, 1874-09-03
Important Meeting at the
Poetic Hotel Yester.
day.
Tho Leading Western Lines Unite In
the Abolition Of the Conf
mission System.
Paper by ]. NJ. Goodwin on tho Pre-
veution Of Accidents at Rail-
road Crossings.
miscellaneous Items.

lMSCRIANT fA1L4.OA0 mEE1AIN0
Tho commission and Rcapng Bystom which
}as beer, crso md a t1rn wbacl to the railronls
in tho country see,ns to bo doomed At last THO
railroad 1na,,agerH arc III full earnest. They
tried to abol!ah tho system last winter, but thoy
faiIol, because two Of tho Eastorn trunk lines,
tho Eric and Baltimore & Oho, refused
to ejgn tho agrdornont which had then
),oou sigt,cd by all tho other roads In
tho country. But things have considerably
changed Binco. Ths trunk lines, which then
stood ont and defeated tho consunlnation Of
n reform 80 necessary To tho wolfare Of tho rail!
roads In this country, llayo Rnco met at Now
York City, together with tho Now York Central
ana Pennsylvania Railroads., aid decided to
ABOLISH TIE COMMISSION SYSTEM
on til cir lines regardless Of what tho otlor roads
should do. 1t tho saratoga Convention they
went still further, ah1 the ooinlniHH'on systcm
n,l all Tho roads Gust Ut Chicago WIS abolished,
md the tickets from all outside offices with
drawn. The inapagors Of THO nboyc-uA'ned Now
Yorls ronds aye Hnco sent circulars to tlio mani
agors Of nll tic Western md Southwestern roads
requesting them TO join III this lnucl,-liecdcd re-
form. In compliance with ths ro1uess tho
managers of oil tho Western md Southwestern
roads mot at tho Grand Pacific lIoel, III this
city, yesterday morning at ~ o'clock.
THERE WERE PRESENT
tho Hon. ]. D. Cox. Of tile Toledo. Wabash l.
Nasdrn w. T. naetstona to- an e. Mesa
uonmbas, col se' Cincinnati % 4 fndiai!ap.Iis; 4. n
Gnr,ysIco Ohio s Misai,s;sippi; " =: neyno,B f1,
cago; r. II. Short. Cincinnati, Hamilton l. Day
ton; George II. Nettleton, AtehiBon, Topoha &
Sunta Fe; l.. ". Iowno, Hannibal J. st. Joseph;
A. Mitchell, Illinois Contral; chnrlo4 Dl3oeo1er,
Springfield & Illinois Southeastern ]. Z. Sinp
Bot, 5t. Louis, Vandaa It Tore Ilanto; ltobort
Harris, Chicago. Burlington d Quincy; G. W.
Smith, Indianapolis, Bloomington y WestcFn'
iionning, Missouri. Fort scott 4 Gull; G. i.
Duchn,,al,, Quincy, Missouri X pncic; a. a.
Tal1lugo, Atlantic Il Pacific; r. e. Iinckley,
Chicago & 1'aducnh; Willium Green, Burlington,
antio &. dreat Western ]. L. Martin, Evnns-
villo 4 Charlottesville; II. L. Merrill, Caiio 4
yincennos; Y. i. conger, Toledo. Peoria % 4
T. j! uiG} Ysya St kai Z nuun
hIatthaA, parls Dansie. .--..,
Tie Hon. ]. D. Cox was elected Chairman and
Mr.. J. II. Raymond Secretary. Tho action of
tho Saratoga mcctng,--the abolition OF COM
miesions FOR tho sale Of tickets, and tho fixing
and maintenance Of rates for passengers and
iregLtB, wero thoroughly discussed. aud dnally
TILE Ft,LLow1Sd nEsoLur1oS
WAS adoptod
Aese,red, That, rs the Commissioners for
The Vest appointed at saratoga shall put in operation
rules a'id reg.la'io.'s tor abo1rhlng commissions
tp lines west Of Chtcayo aud tue Mtssissrr W9 will
heartily sno III complete oEcrthrnW Of the sud sss-
tlp maintenance Of tatn7, and In tle other reforms
which the Commissioners nifty prOp0Be
TAo meeting thoa adjourned until SUCH time
NJ the proper rules and regulations shall havo
been dotorIn,net upon by the Commissioners,
aud tho Secretary wes instructed to call another
meeting ut that time.
