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Show RAILROADS ARE TO CUT FARES Chicago, Doc. 1 What promises tq bo a bitterlv fought railroad fare battle bat-tle Is to be Ijegun on New Year's day. Three eastern trunk lines, the Grand Trunk, the Erie and the Wabash, will, slash passenger rates from Chicago to . New York and Boston. For instance, according to the no- tice served on thirteen big western 1 railroad systems by the insurgent I lines, the first-class fare from Chl- ! cago to Now York will be cut $$ and the second-class fare $C. j The decision to make these reduc- ' lions in the fares between Chicago and the eastern points came in a secret se-cret meeting of the representatives of tho three insurgent roads in Chicago yesterday. Formal notice of the re- , iluction will be filed today. i |