, 1881-08-18
,,,,.o. Conference at Springfield upon
WV IN Rovjsed Tariff Of Maximum
Charges.
q. Railroad officials Object to the
a'' Proposed Sweeping Re- =:
ductions. -
,,,ors to the East and Wars to
the West. ..
MIN t,rand Trunk stiil Doing n
49, Rushing Business.

Water Routes; in Eutope-A Visitor
and, a Barber:
80 1upoRrA,N.r CONFERENCE.
AZ s...I,t pI,pa,eA to Ths Ch4cueo 1ftbtne.
e,n'x"p,Erp, ILL.,, Aug. l7.-Thc most I'm.
-e." ..", r.,,road conference ever held In t)lls
r." ..ta too,x p1act to.dny between tho Kali
osasp pron,,ntsso,ters and tho following gell-
spaa .,.v rs,,rcsentlng tho roads named: j. G.
rMaS1n,In. q. II. Cl,apef, ailtl james Smith,
lsIl Nv alto1,:. Marvin llughitt md II. q.
sr,.lsr =. M nj tl,e Northwestern; JOHN @. 0@ult,
"'sHIi ~ Rini and {,corgo II. Daniels, Of ti.o
a: A,aS,si,. ~ i, i. Ripley. Of the Burlington:
Il L, Cable and W! NJ. Sage, NJ the ltock
isaud; j. +. Tucker, Of tho Illinois Central;
% i;rorgc Olds. Of tho Milwaukee, Il Vt: Paul.
Eyer since the ADJOURNMENT or: tho LegEs-
,,nre the Cols1alssinncss l'avo been
# work revising, the tariff OF 1878,
~d lit this they wcro very
,nmch spurrc.l on byttllo pressure OF public
on,ulon growing nut Of tho Investigation at
TN commissioners, By a c0inllitte OF tho
senate I'm Inst wintur. While this Investigation
exonerated the Commissioners from any
y wtIful neglect Of t,,ity, the Committee III
snbstnnco recommended olango In policy
~ % tha Commissioners, ,a1td II revision Of the
frpIalt scheutea, which by tho general pub
IL wcn regarded as lnIltctiug OIL tito pro.
drecr and tho consumer higher rates than tho
r,eat hulk Of the products Of the State wuro
ahe to bear. During tho past two
n'ouths tho Commissioners llave received
deputation representing nil sorts Of l,lnl1u-
facturIna and other industries, WHO ilavo
.et foth facts md figures tending to show
th.t Il. without reduction lii tue rates it
would % 1mposo'oio tos uIo'n W eo"u.'.s .'".s
their business ata living profit aid compete
with localities favored with n keen cUlnpetl-
t,on IN fretaht ratos. either Of n local chnrnc-
~ vu =. ~ onts;an HG tha iimlts If tia Stale.
It early became known to tle fallfoad man.
a9erstha the Commissioners In tho!r revised
sehetllo would make radical rctl,tc-
t,nn; M that of ism. wtiel, Ilus been
noa " saa. .,noa ~. 1p'' TO-" fnrao % uy fnr % tha
msteight years. It was not, however, made
apparent until a few days ago TINT, tho TO-
dn.tIon would hn If n s,yianinp churncter.
sIs.,Ga pa,Is,v o,nnIov6a acented ia ott,e from
.iaT ndi and tha spot Brotherhood Of Raiiroad En-
x!nesss sent n deputatlon to wait on the
SnmmIsstoners to nrotost against the coli
se..s,.saa oJ;ooI -adncttor m tha vronnl
snplaea Iaaca. teaacs,on' 9.e o aae fsoup .t.a
that In mo eycht OF Us ehlofceH'ont' ny tio
Commissioners here 1t would be such q re-
tduction III tle earnings Of the railroads. as
would C. compel them 10 cut 'down: tho
pay Of a1l classes OF employees PROV.
aby,>~to figures boloW & tho - absolnte
cost Of living. This doputaHon, which WINS
headed hy Arthur. tho Culef at tho Brother
hood ro.a,,o,1 rnsroo+f,,I henrt,r and tho
tGeI ieSvi.s9 aei. t.ei :'t 1..a a.o
sldesaslon tic arguments advanced In behalf
Of the cInp]oyes, I - F>
st diiYprent tln,ea f7nrtno the nast ian f1nts
Asuu.o'Sa1 .i.es n .au1h M,o paos WI s
ofMo weeks tae commissioners nave oeea
individually Informed by managers OF tho
big railroad corporations In the State that
beiore tle ravfsnti toriff was formally unrcpd
;non hnv @ so,,I vo,,sI ;xo ~ on,;orin,iv ~ h1
speu lnes Wouu !'ae a'l opportunity W ~
heard, as they had several. cogent reasons to
offer why tho schedule should not be re,
quced In taa radical mauner conteul.
nlated mo ras,,,t - +hnaa .d,.yoran,
conversations was tho selection Of to-day
N the t!ma for holding general conference
a which! the railroal officials should pre-