, 1881-11-09
No Likelihood Of the Abolition
of Commissions.
The Competing Lines Do Not Meet
the Increase on the Wander
bilt Roads,
Temporary Percentages Fixed On
tor the Southwestern
Roads.
A Pooling Arrangement Botweon tho
Baltimore Il Ohio and Adams e.
press Companies.

PIo" oolupaalas'
t.u ai,v,,rl,rd,
,r,,o ,,oyo,,,n,,f ,rj,t.l, lna luio, hc,,, ,,n,v
~ I =. ,, , " "sfarn @ i, , thn pu''' ~, .sa'."r s"
m !" ua's ;t,t Mvt. ,si1 .1, ~ ..u ,ssensut
tou, l3ycry likely to prove Il failure before
tho meeting called Nv Commissioner Dixon
nns M t,knn pincr ilEa Mi previous nttrm,ts
to stop tho payment Of commissions TO Ticket
agents and others fur the snle If tickets, this
otc meets tho strenuous oposttion OF !, ,,,u-
hnr nf 1,nd,ng rnntls .ytt,,nmt ,yl,,sn nsslst.
o"ne o". ~ ~ .s r,rs as' ' ., tr ~ ,'
"hce ttle lelolt1i e"hhot ao l''"ae' 'ol IN iol's
NJ these roatts continue to pay commissions
their cu,npetitors, By nbotls!lng tho systpn.,
wnuttI ,psa ,uucl of ttotr business. Tlc
t:ro,,d trr,,r,s o;,,l 1;r, ,,,vo n,s;tvrt,, m.
lluu1ccd tint tcy will tnkc l,ars I'll 1lo meet
Ing tint las for It's object tho ubOlt-
| ttun 1T tho commission, Systrul. nIkti
That they will continue to nav con-
missions. no matter wl,at the Other rup,ts
mlrlt tie. THO Cbicuro. Rock Istnnl}
l. Pacific is a1st understood to he opposed to
/ the reform, ald tic Nuw York. PENNSYLVANIA
u Ul'so isns always inyorca tAo e.ii'ililsstoi
sys.e, .,;s Wy !.,,I1;sd wv asa'y e"ec" tS op''o
ijmiler ,Iese circumstances It. is hardly
probable tjlat ito pruposu.l il,ru,EliE to c0i-
sitler the Atlvtsabtlity OF doing nwny with t!io
system u payli,s commissions s. VII @ Ge e ,,t
h,ci:Gnt," ~ -, ,,ncn the,nsaivcs ~. rrrnrtl NJ
harfnw fayi,,rI tle rnft,r,1i for frar tint ttlJ
tickstf agcnts at,d scalpelS throughout ti!e
crfmi,,3t ttn,. @ "ra;met tHans ~ 3''
II !. h"r4II"s nrnI'niis Tint thc nreacnt MI
tr,It tn ,,l,o1sh tll@ svstt.1,, wnulI i,nyt bntn
iaadc ind il Mot been for Tug fact that owlilg
nnn,,,is.s ~ ,,rsvns rre,, i;s,'r.i"m ~,
u,nnw n Ind r,,n'Es Ev..n II ;i,n r,. ~
fnrmi ffns,5 Int %cc,, '"n: nrco,nntshnd II fs
%sLy pr91s , tat y w11 yf u, aSte T,s
t am in.. rntts nun I ss ltn rrtat T. ' .Gnt ns
sot,,, NJ rites i,a,l gone i,n agniIl to scI t}g.
trss NJ ~ IT, mi Tia h,,,1,,,, nj lila n1lhic il,
nuni, II huv, y bne,, il,u,ls,rateI liz n,ost Of tta
nsi WINK '''''o 0ee' '@"'e "'t'se" ~ 0's " >Ao
Ao""7 .-
Tho Incrcnac in 1eutc. aIude BIZ tic
vanderbilt Roads MOI MET By co,nret-
~. Tt',os
TT,t. s Was.,.x,,,,. ...,, .,,.. .,,o 1,.,,,,-
II Mt' sahaerp'lt eSpecte'i thh1 t!e rem.
