, 1877-11-25
THE RAILROADS.
REFORMING THE PASSENGER DUSI-

REFORMING TIE PASSENGER BUSl-
NESS.
The General Ticket and Passenger Agents OF
the roads leading cast from this city have been
accusing each other OF unfair dealings for some
time mast. The matter was brought before the
Executive Committee Of Gcucral Managers OF
the Western roads at their meeting at the Graud
Pacific Hotel last Wednesday, but the charges
could not be proven, yet it became evident that
there existed some abuses which neeucd rectlly-
inr and therefore, the General Ticket Agents
were advised to hold a meeting as soon as pra:-
ticablc to obv;atc the evils complained o.
In accordance with that recolnlncnta-
ton they held q meeting YESTERDAY
at the office OF the P;ttsbure, Fort wayne
+. 4. Myers. General Ticket and PASSENGER
Agent pittsburg, Fort Wayne d Chicago; Ii.
c. Wentworth, General Ticket and Passenger
Agent Michigan Central; +. 2. Morse, estern
General Passenger Aren't LAKE. ohofe g A.cll-
gan Southern; and Thomas T; Barry, Western
General Passenger Agent Baltimore u Ohio:
The meeting was held with closed doors aud
the participants OF the meeting were UNWILLING
to diyulge the particulars Of their procecdines.
They adjusted their difficulties satisfactorily TO
that would DC Of my interest to tue OUTSIDE i;1e
public. Yet it transpires that there
prc some outsiders who will be interested
in their proceedings, and those
arc the 2oog :, ase'1s nt wno haf.naon rGf ,na
on their breasts, stand in line when the trains
arrive, and shout themselves hoarse win
s;Baltimorc IL Ohio buses outside, Mieh!-
gan Central just around the corner, 1l1en-
ean Central buses at the other door, etc.
Thasc agents. it is understood, will get the
grand bounce after the 1st December. It IS
also understood that some action i'll regard 10
thc snc OF tickets ut reduced rates 10 steam-
boat agents and scalpcrs has also been taKch,
but whether tho payment ot COMMISSIONS naa
been altogether cut off or not could not DC
as2crtaineu.
HAVE GRAIN HATES BEEN CUT:
Rutnors were current yesterday that certain
SINNERS had succeeded in making contract
with one or two OF the Eastern railroads 1or the
CARRYING Of about 900 bushels OF grain to
baltimore, Philadelphia, and New FORK at less
than the regular tariff rates. AS such action
on the part Of some Of the Eastern roaas "olllu
Indicate laca OF harmony between thcnt
which would undoubtedly haEe IN: enses aart ~ ~
bringing about another VAR, 4 TRIBUNE repo!,c:I
took great pains to learn the actual lacts u tu's
case. lie called upon the General frGieat
Agents of the various Eas~crt' roats, az "
whom cmphatically deny thas any cut nss pSen ~
made or rhat the harmony w.ih mas h p,i,atin ~ n
least disturbed. They say that certain snppeeSS M pS
have ready for shipment to Europe 5oo,VuO
bushels Of wheat and 3S0,0VO bushels
OF corn, the former: to &c g. to bal.nhonc t,ac
and the latter to New York. ms lrels"s 1.ba Mae
to he delivered on the 18th Of December. 1he
nartics holding the grain have made strenuous
efforts to get rebate, Offering it to every 11nc
in the csty but SO far have not succccucu III W
timing q reduction, and it is not thouGhs ploo-
able that they will be able to sp IL a. lcSs !1h 4ha
rcr,lor rates On the other hantt, some OF t'ie
outside agents aud several shippers assert coll-
tiIrntly that the grain has been contracted loE
at Il reduced ratc and some OF tue trunk luz
;ecl greatly exercised about it. 4 inccI!na o.
the General Freight gSnts %n,sH o. to tuG c he'd at
tIc office of the Lake Shore & Michigan SontncIn n
Rni,roa,1. and the object Of the mectinG IS 10 .
consider this matter, but the GeherAl tlel.ht
arrnts saw that 1t has been called Tor the pus-
nose nf revising the tariff to interior points,
ERIE.
Nrw YORK, Nov. 2s.-Thc English holders OF
~, etoc1, of the Erie Railway have applied Tor
~, or51cr directing Receiver Jesctt to execute to
tho United States Treasury tho release OF the
claims AGAINST it BIZ nonresident alien stock and
hnndhoI,1c.s ior tue ;ncoNlc tax deducted 1foH1
tI.oT, he tEc Erie Railway Company unacr 1Ge
fntcrnal Rcycuuc law prior 10 loo'' WHEEL uc.
d.,ction tho Un;te.l States Supreme Court has
declared illegal Petitioners say cre II ot reasr n.o
tn bclicye the Treasury Department VII Ut o1'e
ref,1ud the tax so paid, on receipt Of properly
cyc:utcd releases. Judge Lawrence ms ueeuoo
there should be 4 reference in the matter
E, ARA LOUISE KELLOGG AND fHE KNABE
PIANO.
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