New-York tribune., 1879-09-24
LOCAL MISCELLANY.

RAILWAY DIVISIONS AND COMPAClc.
LARGE NUMBER OF LINES REPREsENTED IN THIS
CITY.
The Joiut Executive Committee of the trunk hhes
and their connections met yesterday at the oico Vi
Commissioner Albert Fink. No. $40 broau""S'
Thore were nresent ifty-one members of the COM
nittee and others repre- esenting the following ra-
road companies: New-York Central ana huuso"
River. New-Yorl Lake Enc and Westerni Mioile"n
Central. Great Western Baltimore ana Ohio' On'-
.aco and Alton. Lake shore and Michigan Southern
Boston and Albany. Vermont Central Oi''"Ro'
burlington and Quincy Grand Trunk, Pennsy wanna
R,ilrooA Phnadelphia, WILMINGTON and BalNmore;
Iouisville and Nashville Cairo and NmcenneS,
louisville Central and Lexington, Marietta ana
Cincinnati Ohio and Mississippi Atlantic and treat
Western. Cleveland. Columbus. Cincinnati and In
dianapoiis: Indianapolis ami ST. Louis, Evansville
and Tcrre Haute. Indianapolis bloomington ana
Western; Jefferson, M29s'1 une i S9 f"nis
Toledo Peoria aud Wabash; Naudala Llhe' wa
hash Railroad and the Michigan sou bern.
The following subjects We've considered NestciuaS
and referred TO committees taat are 10 report uVoi
i'Sisions hc+vvocn the connecting roads Of
the terminal roads. An effort viii he made To nave
nj traffic 10 be caIricd by hcm ia order 10 remove
ali motives tor cutting rates on the part OF 'neSo
roads. - -i;.1 7, 4or,,
bound rates aIc based.
III Revision OF lumber rates from the West and
Of cotton and tobacco rates.
~ Abrogation of contracts Many of the con-
tracts reported 10 Chairman Fink stipulaie tir.t
they are good only so long a> ccrtUn contracts uN
some other liuc exist Most not :ll oi these con-
trsrfs can therefore ho ahfo-at.a hy JOINT action
V Eastern bound classification.
A depuiatiOu of hor-slipptfs waited npon lhe
executive committee aud presented siis-c ions loI
new basis ior ,onph' alinl % ihr hNb ,'aht. a
committee was appointed 90 consider the matter
and report to-day. Ihe subject "i passenger rates
was rclt rTs lu, bat 40 action Was ,a@cn regarding
il. Though nn reports from q t0uHlitfe were
euhmilied yesterday, IL wgs learned ta.t ~ mas
been decided 10 cont nGo the percentages Ol 0iVi-
sIOls as tlcN ROW ufc. ,,..
At to-day h session tle loiiOWiA- aid4tonil sud-
jecfs viii pc considered;
J. Compictiug thc agreements between terminal
roads at points at whi"l division of trtiic M,
been aud Is to be made. Divisions have already
been agreed upon "a. Chicago, ST. Louis, lntlauap-
oils and Louisville. The division no Peoria has
been referred % the Board of Arbitration No dvi-
eior has as vet been made at rcre HautD, Nucennos
1afavetl e., Toledo, Detroit, Quincy aNd Burlington
Inc representatives. OF tne terminal roads no These
points are iu ar euoauce 40 the present meeting 1OI
The purpose 81 agreeing upon these olvlslous.
ii. Division 0l Nest-1Ouuo unur. kcvilon Wi
the II. Louis Missouri and Texas trailc. DIVISION
Peoria traffic Division 90 West bound iTeilc nom
Buffalo. Division OF tral4c to points west Of the
Missouri Rivor.
III. Considerations OF the means f)r maint tenancC
of passenger rates. the reports iaato 10y the con-
Venton oi the general passenger and ticket agents.
hclG September IL, WlI be submitted 10 the meet
ing ior its action.
Ii IS proposed to hold these meetings of the joint
Executive Committee hereafter on the third Iues-
day ia each month.