, 1873-10-02

Another Convention Of Ticket nnA
passenger Agents Called to Meet in
Chtcng0--Tr0alble lsrovlnE--A 1siE
Eight tO fEo rIndo Against FnythE
Local Agents E1.cir Comm missions.
One woull suppose that tho 0euornl Iiclot
And Passengor Agents lately In convention Hs-
aomb!cd III this city, Ind sulicic,,s ttfno 10 Het-
Ito all their difficulties and mi,t'ndcsHandings.
That snoh grave questions should l'avc boe'.
loft unsettled ns to mako anolllor scrston OF
these railway officials necessary, HeonH hardly
credible md yet such Ia tho fnct, as Will 10
soon by tho following joint ercnlar'
sr. LOUIS, No., Sept. ~, 1870.
TO 0tufyai Ticket or Passenger dyfnfs:
DEAn BIna rho General Managers anI General
euporiuo1,dents Of tho various Western rival ies aro
way Assoeno Io Of Amcrca II tho rand Pacific
Iotei, olicago, Wednesday ost; = lroxino. IL ytew
md tlat uniformity i'll tho rates Of commission may
DO sccure c1craion mud rs''eSM rates ',," ds"tc d
our passenger ntiuira rentored,,-wlereny ainna Iona
eur ean h maf4 NJ Ii 4 l9s hse
Glieugo, oa Tuesday, ocl.7 Prosno, at 10 o'slosk
o. mentoned M an to smi ,o rest Of or oiera
Hons TO superior officers for nprosal an ia!1'lea-
tiol Yotl aro earues.ly rcqueeteh to l'o present. IT,
General Ticket Agent, Vantt.ls Line.
Genera, PASSENGER Agent i. < 4 ST.. 81. L. 1satlroad.
II. n. UnYpoS,
General Passenger Agent, o. 4 n. h.i'roat
SAMUEL rowEtI,
acnerul Tickct Agent, g., =. !: Q. Raisroad.
General Passenger Agent, O. u. =. 1.atlroaa.
General Ticket Agent, Il L !; s. iaIe; 10. n''1r0''
Gonern1 Passenger Agent, 4. + i. Hailroads
Tho present threatening condition Of pHssont
ger matters, md llo urgent necessity for reform,
OF which tho cirolar Speaks arises from tho iact
shat local ticket agents, III addition to tuer reg
ular salary, which In moat cases amounts to from
$40 to $50 month, receive commission FOR tho
tickets thoy sell over other limos than their own.
The commission to Boston or New York IL s1.oo
on first-cluss, md 81 on sccond-clasH tlcliets.
Tho commission to Kansas City o. Leavonwotth
ia 90 OIL flrst-clnBB, and e1.5O Oh seconds
class tickots, and to other plaecs COM
mission Ia charged according to tho above
ratio. This commission makes the wages o.
local agents, in somo instances, higher thnn tnnt
Of Superintendent. There aro agcnts In this tllia
CITY WHO receive from, this nourco alone from
&50O to $1,000 month, rather high salary
for n small position. Az MI tho roads pay tho
samo commission, 1t is thought by 1nany tiiat
a. there Is no competition, they, would derive
4ho same benefit by paying nothing as they
do By nll Of. them paying tho aatno amount
This question received considerable atton'
tion during tho Into session of the
Gonoral Ticket Agents III this city, but
nothing definite was accomplished, on account
OF tho Opposition Of many General Tlolsot Ageutt
who arc supposed to DO n league with tho loea
agents, mud divide with them tho largo amounts
derived from this source. Tho moro honest o.
tho Gouornl Agents denounce 1t as Q big steal
snd aay tho travelling public shon'a have tht
benefit of this commission. Those mon vii
make great ofYort to do awny with commits
sions, and giyo tho public tho benefit Of tho DIFF
feronco but it is very doubtful whether tho.
will succeed as tho dishonest onos arc still III tht
minority.