, 1877-12-04
Eldcrnhly, but ttl they kept up defiant o,t
flIilc. md rrillscil IL close their nfI1rrs .s'

6ldcfhhle. but kth! TIC! KtpE NJ defiant nttt
tiIac, mi! rrfNsc'l 10 close their hflt,a*
Farther action WA tnken Yesterday Will,
VIII undoubtedly settle the hasuf Tic a,aj,rss.
md forre THEM 10 seek Fnlnc other ami tuot.
conecnla' employment. The tlrnrnl Tiki
mil PASSENGER Agents 1T tho varlou. roa,l, Il
which every rna'l III tho city -wns representa-
and MI agreement wns entered Into to lrs,rrntt
Jointly every sca!rcf In this city found 10 h.
selling tickets contrary 10 law, ntul II was d.
As tic same tho tito General Tcke, sn1l,s nml r.
ecngnr Agents formed Into an Atsoctatton ~.
the purpose Of acting hartnontously on ail na..
tcrs hppertafnlng to their departments. Tbis
Association nbtorbs all other Associations ~
Wentworth, General Ticket and a; ras.r.naeSe;; M :;
Agent Of the Michigan Central, was ccrfed
President of tho Association, and a1r. aamuei
Powell. t;encral Ticket Agent uf tho Chlearn
Burlington 4 Quincy, Secretary. Regular fneet.
II may bc said Ill this connectton that not al
tho scal lpcrs, or outside tickct-betlcrs, a,c hi
Or corrupt men. There are among. them excl.
lent gentlemen who did perfectly lcgiii,nata
rai'ron,l Officials, Int majority Of them ;uads
their profits almost entirely from tho sale Of
Rtolcn tickets or passes obtained frnn, llnrr1mj
plc'l dc:Hl-bcats. The railroads could rot MAXI
var upon ono class. without thlttcting inlnr1
have to suffer with tlu Ind. But there Il II
doubt that the ltoncst men atnotg thein, sM
nrc good ticket men, will rcadI1y find e,iploy.
n'cnt With so.no Of the railroads.
Some Of the Aralncrs closc.l thcIr shops 1es.
fcriay, anil the Others will undoubtedly llave IL
tlo likewise III few daYs.
Now that the ecAlpers nro tlors de combat,
tho ratlfoad& must sec Lo 1t that tho tasauntera
are not placed at too great trouble IN Ees,ne
have f,','nd their way into the hands Of srso.
rrs, because tho railroads either refused 10 ~
deem them or put such obstacles In tho war ot
their redemption TINT parties wolld Aooucr sell
the, tlckcts fur lalf price than submit to tho
tnost Of t!,e rf,ads. II IL uncrstool that ii Ii
tic roas hare agreed to redeem unused tickets
ut their full ynluc. but In most instances thshss
tn DO duncat the general 0[icc OF th passenger
an'l ticket department.. The tioncral Passenger
md Ticket AgCnts must rcetifY this at their nyxt
meeting II they nesn to lie supported by tic
public III the course liloy have taken, aud t,ass
resolution by Wh!clt unused tickets or po1.
tsUns Uf them eau DO redeemed on presentation
by auy ticket agent uong their respective roa.la,
ITEMS.
The General Ticket aud Passenger Agents Of
tho roads In this city received tho following
agreement, which las bcon adopted by tho Gen.
eral Ticket ami Passenger Agents Of the scycral
roatls bctwccn Now York aud Boston, Mt tito re.
quest Ut tho four New York t:unk lines:
We. tho undersigned, hereby, sRrcc that, from
hnu after Nov. ~ ls7s, limited tickets Issued ID
any OF on. connecting linus. Of by unr own lnef,
botwtcn New York and lsoston, shall not bo &c.
copied for pasaaEc, exchanged. or otherwise made
gou,l after their tim0 tlm{t has expired, nor &C.
ccitcd for passage when detached Or In any other
shape than ~ Issued, and lii accordance with con.
tfltlons thereon.
1t Was also agrccd tlat In case Of violations OF
the provisions Of tho above agreement by my
line between New York nnd Boston. tho sn1o Of
tickets anil Interchange Of passenger business
via auch offending line shall be discontinued.
This freight fntcs from Chicago to Grand
Rapids, Muskegou, aud Holland, Allcll., wero
advanced yesterday, as follows: