, 1874-10-23

Tho Western Bureau Of Railroad Commission
ers has just issued tho following Geno.al Order
From and after tho 1s. day Of November next, No
oilleor agent, tmIoyc, or other person. The rar OF
any railroad company, purity to this Coutract or ony
tass;fretsht line operating orcr such road ar roads
shall other ply or RECEIVE my commissions drawback
fyr the transportation Of reigl oag Of cass. or
Tor their influence I'll directing auy business 10 or frum
This rule is not to affect tho practice Of any r,,,ro,
which payB It's agenta or employees by giving them
a co1nmlssion On sale of tickets over it, own road
Each railroad company is hereby directed to iesue
persnptory orer to oil its agcns nnu employees, pro-
Sc ID Violation 4 this re ad n nynp ths tSs
immediate discharge will follow violation aud that
n sollors OF Tickets require tho passengers to select
| NJ rnlway liuo shall accept Of or tako nm or3crs
ior tickets saied by my steamship company after
tno nrst tis day OF November, 1874. eacep. ss full
Mekets aha he Withdrawn from MI steamship lines
by orders Issued immediately,
THIS appltcs to East hound h,,stefa only
W oSter Ut the D0ara.
(ito. i. WA1Gnr, President.
AS will bo scen by tho above circular, agents
and employees of tho roals thai aro parties to tho
asrooment nro prohibited from giving or re-
ceivlug any commissions, etc, How riglly this
rnso il observed can best 10 soen by tue fact that
the acalpors Ia this city hayo received letters
from various Geuorul Ticket Agents of roads
that aro parties to tho Saratoga agreement and
como under the above rule tint they wore pro-
hlbited from paying any more commissions but
IT they (sho scalpcrs) would keep stlict ao-
count Of oil tho tckots sold oyor ttor road, and
Bcnd tllem statement Of tho same, q sum canul
to tho amount Of commission would bo loft for
them Mt my convenient point that they might
designate.
The Chicago 1oals, as l,as been previously
stated, aro not parties to the agreement, uu
consequently continue to my coinn,issious M
heretofore, put tho agents Of tho Eastern roada
that are parties to tho agreement are prohibited
from receiving suell commissions Oh 1ouolty Of
being immediately discharged. Dut this diai-
Gi1lty IL also easily overcome. certain General
Icket Agent in tliB city sont dralt for commits
H'ons to one Of thpso Eastern agents, but tho
DRAFT WIS returned again with noto saying
that it was rather dangerous to rocaye n draft,
Us TINT would haye to be exchanged in
bank. II, however, that money WAS rent BY
Post-OAico order or registered letter, without
ssaying what tho money WIS for, or compe1ling
him to siEn voucher, it would bo thankfully re-
cniyed. But these arc not the only instances
showing low the provisions Of the aloyo sol,-
oral order Gun bo avoided. For example, aOme
uf the Genoral Ticket Agents mako occasional
ing tickotR for them. Tho monoy dus il then
conveniently dropped Into n corner whc.o tho |
ticket agont will hayo no trouble in finding it. !
Or tao wfo Of tho agcnt, II i,e hau one. is visit
cover tic amount OF commissions for tickots sold
by lur husband, ifAat nnter sucl circunHtaucoa |
this business can noyor l,o Atpppsd must lo m |
paront to every ono. This combustion business |
las beon abolished tmo and agniu, md oyory
time it came up agait bceauBo tho auroomfnt |
was violated, just ~ it il nov. Unless tho rull-
roatA become moro honest tlun they aro ,low.
mud rigidy cnforoo rules when thoy' ara n,atIo
aAIi not Try to outWit ono anothos, there IL ilo
rae III Saratoga agreements or ewoouin.y m,
f0r1AH
GREAT HALFWAY CASE,
The inlportnt't oaBo OF tho lien OF te Stnte of
Missouri against tho Missouri pu.llc Itnii-
road, IN wlluh millions or dollars nro
involved, 1b HOW before The United
States Snprome Court. It IL onlitIol y Mini
Wootlson. Governor, anA II, Clay Ewing. A.
Of tho Slato Of AEisao1,F1' m.
rol9ansa VI. Uriot A. Murdoch ani Luther 4
Clark Ir'stocs appoilccB." II wls ta,vn to tiI,
limited States Hupronln Court by apuval finn,
tho Circuit Court of tho United f,tatos for i'm
WoBtart, District Of Missouri. The ljolt ". M.
Eyares, lM tho hrioE hnl,rnittea ycsturduy, saya
tllat tho Pacific Iiairoad Conlpmny Ind rgcciy:si
MD from Tho htato prior 10 fin vosr
la5o towards the construction nf tn
!pad !',a ITO to tho a,nount Of s7.0oo,oOo, iii IN
ti,o form Of lonl, by iusllo or itate I,ons.
lho Company WIN tn prnsitlo fur tho interuut on
these bonds 81 IL accrlcti, and Tor tlp nrlujnni
~ II tnaturod al aotually provided for b,,u, In.
etefass nI' 10 1Ga0. Tho War dolsyea Tia syUrN an
eAa E0Rat md sub1oqunntly thQ County ot ii,