Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-04-21

RAILROAD CONVENTION AT THE BURNET
HoUsE&TARIFF OF SUMNER RLTEs.-The
Executive Committee Of the Little Miami,
Columbus and Xenia, and Hamilton and Day.
ton Railways with the representatives of the
Sandusky, Dayton and Cincinnati, Dayton
and Michigan, Cleveland and Columbus,
Steubenville, Central Ohio, Marietta and
Oincinnatb and other lines connected with
them, held d meeting at the Burnet House,
yesterday morning, and organized by elect
ing 8. s. LHommedieu, President, and l..
Devenny, Secretary.
The following are the names Of the per-
sons in attendance, together with the differ
ent railways represented by them:
". IL. Element President Il. NJ; s. s.
L'Hommedieu, President O., II. and d.; j. X.
Swan, President g. and X; 7. D. Jewett
President p, O. and G.; o. Follctt, President
5. D, and O.; II. j. Jewett President @. o.;
l.. NJ. Hubby, President O. @. and G.. o..
Smith, Recorder NJ. and o.; II. @. Bord, Pres
ident Ind. and Gin. J. Durahd, Superintend-
ent L: N. and @, H. D.. f. Flint, President
H. and d.; II. l.. Pope, Superintendent Ind.
Gen.; D. 5. Gray, Gen. Ticket Agent Cen.
Ohio l.. Devenny, Gen. Ticket Agent P G.
and o.; j. N. Kinney, Gen. Ticket Agent l..
M, and Q, and X; A. Hills, President O., G..
and o.; W. Shoemaker, President d. and NJ.
When the meeting had been regularly Or
ganized, upon notion l.. NJ. Hubby, of the
cleveland and Columbus Railroad; Judge
Jewett of the Steubenville road, and Judge
Swan, Of Columbus, were appointed Com
mittee on Business, after which the Conven-
ton took recess for one hour, in order to
give the committee time to prepare a report.
After the meeting had been again called to
order, the following report was read by the
Chairman Of the committee and, on motion
OF w. ii. Clements, unanimously adopted:
For the purpose of establishing and main
tanning reasonable and remunerative rates for
the transportation of property, your COM
mittee would respectfully recommend that
the following representatives of Roads term
mating at Cincinnati, to-wit the President
of the Little Miami Railroad Company, Re
ceiver of the Cincinnati and Marietta Rail-
road Company, the Vice-President of the Ohio
and Mississippi Railroad Company, the Presi-
dent of the Cincinnati and Indianapolis Rail
road Company, and the President Of the Gin
cinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railroad Com
pany, be appointed a Permanent Committee,
whose duty it shall be to establish prices foI
the transportation of property from Cincin-
natl to all common and competing points
and between such other points as they may
deem necessary or proper to protect the rates
established from Cincinnati and the interest
lish such rules as they may deem proper and
necessary to secure the faithful observance
by all connecting roads, or the agents thereof
of such rates as may be so established; said
committee to establish rules for hearing COM
plants, and for their own government in the
transaction of business; q majority to consti.
tute quorum"
Mr.. Clements then presented request
from the American Baptist Missionary Union
which will meet in this city some time il
May, to re-establish the half-fare arrange.
ment for the convenience of those who may
attend it, and offered the following resolu
| ton:
"ReSolUed, That the action of the meeting
held at Columbus in March last, in referenc,
to half-fare tickets to Religions Conventions
be receded from until the 1st of Januar,
next"
The subject was discussed at considerable
length, but was lost, after which the Con
vention adjourned.
SESSION OF THE COMMITTEE ON RATES.
In the afternoon the committee appointed
to establish rates for the transportation me
and organized by calling s. S. l. L'Hommediel
to the chair, and after considerable discussion
adopted the following, and then adjourne,
until nine clock this morning: