, 1880-10-16

uErs Tor thousands Df Tickets linyD been re-
fsyda 6 ossy sy ssS1 sS paR @ o% ss s e s sS ssScn e
tho ticket oflfee. e No restrictions nre
placol upon specn'at0rs, mid ,evcrybotly
who llas ,any spare change IS ioAslinV
w@as IN lcss excitement ut tic Chicago \ 4 !ton
tt,icc. That rIatl to.tiny cxtell,lFtt The limit
9h It's Tickets to two days. nuA sold upwards
Gf a,OW tickets hero to.t,ny nt tl!o reduced
'!thni.ti-trip lickcty 10 Chicago BY putting tic
"rht1 Mt Sl.h0, b,!t limiting tlon To five dnys,
-whGreupon tho Wabash reduced its rou1d-
"Trip tickets 10 g. Tho Illinois Central tnkes
'froin this pulnt is not very heavy, owing to
tho lonsor time. ,,,>, ,,~.
Special ntsoatsh to TIT Cateaoo Tribune.
KAxsAs ,SS " G,Ir ;. No. 70 6tse 2St hS sops pSss r
mid to-day Il lnrge number OF unlimited tick
!, Els werc sod BY TIC Wabash Company for
50. the regutnr rate being s14.W Scnlpgrs
ao XIX ea oex Tss isad i refsea 10 ee. ills
rate OH unlimited tickets. All tho roatly sold
limited tickets Mt these figures. THO Alton
Company ANNOUNCES q reduction III rates 70
isH ,:fetss seb e be y nulease ns oil a saaa Il ;SEs o G
cagu for So.
ST.. Loufa, Oct. l5.-The railroad war
shows ITO signs Of weakening. hut, ~, tho
contrary, seems to be more vigorous and bit
ited tickets. however. has greatly diminished,
nnd some OF those purchased BIZ spectators
wert otercsl On the streets friday nj S4.so p
cents bciUw the prices pahl for tltoh1, ni,A In
Limited tickets have been sold rs low ns
70 cents to-day, and 1t Is expected they
WILL he offered ut 30 cents to-nnorrow BY tho
Chlcngo 4 Alton md the Xalwlal1a,. II this
proves to be tue case, the Wabasl /, will prob
ably not drip below that. price. .,rrayei from
hero to Chicago and Kansas City lIns In
crensel about th!eefold since tic light
opened, aild tomorrow nights train VIII
probably take out n thousand Or two people
who Will spend the day In Chlcagu.
THE NEW PACIFIC ROUTE.
W. u. Stroitg General Manager OF tile
Atclison, Topeka T. Santa F6 Ra[road, re-
turned from the East yesterday. As already
statei in TIE TRIBUNE, tic object of Mr..
Strong's visit East WIS to meet the officials
OF the Southern Pacific fsaflrond To make mr.
ranguntents for the JUNCTION Of the two lines,
md fix rates and divisions OIL Arlzoua md
Pacific business. Alr. Strong met Messrs.
Huntington, Crocker, Towne, nit! Stubbs. OF
the Southern Paciiic, both Mt New York and
Dsston. It was arranged that the Atchison,
Topek & Santa Fa alld tho Southern pacilic
should CONNECT ut q point about thirty
miles west Of the Rio Grandn known ~
Floritla Point; This point is about 1oo miles
iss The 4 Xtciso lis % T"neka III ( sata tai ii s IS now
| w1rking southwest OF Snn MMrcihl, and tho
| Southern Pacific east of Sun Simon. A gap
10 eifeet tho Junction Of tic two reatts. il il
| the expectation to complete this work lii
or,lcr to formally open the new PNcllle route
jan. 1 1ssl, Attsr which people Wili 10
1E UnEnn r. Paciije. X! tho q Ari2o,'a Xix a. business %
will nu doubt be shipped by tlls line, l.lld 1t
| wlll get more, tlan its share of tho
Pacific Coast business; Rates mid tliys-
Of son,e minor t!Nttila' '.wl,Icil will bo ct,n,-
plntcd betwHer Afpssrs. Ssubbs md Goddard,
thu GenerAl FreNtttA eeltta. OF the t,Yo routts,
who remained III NEW York for this pur-
sG: H. Strong says that there is no trutl, in
the rul,or tllat the business Of tho new route
il to be poolcl With that nf the Union Pacific.
Up to tl!ls tline no arrangement looking. to
TINT end Ind been riatlu or talkel OF, alltl Ito
did not think TINT there WIS my great in,l-
| ger Of the colisutllinat1on Of such scheme
In tic near future.
CHICAGO ~ WESTERN INDIANA.
Tile arguments On tie motion 10 tisso}vo
the Injunction III tho case Of the Lnka Shore
IL Michigan Southern Railroad Company
against the Chicago & Western Indinnn Kati-
tcrtay before Judge Tu1cy. After tho re-
1nalMder of the answer wns read by Mr..
Campbell, Mr.. Lawrence rcad tho aflltIaylts
'of John Il. Brown, President OF tho Western
1Hllana; William +. Stewart, SNpcrinterd-
ent Of C0nssrnettoit; nnh Arthur 7. Stuw-
art, foreman Of track-1aylng 0f tho sa,le Eoa.i !;
lslia,n Randolph, Chlct Engineer; alNl A. v.
Power, Assistant Engineer, Of tho satlle ,ual |;
| L. W. l1uilckoper, President Of the Chicago
4 Eastern Illinois Ralrond Company; Z. G..
Hatch, agont Of the GRIND Trunk; W, II.
l'ettIbone.. Assistant Superintendent, Of
g,nor,s.aot tas s1'9e tro"' 0. N. s. thyftGr tat1i
I!il'!ois iSoa'l; and J. q. gaait, General Sia,':
figures showing the Number Of trims, etc.,
paSsinE Dyer the r,lds III Question antt other
up by some spectnl ntlhIuyils. The general
soups Of tho nilltlaytts was to contradict THO
Stqteinents of the bill flat tho Lake shure &
Michigan Southern, alld thu other ronds r,Ill-
fullest extent. aiul to SHOW TINT the point ~
Ected by the Western lntllnhn was the bust
Irfor crossing that could he chosen.
In 9 attstno"n Jge w oPSmsf
eontelitlinE that tile Western llt!llan .llutl
Gle rlKlt. not only under. the ltnilraal law,
but nlso under the Eminent Domain ,act,
ay Psasea Sat S md egsF"et + eo IT. tfSf S WscS ssfsS
'ss to tho amount Of compensation to be paid
lfor property taken could f0rcU All Issue III
lpnrt alld lave tho property conteMntAl.
Not only was this to be Inferred by. ncees-
Rct, put u was expressly 80 stated IN the
punham case recsnt)y dcclled by thu su'
lrtlno Court. The only restriction to such
ssc!sy Or village without consult. Another
,pPlNt WAS TINT u court of chNnccry would
MT tAke, Jurisdiction TO cntoln proceeding