, 1880-04-09
THE RAILROADS.
Reorganization OF the Central
Rate Association.
Consolidation OF Atclison g. Snntn Fo
Branches with tho Nlnim Line. +
Mammoth Stock Operations Of tho New
York Central Syndicate.

AAh OeAuh~A ~ AAAN*ssos
CENTRAL. nAr1, ASSOCIATION.
spssta. Dtspaseh to TAs Chicago Tribune. q
1NDrANAroLls, 1n,l., April 8.-Tho meeting
Of the Centrnl lsate Association Mt the 1scw
Dents0n Hotel ttttlay WINS largely attended,
and WIS very unanimous In Its work. II IL
composed Ut tho r1.tlrUntls uniting the East
rri, trunk lines with tie trahs-Mlsstssippf
system, md It'll object Is to maintain tho same
rnte for freight from New York that IS
charged FROM tho Western tern,lni OF the
trunk lines. Notwithstanding several of the
grcnt corporations, notably thu Illinois Cer-
trnl and tic l.aku Ertc s. Western, ltavo
withdrawn frum the combination, yet tl.tse
present to-dny were unanimous for colltilu-
Ing the organization and maintaining theg
fsfs Fsst tai5 xgynt 'stes n WaSas SSs a acnssf a
q t!le Toledo, Peoria 4 Western,
Wabasi,; jal,,es Sini!iti, of the Ghicago - l.
Alton; Ii. &. Dplil, of the indianapolis,
Bloomington i Western; ai!i W. Rhodes, II
the vAiltlA!ia Aside from those mentioned,
the following representatives weru present:
JOHN G. .Gnnts, Nsneral Manager of tho wy
hash; j. i. Clifford, ffnvnlla,- 1eantuul Il
Eastcrn; H.. J. l'aEn anil j: n. Jol.tlsal,, Cir
"nat sarN l. lnsa,Gp sa,Hrs r. aaas 9s GD!lenfa Dsea
y Sprtnglietd;, j. 9: Rupert, Champaign,
llayann u Western; 3. !. Matthias D4nylile
\ o sSt!weistsFn; T. III o Sa"e4 ,rs'r sSr,a.
!SK TrRc Naassr SnsxsS"}ltS iiiinos 4 ilian; . J.
Lazarus, General Agent indianapolis Ss st,
Louis 'rle Association adjourned ~ ,ieet
IL Chicago, ut tlo Grand pucttlc Hotel,
Thursday, 18th Inst
Tho Central Rate Association held meet
ing at indianapolis yesterday fur the purpose
Of considering measures looking towards the
further continuance Of tho organization.
This Association WAS formed about six
months ago by tho ronds from Interior points
IN Illinois md Indiaua for tic purpose Of
maintaining nrbttrary rates from sich local
pnlnts OH Enstern through business. insteatl
of prorating will, the trunk lines, rs Ilns been
tho custom. BY tho proratIng arrangement
tho roads from interior points got but little
of the profits of the business, most Of 1t g0tng
into the pockets of the trunk lines. Tho new
scl1cme was not Mt ali agreeable to the trunk
lines, the profits Of which were thereby grcat-
~ REDUCED, aild they left nothing undOne to
throwing all possibls obstacles IN lis
MMy ThHs tliey s''cfse!lf!i s a, IN iRH@,cing RHn,aa
md ether rm!ls, to g0 back on the agreement
md restore the prnEattng SYSTEM. rs fur us
they were conGernel. TIE trunk lines were
ing Tint tic iIaio Association coultl not be
longer kept up. or ntnimtalnetl. Tltey will,
l!owevcr, feel disappointed, for the Assoeia-
tton means to stick together for q willie
longer aid try to rcorEst,,Izo on 4 now pla.l
TINT will le ,0rc satisfactory 10 nll the roatls
Interested. Those present at tho n,crting
yesterday were unanimously OF the opini9n
lint they catlllot nl[0rtt to prorato with tho
trunk lilies, and tint they ought TO continue
to exact arbitrary ratcs OH their snre Ut tte
| business, The following prtvAN1 uSpntCh
received last evening tells the story Of the ac-
u'rl,c T,ntn AssnciatIon held n harmonious
a.reci,1x tu 1lantuIn tlla prssent tartff Easl
vii viii 1,rnt ut t,hicaE%S, % ~, ti,o i5tI al this
n,n,,t entf I'll, mt Il IN ,r,,ri, hottcr shsmo
ti,n,, Il i,ns nj h.a,, in W.at"rn r,y,ts rni'.
nnt nrnrnfn md live ,rhnra IL not shnnr,,
nmn,,ri II, ti,a hnsinnss fnrtiis vrt X. o'''
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Ihe annual meetli!K OF tne stocRholaers OF
branch of Baltimore l. Ohio) was held ut the
Palmer House Yesterday. Mr.. Dnniel A.
| Jones was elected Chairman and Mr.. j. Hope
Sutor acted as Secretary. A. largo majority
Of the stock wns represented, mostly by
proxy. Tho election OF Directors for the ell.
suing year resulted as follows: John King,
Jr., william Keyser, G. II. Hudson, j. Il.
Cuwcn, Col. t}eorge II. Dennis, Jam es Walsh,
| John Tyrrull. NpldOll LliuingtOEl, and d. A.