, 1881-08-17
,,.,n,b,l,ty that the St. Paul viii
f''Yra ; puila New Feeder in the Wis
: : consin Lumber Regions.
:; Il, prorrcss of tho Rond Now Build
jpg from Marfon to Council
Bluffs.
r,ro,v Cutting Of West-Bound Paa'
senger Rates at Indian
apolis.
ALARMED.

this city went to Springlio'u yestel"My ~
,s.ts ~" flual effort to prevent tho RallFoad
."%ry ans Warehouse Commissioners from cnrry-
sasot ast ,helr promised scheme OF reducing
ssats,i ~ rnts;s from Interior points below tho
.,s.s% rs.snt Commissioners tariff. Tho railrond
pna,ciaI, In tllis city nte greatly alarmed over
th. threatened notion Of tile Commissioners,
rhIe, If carried out, they say, will not only
h. disastrous to all the lines leading tlIrotgl,
1ilInni, to Chirngo, but will lnilEct Freat
damage upon C!,lcago's, business Interests.
Tee ,,roposed thrift, they say. would force
,nos, nj .ha business now coming to Chicago
ta,,e lines running across tile State tn Toledo
md otber lie points outside Of Illinois, NJ
these crossroads Ito not CONF tlntar tflo pro-
yjsjnns OF tho laW becntse thoy DO MI lltcr-
stna business. Tho Chicago roads aro only
ahIa 10 bring tho husinpss from, interior
roints to Chicago By meeting the rates Of tic
cfussroa,ls, at competing po'ilts. :,; # tnoy
rites ironI nul,-colapettng pnlilts, they would
s,liier severe iossus, alld this. Is Wlnt tho
f,omnIssloucrs nleall to mike them 10. Even
tho prcscilt Commissioners tar!I, which IS
mQcl, higher thai tho new, thrill which the
Commissioners now ,neal! TO put i,ltG ,Gt.ect,
roads without sacrificing thelr business. and
4 still lower nnc, they would be proy0,lt-
ed entirely from taking. my business
10 Chicago. The earnings Gf gil tho Illinois
roads hwy greatly fallen. 3't DURING tue lnst
sides Tits, tll9 crop prospects arc anything
bnt favorable, prolnis!ng II yery .snla! b1si-
ness Tor next .ycar. II, in addition to this.
tho roads arc Compelled 10 tako business ut
losing rates, bankruptcy would stare then,
aeS, h S faef f. In hst ros S'y i e aIsE "HnE99st t ' t
,lufnberIess employees on tho various rnil-
roads are equally excited over tho proposed
action Of the Commissioners. Tie llenVy dc.
crease In earnings on nccount or tho light
business aild Nllprntilab(e rates would COM;
FL slt Tue ). roads to geek relief BY rsduslnE
have 10 discharge largo forces 0t
Ilep now ut work, but those retained
tn service would llaye to submit to u large
reduction In their salaries, WHICH, cot,stdGr-
ing tho present high cost af living, would
place mauy Of them IN Il sad plight. Thu
sy1npatlize will tho railroads wlIon they aro
IN trouble. are Lilo lMpst pronounced lii DO
no'neIng the proposed action Of tic Co.nlnEs-.
,one5s Chief Engineer 7. N. Arthur, Ut
!he brotherhood Of Locomotive Engineers,
h5I,a toSIet1or VIII: dslcKatlon Of engineers,
be!l \ few days ago. and lnntts a strolsg nrgT-
nent as.inst tho proposed thrift, and ex-.
pressed their gEeat apprehension tllat tllo
carrying Into elect Ut Sltcll tariff would re-
sult II! tho reduction OF snlartus generally, us,
we falf0hus would bO compelled to DO tlllS.
Il Haey meant to make both ends meet.
II y charged By the nlilroau people TINT
,r LII solil,lssioners a1o fishing for popularity
tjos @ u1mi}EIs nn |; y 10 ne!p tne1t littggi Hspr
Quietly stax in % tl,e bnckpr,,,, % vi 9r on ,,rte ~
Ing them on. Il sucl, is tlicLr oblccf.. thceay hea
WI, VII And ttat Instead Of gainIng pre[or,llctlt
sa ponafhlty ,h tey VII dig tcIr political
pys iand a1' MsS xnsi, nn ntn1F o. 1alr9aa e,ti-
would 10 olieotcI by thIs t1fnW n,,svnte "tu ti.e
tirangsrs, who favor tlo rlow tarlif, tcl, > to
eiaao. oEs: Ing GraNgess who lirgo the CO,nnlis-
ht hEts ill., ~ puI tllo new taflst into ELECT gnro
"a.a "a. i',e y tOI 1lll0ls Ur Chicago. All they
,p Inro.s y 10 Rtt tIe!r stnlf 10 market ut tito
Insat III ~ posSinla M rates Whetllar 1t goes out
thc" seu VI ue state OF not matters but little to
''T'''; III; ,u,r. ,,., 49,,
s,s a,Esd BY tte proposed actimi Of tic CS.,,mIs-
ssloners. CbfeaEo llas titus lar beo1l ulinbisd
,o1Ia ~ 'aIalItatl1 ts supremacy because It's rail-
tuais i!scrl!nlRtet In its favor. md because
~ Mslt ub1l!ty to conpetN against the lines
rss"n,lns ~ llsa! phl!its. Ii the rntr1NtlH nr9
csSn ppgMI miIi from continuing this policy. Chi.
r%Ht,s Hy ~ ~ sesg 70 10 tlo great calnlarclnl
to be ita ~ 'rat aro Msst and Toledo u most likely
ing ,hclr business 10 Chicago, tiis Oliicaso
ini"ro%s iu1 W., oo solellud to give 1t to their
taLo,st na, ulo Suite, as BY doing 40 tI,o Com
u'ss'oaeFs fariff will not apply.
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Commissioner Fiuk's circular. nnhlisnea
10 Yesterdays TNtl,uxE, Inoufrine wllutl,or.
fkn..