1lcw lines wherever
| hu pleased, and that ,hc PENNSYLVANIA ought 10
| iayu accepted tho situation without n kick.
| Since The war has bccA tnnnguratcd rates to
| PittsburE md oil connecting points On NIL the
Eastern roatls have EFadsniis !oIe lower. unit"
/ they have reached bottom figures. 1rou Is unw
| 100 pounds. a1ll the Pennsyivaula rctalfatcs by
| making tito rates from Chicago to Cleveland
| am! other principal points on the Lake Sh0ru
| as low Us 2 cents per 10o nounds. as o conso-
saa Central ad Bslimora 0bso u nad s' aiso to
| b. largyly reduced. Thus tile Baltimore j.
Ohio haJ 10 rutiues the rases to Whsa.tng 70 =
cents. The rates to Buffalo arc quoted At about
the SANG figure. Tie propeller llncs from this
city to Buffalo which ru, in tllu interest Of tue
various roals hare also become involved in the
contest, Contracts wcro made yestcr-
for provisions from Chicago 10 New
| York at 10 cents. THIS, vi course. leaves
| hardly any marcin whatever It costs aboltt 21S
cents tu tnke this bus1noss from lite Stock fnsda
to the docks: Il cent to load from the cars on
the proptlIers; and 311 ccnts for Jfghternge at
Nut1alo md Naw York; leaving but 81 cents
psr 100 pounds to b. divided ainoug tlu propcl
lcrs unl tlss railroads. y c%onseqataee % oi tsi5
taken su.o!ller tumble, md cDntracts on graft
aud fourth class very freely tnalle yesterday and
tha dag before ut ~ ccts per l0D potlnt!s. fiIt
ratlroas, however, nro very careful not tu talit
tpo rnllcij business Mt tt,gBu figures, ld they nl
Glalln to bH short OF ears. having enough con
tracts ut bcstGr ratca to lust them quits while
The passenger ratts ara not rs uutuercitull'
slaughtered as thu freight rates, yet thuy arc
much lower than the railroads like to have them
Yhu passenger rates to New York arc stil
quoted At SIS, II cut Of 10, anl to other Eastcrt
points on the same bas!s Tte rates to Fits
burg aro $3.50, to Buffalo, $3.50 By tho Pom
sylvaula, utl $3.50 by tie Vanncrllt roads, aIlt
t0 other interior points, like Cleveland, Toledo
and Detroit, they dre also considerably buloN
| tustN rates.
lltcre Is but little prospect that tic light vii
soon come 10 close Vanderbilt and Scott Or
both In Europe, Anti bbfoyo they return It |
hardly possible thAt either Ut tic contCn1fpl
parties will give up tho hight.