, 1881-02-02
THE RAILROADS.
More in Name than In Fact ls
tho Eastern Pool.
Tho Game Of Freczc-Outns M Played
by Could lii Missouri.
Very Close Equalization Of Traffic in
the Southwest Pool.
Satisfactory Settlement with the 1ndians by
tho Chicago & Northwestern.


TIE EA9T-EDUSD POOL.
Tic equalization Of business among tic
lines leading East from this city In accord
aico with the roolng agreement continues
tt ho n hard job. In fact no equalization Is
lnatc Mt NIL, aud each road gets alt the b,lst-
ness 1t can, just as If no pooling ar
rnngetnent existed. The statements pre-
pared by Capt. Alexander MAckay, Of the
Michigan Centra1, show that some of tho
ru;tds nrc fur atleal Of ttcIr regular percent.
ages. while others arc fur IchIlld. The last
since the organization Of the pool, .Itne o,
1874, the overs aud shorts Of east-boand trnic
were rs follows: Michigan Central, s,,urt,
1880 tons: Baltimore j. Oliio, short,
0,oW tons; a,d Chicago IL Gru,ld
Trunk, short. :4.s0t tons. Lake
SI,nre, over, 25,st0 tons; Fort Wayne,
over, t+,797 tons. aild Panhandle, over, Ii, lu3
tons. 1t will be seen TINT not onc Of the roatls
comes anywhere near tic allotted percentage,
--tl!e5 are either largely ahead or largely be-
hind. 1t will l,o doubt create surprise tfIut
the Chicago IL Grand Trunk shows Short
age nf near1y 81. 000 tons since 1t joined tho
r0ul last summer. TlInt road demanded 70
per cent, claiming to be well able to carry
that amount Of tic cast-bou,tt business from
this city. 1t was finally Induced to accept 10
per cent, and oil that percentage 1t has nj.
ready fallen behind nearly 5000 tons. This
r0ad will flaye to do Il good deal better here
after # 1t wnnts to convince the other ronds
Tint 1t is entitled 10 more t!lar 10 per cent OF
tt'e east-bo1lnd business from this city.
Altogether thu east-bUllml pool frUm this
city Is virtually n dead letter. and none OF ils
provisions arc observed except TINT of tlluA-
lfE 1nify rcpNrts to Commissioner Fink Ut
th1 amount of business shipped. As fur t.s
cnn be learned nuile nf the r0!tls are cutting
rates, but thls Is mot due to the pool, but to
tile fact that tll tht rDntls hive thus far this
WlHtgr lllu rs much busIItgss hs they
could take care 1T. Should business gct dull
and there De plenty Of empty cArs stumbling
lille iii Tie yards, tue roads. nr ut least sOnIa
Of them, would not hesitate fur 2 moment to
cut the rates. Tho competition between the
yurious roatls setnui1ls nj Itctye rs ever, mud,
as was recently shown by Commissioner Fink,
y tlne 70 tlu iuct that the business froni
Detroit, between tile three Cn,l.tln ronds,
And from Huffalo between tho two New
York ronds Is not pooled, md therefore the
Canada lines alL the New York lines come
Into this market n1ll get all the business they
cAt, aild thus paralyZu tile pooling arrange
tnehts from this city. Commissioner Fink
Inns made efforts fur sonse t[,nu p;Ist tU ur-
ra1lEe II meeting between the various routis,
md inunCe tEeln to nrrnngu lWU1s from Ue-
troll, bltiltlo. md other connecting points,
rs well ~ from Initial Western polnts, but
bring the managers together to ngreu upon
s.lcil Il Achcme. Unless he succeeds In thls,
the pOnls frnm Chicago, st. Louis, aud other
Western points might MS well be abandoned,
as II Will not he possible to inlke tllCu Of any
value as NuW arranged.