, 1881-11-04
The Vanderbilt Fast Train Will Meet
the Pennsylvania's, but Not
Beat It.
Last YEARS. Business Of the Mill
waukcc, Lake Shore -
Western Road.
Report of The Wisconsin l. Minnesota and
. Chippewa Falls & Western
Roads.

mission NulsntIce I. Some l1oNcsty
aud Lltt1c Backbone. !
Slncy Mr.. james X. W0ol iins become |
General Passenger Agent Of tic Pennsylya-
nin lsallroad Company many reforms ',aro
l,een ,natle lii the passenger service Of tint |
company, and, what Is particularly 10 the
credit Of Mr.. Wood, Whenever lie thinks Il
reform Is necessary lie does not whit fnr
computing lines to Join lin III making 1t,
but goes right nlleatl alitl ndopts it, regard
less Of the action Of tho other roads, A few
days ago TIE TNnuxE published n Gull for
a meeting of General Passenger and Ticket
Agents, the object Of which Is to c01lsillern
plan for abolIstlinr the obnoxious commits
sion s5stcnl, which has done more In tic last
few years to demoEatizo tho passenger busf.
ness than nnytlllne else. Mr. Wood knows
from experience how difficult 1t IL tt' get afl
tho roads 10 Join III MI agreement to
stop the payment Of commissions on
tho saie Of tickets to Ticket ngents
mud scalpers. and he eyIduntty doubts tho
sincerity Ut some 0f tho GeilelAl Passenger
Agents who got up the late cRtl for 1neet-
inu. Wien he was General Passenger
Agent of the Chicago & Burlington lie made
ryery possible cXcrtlon 10 induce the Gcll~
erat Passenger Agents of other roatls to stop
1MyinE commissions, and when he found
That nls eXcrtLons were of no avatl In mnt,e
Tho reform OH tho Burlington Oh Ills own nc-
GoHtt' hitiouHn US BUSINESS suiauie" ~ ~
rrllni,1.Iteu aEnilIst liz r0ntf uM III tnynr Df
!Ause which pnh 1arEH commissions When
hc 6ceMh9 General Passenger Agent 1f tic
adopt Il rnlu prohibiting Ills ticket agents
trnli receiving commissions TT nLtler con-
sitlrrntlon for thu sale 0f tickets over COIL
nsciig ios u n@ ~, ist Ss,1 ,,ass,Iar =. ap
WNlfH llnA cG!he uPef Ihp NGHGTHt 4HsscHEtI
Agents Of ottler rtmtLs seems 10 hnve called
hts attention to the fHet TINT some nf his
ticket ugents wrro still receiving comn!!s-
Sums, and IN order to put tliui STOP to Ills
ll"tEce T" age'Iss:
The attention IT ticket agents Is nrnIu cnliod
tnnrs,le o. these csnpanles prohttltlt,K Them .'r
er ssn H for s sas ove
..1I9 ,wy ft W ur sns s,1 1s."iyn M @
,1isai w III ~ ms n' hans n II nm nm
sattsic.t dit tiis c,N' cannot, 10 n'tHiac,l II
assnst "s Sr Sssssts INIT Is rSsc'ys ns
Agents viii ttUrrsnro ls careful to ACC that ths
rule y s.rictly observed 'rosn thls dats as .ny
tr< VI ese ines 1 eS sm
tho o, scrS,ea. ,,s, ,. .,. .,,,., a.. ,.,,,,,,,u
n,ic =, "oM s",,;nstt M. s nsss ss:e'' ''io i'o"k
'o,.nu umona1. ss9lE ,hs .s ".a tie Pennsylvania
fo ssao ~ OF fn .eKa W ee r so
.Ms l,,s0 a tnese G0itsiss, aau epeiMy prf
1T iii cntspoil oi!'ces Couucciing lIpns fave 70.
ceved lil'oraI representations to u! pola.s. and
the sus , s wv s,1 W ~ H. sn
II tekots. Atteniion is cnii1i to tho ri,ls II
,eso eon.t,an!cs, proaib't,ag aarnts or ihelr ~
..s;irrutnn fr H. tnic n iii, "a nvrr fcre!sn
rOl,ls asid it il specially tla.ru thut rayt.1ant
VII n"t ee mndo to our un!ployt,s o.! m tnss & &C.
.1,unsmes r9ceIyimx commtsslni, viii IN sot'1, i1s
tho fnut becomes known. bo d!snsscd from tho
scrvlro.
10y llils aetl.t1 Mf' Moon SHOWS ttlat' ~ nE
IN "a ra,irnu ,'r ,v ~ s @ IL Mrr w'tcn Il ~
uuIv nrcussury fDr ench rnnJ 10 stnt, liz, puy.
n!pllt or commissions tn ticket agents utiA