, 1879-06-19
o,o nIan known to Have Been
Paid Commissions of Over
P1,6OO,OO0.
ra,se Mon Given B1b on Every Car
Load Of Cattle Shipped
East.
, ropbination Of Roads Effected to
Open Var on tho Chicago
& Alt0ns
Railroad Matters in lowa--"Ihe
Death OF Charles E.
Fo}lett.
EVENlfNS' PAT.

Anscfds |hAb0fth to 7AS IrbRA&
s,s Yoax. June 18.-Thc Assembly Com
.h,ee. cpraged In looking Into freight d!scrlm-
m,t[ops In railway management generally. got
soeae interesting information out Of General
Fright Agent Vilas, ot the Erie, to-day. Oou-
.s,er1pg tic Evencrs," Mr.. Villas satd: "Mr.
,,o,rfa vas our Evcner,' md he lived In Chi.
no. Tie systom MAS started June q, 1875.
4 tbat time the ratca for transportation wcra
r,ry low, aud there seemed no way Of maintain
,ua them except to havo act Of men appointed
ID eYs to the different trunk lines their propnr-
tIn, whatever might bs agreed upon, OF tie live
aock traffic; ticy appointed three men, known
Il .Efeuera.' whose duty 1t WAS to see that tho
p.tesntaecs arrecl on wcFo ahlpped; also with
lie understanding tssat the systcus Should OK
ind to trunk liuca ,Yest, Including such points
\ Tho roads leadtng East from theae points
tou!l aeseo upou.. and 1t was Tho duty Of the
.ryeuers' to scs TINT Tho proportions wcso
,hIoped over thcso roads. For That service they
reciycd consideration Of SIS pcr car. Tho
,,Euucrs' acro Nelson Morris mud j. WoIfes-
tou, Of Chicago, and T. c. Gaasuor. Of Nov
rorkn
i.Do you mem they received SIS per chr for
t.etr CARLOAD shipped East from Chicago for
the scsrtce u seeing each road rocoircd its
.srtsd percentage Of the Whole amount shtpped
lrom Chicago Eaat4"
"Tes, sir; but tlcY lad another responsibility.
II for instance, We were thort ouy week or
uontb III Cur percentage, they vert obliged to
tes no got our proportion; svef. It they had to
70 out md buy tho eattla a,d ship tl,ciu
themselscs. They had to make good our uor-
taotaao, or va would not pay Ar. Morris any
thing ANY shipper might want to send
l,ee lot OF cattle East oyer the
Michigan Central, aud that might disturb tho
percentage. They could not send them over
tuo,hc1 lino, but the Evencrs would haYe to OBJ
t.u aud ship enough cattle over our linrs 10
l eisc u our percentage. Tho Evcuer system
su broken because things were not satisfactory.
Tic rites on cattle wetg broken by Tie ronn-
,Jlvauia Road. after giving US notice, md wens
down to $40 per car-load from Chicago. The
rate now IL 500 car. On the si0-rato We got
tls. $50 for the haul from Buffalo. On the per
seut ratcs We get II par cent OF 81 net for our
hAu!."
BIZ. stcrne said he had figures showing that Ia
tacntf-sevcu months, A{r. Morris, Erle's " ETon-
Ell" received $500, 900 for his ahare OF tbs ap-
portioulng work. The amountpail to the three
"ETepers" was estimated By one member cs
the Committee at S1,600,0o0.
Nj. ViaaTald Eric gaycmanufactrrers special
fs.cs to encourage inanufacturo; atso gave
soeclal rates to jobb!ng-nouscs along the road,
but nottn Nov York. In fixing thc rato for a
merchant ut any plare he tried not to dsacrtmt-
sate aRainst other merchants In tic same bust.
ness there. He did not th!pk the railway in-
ierest the only one In fixing rates. Ho regarded
ihe shippers interests, but admitted that fos
tho general publfc's interests he had no conatl'
elatlon.