, 1881-09-16
No Signs Of Any Immediate
Change IN Eastern Freight
Rates.
vse Chicago & Evanston to Be Com
ploted Next July-1ts Posi-.
Bile Future,
rhe Pennsylvania Company Inaugurates
n Cut In Rites from Tolct0
Eastward,
rhe Denver g. Rio Grande Relief
for tho Michigan Sufferers.

a. he las entirely Ignored 1t and persistuut-
1.,efuseh 10 meet any of its cut rntes Uh tho
,ru,t Tint tic Grand Trunk WIS mt worthy
Il his uottcc, nslll consequently hn woMld
make no war upon It. As long rs this roatt
,In,a cnl rastbouhsl rules. even thought was
,suyne hundreds Ut tickyts 10 1}ostun ttaity,
rhIri, business Vanderbilt formerly almost
,relus|yply controlled, l1e maintained tho SD
.,to to Boston ntltt the SIS one to New York.
i,ut as s,,on rs tho Pennsylvania begun to
,pJl tickets to Bostun vim New York nj thu
taue rate rs llo was selling tloln yla Albany
,td Troy, lie would not have 1t,
md at once began tic present war
Nv making Npw York rates ST and
ibstou rates 50. Tho {irnntl Trunk, slnnrtliiE
uHder tho slight pitt upon It 1y Vandertflt's
snnonnceInent tliat l,c yas t0l!tlnS; the Penn.
sau 10 srlI r6,nd-trip tickets to boston for
ssiesscd its stiles, but yet Mr. Vanderbilt re-
jusetl to take my notice of It.
IT, R.ao }o e xf"Hf o tf Ds TSeGa Sslsss 1ne 'iss s
tlways been utmost exclusively ~ thu !,a,uls.
of thu Vanderbilt roatls, md tho GraiN!
TfunE people calculated That this would
force Vanderbilt to- rceognize their roatl as /.
, s9 sts ss ~SEt msaks Sf a s .tds "s s h ~
ifaI,k pc0pIc, however, seem to Ge deter
mined TO f0rcc rccoEntion from Vanderbilt.
Gust what it nay aSstsrlaX tr they nadv ~
sw eset 'of y Ts brs,ns Msl VII sgdufSt @ f oat %
lis corner. When their oiItco opened
y'<tesday. morning they announcoa that
hey would sell round trip Tickets to Buffalo
md return for $40, good for thirty dnvs:
onier for IS, payable when they return to
thts e!ty,
vi Th!s is the most serious blow tho GRIND
Trunk has yet dealt tic Vanderbilt roads,
and It IL hard to SEQ, how Vanderbilt chi,
by tllIs action tho Gral,d Trunk 6atlty cuts
lie rites to I'LL tho principal local points uil
Tho Npw York Central. aid Its llenyy sales
yesterday st9wed THAT It's action was having
tho desired effect. rMssgnEers buying these
takc tho Now York Central at that point and
NO cents I. mile, the Now York Central
le!hg compelled by lnw mot to charge more
a aaa, tas n g. og 10 W1acsttt f + passi'1ss 5 a
half miles, l1e pays Sl.3D IN atlditlon to the
IS from Chfcano tt pntfalo, which
makes tho through rate! from !Chcngo 10
Rochester SG.39, whtlo the regular ratio is
siy yy it, 81; and 0 srs q fa SenE es Sa to Y.
iu!n tor tho sumo amount. paid from Chicago
h Rochester. II will be tho same with other
local points Oh the New York Cnlltra! as fur
sast " Albany. For oxaillEle tie distance
makes u lie local g rate $5.M, Wl!ici, added to
the 81 rate from Clffcag0 to Buffalo makes
The through rate Sl0.H. or n saving of 0ver
Is from tile regular rnto one way, and twice
llat Ntanunt both ways.
The General Passenger Agents Of t!io Mlcll-
i9an Central aud Like Shore & Michigan
Southern informed their Gunoral AlnnnEcrs
Of this stRte uf affairs. Thoy hnya evidently
Informed Alr. Vanderbilt, but tn last ese,i-
iagn no reply was received, al,d eoi,ss2uentlyno
roads. Thu Indications, however, nre tint
they will begin to taSo nutice Of tie
Grand Trunk cuts to-day, and lively times
may b. anticipated.
continues very heavy. All those who have
not been ENst yet seem to be anxious to take
advantage of tho low rites anil 70 there how.
