, 1874-01-10
No Chance Of Abo1ishing Com
missions and Scalpers.
Denial Of tho Report Concerning the
Northwestern and st. Paul Pool.
ing Arrangement.
neceiver Appointed for the Chicago
& Illinois Southeastern
Company.
Ahalts Of tho indianapolis, Bloomington & Nfcst-
ern Railroad.


haa sent tho following memorandum Oh propose
Hallway Clcarlng-u for tho United StateB md Can
aaa to tho various railway managers iu thl country
10 aact hoir op1ntons horoon, aud to offer suggca
doas as to tho pracsicobillty Of tho innovation:
Thc system Of through freight aud rasscnce
accounts at present obtaining On the railways Of thi
country Involves, In the copying Of Invoices robilI
eaea roads charges, collecting mud paying bac
chafgcs,' settling between connecting roads, corrc
spondenee, making inquiries, settling claims over
charges md nnder-charges, etc q great dcal o
dur1cata labor and expense for books nut
stationery that might 10 avoided b,
the establishment Of Clcaring-uouse for t1,t
purpose Of apportioning tho reccip.s arising fron
7faLac passing through tho hands Of two or moro com
pan-ea. II clearinghouse were established m,
Station Of company party to IL could book through te
any station belonging to my other party, Just ga the
t"o esaeons belonged to ono company, aud tho orgi
nal invoice would 20 through to destination,
Each station subject to the Cieariug. .uouao would
send In nlonshly received and forwarded returns
showing only No. and date Of BILL car station to-
route, MID chnrges {raid, paid on, aud to roy}'
"Ihe clearinghouse would compare tho entries Of
eaol nado by forwarding 'ua receiving stu
fions sud they correBpond It would proceed to Ill
Vide ae receipts tho basin agreed TO by The partcs
.who handled tho Koods
"Dj this mode Of working, the large staE kont md
espesea Incurred for stationery, etc., at terminal Sta
lions, OH account Of through bsincas oan be eutre1v
dtslsSed with, no greater expenditure being rcouired
thsh ~ sufficient for tho local traffic. Tho expo,scy
u shs would necessarily bo worry much
less t!.An tho present terminal expeuRcs Oh al iup
cato work aud repcatlngs' would be avoided
At each junction tho clearinghouse would have
numbT-taao1a to check tho delivery Of cara between
tho rods SO that thoro would remain nothing for hs
roads to do at terminal functions but to pasa the cara
Or ise ht on, just as II thoy we're ordnury branch
1nacl!1Aa thua making M npprecable saving In time
as we'll ~ III labor expense. No atatts,ics u1o re
a1su TO demonstrates now great saving Of money
tnanaeer beug able fully realizo tu peleits that
vou.n accrue 10 his tonu.
III las hten urged tint competing companies
would not join tho Clearing House. ior feSr tut the
Atcret might suffer by their rates aud secrets b.
sotuip Known TO thear rivas; but such feura arc
gfotueaa It would not 10 NECESSARY for the Clcariuu
Houss to be ndviaed Ut any rate itu buatcsy Ia II,
divide tho goas receipts, ard IL declare balnces and
IL fnac HeAtItlts order to do Whfcl it ,,eea nm
outr determination than TINT stated above, yx: Num-
Dcr ti ta:e IT way-nll, number Ut yar, names Of
hih ~ would not know thu kius. quantity OF ouo1s
nor tho rase chargcd; with such information us Il
%aula possess It would be impossible 10 iuiure the
4: MISC been argued that the extent Of crr.o4v
TO- gseat tor Que -Iuueu c"ysr but thuse
1nterttie III the hnndlg Of the traffic. or in the exec
utive etro over lis operations are conus to lie
sphere Of accounts between the ro4ds III lin setti.
nent IT which few days Iefay il of NJ no,et IL.
on!y disadvantages of large district copurod with
s'al Que s the longer time takeu by tho mali 10 con
wy rcllf5ls to tue central polut III the former wjn
Sould cause delay tn tho cioaing Of accouus mud
inhenn,ang Of results. 1t might, perhaps b. fouui
aaysabe s M y essaoiish two Offices Tho Northern
aaa ae otaef or the Southern sates, but inasnluch
u Will more than one office, thcga must te 1nore nr
!ess of work. thero IL any sahio between
tnof al1rtcs, and tlat duplication Of work is avn
ony1no.a with avoidable e1psuditure II ia avi;.n+ ;t
no motp otlccs should bo established than nay prove
to 1o ~ soutcly necessary fNN'o
"The quunuty of work to be don4 would not afYcct
te tho oPe:asing e the n any way other
Clearinghouse was Established ia 1912 by a fIw or
melube.s auu 100 clerks aro emn4nved asti1i', ~
eounss i0twcen pairs of statons every mouth
20 dhcaty experienced FROM the quantity OF work