, 1881-08-11
The Freight Thrift Adopted In
June to Go III Forco
Again Aug. 22..
Mo Representative of the New
York Central Present at
the Meeting.
1mportn,lt Convention Yesterday
Of Western Passenger
Agents.
Railway Building In 1owa-several
important Projects.

Important Projects.
President Bonds Views on the Con-
dition Of the Reading Road.
MEETING OF THE HIGH JOINTS.
sptetai Dispaieh to Ths Chicago Tr.bttnt.
New yoRx, Aug. lo.-Au Important moctlnK
OF tho Joint Executive Committee Of tho Trunk |
Line Commission. was hold In tho ollltu OF 1'oul-
Commissioner Fink this morning to co,,silur
tho recent cutting Of freight rates from tho !
West, md IL soc II aotno n9rentuent could nat |
TO ,.,ae to resloro tho tariff to It's orlgin' hss
Mt tho tlmo when tho wlr between tho Eront |
trunk lues to tho West began. Tho Incet- |
Ing WAS held u, tho suggestion of
Commissioner Fink. who wrote to tho uEccts Of
Mi tho roads Interested requesting the!n to as-
somhlo 1T hIs nI1co and discuss tho situation. III
response to this Invitation. twenty-five ropro-
scutlltlrca or Tho railroads. Over whuli westerns
bound freight Is Transported from this city mot
In Mr.. T!nk's ot1lco, Nh. at8 Broadway. ut 1850
this morning. Among them woro Mr.
U. n. Creighton, Of tho Pennsylvania
road; vice.presislont q. 1t. blanchar1,
nutl Mr. Wins, tho Freight Agent OF tho Nuw
York, Lako Erlu Il Westrrn; II. II. Smith,
Freight Agent of tue Baltimore & Ohio: Mr.. II.
Il. Lcdyarl, Of the Michigan tonsrAl: ind Mr. j.
G. Gnult. OF tic WubAsh. 81. Louis & raoltle
4QD 0uIy EEGAt lrllsk tHlu uAFlH8 " AeEHtlAAo III
t,ils city which was not rcprosentGdnt tho meet"
ing WINS tho Now York Central. tho road which
Is ncc,lscd OF having Dcgun tho iRhs
which rcs,tItctl IN wholesale cutting uf freight
rates. Thu nbsDnc0 Ut ahy representative OF
3tr. Vanderbilt WIS commented OH by tho rail-
road mcn as being very HtRniE emit, and III pos
sibly Indicative of tho intention of the New
York Contral' management to hold nloof from,
any arrangement which might bc mndo
| by tho Committee, hut It did hot prevent tho
| meeting from being held. Whun tho railroad
tnagnatcs had assembled. tho doors wcro closed
aud EuAsled by two 6oys, QUO Oil
| tho Inside and otto on tha outside.
From that tino until the adjournment not II
person was ntItnittod, aud tho proceedings wera
Kept US secret us possible. Tic uicctlng was
| cnllel to order by Commissioner Fink, who Is
| Chairman Of tho Committee, ar1 ncarly three
hours were consumed In discussing tho question
before tho Committee Of tho thrift on cast
| bound freight. Addresses werp ,nMtu ty V!cD-
rresdont blanchard. Of tho Eric; Mr. Gnult. nf
tho Wnbnsh; Commissioner Finls, and suvcral
other gentlemen, and tho tcuor Of all WIS to
| about tho sumo elfcct. They I'LL wnutod
TO return 10 tho ul1 schedule fixed
OIL June Ii. which wis arranged on tho
basis Of 20 cents per 100 pounds fur elghth-olass
frotRht froui ChIcngo to thta c!ty Ata o'clock
tho votc was taken II motion to return to this;
schedule. which nus been. cut by al. tAo
ron.,s for ssver.! ;iass NJ, naat, nd - tnS tnS
S $! ;sss i: { ;Ss IA; &
ish 5fS Az s,S Sst # i 2iI ss 7" 3 sSss %Ss,r
ffexs ss %ss %s se asesssd asesisd sf
iii. lisvintt liked uphn lilo sehc,inlue for
Sa fo9ssa Fss sean, Ssp q e at @ss oe
1t Ill Tia ,nastns .ars slsri"ed fro% ComInissonor
FlnE, no Chalr,asm q !ho Co'n,a!ttse, ana tho @
declined 10 Rly1 my Information whatcver.
;rho sohetiule of Juas, +, which q q; e
IS tho Chicago rstes which wsfo ilxed N ~
Us ,eyertS er SSshsa soass scnis ETH. a,s
eemta iiftf anss. % ucrts: f0,,rth eEss. % cos.s;
tSird uiass ID sents secnnd aiass S5 cofts; irst
ass yo IL Sse s a' oy 81 aS q Ss fss nss
a much Is % per Cont eisS.6 oIass ireixht havlas
acc1Sa g lg 20 ~ Sss IT hsGE ~
~ say that % onnI,ke Was ulale n tno rite: r i!
srIGras IL u " n,. 'ro ronrfnr ih1a avnnx tnt
was % ca!IS, % hc saiI, 1t tic sMssastiot, Of the
% trauE iInes. rno tornor waro present, but tic
Nsw YSR Ss .d Y s Hsany sss sns ra af
Fink Wotuis i,n,i M re1,rvsontntiycs presc.,t
hsTg Ws SalX su'H snY aSu ss ts
. thoir action woal;l r. coa{tnsont Upon tha'
o rnIlruui nun woro present; and thoso wart
/ comu,unlcatioa. Of. my. kind vas re-
coivna 5rom Ms. xninInutpl'ts put IT. nsa EG
sshatiowe.; ~" any tptnmtinn an A'~ ,be nart D
!. tho New York Coutral to staud nlo0f from th
Il pool. Tho fnct WIN that cvcryhotly WIS sRts
ned that nolhh9 o0a!u he none s e 70 Rnt ssup
tne infnsrstnst r,,"s. and Elor., wns III, .,sp try
ins 10 do anythIug. ntlsI !, wo relIy did nolhi11
+ ut nll," alr. leslyard added.
Then u ls VT tr.'S a,as sso olu fro'ght'fate
"atS WE hnm no,I W rstnrn thon,2" wus tn,
.eply, It requires thp ananI.nous vote Df d
>. ronts. anl all tho roaIs wernn't thore 10 vote"
IA "Ihcfo were no Vo1ee taRcn " tnt aaeu'
~ mgr, i .,t .,,,.,.,,,.,,. ,,,,
Tho ot,s,ssant 81 tho ronds which wcfo tipt roprt
sontod, and reutly ddlt't anlulnt 10 nnyth!ng.'
!. Then tho meeting yuE IL YAlltrpf" >,