, 1881-01-14
THE RAILROADS.
No Settlement Of the Southwest
ern War Yet Reached.
A Proposed AIRLINE Roatll Be-
tween New York aud -
Chicago.
Cincinnati in Trouble, Over Her Groat
Southern noad.
PEACE EE0oTIATtONs.


Tho peace negotiations between the West
erl1 ruals froll this city md st. I.Ol,Es have
Ms yet l,run devoid of result, md rites arO
still down to bottom figures. Nlr. 10seuli +.
Tucker, OF Tho Illinois central, an.l Mr.. James
Il, Wuolt, Of the Burlington, went tn st.
Louis Wednesday evanig IN attend the
meeting tl,ero Yesterday, which wns to COLI
aidcr measures for tho .rerstnbltshncnt Of
peareful relations between tho various rOads.
As far rs CHI, bo 1cnr,ictI, there wcre repre-
eentcA at tho meeting tho Missouri Pacific,
the Wabash, thu Hannibal 6 81, Joe, the ILL
nots Central, md the Burlington. rrlsatc
dispatches wcro received lIrre during tho
day stating tlIAt notttMg had yet been nc.
coinpllslIcd, but That tho best Of feeling
prevailed nlnoMg those presont, and that
the prospects for III ultimate settle
,ncnt If tho difficulties were ilattoring.
The Al!on peonle say, they lttl not attend t!!
owing to tllG inability Ut several OF tho ltlal,
nger$ to atie,'d It ha'l heen iH,stpoMcd: They
s!y they Nre willing md Tndy to advance
Gity ill rata 10 ;.06, Us sSoi as Tic Wabash onl
tic utter roa.Is agvce tn ,lo tho snl1,r. Above
great i n,l,nbrr Of unlimited tickets ~
tiie n,nye figures. After this ha!l bGel. done,
It wouItl be tlinu c,lO,,gl tu llulu q, meeting
fnr thu purpose ut considering wtint steps
Ind best ho IT,, taken en-! IL get these unlimited
Az the Wabasl, I,as dccInrcl It's intention
10 charge tic same as Htllcr toa1s hereafter,
II Is gclleraIty l,ellsysH that NJ y preliminary
nleas'lre tlio rntcs Will BE- attvanectl 70 the
Owing 10 t!s apprehension hotIl the. Wabash
and Alton did un exceedingly large business
yesterday, nS MlD thhsH wl,o have business 'll
81. 1.ouss nr kailsas City nrc anxious to get
9S,o Ituf fNf
TWO RATES.
A gentleman sigtllny himself "1'ro Dono
Publico" liR9 written u letter to the various
daily pnners III this city attacking tho Chi
cago Il Alton Hallway for charging him for 4
Ticket 10 st. Louis S., while others
WHO went BY tho sa1no train ~
hlbitcd tickets purchased ut the city
oi1ice for 81. Tho Altuh ofIlciuls
state II. explanation that neither 81
,lor 5: is the rcsnlar rate from Chicago to
ST. Louis. Thu regular tariff rate Is SS.70.
Since the present war commenced there have
been Mo regular ratps. Tho roatls TINT Inye
brcM selling tickets to st. Louis sold them
for whatever price they deemed necessary to
meet the competition at their city Offices. As
there was III competition nj my III tie
drpots, tho Alton Company wos,ld l.nve been
JhsttHcu III EiHN tAc lu,l IN*a ul1 Oh
LnUts ttrI;rtg,-SA.tD. 15nt rs th8 corlpctt-
ton uu.t0wn ut the city, Ticket utllres co,tl-
PEELED the rnad to sci, Tickets fur 50, tho otll
crrs Thought Il unjust, to cl!uigc tue fnl! $50
ut tlic tlrtot oifcc, md consequently OF tllelr
own arcort they n,atto 1t 81. Parties WHO
want to tnku advantage Of tile cut
Tates charged at lie city. ticket Offices
ought to tin,l enough tlnse to call
there and buy their Tickets, md IT
they neglect to tlD this, they might not to
eomplafn When they ARC c!nrgcd more.
These rates Are nut intended to be ,tseh itl
connection with other r0als, bit nre fnr 1ornl
PASSENGERS. nlltl' such ought to 1'ud ttlns t0
70 to tile city 0lcn fur tllelr tickets III order
~ get tho benefit OF tllD lnwcst ratrs. II tho
Company did not eliaIge more ut the, depot
!sau nj. the city Ticket office, 1t wo,l,t tasse
lmlf II Aozln Ticket windows tn accommodate
tho people III titiU Tor tho train, us 1t tnles
Eo,l,e tinlu to ,nalse thu rebate tickets used iii
would want to buy his Ticket ut the tepUt
just before the train lcnven, instead Of going
70 the uptown oll!cu during tho tlay for the
same.
So much for tic Alton explanation, Which
II very sprcnsls. Tho Company atEyUrtlsts
to curry pasSrngnrs frUm CIlcngH to st.
Louis for 81, usllI tint IL nil there Is Ut 1t.