New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-08-21
THE RAILROAD WAR.

RESULTS OF PASSENGER COMPETITION.
AGREEMENT BETWEEN The LEADING LINES TO
RAISE PASSENGER RATES-cAUsEs or THE COM
PACT-CUTIING or FARES FROM WESTERN CITIES
To SEw-YORK.
meeting Of representatives of the four great
trunk lines Of the country was held at the Erie
Building yesterday morning to agree upon 4 schedule
Of passenger rates to leading points West. Messrs
Farmer. Cole. Abbott. and Crawford respectively
represented the Pennsylvania, the Baltimore and
Ohio, the Erie, and the New-YOrk Central roads.
After considerable discussion il decided TO raise
the fares the basis of 800 to Chicago, which is an
advance Of 81 upon present rates, and decline OF
~ from the rates that prevailed before the railroad
war. The new schedule, which il To go into opera
ton on Monday next, includes the following rates ::
Chicago, $50; Cairo. S2S 30; Cincinnati, Sls :;
Columbus, Ohio, SIC Hannibal. - Indianapolis,
&c., Kansas City. 1896; Louisville, $40 Omaha,
$685. Quincy, S27 1T. Louis, $25. Proportionate
rates have been adopted between Boston, Pha-
dcphia. and Baltimore 20 the West
Inquiry rs to the cause which has led 10 this new
compact shows that the railroad war, which it was
believed had been permanently settled some time
ago, had broken out afresh, though not openly. 1t
was ascertained at the Broadway agency of a lead
ing Western road that il was well known that the
small Western roads sold cheap excursion tickets to
NewYOrk during the Summer. but IL was not be-
lieved that they would keep il up. az they were
doing business at a great loss. The agent declined
to admit that the rails selling "cut tickets we've
leading lines, and. in fact appeared unwilling 10
give the names of the roads selling cheap tickets :
besides he added. IL is only at Cincinnati that
such work is done. and it ia not cOuntenanced by any
of the trunk lines. If you desire TO know all about
it, call at the office OF the Baltimore and Ohio Kali
road They know more Of what is going on out " est
than the New York roads'
At the office of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
one of the officials admitted frankly that the West
ern roads were emitting to great extent. They
could not possibly do it without the counienance of
some Of the trunk lines d" NewiOrk.' he said. ~
glutted with cheap return tickets sold in the West
and holding mp Il bunch of tckets there are. for
instance some issuel by the Peoria Toledo and
Wabash Road from Peoria to New-York and back
500. There are ether roads Issuing cut tickets.
We ,ee here day after day any number of tickets
from Cincinnati to New-Y0Tk for $40 and return,
and from ST Loui. to New.YOrk and return, $50.
The roads that issue them ara the Atlantic ana
Great Western. which T. only another word Tor Erie;
the Panhandle Road which means III" IennsylVanla
Central; tho Columbus, Cleveland and Indiana
Central and Lake shore ROad when STAND tOr
New York Central The Baltimore asd ONO are
keeping strictly TO their agreement with me fenn
sylyania Central, and though the latter deny that
tIrv vioIate r. we have abundant pTuof that they
too are cutting rates. As to the Erie' we know
pnsitivrlv that Yesterday they took party 10 ~
Louis for SlI 90 while our special rate Is H2O III
il true that of them acknowied that they are
making general cUt. but they are taking the best
rates they can get. - 3,
One of the oldest passenger agents IN New-lOrk
acknowledged that tine waf. though nndelhand
was IS violent ever. IL had been qunctly gong on
lor several weeks. and would soon break Out VII
renewed force. The truth Is. he said, the rail-
roads are very poor. and are dong no business
They need money and are taxing al tley can gTt
Though the CHIEFS OF the trunk INES are appdrH'S
uuie. they are constantly endeayorihg 10 come 10
some permanent agreement, Us they well hho" lhat
the now waglns among ther leased iInes vs.
and south is rally their own hight. The regular
ratq from New York to Cincinnati u flo, ana me
Erie aud Pennsylvania Central sell tcSets 20 thai
point for H. Their regular price j. a-o flo, Ihi
know of instances where they nave SOFA trkrr Inl
So" At other railroad Offices II was also Admired
that large numbers OF cheap tickets had been issued
by the estern roads. notably ~ 81 .1'liS ana IN
ciunati and that such work could not I've continued
for any length OF time without the cOuntenancr OF
the trunk lines. II denied that cut tickets
were -oid in Newt Ork CITY >,
cut tickets was stoutly denied. but II vas adj
United that the Western roads acted about as they
pleased without regard 20 the rules lald down py
arpentcr rer presenting tIic Penn@y lvani;, Cen
trail expressed the nope thar me new rates 10 go IN
oneratloD ON Monday would De adhered -. lie
p.cuIiar position Of Erie acrd tnat r"1'i, however
uuder "A sonew hat Suspected Egnt, Tor when thcrr
existed periaD- reason. lie ldl no IfisoH ~
d,unt that the great trunk lines would hencctOrth
.trctly adhere 10 tna new >che..ue, until changed
and mat the Western roads would be Drought I"
At The offices Of the Now-York Central. Mr. Craw-
frd the freight agent stated that no new rates for
freight under consideration me rates al2p'tu
lasi week were 10 remain Ia ioIC' p" tio' might "
changed at any moment. ~, -.
Ar the office of the Chicago and NORTHEASTERN
road. Dir. Ivory, the contracting agent, was wen
T;t;J With The Fail trade AS far as II had gone.
'Tnrre wer. more Western merchants In town than
las spring when most vt them made th.iT purchases
i'm I'hiraoo Since Aug / many contracts favorable
To he Company had Been made.