, 1879-07-13


The through rate from Kansas chs
S24.75 The trunk lines at that t;asy
announced that any road violating tI.;o tS,o
rate would not only have to bear all the r4fa INA
tion Itself, but it would be cut off from the in
tercaanse OF business with the trunk lines
agreement, and yet the = High joints, = ths s
Pool Commissioner, and the Great BoarI =
Arbitration all declare themselves noyeriese ~
regulate the Wabash. It is even reported rsss
the trunk lines pro-rata With the, Wabas 49,
the SIG rate. There is some suspicion ar"oas. W
rallroad managers that some kind OF secre; ~.
derstanding exists between Commlssioner finL
and the General Manager Of the Wabash -
the latter Invariably violates the orders of ~
Commissioner, and yet nothing is donet to rim
it. If any other road goes back on the orters y;
the Commissioner it is regulated iorthwi,e1
Maybe the Commissioner acts under ins,rrc1ioun1s.
from the managers OF the trunk lines; bnt =,
long as this is not apparent the Commissnrss
must not complain it he receives all the blarnn
II the trunk lines do not take up the matter Vt
once and settle this matter With the HWTabasb
the most serious consequences mar follov. ms
roads east Of the Mississippi competing With H.
Wabash cannot stand this sort OF business rers
long. The rates now charged from Kans..
City to New York are 53-25 less Than from 4.
Louis and 81 less than from Chicago, II.
rates. from the latter tTo points caunos b.
maintained If those from Kansas City are nor
restored at once. Besides, it this matter i
rl0"ea y doubs t. Eat g. on all the Esssa a9 sss
pooling arrangements will 60 to pieces, for Tia
managers in the West will no longer submit to
the dictations OF Commissioner Fink and TIL
trunk-Gne managers u they are unable to eu-
force their mandates upon road like the ia
BASH. The Trunk Line Commissioners and Tia
Board OF Arbitration cost the roads over S1O1-
100 year, and yet the railroad business Is lust
as pnsettled, and the rates just as mixed, as he-
fore these hfgh-priced REGULATORS +" Eere an.
pointed. It was reported last evening that iii
the roads east from Kansas City have met the
rates made by the st. Louis, Kansas Ctr Il
Northern and Wabash combinations and that
some of them were selling tickets rs low as sl5.
The Wabash, not satisfied NTH having demor-
alized the through rates from the East to Kan
SAD City, vent to work and also reduced the
rates from Kansas City to Chicago to 81, By the
Il ssFour-in- Hanln route. This action WAS un-
called for, as the tsFour-in- hund has ali along
charged $3.50 while all other lines charged
$3.50. What it means to accomplish by cutting
the rate on itself, anu making a still further re-
ducton OF S1.50 is hard to see, unless it Is d.
sire to force the other lines to meet the rates
made by the s'Four-in-H Hand y Line. This, hoy
eYer, it has not accomplished, and is not likely
to. The managers Of the Chicago roads leading
East from Kansas City held a meet
the situation in all its phases, decided t4
fyom the managers of the trunE lines. i1is-
natch yTas sent 70 the mauaeers askinr them n
toEa measnres to have tIe Tabash estonned.
frnm disorrnnizing tie entire Western trzfis.
n,nerw;se Ihev wouln be comnelied tn taks
stens themselves that wonld tend to bring ths
4ssGc Wahssh =. 1erms ~7 wv
"aoA9n ~ ''1tn"'
r.erpoun vprrcrr TR FErc
~. r,"1.:,.5- ~ 1os;-s. -: +-a.. ~ .;,1 -
!. Lie foaos 1eaonss 1<ae] Aona 1'tts e'15 a'o
doing much smaller business now tnan they
had. been doing before the late advance in rates,
vent into effect Trfs alnost hevond comnre.
,....,. ..a+ =. n;o-~ ~ +1,s foct tbot tho. ~