, 1876-01-08
RAILROAD NEWS,
Mceting Of tho Chicago Board Of Trade
Committee on Disorimina-
tlons.
The Last Annual Report Of tho
Lake Shore s. Michigan
Southern.
Decision Of Judge Dillon at st 1oui. in
tho Missouri Pacific Litigation


Tha Doarl Of Trade Committee apro.nted to
look into the destinations madc b. tbs rail.
roads agalnBt thta city met again yosteriihs
morning At balf.p1ss O'Clock, a. tho arbit.a b.
tion-room OF the Board Of Trado, Mr. r. D.
Storoos tts the Chair, and Mt. " T. n1ker aot.
tBg ~ Secretary. All this memheis of tho Com
mi'too sxcops 1tr. Robert Warren mars present
Tho discussion during yestordAys sossou Was
mo ttiY Informal. Several Of tho Committee
stat"d that tia svtdonts showing how badly this
city was dlsclfmtnased sRafost WIS sp,dIy acou.
mulAt.ug; thor preferred, tsowevef. not to make
tlo facts public until tboy had heard from mors
Of thar correspondents.
Mf. He.mans, Of tue t!rm Of Clinton, Drsgru i
Co., stated that he had mat the sgeuL 0f t,n
baltimore i Ohio Nairosd sud charged him with
having mado loser rt.sA 10 Ia ut,ore from
af'1s sAukee thai ftom Cuisa3o. Ths Agoat ~
tlEst dentoa tho allegation, but afterna1d 4atL II
fact ha would hlso got tue same rebate. On tho
hco ut this hts ho,lsa Ieco,yed dispatch from
baltimore from onn of ther cndtomsFt. refuslog
TO pay their bill un1rsa .ebato of 10 cenls nor
such rebate also.
Tho Secretary stated that sovoral persons who
vote suDponel to have lmpurtaut evidence TO-
gardanR the diactinlus sstous had been In titod to
coma before tho Committoo that day.
After snmo fufthnt ihfornal TUX, tho meeting
adlournea uhtil talf-past 0 O'Clock th!s morning,
After the meeting tue reporter called upou Iii.
6. H. Wicker, tho n9ont OF tho baltimore Ohio
hatr:ad r. in tbs Ssity, ia regard TO ". Hermans'
hsu shown bim = dispatch In tho morning .hloh
CHARGED That rebates veto made. IIo en-
1.,s;a, bssn -. made y bis rod. eithof from
lowed 4 must have beon done by aome other
r.'a1. Mr. Nora, tho Mllwautsee Agont Of tht
Baltimore i Ohio Railroad, who wsB in tie Office
Whon tne reno1t ter ctted sAnro, alao a.atod that
he lad r,etly adhered to Iho regular .ates. Alr.
tlaoce VIA sns detroit i biil saukeo sud GRIND
IFuak Railroads to tic Esss on actouut of tho
!ow rates "ifoiel " .hoso l'nee. But little
fratRht WA be.Dg ahtpi,od via CncAgo.
Tho work Ut tho D1ard OF Trado Committee in
making 40 aearcutog au fuysst Ga ION III regard
to the alleged docr.fnina ma aRakuat this CITY Ia
already beginning 10 havo IT. effect on tho mana
Ecrs OF tho pool. Who ara gotnuE soly much
alarmed. Tboy sent VOID here yesterday that
tneY would DO hore Tuesday, aud look into thia
ta*ttor. They arc beRnning to lind ont TINT 1t
ti doos not pay 70 discriminate against city
Of tleir roads elnco this agitation began. From
tho oliceta OF seyeral Of tho Eastern rosds It
sas harmed yesterday that the pool could not be
maintained uucl longer. uuless the roads from
aeros to base shois rates ou those nude from
ChivaGu. Ihoy admit tint unjust d,ncr1mius.
tons hare been mado agaiunt UhiGuXo THIS,
louevcr, wAs doue bY the lines lea3log East
from other pointa. The pooi was foimed BE-
cauac the roads had been loaiag large amounts
OF tnonny ON account Of Tho fearful competition
and railroad wars going on during tie tsBt fox
wears. It rss believed that tho roads from,
other composing rolnts would bs glad To follow
suit, and base luef rates on thoso Of Chicago
wh!cl,, however. has not Jet bsen douo,
hnd thia has oocosloned tho complaints OF
ths Chicago nbappcsa. An oiEurt ~,ll un-
douttaufy ba made bv tic pool mauagers
Tucahay to indncc tho managers of tho toAds
leading to Tho East from "tnar pointa to get up y
similar pool and maintain ratios, AMI, il they do
nut succeed In this, thnre IL a probsb,Itty that
tho Chicago poot will also 60 to tteccs and war
tcgin AgainHt tho outside llues t. bring them to
terus.