, 1879-05-28
WILL NOT CONE TO DETROIT.

Tim rnrin,ta ror rfnrantcs in thfa rttx vestcri1av
o ,4vs ~ .,1,@.,ad ~ n ~! ~, 's'
ueS"eoi W. t"".e"3 '@'A"s ~ ".A .''o eo'ne''t
tees settled certain very important questions.
1t nov npprars tl1at soma eight Or ten months
ago, before tho present management oi thu
Wabash ,omo ,r.o ,,,wrr n contract ,v.. ,,oa.
oc'"ee" t'o "auas.' s.i't u.a"u ''"I't ia!s"
rays, under witch the Two Companies wrre to
join In n,4k'ng connection. This was under
stood to mean that thoy woro tt share equally
Nv aNr."oo tr.s".,x " I'.. ~. W.. ues"ssn .,'o
Nfatd lsuaS 'uoctton' hcas to'8 cats' ana tlle
Wabash ut OF near Toledo Il'1s was dono for
from from lo'euo ''oep'nas"' o. 'ne 'aoo0Fo'ls
foaua'
Since the present management Of the Wabash
cane into powor they baYe determined tint It
:. ~ 1,s..e uoro t,.v ,r,.,,J ,-a,', 80
II 70 natrot. Ho1o 's'ny "outu ga'n Tue CON-
pelllof' ol the thFae Lanaaa foaas 'or their
bns!ucss,-llle Canada Southern, Uralld Trunk,
W Tract liz competition fof ti'eir husiisss would
hc at Toledo, aud would be limited to thu
lir,l,l Truuk ind the Vanderbilt oad.,--Caunda
Southern nv! Lake Shore. AT their meeting at
ss M v,"on %fs q .pE RssSs @ e s Wa9ss e @
UrAm Trunk to tho ahrogution OF thr contract
relcrrrtl to Tile nustur of presenting this
resolution to ths tarand Truuk ma1iagera and
iu , til, nal,tla of Iii. Joy, ono ii tls Wabash
Directors -
Thls G3uty wns performed Yesterday, IIe ex-
plaincd to Dir Harry Tyler nnl thu tr!.1,d Trunle
Directors l1lat 1lss Eotiipuny desired tho Great
Western 10 sl,afo In lid rt.nl,utitlmn for lhcir
business, and Tor TINT rcaton nskr. q fnolidGn-
tit,l Of tic contsact, no - to allow the Treat
Western 10 10ln III building thu CONNECTING link,
This proposition was unl,rs!tat{t,glY rejected,
liz then proposed MI aLrogatlon Of ths coll
tract altogether, suytt,ls tint il It wrre al,roCntc
ihc Walps,! and thu cltlzefa uf Detroit wu.I
at once lullA to This city. liu said 10 tic Granf
Trunk managers: "fou have complained
Of Mr. Vanderbilt IN shutting yoN
out from cUu.pctiton for tic bi,st.
ness Of Western ruals. Yuu lIaya chnr.
aeterzcd hts treat nlput as sltpreneiy epttIsu and
unfair. With low murl. cofs1stei!cY eau yutl
oycupy thc san,o ntti.u'Io tnwnri tl.e Gfvat
Weslefuf The Wabash should ho butlt 10 De-
troll, md hero ali ruatls TOUCHING this point
ehuuld Nnyn q fatr al,d tqual c!,acc Ut It, Any
other poiiey shuts out tic Great Western, bit It
can ouiy b Temporary. Mr, Yandcrhulit is ind.
INK out what yoll told hin,-tt,at lis poI!cy va,
n shurt-aiKhta1 one. liz ro,iiI only shut vnIs
oul from co,nootiDn for a time, Now yo,l nro.
ilose to e3penti money to build now roai to
circnmyent hiln, anti III doing so you suok to
fhia ns ahprt. t.ajubted IA wns thn :col,rse ri
III. Vnntierhtit3 'rhe 1rcut ,Vcst"r1, n,ust s.cr
a Westor, outlut, aud ileru must bu ouothur
nnthlnr' md anly conucf tho u1,ncreasnrY In
vSstn,rnt al ranitnl tn riren,nv vent yo,,. nd vnn
aru Compelled to spo1Hi nuueT to circuinvent
Mr, VauGerbilt. This hitter uaInei nuthinr hy
iis cn11rxs AMI ynu viii rnin nnthinv Nv vrnrs
r. r. ~, ins.s n6n ~ ths 49, ,ontra.t MhlI,, ~ nx.rs
iii G,cat Wostcm from si,nrtll.. in ta Wahasi,
f,,snsss.,s
III" f;r,nd 1runh rrntjatnen ustsna, tn .hn
ernrcssin" of ill.,. wt.Es an,i w;ahcs ~ tls Wa.
s W .nG a rc T'sss iss ~ ~ sn
va nsrfcc1iv satisfartnrT In tnrtm' n,nj thrv
rn ~as not vy HIT rnstnt ~ ~ rc.sin ' 'ss