, 1881-12-21
TIE RAILROADS.
aaavy Reduction In Local Freight
Rates OF the Vermont
Central.
he Erlo Concludes 10 Glse Its, Emigrant
Traffic 10 tho urand
Trunk.
,urveys Nude for a Beo.Line Road
from Boston to New
York.

,urveys Nude for Beo-Line Road
from Boston to New
York.
rim Central Vcrtsnnt Htakcs II Heavy
Reduction In Freight akaIca 10 Lucat
poit,t. u,l His Lsnc. h..
i,epern.- -MnhYor l.. Mills, or ts1b central yer-
,,ont ttaslwuy, gives rnticn tint tho Nattonnl
n,spatcfl and Tronst East1rn Fast Freight lines
caR cuntr.lct business 10 att poif,s oil tho CnlE.
trl Vermont l1nt1 Mt The reRi,lar lloston rates.
cn gour Esnn. a1ltl uf.,ber III cnr.lOaIs 80 lonH
=, tho ratra do nDt le},. ,.b0l0w 70 ccntB PR f00
mounds from Chicago t0tsastnu. III. n less rate
ibsp u ccslts pur TN lnii,t1s II mntlo From thu
eauu to Boston and cou,stun pnints tho Central
vermont Limo will tlnnnnH lt+ proportion nf s6
rsota per 1U pns On Chscngo l,nas uu all
tasness g.,!ng tn uan- eo.npct.ng ,enlrts.'
This Is n1lntttar attuCk on fHl"rtit. rs 1,y tho
,toye nct,ot, thu tfitrs IN Now E,l9lanb fnlorlor
nointsarc tui ijnnw tho ttcs heretofore chRtEcst.
IL tue Vanderbilt u'as nrc doing Rreht por-
uoa Of tbs New t:u9land business TIL, Gilt Will
cn BUSINESS to fh,sloa md other somretlnx New
Eugaud ln>nts tho 6rNnd 'Efs@1k ni,u fnrtnont
st1 @ y ,S sx utsr r,ss 'y. nSs ; III. s'"w iS sS
sssGS e. arsa trunk fr"m this oty dar'ns tic 'ass
tt s;,,s q. the las.. heavy re,,scstou Ia cast
hound rn,es business tn tho tslst rnn,nlns VERY
ga; Ca tn atne ensass tsss fs" r. s 2ss ots ty IL L
esed ohr useless 10 81 below this fhtc - long
u tuorc Is such ,lIt'erute II. tho prcus Of grAh
esrs esfs 81 Il o H. ross @ S o.'snc.s an Il il % IN
dcr.toud tint s!'t1c "f the rontla hnye .nadp rAn-
Ses York. whch il Ell ecnts Eess tIiun Tho
re!anr rites. ,,,,.,..,..
but II Is heovct! that ibis tr,lllo viii also becoo
lKht utter Jun. l..
Arrangement by xvh1cl,. tho 1:rfn Emil
graut tSltslneNs i~ fferruiteF to Go Over
the t;rnnd Trunk to CI,fen&o.
An management Inns bcnn perfectel Nntwucn
ths Eric anu NO Grslnd TrunN halfway Compa-
ales hr which the hulk ri tic c,IKrant business
Of thu .orslur Fnmtl will horeafscr IL, ovor tho
latter IN ChIcugt'. connection aeinE 1'sle ut lluf-
fen. Heretofore thu bulk ot the Erlo ct,,lxrant
business, which Is tho htMsr*t Ut uny af tho
trunk lines. WIS Kiyun tt tho Great Western at,
NIcL,snn ccutru!. lsat "wug 10 tho .:.unp.plls.
antncts' hctwcen tho Eric poupsc md Vanderbilt
engentprcd By tic present r,sirnael war the Erie
etsas tD the Vanderbilt t!tcs no ,nora business
than IT Gun possibly help. This arrangement viii
be d vuo1 thing for tho t}rand Trunk. which
hetesotors bus ttune b,Is II smnll pusttnn OF tho
eulgt,nt btalness. hut win hcirnftcr gut u nrYo
bY Assstant-t tirncrai:: aanaxur wninwr!s11. III
NJ as S'sr'y %rs's tr, :!*ff e,. tug Esstsc s&s!c
rn,nn,vi,ny .ti n smrnrlsn fnnr sfr Wht,,tyrtf,nr
fbuiII tHkc 20 fcflyu m 11tErest ii fhat i1latiGr
nd hAck up tho Erie 10 rt,grkqtcNIiy il, liz t,t,.
pf!ti0n to thu tip,1lnIltly Vt tho Western iturs
ur fr p1s,TllytilI ri te ct,ijgru,,t rutcs. In
asnuc lls tht urnnd Trunk t,,l,l hui iittio inter
ri il, tho 1n,tlur h,ug rtrultetl hut very little
II tnu rinlvrnnt bl+It,c.s rum New York Thu
Etc s nuw ,l,jI,lX gt,& e,nIKlrnt business tl,r
hls syanolI at tlip ysr uni Ii, to srl,Ir It u.
pcets is,v heuy;t.st Estncss ayrr tlnu Ituth tic
Enp and (truEl Trunk nru milking nrpnt tllfI-
afu,lons 10 hu.,t3le tpjs fr0t'lc witt its Mt,t1
esch Ind tivc is,,w in tiiu ct,l.rso ni noiistr-
Ion Iurue ul1t.,ler t,r c1Y tai,HitIty t1stu,lcd
tvr trntsuueting tuia business. Ii il niso icr.
,taol th,,t m arrangement exists win t. link
isauA Nn,itl hy wjltcn il II Il, receive tho blE OF
Ihe Ere u, uruui trunk tt,,lur,,nt blsness r.,r
lhe West aud Nurthwrst,
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1r.,o.51,, rrc,. r.,,, y.,.t, .n 1.,.,a.,
spssmt utspdfch to If*ft'hefa6 7rSbllat. ~"
nns7o::, Dec. so.--,Survcys hava been made Of
the prouo:ct utr-in. frutn Dostut, III Nrw Ynrk,
xbIsh viii bo hid mt withnnt- rcvnrd m rn,.ni
, sA,su ~" "" ~" ~. n. ".uout t'a'a " 4oe"s
tn''%. 1t VIII D" 's':s4 ntlcs In lenHtE a snylnK
oser tue present routcs uf fnrty-ftMr tnllcs THE
l{no surveyed cptnmepces Mt Chnrles strcot II,
Eo,ton. rrossIny lin lloIton /. Aii,onv t,,,Irn,i