| sylFAnin, baltimore d Uili0. and Grand
| Trunk Railways would fullow readily the
example Of tho Laku Shore Il Michigan
Sn,,ttnr,, ond Aftci,tcnn f,eutro, RailronLs In
advancing freight rates to the bnsis OF y cents
| OIL grain, aul 10 cents CIT provisions ftu1l
| Chicago 10 Now York. ho was sutlly mis-
taken. None Of tile ro1{ts ,uyc 50 fur fol-
loved the example Of hts, and as far as cat,
bc leart,cd they layc no idea Of doing 10, T)cy
flint, tint n .D-cput rate on grain is as htsh Us
business will wArrAnt, Even Mt tlat rnte
shipments afp very Light II y tile general
t,'h. ~. ~ ~, Ms tns to
In nastbna,l ratcs 10 farc. slli,,nl,,,ts a., th,
lake during thu month Wills navigation Is
still open, SO that the New forl, Central
thay get = " !itlhan at W increased fte =
Hrhi~on G,1D sontnarn 'f ,m'ia hnso nrniact.
will lust them mill tho closo 0f navfgaton.
10 t1lat tho diversion Ut business to tho like
lines will not infect them much. Thu Van-
lghIlt rdatls claim TINT their object III maxi
lng tho. advance was to help their Suw En-.
more freely thNn that to Now York. The
other roads, however, cnlnl TINT nj, advance
Iii rutes CAlInOt help the New EnglnlM bitsi-
ness, ulll shipments to those points vnl,lo
forward no lnoro freely tilnn tlloso 10 other
Eastern points. II tila apt!-vanderblIt rontls
hit roads will mt be able to keep tfla ad-
ynNccd rites very. long, and they WILL be
c0'apullGtl TO c0ine aown nEatii 10 tne saltio
aT a oe9n etan ,omof rS1 suses '"a a1e tn"tse" W
$'' o'''o' '"'s''' -
Tho baltimore l. Ohio md Adams Exs
prcAa Companies Pooling lkecctpts'
S2fetat D'oat:a to tn ch.ea'o ~ Tribune.
bA1TtMola:' MI, Nov 6.-Itefe u r'l'
nsor gaming 6round ll'at the Ataias F'S-
press Company anu the baltlmora q Una
Express eonphhyco''tcinplatoco cohSoilt'atio'l'
al'd their recc'it agreen!ent to pool all rs'
ccyts OIL oysters being sliippetl West, bestl.Gs
norh1,,1r,, mn nthor ovrrnsa c,,orrna h,vo
, eotAo4,!h ~, ~, o"."' oNr1oo ',A'u
| c0usGtl The public IL sslspfcl0si tlMt THIS IL Il
step towards consolidation, Mr. George =.
1;r;',, t.o.,nr,i .fornn,,r ~ t,a t,,,t,,,.,r, ;,
ti!ch. oe"ef"! Ah""Eu1 " lia n"1tt's"lo ~
ohlo EXPRESS Company statett to your cor
respondent iii regard to the matter that the
present arrangement butwcen tho colnpa Miss
l,ud m,ly bcel, ,natu to nyoltl thu I,nllserlmt.
"tn ,u u,t;,ng ~ rats. i i,v tn na.,ts ~ 1mti
rn,,nnins resutiuIr In ,,,t.rntItnhft, b,istm,,ss
/" i,atl!' II remarIi to " TIC uooiIns of ra,es'
In sii tha co,,,n,,,fss lind ~, lin nf ct,l,.
sni,Intinn :ri"vS Inti "t.re. M r. ,,nntniu
ros ~ In cst"Iil,st.sl @ i,v i nunrs ~
tta tw. cn,n,,mi"s' md in+ H,,vs, m .,n,.,In
~ ~ tn ni,,s,s ~ in.t 'sT Vrr Win n" M rntrs hs
exnress M wero bulow tte ordinary frcIrj.t ra,,.s