, 1875-02-11

FREIGHT RATES TO THE EAST.
meeting Of Western Grncral Freight Agents |
VIM neld at Tho Graua Fneiuc lIote. yesterday, !
for the purpose Of deyisiug tneaus whc,eby tic
froiaht Sates eIoua the yariuHs Western cities to
the East can bo equalized, aud tho dlscr1mina,
heretofore uaaaa against various points 4toppr;}.
The following gentlemen were present at the !
meeting a. 4. TAlmadge, General snrcrin-
tcndent, and James hills, Genotsl Freight
Agent Missouri Pacific lsailaoad y. H. Arthur,
Gaueral upetnsenJent, and II. e. Laird, Gen
eral Freight Agent st. Louis. Kansas City /
Northern l!a'lroad Il. II. Courtsri.h: General
1saitroad: James Smith, General Freight
Agent Chicago L Alton nnikoaH; Horace
Tucker. General Freight Aecut lIltnoa Cnntrul
Railroad: Lonis Eiesc, Goueral Froleht Agent
Cnlcaso. Rock Island Il Pacific K.ilroal Marvin
Wicker, General Freight Agent. Chicago e.
Northwestern lailroad; ]. Z. HlcMullu Gen-
etal Superintendent Chicago j. Alton Railrosd
Eo:'ert Harris, General Superintendent and e.
lngton Il Quincy Rsi.road: Il. u. 01ds. Cen
erui Freight AEen: Kansas CITY, 1t. Josepl s
Council bluffs Kaifroad; =. Q. britt. General
Freight Agent Milwaukee 4 st. Paul Railroad.
The meeting ~as In eessjon Ill d1r, aud finally
an agreement was made whereby no road sIall
b. allowed to daviate from tic cstablished ratea.
Similar acrehmouts have hehn made time anh
again, but mover wore keps longer thnn tho
tllAG II tGQH EuG various tsGl1eEAl EI6EAk Agents
to get home again, When ''custina" and dis-
eliminating wes carried on again Al reckIcJsly ss
ever. THIS agreement will l1sobahlY share the
ssmo fato III !ta predecessors. The General
freight Agent, havo vet to learn that agree
ue1tR are ,natle TO he kent aud rot to be eio-
Iatej. Al attenpt was made at tho meeting to
raise the ratcs, but it tallce add therefore tho
rates. were left as they low hro
ANOTHER FAILURE TO HARmoHIze.
Caoapnj Ernt4yEt 4rG Gt,fn ri tba aHu }os3.
Ing from this city to tho East made another Of
fort yostorday to lartnopize their intcr-
csss and agree upon Il txod basa Of
Estcs but again failed. During the day
the agent Of tLo baltimore 4 Ohio lia,lroad ro-
coiyel dispatch from Mr, Gniifora, the Gouesa!
Freight Agent Of the road at Baltimore, to act
with tho General Freight Agents of the other
ioads, provided thoy adopt tho rates previously
established by tho EattisnoFo Ol.'a Halltoad,
namely: ~ cents on fart,i-ciaes freight. to Now
lolk, nud I5 cents to Philadelphia and Baltimore.
Notliug haB been heard from, llo Grand Trunk
Railway, hut this limo will undoubtedly also h9rae
to the above lElsla 1t tatcs. Accordingly. thcru
Is noslsng now IN tho way towards al anlicablo
pettic,uen: at tho troscut diiicultieA and tho
tablHhulent oil fair rates except the stubhorbets
of lew Freight Agouls. A inat attntnpt to
natmouizo thu various con'lIctiug intoros.b will
10 made at u meeting to 10 h1ll ut thn Grand
paclhc iIuto teddy. ntd which will ba attertIcl
by nearly at t!le tonclal Freight Agents Ut tho
Eaetoin roads, Tile result Of thia ,nootil,g is
anxiol,sy looaod forward to bv railroad naon, ~
failure IN agree oil settled baEis of rateg
will bring about serious freight war botwocn
tho various lines which m7Ht prove disastrous to
many Of them. In that event also q general
reduction in tho pay Of employees OF the roads
will 10 Made. nB q matter Of retreucllneut,
which may brins OIL strike that would atop
railroad tlafae for ti1noa}s aget,ier.
Fur lhe insarest Of 10th tho railroads and tho
public. it IL hoIied that an anlieaa aottlensent
nay 10 effected Ut tue meeting to-day.