, 1880-11-17
Annual Inspection Tour of the Officers
Of the Pennsylvania Company.
Tho War Between Tho Western Roads
Shows No Signs Of Ending.
Gath Gives an Idon Of Jay Gould's
Pecuniary Strength.
4 Contract Signed by Tho baltimore & Ohio Which
ifil earry II 10 ItT yors.
Effect Of The Southwestern Passongcr.War on
Tho Eastatn Business.

EAST-nOuND HATES 1sESrOnED.
Tho General Managers ahl1 General Passenger
Agents of the ron.1s leutlfng east from this e5'y
held n M,cctlnR Inst evening Mt tho 1rand Pacific
Hotel Tor tho purpose Of tNking aOrnr Nctt0n re-
Enrf.ng the disturbed condition nf t,lst-lnlind
pnescilprr rites. Thero wcro present j. n. Me-
Cnllough, Vfcr-lres!dent. ars +. II. Myers, Gcn-
crnl Passenger AEenf, Pennsylvania Enlnpnny:
! II. u. Lc!ynrt! General MHt,apcr, and II. e.
Wentworth. f7cncraE PASSENGER Agent. Michigan
Ccntr1tl; John Nswci1, md W, T. .l0hllao!, 3cn~
! crnl Passenger Agent 1.ako Shore & aichtEnn
! Southern; e. u. Peck, Grnernl Manager Chicago
& gvnnd Trunk. Mr.. Dnvcnltix ntra Mr.. SHUT
tick, Df tho New York. reIInsyiynnh & Ohio
1IRilr,md. wctN nls, Invited to l.r present MS tho
representatives Of tho Erie s. ChcnEo lInr.
but were nnnhle to nttcnh. Mr. +. it
Myers. If .hclpEishurr. Fort Wayne s. Ch!ragn.
, A.ywuver. hn bcep instructed, hy Mr.. Devcrnux
tn act for the l:r!t: & Chcngu Line. The n,ect-
lug nstc Until after lu o'clock r. H.. nlltt utter
adjournment 1t wns nn,lau,ccd that It l,ad hccn
agreed to stop tho cutting Of cnst-ll0nnd rites.
and TIL hnt utter this Enor1ttnB accept nnth!nK
less thnn tito rcattlnr schedule rates, OIL tho
hnsts Of S.0 fsnn Chichg0 III New York. For
como SIX mnnt.,s or nnro tho runts lending cast
hnvo been cutting rites MID Tor more thnn
mouth pnst tickets chtl'tl be purchased Mt all TITO
regular tcltct-ttl'ces Of Eastern rontts tu East-
crn seab"nEtl points at reduction Of - from
rcgiInr rntcs. All efforts thus far tnutc to atop
, ..'o ,"'''o ~, , t"s vi. "seo. .,', ". n'''' u
Th Tmni'Es Ill., ns'"rm thtcoun INC nm t'o Ind fs; H.
i,ri,n,l , Trunk Z. ,a e!ai,sed ,1e rT'yllexe
Stld t' no; M uliow ths cHacs.sit, I'M! es'a,c1,de
lint thtso rt'nas mist e.'ar9e tull .s'tes and
ks a.r E s ses 1 m 'neS etcS w trr ~ scs O.
Mntic,s gradually grew wortc md VERSE a,,i
If urlst-hnt,,rl rnlcs sl! further It was decided
10 eshr,cG slr "pn'r'Mnltyof ~. Mecu!!alsKs,';
n QftIrI
ares to frerrnt tho Western lines frs,M forclnY
!he Eastern ones snto , the war now hoIng 'vagcd
fuiv dIsenssc md Ill wcro II tho aplni that
decisive hteps wcro ncrcssgry 10 to taken Ut
eSsa .s;ss ihs fs!'rsssso'atiyes n t q .so Esks
: ttoy were fully .nti*trd Tint they wire t,elnE
. cut BY thc Erie & Chcngo Line md tho Grand
Trunk, rhp f"presentatiy,f;; of tl,e MiehiEa.
= s tse 81 sa sss 7 ay s
aud II tic New York r,,a,ls would aErcn 10 rs,in.
tatn 'ss Tey rad sr'ysn
aerccn,ct,ts. Tho Furt Wayne pcopie claimed 10
ven ee md ,o re s s WITH i,,hyr nr 1r
ot INC Eris 4 ChIc.Kt, Line: - the aKrcnmont. is
way" n s sss "st for as tSs Sow 2F
nction Eo chose md. II Tint rontt wfttiJ nit
nbl1u by bis action, tho Fort Wnyuc. forming II
part Of tho Eric & Chieatro line co,Ill forru tl,o
t,tfer rontis III thur iiMn to t,ul,.taiu tho rntrs
fi,ni Er,rt
]'eopo isn'Illy AGREED to hGs.l thn Eric 4 Chehgo
nn .ug nr,s " % vi" H. H. , s. III IT,
rctiIinr rtfes III, n!f I,sit1nss orcr their ronT
Mr. c. II. Peck, OF Tho ChlcuEo s. Grand Trunk,
sAi! ID Tar rs big line was concerned tu
,suG Munla aee tnai tno reRt,ar tArla fAtes
by nil th.,sn nrrssnt IN AIM fhn c.ittJnr n1r
Of rates. uni On mid after this mnrnnF
chlrgg thn fun tariff rites orcr all tho lines
NJ enA' 1nnso enas tfnl ~. Louis aRfe9 20
mi" i, I'm ,.,,t r"t". WITH" m % thotr .;r
cnnnctloi,r, but charge In every instuuco thoir
full proportion OF tho regular rates.
ANNUAL INSPECTION TOUR.
; Tho oIlcor1 n1,t Directors Of tho rcuuByIvnnin
nniIronu Tcmnnnv mn, Innn.,.i,.nfin f,o,,,on,.