, 1881-08-23
by tie railroad compan'cs, and It may ho
years hefore tho questions rnisct will DO
1lNAlly pussrtl upon by the courts.


actfon regarding tic ult!hMtlln tn tnH East
erE trunk lines that unlcss they lay ,ip
shortages, rebatcs, commissions, etc.,
clnlncA TO 10 duo to tho Western Inns OIL
OF before Sept. ], 1SSl, tho interchange Of
rnsscnger business between tho Western mil
Eastern llttcs viii coife TO nj end rho let
tor 10 tho Eastern lines giving tho ultimnt'sln
WIS drawn sup Mt meeting hold nbont n
week or two ago, allh WIS published lii full
In TIE TnnUNE Mt the time. 'flo letter
was to have been forwarded at the time. but
Information wns received that tho trunk lines
were preparing memorial settling forth
their st,lc Ut tile case, mud 1t was slucllcIl
to Withhold lllo lettar giving tho ,tImutum
few days nRo the COMMISSIONER received tho
memorial. but 1t was signed by tho Eflo t'e,-
pte Unly, md contained nothing except re-
Iteration Of thu argument 1tlatle DY ALT. Ap-
bott, of tl'e Er!c, = i.,ectnE '!Sid ~ tis
Central md baltimore Il Ohio l.naas, whtc'.
nlso rUfllsH To submit IL rules uf the AssU-
eAtfoll. gave no sign of life: Tho exi!al'.1-
t!ot of The Eric was tleetne,!. unsatisfactory.
fully, il was decided to- iut tic tling rest u
few days. ~ the tnectlng yesterday II wis
found t!mt a!l those preseilt were IL favor Of
letting the ultmat.ln 90 forward I,t once. ns
l,a!i aiy lntention Of making II settlement
therefore signed by ali the n,qmbers If ii,o
ASSIMILATION, and thn Commissioner was
Eastern trunk llnes Win have rcfuspti
Now York Central. the Eric, Md thq pal,l,;
nioru & Ohio. This pcnlsylvamtn Railroad
ntens s sts CannissIoer IT. e II Sxo. il aseolalco e
witt, his instructions, forwarded tho letter,
registered, BY the inst express yesterday nft-
Crn0oll. Tie UrecnuttoM Of Registering tho
stss w. teEs @ to eEa my
tho trunk ltres contlnnc to sell through
tickets after tic dnto named in tic ulti-
inatuul. It h,ls been decided by the
So!rts ou tnt when roG proMr 'rt Iotisn ti, nn nf
interchange business with connecting
line, aucl, road Is not responsible to tho
1,asscuger. bit the line which sold tho ticket
as to foot tlle ~. is.t t. It call BE- soWl, ,t VI.
connecting line. the other roatl must tinnDr
tic ticket aud curry the passenger through.
IN order to make sure that t'le Easlerl,
lines cannot resort to the plen that they
llAve been, rcElstelrtl As this lIIntter Is
llkUIy tU bring OH illust serious complications
between tilt. Eustern md Western lines. 1t
will bo well to rcleat tue most sa'lnns tcAt-
that Stnce March,, 1bs0, the railroad coiilpa-
iltes forming the Western Trunk Line Pns-
sunEer Association liaye been endeuyoring to
Induce !',e New York Central, Erie, ald Dal-
,.l,t1 cease making deductions for commissions
Oil second ailu tliirtl-clnss business sold an1
repurteA by thom to tho Western trunk
ltties. They llavo pcrsfssently refused Or
tsss eeesss eS 1sss9s md d avs 9 s e
ntihcrel TO their unauthorized deductions.
Now, unless they agreo Oil or before
Sept: !, 1881, t3 pay oyer 70 tho
,ebutes, commissions, ui!d ,aiI ottor desi'.c.
tIons tint llnve been made from the rites. ar
their companies to The Western companies,
sds II s ~ 1s ne e s sf Sn ssS
], 1851, they must wlthdrnW FROM sate and
CEASE selling my md a!l tickets over any,of
the lines i, tl!e. Western ASsociatiot,: Thy
east of, hut not Including, The lines Of lll0
ChlcnEo &.AltOit nre not tIelildetl III this
with each a1,l all Of those co,hnanes before
my of them chi, accept any Ticket Of tue
roads In tho Western Association. except
the lines 'tb0ve mentioned: as ~ the e0l'l-
gpefM g Il ontE tH a AssoqSn aS a n''ss Hst s
n0tiel TINT ui.tess they agree, on Or beforo
Sept. /, to SETTLE the amounts, a'd 80 notify
AIR. W. II. Dix0ii, tho Cnnt'htsslanur Of The
Association, tle Western trunk lines will dc
cline to rccctvc their tickets for passengers
from aud after that date.
This .llfl!culty Is u most, serious ane. and
tllrentttis tp RESULT III q disastrosls war @ W.
tween tic Eastern and Western ltlscs. Tho
Eastern rgat's viii no doubt try, TO bri4g tl,o
Western lines to terms by sending NIL their
business over The lkpck Islaiat, wllIeh does
not butol,g to the Association. and tho Wester,,
llnes will retalfats by, sending ail their
nrrana IN unr]r IN l,nrfnnnv with lin Wnst-