, 1880-06-17
THE RAILROADS.
Another Squabble Over the Di-
vision OF East-Bound
Freight.
Tie Grand Trunk Declines the Pro.
Hate Offered by the Other
Lines,
And the Question Is Referred 10 the
High-Joint Arbitrating Com
mission.


NEFERREp TO ARnrTnAToRs.
The Committee Of the roatls leading east
from this city appointed by tho High JuInts
III Now fnrk week 0r two aEo tn mike nt-
rangemcnts for the admission nf the Chicago
j. GraItd Trunk Hallway to tho trnnk.ine
pool hcld meeting yesterday Mt the Grand
Pacific 11oiel tn decide lipnil percentages for
the various lines. There were present II. Il.
1.edynrd md j. A. Gricr, Michigan Central;
J. n. Mccullough, David L.. t;ray. ard
William Stewart, Pennsylvania Company;
JOHN King, Jr., and Frnnk l1arriott, Balti-
more L. Ohio; .Iuhn Newell Md L. ". Grey,
Lake Shore; j.. j. Senr9eaut &. u. Peck, allti
John I'orteuns Grand Trunk. The
matter Of agreeiig upon percentages
proved to be quite nl, exciting sul- .,
1cct. The Gralld Trunk, ~ }erelofon. stated,
ness fruni tliIs ctty fnr lts Chicago y 1ra:d
Trunk Line. lifts Is III addition to business
going By the Michigan Central. Thy other
lines contended tint thIs was much more
Trunk managers insisted that the figt!r. was
mt too high, and that they were entitled ~
thai, 'nucl! After conSl.srab1S debate the
roa4s declared then9$rlyes willing 7" a1'"w
Of course, the, Grand Trunk was t!!ot willing
L, accept such n, amount. Besides. su!I,e
difficulty aruse between The other roads rs to,
Si1sa T,'sh tt s'oaae te 9s Sss nj r,s ef II 10 wss %
fSSsffss Eye to init IT, an # IT, rrut ri 9 en- et Il
shonld lt. taken froi, th.. Michigan ce.ltr..f.
aa a s RI pr sgt WaSs sssA fiS at s i :xns f SS tS
trail couldn't see It. The managers of tllis
road contel,ded tlNlt there WIS no r..nson
Why their road sl!9u!d ose more tlran H. The h.
Sa ts1ehanss g ' u huscss viii tls traaa irunk
| continues III existence, md tile Chicago. l.
Grald Trunk was NJ entirely new line, that
| col,peted equally With oil tie other roads.
It became soon apparent that 1t WHY not 1Ws-
selves, ami 1t wis therefore iecided 10 sub
nit the matter to the .trunk-ltne nrl'ltrators.
Ghnrles ,d Ffnfls AdqH!sh wsh,; r. IN p"yih ,x 4:
1nent: TI, various roatls vii! kave
10 submit their arguments 10 the nrlitrators
by the end Of this month. ~ joint ,meeting
Of tie trunk-ine arbitrators md tte Con!-
lnitteu Of ChicAgo roads will BE- held ut Sara-
toga July IS Tor the purpose Of ilnal]y dis
posing of this matter.
It waa also DECIDED that pending the final
business, and thnt It Should have Until tl,cn
about eighty cars week. AZ 10 TIC tc;ttt
freight, the Chicago & GsArd Trunk will be
allowed to secure nll tho business It ea!t VI
wien the Tonnage Il tn be equall1Al accort!-
to June l.. General Traffic slanaser
Sea1geatt Of TIE Gra Tr,,k,, ;,s. statf.' f. TIL t
had only decided to ioin the tr'lnk-ll,W pn0i
after tbs most urgent cntreaflrs by the
trnnk-line managers niM C9,nln!sslon.r
lina s wsonld oil be treatcd w!tl' !lle utmost l.,ir.
ness and consideration. liz had the utmost
confidence that the .atbitrators would make
n falr award and giys lsis road what ]! w;s WIN
seS pes een tt eanaed Ma es s q'S s S eass I've s LII
Ills road yet much more than the managers
yesterday. Ills road w.uid certainly, i'ot b.
& Grand Trunk had fully, u.s., good
facilities for doing business Y tug Easlcrl!
scaboarlls~ns any Of tho other ltnts. and
rencliea mere seaports and IN Il nl1ru l'rett
eli TO make It tlrst-clnas In every rs;ncct was
better terminal facilities at this point, anI 1t
expected to haze theM as soon ns the West
orl Indiana, wltlrwllch It. l'"t al arEp''se !7.,;
sec anw the people Of Chicago sl'o'l!,l throw
such obstacles y the WY e i,ew rov'ls & tlnt
mean to make this city tsclr terminus, Other
cities were ptoya1nT al npsx'hI,S ,n fHs,l{i
cago was trying IL driye then away. Slill r
lis rond eoltI not get IN by the Wester'! lndI-
ana he had no dont,t TINT toIeral,ly TAR
,p4 soSd r. H. e his viii y, S9's n Si
sreatiy prefer to use lie Western ln,t!i'!na,
ABILITIES tllaN my other.
ness from tllls pufnt. Besides its direct line
from Chicago to Portland, it hAd the Erie Il
North ,Shore Dispatch over tlle Mtcl'lgnn
Central, Gr;.nd Trunk, aN Ers: ths M NJ,
tira,al ti Trmnk, md Gan,ral Vermont; lie
Commercial Exprcss over the Chicago 4
t;raild Trunk, Grand Trunk mali. l!nc. md