, 1880-11-14

THE PASSENGER WAR.

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No new developments In the Western railroad
war were made yesterday. The satnc rates TINT
prevailed Friday are still adhered to by n1l the
lines, and there arc no prospects Of a change
until tho Presidents come together and stop the
trouble, and tho great difficulty now Is to get
them together. The managers OF the Wabash
say that they will not call another nesting, and
the officers OF the Alton Are equally determined
not to seek reconciliation at present. and as
long as the officers OF these two roads remain
stubborn no compromise can be affected. It is
impossible for the present state OF affairs to
continue much longer without involving the
Eastern trunk lines, aud, us they are very nn1-
ious to keep out Of the fight II 1t can possibly be
done, they will probably Use their efforts
to induce the Western warriors ito eheathe
their swords and come together again and
effect some compromise that will put IN end to
has been done The only Why in which a settle
ment seems probable now is by submitting the
points at issue to aroitrators. Tho Alton and
other Western lines except the Wabash are will
ing to take this means of settling the troubles.
Much fault Is found with Ihe Wabash for not
accepting snc9 c9 M rs as gu te
roads themselves hare been successfully ad-
1usted by the aid Of arbitrators. The position
claim ii the Alton managers that it mensls to
they are lust or not; President Ackerman, Of
cipally to attend u meeting Of the Directors OF
his road, but while there he is expected to call
upon Aessrs Les Gould and Humphreys, with a
sition and allow the matter to be settled by
bitrstton, and as his road Is an interested party
in the St. Louis difficulty, his arguments muy
havo some effect with the managers OF the Wa
bash.
At Kansas City the situation is about the same
as at this point, as will he seen By the following
private dispatch received here last evening:
There is little change in tho situation Of the
railroad war at Kansas City slecpng.car
berths are being, reserved three or four days
ahead. The bulk OF the Eastern business is go-
ing via Bloomington and the Lake Erie and
the latter road, which has only lately come into
prominence as competitor for Eastern travel
from this section"
EAsT-BOUSD FREIGHT BUSINESS.
East-bound freight shipments have consider
ably improved during the past week, the regu-
lar weekly statement showing an increase Of
4,3a. tons. All the increase, however, has been
in the grain traffic, the provision shipments re-
manning about the same as the week previous
The Increase in the grain trade WAS caused by
the anticipation that an advance In enst-bound
freight rates would soon take place, and conse-
quentiy shippers were anxious to take advan-
tage Of the prevailing figures before the new
ones went into effect That these anticipations
were correct was proved By the official an
would be advanced FIVE cents per 100 pounds, on
the basis from Chicago to New York.
The advance In provision rates went
into effect Nov. ], and that is the
reason why there has been no increase
in meat shipments during tho week Grain
shipments will no doubt continue very heavy
until the I'D Of this month. when the new rute
goes into effect, but after that date the traf'c is
likely to full OF again Until navigation has fully
closed, after which the railroads will have
n hIlfnR2a
to command all the tr1flc, no matter what rates
they make. As stated yesterday, there we're
many Of the Western officials who did NOT think
fore Dec. L. on account of the sharp conpe-
tition still continued By the like routes But
the New York trunk lines found it to their ud-
vantage to make the advance as quickly as pos
the desires Of the Western lines. The New
York trunk lines get all tho business ta1sen sa.st
by laKe at Eastern like ports, and by
ordering an advance, they make SO much more
money on that business that they can Afford 70
let the lines cast from this city suffer little.
Besides, they are anxious to stop tho heavy ail~
rail movement from this city until they have
been able to take forward ufl the business
brought to Eastern lake ports BY the vessels.
They arc now using lArge number OF the cars
OF their Western connections, and they are not
willing to return them until they have Carried
all the business that comes to Eastern lake ports
bv the lake routes The advance. they think.
will, for short time at least, stop the rush OF
grain shipments by ratl and Increase lake ship
meuts, thus enabling the western lines to 10
without their cars until the New York trunk
lines are through with rnem.
The total shipments Of grain, hour, ana pro
visions for the week ending Nov. B By the six
eastern po0i-lines amounted TO aa'SoS tous'
THE following statement will show the amount
OF business done during the week by each Ut the