Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1858-11-15

| Tie COMMISSIONERS.
The rates Of transportation upon all live stock to
and from all competing points shall be uniform
IA, The following rules in regard to free passes
shall be strictly observed:
]. Each Company may issue annual or time
passes to the President, acting President, Vice
President when an active and salaried officer Su-
perintendent, and Travelling Agent of such Com
panies as it may have permanent ticket or freight
arrangements with; also two tickets to be issued
to the Company; as such, TO be used under the
control of the President Superintends Mt for bu-
sness purposes; also, not to exceed two passes to
each daily paper, and one TO each weekly paper,
printed in the counties through which the road
may run, which papers regularly publish, free of
charge the time of arrival and departure of trains
at the point where such paper is issued also to the
Commissioners and all free tickets heretofore is
sued TO persons other than those designated in this
section, and to continue beyond the first day of
January next shall be invalid from and after that
date
.. Passes may be issued to owners and drOvers
accompanying their stock, not exceeding in num-
Der one for two and under six cars three for over
five and under ten cars, and four for ten cars or
over, and return passes for the same parties such
passes to be dated, and endorsed good for thirty
days.
g. No passes, other than above provided, shall
be issued except under the recorded orders of
the Board of Directors of each road, for purposes
purely local to such road; but no passes shall be
el or freights as against any competing road or
| roads
4. Alltime passes shall be numbered, and a lie
cord shall be kept Of all passes, except those ssu-
ed to droTers and employees, showing the number
the name and character of the person to whom is.
sued, and the date thereof, which record shall be
open to the inspection of the Commissioners at all
times.
5. No road shall pass any person or persons over
its line upon the pass ticket of any other road or
the letter or request of any other road nor shall
any such letters be given.
10. No Company shall carry United States Sol
diers at less than first class fares, except in COM
petition with water, and no emigrant or second
class passengers shall be carried in first class cars
No first and second class or emigrant tickets shall
De sold so as TO carry passengers over one portion
of line by first class ticket and the remaining
portion on second class or emigrant ticket
Eighty pounds of baggage per passenger shall be
allowed, and no charge shall be made for excess
unless the whole weight is over one hundred
pouns, in which case the whole excess over eighty
pounds shall be charged for at not less, per hun
dred pounds, than ten per cent on first class fare
All persons between and IL years of age charged
half fare, and all over u years of age to be charged
full fare
l6. Should any subordinate officer or agent of
any Road, without the knowledge of the executive
officers OF said Road, knowingly wilfully violate
any OF the provisions OF this compact suche0licer
or agent shall, upon the fact being established by
the Commissioners, be forthwith dismissed from
the employment of said company.
II. The Commissioners shall have no control
over, nor any authority to interfere with the
strictly local business Of any road, except to re-
quire that no road shallm make local rate less than
its proportion Of working through rate.
Is. No meetings or conventions shall be held
for the purpose Of fixing or regulating rates, ex
cept under the special orders of the General Con-
vention.
l9. In the event of any question arising as to
the true meaning Of any part of this agreement,
the same, subject to existing contracts shall be
construed literally, so to meet the real inten-
ton Of the parties as hereinbefore expressed and
to place all on a fair and equal footing in their
competition for the passenger and freight traffic
over their respective lines and should any point
Of difference not herein provided for arise, the
same shall be settled with reference to the gener
al principles hereby established, and on the basis
Of equal and exact justice to all parties.
20. Should any difficulty arise in carrying this
agreement into effect, the parties hereto; in view
of the importance Of the objects sought TO be OBJ
tanned, agree in good faith to endesvor by mutual
concessions to secure the practical workings Of
the principles hereby recognized. The working
of the plan of organization must depend very
much upon mutual forbearance, yet frmness in its
execution and integrity in adherng to its require
ments. These we pledge to each other.
AhS EdHlLallOu dissolve al any time
upon the vote of a majority in interest. No road
shall be permitted to accept a part and discard
another part of the rules and regulations or plan
Of organization. Said rules and system Of or
ganization shall be subject to revision, modifca-
ton or amendment, at any regular convention
But only with the consent Of tHo-thirds of the
parties in interest.
y. This Compact shall 60 into effect at such
time as may be designated by the first Convention
called after the ratification of the same.
IMPRoyENENTs-NEwB BUILDINGS IN CoNTEM-
PLATIoN.-We understand that Mr. Levi johnson
intends erecting large brick building on Cham.
plain street, short distance north of the old Bap-
tist Church, where several one-story frame houses
now stand, and in the vacant lot opposite other
parties design locating a commodious second class
hotel, where are now frame houses and groceries
On Ontario street. extending uorth of the Square,
will be built row of substantial brick stores the
coming Spring.
On MerWin street Mr.. Converse is to build bu-
siness block near Center street
We also learn that Mr. Clark will soon remove
that ancient pile of oyenWood called the City Build
ngs, and construct valuable brick block for stores
on the site in few months Suitable apartments for
tenements will be finished above the stores These
Improvements are indications of good times in the
future. May they increase and multiply.