, 1880-02-17
rho Next Meeting Of the High
Joints" to Be Held In
This City.
Several Knotty Problems to Come
Up for Discussion by
That Body.
western Managers Trying to Stop
t1e War OH Missouri Pas
sengcr Rates.
lr rmnortant Decision in the United States
- Circuit Court at Indianapolis.

THE HIGH JOINTS.
mn trunk Limo managers and Commissioner
w. hnyc eyidcntly became alarmed that tho
,.xn ,.s,c,,on and f!isco.itcntcd feeling among
w.s,s,,, roods might result In tho disruption Of
,hs east.tound pnoling arrangement or clso
tncv vo1,Id mt huyc drci'lctl to h0ld tho next
wccttoe Of the High Joints in this city. Tho
nsonorra of tho nlas hnye lust boon n0ttfetlb by
Commissioner Fink TINT tho High Joints will
1,ect here on tho 26th Of this r1nnth THIS de-
r,+o, on tho part Of tho trunk lines has taken
thn western managers by surprise, rs It tndi-
c,,es dlsnusttoh on tho pArt Of tho Eastern
mn naonntcs 10 he Ices nrDitrlry than they have
,s hsen heretofore. Tho rcgu1ar rh,co Of meeting
n tho "EIigl, Joints" Il New York, and tho
.,,,r4 nroyl.lo that tho Commissioner shall
sct and yute for nny rad not represented.
MI, WORKED well enough ns long rs tho
. majority nf tho Western managers went to
Nav TURK to Nttcnd to these meetings, md
Commissioner Fink in.a to VT fur n few ron.ta
hcuuc dsKiistch with tho Why III which tho
rink r. lncs were conducting things, nn thcre
foyc, hive refused tu Ko to New York once
eyery month to atte' IT, tio liiK joint meet. :,
attended by the EaatErn managers, md Cnln-
missioner Fink would INT tHkG tho rcspttisil,l-
iy to net for ul tho Western lines, especially as
lions. Matters hnyu bccNmc 10 much eoinplt-
called Of lae MI recount Of tho shnrp practices
IT tnnlo of thu southwestern ron,is, and tho re.
ra rates "a "a he s tho Wes,ern roa,is 1t till poi.,t IN
rettlng r0om for tholr business, TINT
.ho trunk lines havo t!nnlly become con-
vfncct that something = necessary y to bo dune
from going to pieces. Az iilo Western nlI'agers
refused to ~ to them Mt NUw fUrk, they bud to
make the concession nf cunning to ChIcng0. A
1T
tho trunk lines To prevent tho p,ol fn'tn bcfng
abroxutttl, md for tlil5 l1ilson they will no
doubt olFer ,.fnccss!ons tn tho Ch!caHo lines.
ii csst-boantl freight rates, This concession III
cssciltuIly necessary to tho wcf'lre of tho Vest
ern ro',ls Mt this point. rs tcIr business y1n Chi
sso sran lbs hnHy nsy cSS " s e. p 5 s nwnS t.,
will mt hnrmnnlzc nlattcra. There Ia cOt1sdgr-
able lll-fceing and discomfort Expressed regard.
ing tho divisinn of tho crlst and weat bound
different compelling points. 20 fur tho pooling
thsss wes,ssn p1Ints oIly, while the other
poo refuse to curry II Into effect bccl,to tl,oy
Will not submit to tho percentages nwlIrt.sl.
The roAts which llnvo thug fhr carried out tho
pooling, arrangement now demand tlat the pool.
from other pnts tEinll ut Otcg g1 into effect, or
elsc they will bo compelled to trcak lip tliulr nr-
rngcnellt rs ttry can stand tho competition
10 longer. Besides THO percentages of the runsls
70 the completion of tho Grind Trunk extern
Grand Trunk IL to DO admitted into tl,o
Il tho east boun1sf Il business, or ''wii1h wiiether
this lIno should be considered IN outsider and Il
sRht made upon 1t. Tho Gn.nd Trunk would
P:esey SR a@p, ss pnS 1Syds @ as L VII VII Sysn af ta
ely charge mitch moro thnn the trunk lincs
El bc willing to give, It is hnrdly probable that
r., w jotn ts nooi; From ths Il Ga po seen
a'tG Will 10 highly itnr0rt!nt one and that tho
future o1istence Of the pool Will depend upon
ta action.
WESTERN PASSENGER WAR.
Tho General Managors md gDueral PASSENGER
Agents Of tho rontls ccntcrlng In this -oity held
another meeting at tho Grand Pacific yesterday
for tho purpose Of taking t1lrthor acttun rrgarls'
Ing tho restoration of rNtcs from, this o!ty to
Missouri River points nnd points in Kansas
and Colorado. Besides those prcscnt Mt
tho meeting inst Saturday, 1fr. 8far-
Tin IiugGitt, Gcnerul Manager Of the
Northwestern, WIS also present. Hut another
drawback to tho transaction OF business pro-
tented Itself, owing to tho absence OF MIR. 4. st.
John, General Passenger ind Ticket Agont of
INC Rock Island. who WIS prevented from Mt
lending on account Of sickness. As bfr. st.
1ohn'a presence WIS deemed essentially neccs-
sarr to tho adoption Of nm ngreomcnt for tho
maintenance Of rutcs, another adjournment wns
had until Wednesday Mt II Il. m. Although tho
foads DO In no wise aprrovo Of tho ptau for an
assceHleHt proposed by the Nock Island, namely,
nut tue rites be restored, and that any tickets
Issued after date Of agreement ahall be 70.
y ..seemcil, less commissions to 6e agreed upon,
!ae tekcts now In hlnds Of 6cMlpers not to ID
svo w w. na yst + y peneq tn1 tho
u0n9. Thu ErGnt objection to thu nblye tfl1u