The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-05-11

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From tie Cleveland herald Of Thursday
4 General Convention of Eastern and
Westera ;Railaa officers vas held at
the Kepnard House, Cleveland, May 2,
S4he object being to secure. IL possibie,
the restoration Of rates, and the main,
tenance Of amicable relations in regard
TO competing business. In accordance
with resolution adopted at meeting
held in New York on the 18th ult., Hon
Samuel Sloan, Commissioner Of the
Trunk Lines, issued general invita-
ton to the officers of all the roads inter.
ested in railway business east or west.
The following. roads were represented
Michigan D Central; Pittsbnrg, Fort
Wayne & Chicago; Cleveland g. Pitts
burg; Pittsburg, Columbus d Cincin-
natl; Atlantic & Great Western; Little
Miami, Columbus & Xenia; Chicago q
Great EsstsrD; Cbieage L. AltOni Chlca-
20, Burlington g. Quincy; Bellefontaine,
Terre Haute e. Indianapolis; Ohio q
Mississippi; Toledo, Wabash q West
ern: Boston, Worcester e. Western; De-
troit g. Milwaukee, Columbus & lndl-
ana Central; Jetfersonyille, Madison q
Indianapolis; Louisville & Nashville;
Memphis g. Ohio; New York Central;
Erie Railway; Pennsylvania Centrali
Buffalo g. State Line;I Cleveland q
- rl-..,Io,I 4, Tnlalo. Nlaua nd
Columbus Il CincinDati; Michigan ~
Northern Indiana. '-
Tn meeting did not result in any
satisfactory settlehientof the questions
under consideration ltswss organized
at II NJ, with Hon. Samuel Sloan in the
chair, and NJ. L. Sykes, Secretary, and
from that hour until IL o'clock in the
evening 8 stormy debate was bold. Ile
irterests Of the lines are 80 dirersihod,
and the Representatives ofseach road
were SO strenuous in the maintenance
of their respectiye. views on the subject,
that II is safe to say that they are as
remote from permanent settiement ol
the question as when they first met. IL
was believed by those having the mat.
ter in charge that the meeting woald
last two days, but shortly afterlit wa
open the fact became apparent that ths
conflicting elements could not be har.
monized, consequently many delegates
went home before adjournulent, and
many who remained did not enter into
the spirit of the meeting. ..
The main questions were, in almost
every instance, evaded by referring the
same TO committees and associations, fol
report at future meeting, and almost
every measure contained a prOviso which
doubtless will kill the object sought tt
be gained. Among the questions dis
cussed were those relative to paying
commissions to fast freight lines tor the
purpose of influencing freight ship
ments, aud the abolishment of the pass
system in the case Of drOvers, or the
adjustment of all free passes given on
account of freight received. These qnes
tiOns went into the hands Of commit
tees. An effort was made to agree upon
established rates of transportation o
live stock, to be adhered to by all trunk
lines and connections, the violation o
which would subject the offending roat
to certain penalties.
A resolution was adopted, with wha'
unanimity we are unable to state, max
ing it obligatory upon all roads to re-
fuse freight for the Baltimore and Ohio
road except where charges were pre-
paid, unless that road agreed to entel
into the proposed arrangement.
The number of railway men in atten
dance and the magnitude of the inter
ests involved, were larger than any pre-
vious meeting ever held in Cleveland
could show.