, 1880-07-16
THE RAILROADS.
Trunk-Line Pool Complications
The Grand Trunk and
Wabash.
A largo Increase in Railway Earn-
anga All Over the Country.

@A8a <AAA VIVA sAAo NS%AAHAJS
TlIE TnUNf1-L1NEs POOL.
Now that tho disposition VI the Sonth-
western complications Inns been deferred for
n couple OF months, moro attention Is being
bestowed by railrond men to tho compl!cp-
tiuIss sof tho trlnk-ltno roo'. which colnc tp
for netIon Mt meeting TO 10 held at Saratoga
on tho 20th OF this month. This meeting is
| to decide whether the Grand Trunk Is t0, be-
| c0mn pnyty II Tic ciHt-hountl pool from
! Chicago or not. The Hrnud Trunk consented
n fuw weeks ngo tU Join the east-bonlld rool,
provided 1t In accorded a fair. shara 0f Tic
east-hound business from this city. Tho
managers of this road demanded 20 per cent
| Of the traffic, but tho otl,or lines wero not
willing to givo 1t nioru than = per cent.
or course the Granl Trunk would not nc,
ttes rsicr is ts oi i;natter Il tie Tr IS ArS
bitrators, who aru 10 report to the Snratuga
lcctIng.' Pending the nrbilratlon. srrtain
concesslons wSto nude to , t!iG ur1i'l Frank,
stnllcc, It was agreed that frott, Ju,,e @ until
the l.leeting Mt Saratoga, the Grntl,l Trunk
sllo,Id receive Eighty cnr-londs of lire stock
Tssa fessiyv a " e SS SeF ess Gss
denly elghty.tllrue car.i0at1s were given this
rou.l Mt tl,e beginning Of this week, but Sllice
then sl!!pnellts layn w aFNtn csasea; sa,, NoW
tint Unless buttcr disposition Is al.own
hereafter to give 1t fair treatment, they Will
not nblttc By the nwnrd Of tho 9rbitrators
bit even II the arbitration should prove sat-
istnctory 1t Is int by any ,1nGnns certain that
ptace. und harmony. will result. lsoth the
Grand Trunk and the Wabash say tliay Will
not net With thy trunk l!l!ps ntless Wander
s into TtiHe ts eIty " Vs"nerbiIt e" " ID @ n@ten"ns
tho Western Indiana from crossing thetracks
Of Tho Lake Shore, ,thoso roatls ,WouI,!! hayo
bren enah!cd to go into colnpetitlon will The
tic tirnlul .rruns. has only beer able 70 flo Il
small business by the courtesy Of tho
Burlington, which, allowed II to .usu lis
a safEs Gana f. ffxwt xs ws ac wc IT, SSssSn s Sseh
really to open lts. ClllcRgo line fol, several
months, IL yet entirely SLUT ont. Now, BY.
fore going Into q new md I'erl!laNcnt irai!lc
,na1d that Vanderbilt shall withdraw Ills III,
junction aEainst the Western, l,'din1.a and
alow Tint roal to rgsch the ,freignt1f';Sases ~
ran9cnlcnt with Vanderbilt as long III this
gcntlctnNu shows his hostility towards
them by keeping them out of Chicago. ~
Vanderbilt 4 most desIrous 10 sstaolsl!!
J withdraw Ills opDosItlonto tbs Western H.
diana crpss!ns ttie Lake-S!!orc 1 tracks. ,The
nlont nf their troubles seems to Indicate TINT
|, they hnyn assurances TINT Vanderbilt ms
1e sss rn to MifGWH nn hos ]s kS is II c o
Nlti0n Of their harmonious w0rki,,g With the
cnst-boIld pool
HEAVY RAILROAD TRAFFIC. =
Tho volume OF traffic passing over our
. luntl1ng rallronh lines, aside from the special
, interest attAcllcd to 1t rs mn important Item
III the commercial movements Ut tho country,
affords q :. tolclnhly accurate index. Of
tho general condition Of business. It IL
= unfortunate that there is ITO system
Of REPORTS wliel. furnish anything like conl-
! pletc information nt stated interyA!s, put tho
binuncal Clronlolg Of New York has
as 1t las been abl0 t., e1ileet for tho month
Ut June mil thu first half Ut the present ycar.