THE sC47arENs, -...
or the Genoral ltaii,;ny aud Steamship Ticket
Agents, ~ they Btylo themselves, arc EtontlY
alarmed at tho united acLion lately taken by the
1nauagors OF tho various ltnatis IN this country
81. 70 suJ.r s,,is
tenn. 70 countoract and thwatrt tic action Of the
ss'0es as Sou 'sSa5 7Srs ciS sy a'u short meeting ts
ago, and resolved, that =, they would
Cortrnl, Luke Slloro j. Michigan Southern, and
Chicago Il Rock 1alard Roads to tho West, and
tho Northwestern Road to the Northwest a1ao,
for tho Piedmont Atr-Iine to tho South, and to
exclude Advertisements Of every description OK
ropt for tho roals namod. They also announce
that extra charge will be made Tor ticket asa
ateoping-car accommodations, making strong
npppal to tue public for one years support.
These sca1pers claim tint their receipts last year
from thls Bunrce a!uue amounted TO over - CON-
600, and. by throwing tt.s large influence in
favor OF q fow !snoH, they expect to compel the
others to stlccuHlb.
10 countorbaanco this action, tho Wostorn
manaycrs propose to 1nnlso Ill arrangement by
which the sonds thai receive this large patrons
age will le required to divide tho surplus earll-
il.Cs received frum this source.
SAFETY AT RAILROAD CROSSINGS.
An admirable plnstico waa established eoulo
years ago OIL tho Lake Shore l. Michigan
boutlern 1sRilroad in accordance wherowth
monthly business conferences (at which tho nt-
tendance of cacl. Of tho Division supcrintondonts
md of tho Gencral Maater-aIcchanic General
-Carbni1aor, and Superintendent Of Te'a-
graph OF the Road, iB required, aud at whio, the
Chief Engineer Of the limo or ono Of his as-
sstants il usually presently arc hold at the Office
Of the General Superintendent Of the limo. The
General Superintendent is ex-oflcio Chair-
nun OF tho meetings, aud tho Superintendent Of
Telegraph acts aa Secretary. n1atto> Affect
ing tho couditio, discipline and business OF tho
limo arc ut theso conferences takon up il a
prescribed order, and fully and freely discussed.
Suggestions, by wl,omsooyor mado, arc, if they
reate to rlnttors within the jurisdiction Of the
meeting, considered and acted upon, or disposed
Of in aceorfanco with tho sense OK the meeting.
The five or si1 hours devoted monthly to those
conferences aro usually worry fully and profatab]y
occupied, and tho beneficial influence Of the
gatherings. extending in various directions aud
affecting tho social aB vol az the business roa.
tionb Of tho persons Attending tllon,, ia quite
marked.
WHEN aR. DErEnEux
resigned his Position ~ General Manager Of the
Lake Shore L. Michigan Southern Rnilrond and
accepted II like position on tho Atlantic l. Circuit
Wcstern Railroad, he established OIL tic Inst.
ua!lca road this practice, tho good ofroots o1
which ho had soen OIL the Lako Shore. At the
tiuo Of tho establishment Of those meetings on
tho Attantio d. urcat Western tho question as te
Whit il
TIE nEs9r sYsTEM or aiosALs
for uBo ut rnl!roga crossings ut grnie wns promi
ucut!y brought before tic oieern OF. the lino
uul was quito thoroughly discussed. Tho fol
lowing Ia q summary of a paper read by Mr.. J
ii. Goodwin at one Of these meetlnga and wlct
iy reproduced in full in ono OF tho lato number
Of tic Kaalr0ad gazekts:
At almost oyery point in this country, say
MIR. Goodwin, wlloro tho track OF one railroat
crosses another at grade. there are speclal moal,
provided for Tho PURPOSE & Of &nogu!ating tho move Y
Trains Of The respective roads shall not tak
pace. =, !,