, 1877-11-02
PURPOSE fn returning to resist rvcrr attempt IN
make It appear TINT former Stny0r Ut this
Errat city planned and prolfted bY criminal
conspiracy,
RAILROADS.
DIVIDING THE WEsT-uOuND nUsl


| Inc cnEflaofs AMI lobbIea Of the Urnnl
PAcinc Hotel presented yesterday tho same
crowded and animated appearance that they did
the day before. II anything, tho number Of rail-
road oilefnls present was silt! larger and tic OK
element more intense. Whtrcycr one cast
otle'h eycs, thcto wefc small knois Of railway
men tllsct.sstng tho situation. Tlloso connected
| With tho large trunk lines argued in favor Of
new plan for dividing tic Wcstbound busncss,
while those connected With tho smaller roals
tried earnestly to prove TINT the plnn was too
| complicated to be carried out. AZ about 10
n'cloek a. m. tho General Freight Agents OF the
largo trnnk lines AMI their principnl conrec.
Of Gen. Albert Fink, tho New York rool Conf
nt!sstoncrt to take up tho work whcse Il was
let the day previous. The representatives Of
The smaller roads whro not oren asked to particle
was not decncd Of any great Importance. Their
nrcscnrc wns not required, becaise It WAS not
tie intcntton to give them any slow whatever.
What II they tls1 kick ngast tho tccrccs OF tho
larger roads7 Ttcy haye no alternative but TO
submit, as tho Now York trunk lines l,nve II In
their power to give the business to whom they
cinsc, aud besides, their nscsrncc Mt tue meet.
ing would only have compleascd thc proceed
lngs and endangered the SUCCESS Of tho scheme.
| :, Only the Commissioner and the General
| Freight Agents OF tho Now York nool lines, and
| tue uencral Managers AMI thu General Freight
Aeens a1a, 1a ting Michigan Central ts Lake shors
ne Atlantic ~ Great Western, the Ohio i atls.
eis:'np,. the Wabash, the Chicago, Burlington i
Quincy, tho Chicago y Alton, and .
pars In tho Proceedings. 0cnerai neral Com. r
missioner Albert Fink brought to the surface
epIlo Of documents as high ~ Cleonatrn's
Needle, which wero covered with figures and
Nj. Fink, who did his utmost to explain The
MYSTERIOUS signs to those present. fls claimed
that he had solved tue probfen, 10 niccty, and
That tl'e , hgurcs ehoxed exactly how much bus!-
tittcl TO. OF course his lltcrogyphes only
provides. for thu larger rnais; tlle smaller
iincs, in BIZ opinion, wetq not untitled to any Of
ncss alone: and apply, themselves y tic local
tsatslc. After nonlcrtuE orer Mr., Flnk's
figures t.;i ior s some % time some q thc maenatcs
they uonls5ed over them the ii.oro tbcy lIke.i
Them. Tic question OF dividing the
from! tho East to st. Louis and othcr
diile1!ty. It was asreed 10 gIye the roais lca,i-
ing direct to Ct. Louis fron, the East u per
sent. and The Chicago 4 Alton, which leals
M t:'cFS g. sa Chicago. y per cent. The claims Of
Illinois Ccntra whc!, also ead there from chi.
cago. to siiaro In tho business were not con.
adhered. It wa. declared TINT they wcrc not
direct routes, and wcFo therefore not entitled
ness among the roatls leading West md North
wcst from Chicago was atso sctt!ctl On the basis
OF s!r. Finks calculations, though hc appeared
70 be tlle only person present who knew what
the figures meant, md l,ow tho division was to
be made: i!e claimed that 1t was all right and
Ind u all at Ills finger ends, and this was enough
for the other railroad men present.
The casy fnanHcr III which this tnntter was
carried through Was probably due 10 the fact
TINT very few Of the railroad officials Interested
III this business wcro present. The frat snug
was struck when the question ot dividing the
roads belonging to The Southwestern isato Asso.
eia.tnn was reached. Heretofore tho division
was 10 per cent for tho Chrago roads md 40 prr
rent to the s.. Louis linrs. The hitter roals,
and demanded that It ho made equal, 10 rcr
ecnt to tho Chicago roads anil 10 per cent to Tho
Ct. Louis ones. Tho managers Of Tic Chicago
lincs would not ltstcn for II moment to any sueh
OF the Michigan Central, deelared l,c would not
taku n cent less than nj per cent. Mr. Newell,
General Manager of tho Lake Shore " Michigan
sFoathetn' o,tse; took the same attitude as III.
promise thc matter By allowing the Chicago
roalh difference OF s cents, but without
asat1: Tho latter remained firm In tho position
they had taken, and therefore tiie matter hat!
dividing tho business at buffalo and Suspension
Bridge among tho nortll and south shore lines
leat'ing to Chicago was also ono that could not
direct from .hosc points tu Chicago, claimed tic
same thare OF tho business ns was given to tho
Great Ncstcr1,. Canada Southern, tlranl Trunk,
a.rl sltcllgan Central, elaim Which tho latter
thought they ought to get considerably more
thai the Michigan Southern. Besides thIA tho
Grcnt Western thought 1t ought to Rct more
than tho other Canada routes. and tho canada
Tho meeting Or Conference adjourned sine die
in tic nvenng nitcr resolving to meet again in
.: week Or two In Now York to further conslder |
the disputed points and settle then, If possible.
rsposter sniiei upoa Gen: 1l1eft Flnk, soHs tho
Commissioner Of tho Now York ponl, to ret Ills |
views ~ regards tle present complicated state
Of ailairs. uen. Fink seemed to be much |
Tar, and thought more Ind been accomplished |
t!lAn ho could tayo reasonably oxMIted. lIe
considered Ills plan feasible, and llaI no douht
that the disputed points would be arn'cahly |
Enthusiastically Of Tho arrangement, amt claimed |
that II would net only be',ett tho rolls, but tho
shippers as we'll. The great drawback to sue.
c'ssf.l Hnt retn1norat!se r'l'foMlftlg 50 fat, ho
tween tic various roads forred down
tho rates At t'n'es 20 Icy as not to
lhe roais 10 rso she rates % .a.medisaGiv 10
s,,cs ths, Tho carrying ii tho through trat1lc a
unremunesatiyo rates compelled tho roads to |
tho focal trallc. Now, Mnlcr The now arrange.
ment, all this IL u bo changed. The roads
would make fair md Reasonable sate4 on the |
through business. and tho rates on the ioeal |
business cala, therefore, b. moro proprtlonato
than they had Iecn l'eretoforc Tho continued |
fluctuations In rates would rcasc, ai,tl there 1
would bo changes nlalc but twice year, Il. tho |
sprlng atld the full. II could be no longer au
oblcrt for Tuads to give srccial Inducements TO
faYOrIkt &lItElpefs. ant3 therefore nil III thcnt