, 1881-11-13
THE RAILROADS. -.
More Muddted and Unsatisfactory
-: Is the East-Bound Freight
Business.
The Vanderbilt Roads Taking Busi-
ness at the Best Rates They
Can Get.

y
>. ness at the past Ratas Tbsv
's ~ 'ns 'oss !1"''s lucy
x Gan Get.
-- 30.
The. y,,derb,,t wo,1. x,aa,.o r...
Hons:s t.n,.s 1 11u.. Asuuco Wna, hast,
eH"o ..N AS"'e" Light Eosk- Hound
tn,1 ess. and tne fk+n*on* for II.
Inc east-oound freight business IS in 4
more n,uduled and unsatisfactory condition
than eyer. .rhe atten,nt nafie Nov ! IN hr;n1
ss.s.:' 5onot ~ a"'"neo III TUES i1as proven
<.o'fttFe. IL was thouSnt for awhile that
the roads would maintain u 2lcent rate OH
grain, Chicago to New York. hecausa atl tho
roa.ls finally sattlod ,nnn +h;s t,.r,,~a ~
tha atta,",,t ~ tha w., .h;it 49,. ~. pus
t.p 10 ".teAIpt u tAo eanosto!t roaas last
.iohoay 10 1orco up rates still higher Knocked
things enlways again, and it may now be
said TINT there are no rates, tbs roads taking
such business as they want for whatever
11sn.,ans;,4 sy e.al ~ lot -, Luz actlon Oh tue
sahuero1!t 1oads last Alonuay III advancing
rates to 25-cent basis, when the other roads
were tazins business ut !. apeent basis,
Vandarh3It m.ona hoaa a,ho ,I,s, ',o p,,a .'!li
taaus4o'.1 pc"p'e' otcause uaey pellese0
tiia1 vanderbilt meant to playa trick nuo,,
theui, especially as it was 1u,aoreu that the
Vanderbilt roads. nrcvions IN onno,uetng
ene new iates' hau naue large contracts at
much lower figures. Had it not been for this
mlstrust the nt-Vanderbl1ts would no doubt
have followed Vanterbi1t's lead. Int as thav
could not see why he should Of a sudden
..aAe tae leau advancing rates when all along
he had followed the lead Ut his competitors,
they felt quite sure that 4 trap had been set
for them. and they refused to nfease Linn nv
ra ,,pt ue ,s tates .' lll.ouceu Dy nls roads.
Lug 1act' also, that very lille business was
going forward even at u 20-cent rate, there
being no Eastern demand, kept them from
adopting Vanderb1lt's advanced rates. The
Refusal of tha onti.V,ndorh;,t roads r. a1
MEvrH ,ns;tion ~ fro,,' ,,.t,;I' +ha, Ing f Ia ~
verv .i;crif to axtricnta tha,meoiuess W.
not nossihia for NJ them to naintaim y i.ioIa5 na1
rate t,an their comnetitnrs withnnt nIie,tnt-
tn % hac1, f. the aeent rat open,r % sn,ifhoe soe
nno,so -, tha o ,,o.i t."t 1.tu ss
Fatal ~ thar aJu..rsaras .ts s t"t that tha;r
thamSa1res faii ,to ti,a nt', +aw @ MI ai 1y
Mooae so oaers' o,i nie!e,uy e mGt!hS ue 1ehera!
1ha To,s,,ara;tt % roads risa ci,se, o ,9'i "
WIZ; a.'''f1u.tt 'ohsaIahe 3saose ulu
~. Shlro ot1;na - teisa = neesE ~ st
,ta1,i, 2ac ~ Wev ~ tf .AE snae ,a ctGu @
haa 10. befn iaI tone ny their hasty and unWise
49,. rta., lnt ~, 11th @ @ ~
Maa u1 tnas9 t ulas .,n ue1 naa W
~. ~ t ~ tne ossis' anu
tie to HitlaUns nit i!st.aiels tes Nncn !utl VveI
~ H WHY; auafs nitu ~ uiea. % sstG t,lt
Wfei,' Ja'aa, ati MaiEn tV,..s LINZ Dge"fem tile
,..!.r, nt a. t'uH N1M i4th ~, .;;F Sual:
.i : iae .h.e n .,t aus ,, sat!n VI. VI
nv r'.4 =; .,n;1 -. Lac sTo i' wuu ~
!'J l'J .sr, ss 4.1'.+ .ote s e't 70 H., is Mn',E
t';. XII ri ,..,,. ~ @ enu t;n
thn , cnro ,,ae ,ta =, ,a.l e,i1 a.
,u',,f , Ia<',, ,nn'. ~ th !,ttr n;s,
t,.'s ',*I ~ ~ t,,a at .....i
ia;1,eI YEAS .' @ tia3, wv ~
at,i, i, ,ho' ott MI - ,tan;,o1 - n,,.o -,
tar;.T ~ .ne M a., ~ thE 'n tso
r r,! .a, ~ - :. .ne, stu .,,r ~,
~ .'. a10es 20 .n ;.
nnsliesS e.ley Ma.te.a. ~ enelt: - posNtse ~,
paooi ulsst ~. oiuel3 h;;.e oeen Elsel ~ .ne
1Hi!gus !nsl-t1!sA1 ~ 11nes iA!inaS oStl ule
xauuerpl1t loaas 70 leuaee iales asaltl To ule
v:eGt oaslS Wy ufnlat u nle '1l.lAResS u
tne vanderbilt roaoS tnal thoy have taken
sueil actioll Gan only DG eApltlnea on the
gluuMd tliat t.teS nIe ieiuctaht: 10 let. the
puo'lc hAoW w that tney iave tahe,l .aie paek x
lfaek' anu Wish TO nave ule Mattnr Known %
thelr agents only: 80 tntt tne DIVISIONS De-
tWeeil tlle alne1eiit Ioans ovet Wa1ctl tne ~
pusl'tess PASSES, estt W AuJusleo ~ Lue ~
ci,. d n"sts' n"S snes Hp t no1 sf 10 i., n;g iv
auHetg 70 So,eeme ~; .aae: * T. 4y efnemty
@ dets uea'ie u nsc n.e p4olG u''et 7,; stu .,''t