, 1874-11-20

| nas now succeodo1 In convetng ono of tho rou!s
ns east OF treachery, md hns lail tha matter
nosoTo g. the matagors Of his rosd mid
aoaa ~" 1alWay com11lshionors. Tho Gcnalal Pms.
f"GhI, hsent IN question having aaccrtaned thai
fvmJt aGa!esa mud gcn!pcrs were nurrcpt,ol,aY
~ l1fl!sea M With ttehots dated prior to the adoption
- tns Hsrccmcnt, Bont to Mr.. bryce, DIN OF tho
;S"ug n ws, acalperu III tho city for two tckats to
% ,,uw aotR' i''closing the full amount Of SCI for
pnyn,ont tos tic saf'o. afr. Drycu accepted lilo
| noAoy, but Retained 81 for commission, nit,
gase an order for tho tlckcta to tho tckot agent
I; Wine .ho regular olco Of tho pittsbMlrg i Tort
maYne A1'lroad, Mt lha west cnd Of Madison
street Street bridge. x boy WIS then acnt 10 Tho ollco
| WIN tho order. and swas Instructed TO Glosoly
watch tue action Of tito ticket ngent. Whom ihe
order was presented tho agont scanned ii closely
70 nee whatber 1t waA correct, and then went
to the case, tore OF two t,cketa from lilo
stubs. and gayo tloul to tho boy, WHO look tLon,
10 his employer. Tho sokota, iastond OF poarintt
tho date Of Nov. II, wore dntod Oct. Q, which was
previous to the adoption OF tho aaroo,nent.
toctod tho pitssburg Il Fort Wayno Taiiroad M Of
vlolsstng tho agreement, thceeupon wrote d let-
tor TO Tue Goneral Atanagcr Of his rond. inclohiur
mo Tickets, informing him Of tho detection, and
ius;ss'ng ;a hlm 70 take son1o measures III regard
seriously impaired III their passenger traI1}u,
ihe Ioslr1aylvania Company, BY which tho PITTS
burg i Fort Wayne Is managed, canuot claim,
snat tNe Rcairer and tho ticket ntcnta wero con-
'A''h ~otSsHoA MakuOuE llo knpSlEQH9 OF tho
tG;ompany. t;.a Tor tho purpose Of obtaining
.ho commission, as th1y made nothing
by the transaction, having riyou thS
commission to a third purity, which. as is natural,
WAS uone for tho solo purpose Of Inducing trayoi
oyer that particular linn. II ls understood TINT
Tue hairoad Commissioners layo loon Informed
ny tho manager of tho rival lino that, If this
imattor is not speedily adjusted and tho Company
stopped from violating tie agrec,nout, commits
days. '7"'
r, When the managers Of tho pittshurg l. It,
Wayne Railroad learuel that tlaoy had hcon de-
tected the privilege OF issuing orders for tickets
ar. Bryce. 1tiB we-ksiown fact, ilowoyor, tint
tue He'd Star Steamboat limo, which ia managed
IN tho intorest OF tho pennsylyana Company.
has about $4,000 worth of these aute-tjatGi
siekotss which they nro selling at reduced
rates: 1t Is also Understood that tho
Michigan contra1 Inns latoly been violating
tue agreement, but nothing definite in regard Is
it could be loarned. All tho sioan,Hhin COM
nanies III the city aro He!ling tickets bearing tato
OF tho early l'art Of October, at greatly reduced
rates. and Quo Of them was obtained yesterday
ut lho Office Of II. clausacnius 4 Co.
II IL singular fact that Air. i. II. Dloyors, tho
nonorai Y rasaengor Agent. OF tho PonnsylYauia
Company, has always boon tho most
oarnest advocate Of this reform, and his road
was Rlwaya tho first ono to break tic agreement.
About two ycara ago ho succeeded. NJ Chairman
Of tho Committee Of General Passenger Agents.
n having resolution passed to atop tho systou1,
aao !;. no beon IN earnest at that time,
1ho aystom would hayo boon ahollnhcd.
I,a bas no Boomer had tho other General
sont ciroula1s to tho scalpcrs telling them that
le wna not to blame for the action taken by that
meeting, aud that his roAd would continue to
1ay COMMISSIONS.