, 1881-12-25
1umors Or R'ir;het cutting-Tbe Freight
:: " 4 y War " Go oser into the New :.:. >
!: :,: #; :E ~: :: :. = Year.
The Louisville. New Albany & :ohiqag!:'
Fl ]: viii Enter the City Jan -,
Satisfactory Arrangement Between the Eric. &
! -. :: Grand Trunk as 70 Immigrant :. :. :
A Strike Of 500 Unpaid Hands IN the St. Paul
. ! .~=: Shops at Milwaukee. .:55. Ks

a Sll.lst Increase la Enst- Bound Freight
>stPss onss, t,ue To the kxeavy utIing
In lkntes. ,...:. e: -: ..<s<:
The scra,nblefor business, and tlla unusual
ly low rates charged during the past week
by tue Eastern lines, had tie effect t,f stinu<
lattng east-buund business somewhat. Y ct
the increase iu1 business is not so large as
might have been expected under the circuul-
stances. The provision rates during the week
went down to TX CENTS per 1uO pounds BY
oil the tlnes, but, in. spite Ut this extraordi1-
ariiy low rate, the increase iii provision ship
lnents was but little in excess Of the week
previous. Nearly the entire gaili was made
OH grain and flour shipments, although the
competition OH grain was not 81, active as on
provisions. The pennSy lvania anil Baltl-
more IL Ohio adhere to theDiu grain rates,
but ulet tie 4rntes made by: other lines OH
provisions. AS the two Vanderbilt rouds and
the, Grand: Trunk have carried the bulk Of
the grain business during the past week,
it is quite certain that these, roads
have 1naIe as low if not lower rates on
grain '1Ilan provisions. !: The Pennsylvania
and Baltimore d Unio people shy uley do not
care TOT Fry grain at such fuW RATES, but on
prDvisio /, .i1ey will lnake as low rates as
any. otllef Jjne.. The Fennsytrania, has re-
AtNCA A&S pAVfsalU4 luf III W l+s24 GClto pE1 1uN
pounds, Chicago to New York, .il1u the Bal
1llsurt: IL Oillu to nine a1ld oi!e-Ilalf cents,
Chicago IT, Baltimore. It. is inli.na.eu tliat
tilts week the Vanderbilt lines, which have
charged but 12]s cents. all al0ng, will cut
provision rates down +, ~ CENTS, iii which
event tile Pennsylvania will make the SAINT
rate an open one. .22s g.
all llopes of an early settlement of the
Eastern war have vanished, ;llni :: tile indiea-
t101ls NOW are that alter Jan. t. lfie cDhtest
will become still more lively than it now Is,
dlld t1lat rates will go dnwn tO a nominal fig
ure- II is now believed that the Gnly way in
which The war can be brought to. u close is
by cutting rates to the lowest figures, thus
,lnhicting silcli loss upon the H,adS taat they
viii s,on cry AnId, enoughl' The Qucs-
ton iat3W +, which r0ad casi hold out the
longest, Vanderbilt claims ulat Ile can stand
q ca,ntest OF this kind tor any ltnssth OF riMc,
anu that lie Is sure IL come out ahead: But
the Pennsylvania a1ld Baltimore s. O.iO
R0ads claim 10 ue In Just, us go.l condition
as the Vanderbilt rOads, allu.s nut having su
much water to carry. they will be able To
stand this contest as ling us Vanderbilt, and
even longer Both si1es are .leGerllIilted TO
carry Lheir point, and ileither will give up
until all their resources are exhausted. +,
" The t0ta! shipments of grain, HUur, and pro-
visions fur me week end he Dec- q by the
six lines running east from tllis ely. were
81 200 t,ns, against 4, $50 n,us for the We.k
pTeyinus-an increase Of 7,4l0 tons. I.Aa
following statement shows THE amount Of
flnur,, grain, and PROVISIONS carried: by the
variuus roads leading east TroM this city
durtili, the past Wetk. =. >1@>s-. :.+: