, 1881-10-20

Cot,,Mnt,x, o., Oct. 1g.-The most Important
step OF any yot tnkcn In tho wnr between Vim.
lcrDttt and Icwctt for tho conts01 Of the t,icre-
lu,d, Columbus, Cinciunuti & indianapolis Rail-
why WIS takcn here to-day. TllH Jcwett purity
hMyc at Injunction W prevent tho consolidation
of ibe ron,l witt, the Cincinnati. Hamilton s
Dayton, which wns to have been constlsnmatcd
at The general oilccs Of tho ilrst-.lutEcd corn-
paly iii Cleveland tomorrow. Tue title uf tho
suit is Hugh j. Jcwctt Trustee. aId Utcr*. VI.
The Cleveland, Columbus. Cincinnnt 4 lHdnn-
nT,n!ls Hallway Company, tho CINCINNATI, 1lnn-
ton & Duytun Railroad Company, j. II. Dcvcrcux,
Georgu II. Itussell, r. II. Short, and stcphun
lsurk. Mr.. Jeweit is Joined oy II. snytlatn Grant,
WHO sets up that hu Is the owner Vi :D0 shares Ut
stock, while tho Jcwett interest il 1i:.u0 snarcs.
THO attorneys for tho Eric pnrsy aro llcnjatnin
II, nrlstow, Aaron +. Purry, Z. a. Ferguson. and
Converse, fsooth S ke.ttts9, Of this city. One af
tho main points relied on to prevent q consnil-
,!ution IL tho law Of 1t'I, prohibiting
tho consolidation of competing lines Ut rallway
III this State. It Is very stringent III lts
through the in'lueneo of rho New Surk Cen-
trl people for tio other purpose thau to pro-
ennhtI G 1iH i'"lit,apo,'s taiiWy md tbo tlantc
t3raat Western ltUats Aft"r tho Eric people had
attau,ed Ii cunt rnll!nI interest In the former.
Ciicinnati,, Hamlltun s Dayton tosnpany i
S!sSSaa' , Go'uaSs ans tSsI SsSno",' t,osx ' wyi
vaiuo vii ' by n c,'i,soll.a,lou, whirs would
!nud the!r, property with this snrrus tirpt.
Cleveland Ibis evening with tic tteessury pa.
ior's tO scryu OIL the Stockholders tunortow. 1t
tn their intention TO enlaiis1 ntlhstsslnn 10 tho
E,r"ttng. when they will nshert thur right to
sneak apa,nst tho ce,solltjHtlon: inc yanarr-
ceedings bet0rU Judge rGen. hut that they af.-
ttc1pAtcd HtnttuthnH Ut tnn"k khNl is shuwn By n
telegram received trnn Sir. Fnw1ar. nr fuW
York. asking tho clerk fttsurlt. bln II my up
riunfon fur ~. ll,1unotlon should be 1nnde. It
WAH imiN,ssho tD comply with Fnwtpr'a request,
Al THO petition WIS brought to the ,ItGntiun Of
the Judge md pussed ulon within short tIn,u
uon.
AN EFFORT TO ADVANCE RATES.
THO Pennsylvnnia AMI baltimore & Ohio Hail.
ror'ts arO greatly dIsgustcl with tho low fruluht
rites to tue East. hut DwIng 10 tito rcflsal ut
Mr. Vanderbilt tu enter into my arrangement
for the Ht1vuncc in freight rates to Ernhoartl
points they aro compelled tn tnko business NJ
tho sum- low ratcs as It Is takcn py tho Vunder-
bit lines to those po!t,ts. They mean, iluwurcr,
to got better ratas hereafter Oil business 10 in
tcr3or incal points On tholr lines lhat cnnnOt bu
runchcd by tho Vanderbilt rnnt,s. They prop,,se
10 advance after ta!s week tho rAtcs to n:l soh
points. TIC arrangement is that MI business tu
tncai interior points OH tho Pennsylvania and
baltimore & Ohio should bo hnscl IN 1-ccnt
will no doubt tusu considerable buslneSs hy suc
un Arrangement, but ttloy probably prefIr doing
= little nt rayua rates than largo nsnount ut
lOHtng figures. ...
ii is understood that tho baltimore s. Ohio haa
MISC decided to adsnncc the passenger. rates
from such Western antf southwestern pultIta al
cannet ho reached by tho Vanderbilt lIuos.