, 1879-06-07

AAA %otF <1tA@e ''~ NA'--
NlENT.
The action Of the Hencraf Maungcrs Mt the |
Niagara Fulls mrctng. Thursday. In arranging |
another East-botnd puol from Chicago. and |
advancing thu rntes On at1 classes of freight, |
has been q aurpri8e to tue managers Of tho /
Western roatls, who did not believe IN Under |
a,andl,lu could ho reached at tllat meeting. |
Tho General Freight: Agents OF the various
Eastern roatls were instructed yesterday to nd |
vance tic rates next hfondny tn accordance with
the new tariff Established at Ningara Falls. II |
Is not probable, however, tl,nt much business
Will bc donc nrxt week ut the now rites. It "a
coutracts Oh hnnd to keep them bltsy for
awhile, nm', BY he tme tllcis eo,l.
no tsslug what tho aftuatan WILL then be. Tile
aud II tic roajs from other Western points than
Chicago do no: agree to pool their business ulso,
tllen of course thu Chicago pool Will 60 to
pccea again. but mighty effort win oe made
agrGr, Much depends also on what no!nts nro
SELECTED from which the business is to be pooled
A pool from Chicago. Ct Louis, cinclHnati. and
ans!tanapolls A!oau WY n1Xsr do M aiatwau!kec.
ratlroAds leading to tic East orl.ata Or ternt-
nate, must cuula tn nnd pool or The arrangement
cannot ba nla(ntaillet4 not even Tor short time
aSvpqss aS! poo;cd ' ra 1u'SSs Wsos Lake sore -"
Mchlran Southern. anti cauuda Southern
could 10 oil the cutting they iike a''d tho routls
| jeailng East from CAtcago would soon be con-
business. The fact Is that every Western co!tt'
| peting point would have to By Included IN the
pool TO make t!ie arrangement elective. 1t 10
nut believed In rall'oad circles here tf'at q Ton"
uagc pool as was agrccsi upon At NlaEnta a Falls
| will bring npout the desired reform. The af-
rangcnvnt has hdcn tried several ttmca during
tt,a lust two years, aso 'n eacli ns.anes Il las
Eayt from tHs CITY are alrcady complaining Of
thu divisions laic, md al Of them with tie cx-
coptiun ot ,hs Baltimore 4 OHIO eatr, that ss.ey
full sllort Of whit they aru entitled to: This
on, aud Will no doubt tnally result an another
disagreement Tlse great trouble 10, that thera
ory nluro rou1s thap theye IL business for. and
each one Ia tryltg 10 gut ahead Of the otl'cr.
decided upon at Niagara Falls, no penalties
: arc proy!nei Tor sinlatton OF the agsccn,snt,
untl railroads can vIolate TIC colnpartA IT they
choose with tmpun!ty., Tho bugbcar that The
Easter1, trunk lines will rcfuao to interchange
huslnrss with roals detected III violating the
aereen,cnt has no longer any terrars etncc II ta.
been demonstrated that tho roau acseetod Of
crooked work always nnds an excise to uxtr,-
catu itkelf frotn ttle dlclIln1. Tho Wabash
lsaiIrond violated thu last agreement nany
times. an4 onee Or t%sse co'M'nss; =;
uu. eusass viii! tl,st road to be- stopped. nut i 10
iustulcu WIS thu order carTica out. At'd sla WA
BASH afwasa cau,n out Of tho wfangle triumph
ant. The lAvurte argument OF Mr.. fink, tIIat
. MI East.bound poo IL possib!D BECAUSE the pnul
. ! pf tlIe New York trunk lines fron, New York
. West has worked satisfactorily, 1uas nut h1ld
! watcr iut o,u nin1Meht. Thu easn IL an entirely
tlEerent QUO. There are but fur ltHcs lcadlnE
! West fson one point, uni running almost paral
1ui with each Dher, t,Mt Aru interested tu t',t
West-bounl pool, but IN tf,o EasthputIti poo
there arc nuubescss rpads runn.pE East from
largp number 0t platts whosv 1ntrrcsss ase ell
a tjrcly nntusonistic, ulll which cross a,Ml cou
: peto win each othcr ut 1sery conceivable pnit't
J. 10 hartNOut2G tltes0 conflicting luterests Il
!. | rrublblH That tht Wisest and tra'st abao men
i WIN have tnAte tho railroad blssIIess nf thtI
country study, Ara unable tn solve. 1t Is guil
crlIly Agcc'l tllat something should 30 done =
u | stop these periodical waFg that llnvo bf0Hgh
J. mnnY valuable railroads to tho yaruo ot ruiz
!! hut what IL actually nceud 10 brilly this rcs1ll
]; abuut no pue lIas yet bocu ahle to 1nd out.
], tnouuy po0l 10 believed NV many tD ba Dttte
calculated tiIan any other arrangement To brtn
abut tho 'les[1ed results. Dy such nn nt4A'!ee
!. I1ent 1t would llo m object for AnS road to cu
| the rate, aa IT wuutl ret I'D remuneration II
IT, tlutnE 1uura fhau liz allotted shara VI tue bus
III MSS. Sit Henry Tyler President Ut tilu larun
:" Trunk NaalwnY, WHO has had usuels expes!enc
III LII HurIl matters, 1!AYiiY beeu NuYgrsIteL
Commissioner Ut lie English rulways fur laan
vi Yeurs, stateu u u Tribune reptrtcF that III II
opinion no pool could WORK successfully III III
r1,uHtry tlat Att nut provide tloteY penatttes
s,ll tho must expert Faatrbad managers III tn
IN country coincide wttil hls upinsou.