md places them III comparison with those Of
81 assS fss Ssst sf0s 5 T. ai IL S % Il
. cummings, us Its lAtest reports tO not InrlutlG
statement ut EXPENSES, md the data nro not
1 givoil for making pr1lgr allowance Tor ~,
nretsetl mileage on sulla Ct. tho ro.ts. STU
, there Is 1nHtGrial enough for Hi approximate
! indication Of general results:
! ltoports Of gross cnrnln9s for Juno .aro giyen
rsi aes Il tho eS ses os ts
Invariably show largo lMcr0Asn over tho figures
Is a. ;s :sS;s % ; + d ssi .si 4
: nunth. tho n1nOurlL Ut inurcnsO ls $lO1iff8, OF
n about q per cont Of tho eurnnKa Of q ycnr be-
. llnvo nado considerable additions to ilielr milo.
ngc, but particular lines which rGtlfIn substn'l-
y S T. tbs s afss ssw easnx, S1ty e
th9 Sq% for Esatr" ! M as0 tl4 yor
s gf tho ,. wnGn rsS Sst to ;St
srcaso @ Fi sf g. JULIE tho Auditor psttriiass ssio M
to ntidtt.onnl intlcaEe. II newly. .c1nssrHctet
os aasnoHs,toa t "a tho sas,s nos. @ or saln q
Tts iist ot raa. for wn!cl, reports qre slye,
. for tho hI1f year IL somewhat smaller, inclNdinl
il! 4;
IT, w. WE enfei @ ss @ @H
If l!nc and ollu which most ioAry Mtcr.sts ~, "
@ tso .o.ssont VI asnS Sslas asa 81 W,e ! 1ess Sa
q tho average rnttu fnr tho thrty-fullr chs1l
H s ot s s%sap sis1 pys SasS e ot 1s' rs NeSss
III llcitie, for which VIC fortunately have alao
repGrt Of axpesss the tSr$ r., snlsinS i t. g
~ ~ ' the csfnlnas wsrs il expsnsss. *1,sr
d. ilet earnlnss s55lfli; for is5aN, gross uarl,
!s. inss, sSaosi4 Tha @rScls .inerctsca expense
~ ~ Aro duo chioly 10 improvements which hax
ii been ut npnn & the &rnM!t' including sscc' ra'l
y y While tlo incroasu 1t not earnings oanuot b
1t ahowt, for tho month Of June, 1t can bo give
~ inst Ayo raou!h1 ot The year. TIk!aE, e
a p'GnoSS ,,frd e pst't'o ,, d 9a,pg .t Es "!
NJ ~, yonr during th!n pcrHl.. tho grnes earnings
" thu Pennsylvania. ltnud wcr0 2+S;, Opet
ne ~ ,sss; th!s yoartho gross onrltngs AninlEte
IL to tl6s!$ expenses, se l, ,fs'; net oar!.tng
or Quincy reported last yt.ar. gftss uarnEnXs Is
iii Yv,:Il; oxt,oses, 7l.0l5, tio not carnngs. \:
no 1ai,nA. !Ha SInst 6luee WI 81 .n =.
yn Thu average increase III not oArut.i1s for thor
mi two r4HltB during tho three mI,ntha Ut MNrc
" Arrll, Aiktl DIuy N,tlOuttG t ittpro tliRn 10 pt
TO cent ovpr tho aggregate for tho cosrcspondu
Oh perlo1 Of Inst year..
in =. -...
CHICAGO d. INDIANA STATE LINZ
A tlny OF two ago II was announced III
dispatch from Springfield that articles of !
corporation had bp0Il tlltl with tho Beer