Iho Grand Trunk continues to do the llcav,,
lest business, m ACCOUNT OF Its selling round
ss ;S fsss s Sao aols iGs t'y Z ys 3yo To- sas hs" n.c
doing nu increased business slncn thay re-
,i.cet! their rates to philadelphia, Baltimore,
aid Washington to S5.
CHICAGO ~ EVANSTON.
Abo,it ten years ngo thore was orgnl,ized
BY number OF residents of Lake Vtow. 1ly-
lny east uf Tho milwaukee, Branch Of tho
Northwestern Isuilroa.l, n corporation for
building Il suburban road having Its tcrlnfnt
In Eyanston a,,a Chicago. III 1877 1t ro-
celscd from tho city authorities permission
10 use ono-sla!f Ut Southport avenue, from
Fullerton NseHno Oil thu tortl, to ils inter-
Section With Hawthorne avenue, and Il right
" way on the last named In c0ntunctton with
the Chicago u I'aclilc, HOW incorporated
With t.n Milwaukee s. st. Paul, from South
port to Chlcago avenue. In 1874 truck was
iatd Oh Southport avenue, wEl1cl, wassIlortfy
afterwards torn up by Aisgustetl properly
owners IN tue vicinity. The Jny Cooke l,anfc
followed closely, and put a,t end to
ti u.s. Ioad far the time besng. lit 1874 FIJI
n Ms!ltil ward Alderman introduced III otI!.
%as aaopsca practically without reference.
an .oHt,ol-toWh stakeholder carried the
Qaest'9! Into tho a@nftea States Court, and
at!er due time judge Drnmm0llu declared
ihf. S .rsneaiing 2r4nnnco null nM void. Wltl.
shHtafpflso hse remained Qulescellt until! about
satee months ngo, when they became re-
sMamated sanH and determined to build the road.
FLY se.sce then agents have been Mt work sccnr-
q R,aa taa distance bvtween Fullerton avenue aud
GaSamston l.Rs been secured. Petitions for con.
ue!ai,atlpD nre now about TO bg offered in
~ ttSSatt l9r tho remainder. Thu protectors OF
sra tiHAu uHptct 70 EGEln MnTA 1lGxt 6pClHk
10y 10y ilaye the rgAd completed BY July ], at Ii
eoS5 lot exceeding 325OO0O.
ahb Chicago, Portage il Lake Superior, an
as'aka,1,lzatton s'k,, which il composed ut & lot OF
sil s9fl roads projected northwest from James,
-. Ivy al!d MallisDn to Duluth, ana thence to
~ ~ tha Canadian Pacific ut soma p0llit Gust
y i.n winnipeg, and which Is kept Allve by a
s,hta ssau klant from the State OF Wisconsin,
ceeS;atae s,Ha tae oWlIers of the franchise aro OK
siealngly sieal anxious not to forfeit, Roae
i1a,sa ii,.nu aRo desired to secure 81. ell
FFanse unto thls city over the Chluago IL
fa,@ssto1a, put Wero ulAD}8 10 arrange tho
cn"aI. ~,Ms. II ~ mot Improbable that the Wis
t"sin tsr,s',n central Road, which now Mnkes Its
fI.sit.!l'iHs IN hlllWaukeo, and Wh!Gl IL Bn-
,.uat usaI distinct from the two xIeat North
"Jj1SMrh rivals, will ut no utstaiitdny be conl
iii Y 10 make Its entry Into this city, aud to
tM.atne t.s tne Ch!cugo d Evanston people look
tugn"iafd un,'iifd quite confidently. In this case 1t
hmug9iu h,,s9!u enablu them to extend their suburban
iuntaess /. na as fur north as LakB Forest. There
mi - taa ttratt I'll ttie rumnrs atloat during tile
Ers, Ersn lew ,a aays that any Enstern company has
i5s H. seeking II right OF way iMto town Via
~'' ''a"thofna avenue track.
THE HYDE PARK WAR.
r. 1t t1le special meeting Ut tho liydo Park
in,!astees held lust week ut the Grand Pacific
,as" e.s! 1or the purpose 0f considering the atl-
~. .h'!on OF 1.ew railroads Into ilydb Park,
-, ~ ordinances presented by the Illinois
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