, 1880-09-08

iii fring. liz has lssi,vl nrsleys tv all his
engineers and i'renlth TO Use tho titl!oSt caro-
u s!ny an Il gGHfra!y i'fy iste at lass te
sntokc t1nn tl'osc Of roatls tllst allow their
ire1nc!l to fire rs they please. MIR. .Iefcry Is
INV arranging fur II tTij, to Champaign Il.
shaw whut excellent results III thu lnattGr Ut
slIn,ket"Ilsu,nptlon can ~ nccollpllsl!td
With ari ordinary cnglnc when proper caro-
In llrlitg Is ttlkcn.
THE TRUNK LINE 4&GREE,fENT.
Spseiat DspateA Ia Tie Chtcaoo Trbunt.
NEW Yon'z, SvsN. T.-'rhe faet that tho
trunk railroad iincs were cutting rtcs on
New England antl Estr0bc, has been stated.
Commissioner Fink, asked concerning the
matter, claimed lIe lad ilu official fnfOrnltl-
ton TINT rates werc being cut. but afterwards
admitted tint he ltad hGard If "irregulnri-
ties" As ,nattcr Of fact, Mr.. Fink nude
these Irregularities the principal toric 0e his
address to the members Of the t0iMt Exrcu-
tiya Committee OF tie trlttlk-line pool ut
their meeting Aug. ~ md 81. Speaking OH
thts topic he said;
White, the Committee hAs good reason to be
satisfied with The 0rtiurul results obtnlnud tlitr
x ~ Ftns d rs @ Gs tS pf'Gr crsse G
enF1,lngs. rcprrt to have to report ttnt tntcly
some irrcg1l,ariiesin tile maintenance Of thrift
pecially IN export business and live.:stock 70
l,ostnn un,l New England. FtnIng tho trunk
hines hai 9ocoHe pnrties to thasH tnsnshctinns :4
impossible unless tue trunk llncs us unit mt
nniy observe tho themselves hit e1sforcn i
best 10 rugor tho difficulties that hltv1 MrIecn
first 10 the Presidents Of rho trunk lities with
view Of hhrihg them ipply tho correction.
Tho Presidents held Il meeting OH lust Fri
day. III which they agrecd to put MI in'tne-
diato stop tu t,sr irregularities Al,d to CO.
operate hereafter in good fAlth with each
other In maintaining tho established tariffs.
Without absolute reliance upon tho cU-
operation Of tho trunk lines, Including the
Grand Trunk, i'll all matters rcl,iting 10 tic
mntntcnanc Of tariffs and carrying out Of
existing agreements IL would be entirely
useless to make ally further effort Mt
carrying nut the object anA plan Of tic Joint
Executive Committee. a ',Iccting was ltcld
yesterday between the traffic managers Of
tho trunk lines and so,,o OF the connections
principally Interested IN the U0stoM export
and live stock traffic, md such acttnn WIS
taken ,ls It Is believed will shortly remove
existing difficulties, and lead to MI imnled-
! alto restoration OF tnriff rates. This matter
| WAS referred to spuctal committee, who re-
| ported tl,at would bc ''unnblU tU come to
any conclusion until they should receive
"A report from tho Commissioner ms TO tl.a
standing Of the. CONTRACT nude ,,viH tho
ior the shipment e hogs from! Chic,E,. IL
Dos.on. Mr.. l.. Willis, af t!.a Central yur-
mont. protestet! III stormy terms nEnihst tho
acceptance Of this report us M Injustice 10
though thcFo was Il disposition 10 slieise tho 10
offensp, and askcd whether th[s was Il propGt
way 70 trent subject q this kind. IF i
ts," lle said, "we are freq to 20 nut and do
as we please. II We aru 70 understand TINT
ourselves we will try to d., our purt." This
brought out. ~ explanation from Commits:
*!o'ler FI!ik to tue effect That u meeting Of
ii tho question, lid bren held tho 'lay vriot
mud TINT liz action wus "I'lint contracts, II
my existed, silnnsA bn repor;e,}. nn,t TINT tt
trae t state q a.tairs SI,oai b. mn,!S know' ,i
the. lines uggrleyeM should hold q laeelllg
nnl ascertain II the mischief that has
heen nt aoIe en- be N,,nr; rG;mefllcd, au nnd 4 4
tcn.ats Of the otlier roa's. A1r. Fink prom
lsel tint us soo. ~ he sf,ould receive thu IL.
ports from tho different reads In, would eall
thnt meet'nS togeths,r aK"i aI tl9 Trnn!i
tee of tho Joint Co'nmittcc, would suggest
protection Of NIL parties. lle could not Rtt
W!ta elsa could be dans a. tl1at ;me 81 ~
could 6o atliilstetl. He tlgfefury llOpc,l the
meeting would 10 satisfied with the actlo,
tukeu.
Penn @ G. aa aan|t .s' 9t The s I.' Wa's' ST IT,; Ioa' q,
Joint Executive Committee might be all0wes
to EXPRESS their opinion on tho pr0pt'ety vi
one Of w Eastern trunk lines maklng aeon
Iii, FlnE responded that rs yet he l,atl III
! official inf1rtnlt1nn I'M to win WHX tIp RI