, 1875-01-19
RAILROAD NEWS.
The Gradual Ilelurn 10 The Issue OF
Free Passes.
Negotiations for the Purchase Of
Thousand-Mile Tickets.


.,'. ans I"n' .'sn rosr. ~ ,o ya,i,na r.i,ro.du
,..,,r =, mi, ,,oo, III ctv onterod into . cn,n
,ac tn i...o m marc froe pasues oxceut
~ ,aa,'ot,ors and emn1ovo, Of tho various lines.
~ ~ -, .... .o.d, i, ii hon, oo,,,nood
ho ,li1.Abo1e u snoos '""e" ~. ,., eeou
to take th's fneaS"Ee oecauso 'ns "ss'ep' h*o w.
como ono OF Htn1pts plnnder TlaV found that
much of their time was conaninod in considering
thene apu,catjons in all tho vattosl forIns in
snon, apr"o ~. " .s,t,s,s+s., ~, rra.an.
~'l'ch '.o an"'peh. so'1.'e.s". oa'", s"n reeo"s
than. Almost hnsbody cafa 'lad eomo oxe'iHe
for aaEing for FREQ pass, AMI mort OF them
ann fortfy their demands i'll n WAY that nlaAcs It
o,,,to ,un,px,lIo for ,nnuaoer Ia discriminate
"''.e .' t''m., ,o,s.,', ro,,,,;so e..ns .", ,.
Justly snd ial9s oet"eeA ee'4'no essos LII I'm
poators. ..........
Doubtless 'his svatem o1isinstea ., AZ method
,y1,o rrcciye a fra nass who eiyo mora than IT,
WIZ 'eeo'.a 10y ,4 '"."' .a,s ~ ~ sau
| aud not tlo rule. Tie agreement nbnl!shinB tho
ffoc-paes syBte,u was very sweeping one, no
pazsoa bcing allowed to bo 1aliel to auy one ex-
''t -, .,,,,a.a af r,n,s and or,,,ra, .,ila
.sps ~ 0ss ,,a;a'a w. 11. ~, laa;nn,. ,a"
tfa'oa''e o oa'ne7s' 1l"a w aesossaant oepn
lcsn sweeping iii its terlns and proper dlscsspi~
natious baeh made betwenn such porsobs as are
cntitlcd lo n ms. md s,,), Al arc t,ot, t},o avs
Inn, ,v,,1,, nav ho ,1cad. An n wos # WA oon-
ntantly @ yioyata1 by uno road Or tic otllor, and
| there was constant quhrrong about tIeHo viola
| tiopB between the various lines, ant,
finally, scvoral roads withdrew from tho
| compact. The first road to 90 back tn it was
tue illinois Central lh's ROAD haa always beeh
-, t,'a cor,,try rTi,a. the rainw T"vcr rarad II,
siomn,';a ani slrovsannrt ;ta ,nouurara isn,,ca
f.aa .ss.. ~ III roron,,u ,.i, ,visi'al n 1aava
those placoH, and TO ali Who wished 70 20 tAefe
~ I"t;t"bix ~ i"ni;,,sJ oionnI ti,a+ ti,is aotin,,
~ss wrt,,a,iv a1 vston af tLa spraomant' % Tho
n,aunso,, ~ t1o fnnois TnntraI horpycr
tI,nnnit ,hav lad actrd rsIt a,,d ~ d,l tl,aa
| ,''ii.ha WI:y,, thorof,,ra 1n1,r,t two r,nntha
mn s,,o,t'or ,nraon.,t waa tIrawr n,, as sxea1..
no @ ,rn s tn ~. NY M p @ 9e,,
ns.crn nj lin iljjnnis Central refused to sjru it.
ssa;n',,,t, Tia, ttt t,n wom.s sv 40 usore a'sp",
mauta lint Inv wonfa nftcrwnr,,s ho
| rn,,nn1lcl IN r;o,etn mil ns anv-
orai ntl,cr roada rof,tscd fo ontor the
comt,act ,,ness thc 11linoia f,ontral bacauo 4
pnt!y, spo eno3' " 1o''" 'no afeenei' 4a's'u
| Tnt ;1,o rcf,,so, NJ tbc Ilino;s centra, In tofn
tia conpnct IL not tic maiu eausa Of the failure
ot t,,a r"eoSa. l. wss shat 10 a;sar;tn,,,ati"us
wcrn mat}n IN lin a"reonont tins oifcrinr q
"ramm ;1 fnr ~ ,a In ya.nn Of It by selHh rosda
f. H. d., ~ ,,,sno nnno ,varo ~ havo fres rpssss
axca,t y aa;car* o,,<i en,ulnyas al roas' Alter
villa Il wan fou,,d fi,at t,o roads wsro losing
| mnnov IN mt nussitIv ,nen in Charge af etocs.
n.'1 ha,.no ~ ,I,;Ie rmfa ,sas 1n,dtoh Thar fha
| sountrv nJtnrs rof,,s"i n nuhIIsh tho tina.
tsS,ss ~ Ia snada unesa thex Wero
rascal frcc. MID t1ta rula woa n1so n,ot1]-
I'M -,,ifa 1',h t;r,.ta i,etead " rLo twn
nlodtflcationt had utIfu,,ltcdjy moro to do with
tl1o failure OF tile agrcolcut thau anything else.
1t soon became apparent that almost any ono
could bo passed as htoeShaM %ianout Fto'aslns
tIacors tSonc,csgmri,' ' ,csiaiators. and oth er
prominent peopIo with largo diamond pins in
their shirt -bnaon,s aud gold spoctaclos on their
noses. could 10 seen traseIlng 20 hog Of cattle