, 1881-08-06
TIE RAILROADS..
vanderbilt's Lines Paying No At.
tentton to the Grand Trunk
-. Cut,
So Far rs Passengers Arc Con.
ccrnel, but Wcst-Isotlnd
:. Froigllts Dropped.
Commissioner Fink Issues q Now Freight
Tariff for West-Bouud Frsights.

THE PASSENGER WAR.
Tho Grantl Trunk Is still fighting alone on
cnst-lDund passenger rates. tts 81 rate 10
Uoston has fiOt yot been met by any Of the
other lines 1cadlng east from this city, and
so far there 0re no Indications that thoy will
come down with tho rates. Although, tho
Grand Trunk is doing I'LL enormous Boston
business, yet tic regular and direct lines
show but little falling OF on theirs. .Both
the Michigan Central and Lake Shore Roads
have gone ont with full boston sleopers
over since the Grand Trunk reduced the ratio
TO So. The officials Of uleso ronds say that
Us long as they do as welt as that, they can
SEQ no reason why they should dcyiate from
tho regular rates. rho rush OIL the Grand
Trunk seems to be by peopIe who arc aux-
l0tls to avail themselves Of the low rates to
l'oston and Now England, and who would
Hcf9Fe tho Grand Trunk commenced to
sell tickets for 50 It carried but few Boston
passengers VIZ tho Chicago g. t3rand Trunk
G' IL os f fs Mehss %as te estpa aqaC
Now 1t Is taking out over its own linz from
ClltcnE0. two heavily-Iundad trains daily.
Since Last Tuesday afternoon. wl,en " first
rates, Until o'clock Lost syonnr. It sold 5 80
tickets MI through to Boston, aud had they
been able to haul larger. truths tile sato
woald ys,I;lu hnxo J.. boen still largcr: The
ssseas esssy sss %o"' smeuss les of esSS'y S.y
ness ut tho s5 rate, md Gun therefore
afIord to let the .Grantl Trunk have It. Tho
latter, however. Is DERIVING grcat profit from
s eear qS pro tar te"s f ou 20 e nVa enf y Il M ss'fm m i
trims anyhow, and 1t Is al.uost rs cheap 10
cArry 4 full! train rs MI empty ono. But aside
from this, tho free. advertising. the Grand
Trunk tp !. sts from # Is Of no snall consIdera;
70 Keep tie fight up Indemnity 4 tho other
New York aiil tho $iS rate L 10 i Boston. On t''' -
1vEsT-BoUND FREIGHT RATES.
Although tho war on eastbound freight
rates Inns been in fnll blast for nearly ak
months, yet until about two weeks ago the
regular tariff ON west-bouud freight WIS
tOlernbly we'll maintained. The Now York
trunk lines were very anxious to prevent tho
west.bound rites from going to pieces, US tho
profits from that business fully nude up for
their loss on the eastbound traffic. The
Grand Trunk and Vermont Central Route
found, however, that 1t was being badly
worstcd by this state Of affaLrs, and nfter Its
efforts to bring about restoration Of east-
bound rates proved OF no nyatl IT won't to
work about two weeks ngo md
openly reduced tho ratcs Oh west
bound business to about tho same
figures rs nre charged OIL east-bonpd.
The regular trunk lines wero at first rel,Ic-
TINT to meet this rate, and, although It was
known tllat they were taking business ut
much less thnn tariff rites, yet they insisted
that thu regular rates werH maintained, and
that the Grand Trunk did not affect thulr
business materially. IN spite Of thesn exer-
tons, however, 1t turns plt that the Grand
Trunk did lnnliago to llltlct great Injury
upon the regular trunk lines By Its cur, and
tho latter haye at lust found 1t necessiry to
meet tho rates made by tho GrallA Trunk.
They decided yesterday tn come down with
the West-b0unt rates, and Instructed their
agents to t4kC business liurcnfter Mt tho fol-
lowing rntds from Chicago TO New York:
First class, III cents second class, ~ cents;
thlrtt cfass., ~ ee1its; fourth cass'
Of tho meeting OF the Joint Executive Com
mlttce, which Will be held in New York Aug.
10. seems to Indicate that tti1ra Is hut l(ttip
hope that that meeting will succeed In set.
tltng tho trunk-lino troubles. Had the trunk
line managers tho least hope tilat tie rates
could be rustoreA md harmonious relations
rccstnbiisfael they would no doubt hnve
reduction III west-hound froight rates until
New YoilK, 1us: 6.-commisstoner Al
bert Fink sends to th9 press tho following
anno!lncement :, gG.l .rsgarllng freight rates:
y, ~ lt9tes on Wcst-bounl business from New
York to Chtcagu will be IS, 81, ~. md 10
cents commencing Saturday, the 9th, and
OIL this basla to other clsfes."