, 1881-01-05
THE RAILROADS.
A Partial Settlement Of the em'.
grant Question.
e3cntrnl Branch Pacific aud the
Short Limo to Dcnvcr.
4 Sudden Cessation Of the Yard Strata
gems Of the Pennsylvania,
Tho Atc1,,son, Topcka & SANTA Pc Wants
aDIg Lot Of Money hight on.

. Big Lot Of Money Htght oN'
Complete SUCCESS OF Mir. oowcn's Mission
70 His Eng1ish Stockholders.
THE EM10nANT TRAFFIC.
Two meetings were held hero yesterday
for Tho purpose OF settling the difficulties re-
xardInr tho westboumd cmi grant business.
Tho General Passenger Agents met ngain
at 10 O'Clock a. III. Thuro were present
James n. Wood, Burlington; r. st. John.
Rock Island; II. c. Townsend and George II.
Daniels, Wabash; a. Y. II. Carpenter, NIL"
wa,&keo & 1T. paul;. A. II. Hanson, illinois
Centrnl; Franco Chandler, Missouri Pacific;
james Charlton, Alton; md If. w. 0winMor,
Commissioner. Tho Northwestern and u,cst.
louls, Iron Mountain & Southern were not
REPRESENTED, a. series. OF resolutions were
introduced to be laid before the General
Managers, who wero to meet iii the
afternoon. The first resolution. provides
that. tho commission of rs per
cent on em!grant bu sli,css. pnid to tho. trunk
1iucs should bo abolished, and that tho COM
misskons which are paid 10 o,ltsido.agents OIL
eucl, business should also bo t1oneaway with.
All the roads represented at tic necthiE,wlth
tho exception Of tho. Rock Island, voted for
the resolution. = Tho Rock island was WILL.
Eto nHy thS eGs'slS is1na 81 i, bE PIT t eSs wns
not Inclined to bind itself not to pay conilnIs-
slons to outside agents for securing :, s,nh u.;
business before pool Ind been formed alld
Another resolution was presented, thas t.
uorts Of n1l thu lines Gust of Chicago and st.
Louis carrying emtgrarlt and secontl-class
business during Ivy nnar 20 10 naSIn @ S
r. cnmnlie statistics OF tho BrCOnd-elnsS lnfl
emlgrni,t business passing through tho hif-
fcrcnt gateways for tho ycnr, 70 nid thc Get-
evnl Managers III the lormatlon Ol poolS COW
iii TGis % resolution Was unanimously adopte!l.
Tho meeting then adjourned to meet agash
with he General MamagSrs a. thsr F. 3g:rc ~ nrs
9nt nmcs ces1ss "boyc. 81 Ss " ii. stenneft anti Sr.
WIZ. Trial, Of tho Northwestern. There
Wers agHR EFssGGtb r. Gabla Ie c 1sieni Mer
Tnsker IL! eTipni fi!inois 6shtFsi; Potter: bSr.
ngs Al AaAStt A Iat|ntt&s' ts' NorsWestcf ~
and j: q. tiaalt Fl tho w Wtabasu, 1s,!I
REPRESENTED @ by MIR: Ytennest and Mr, Towns.
ena rcspsetiys NJ g. ns enl, al tn
by br III. Chnriton., :. The first business that
came up for consideration was tho resol,l-
ton pissed by tho General, Passergcr get,ts
mission 10 TIC trunk lines aild any: com.
After long disesSlois,.. that part Of :, tho 4
resolution relating 10 tile y, per csnt s9n's ia
and that part relating TO corlmtsslons to out.
. side agents was rejected, The rejection Of
the Inst tnlf of.tho resolution WIS bronEnt
raitccmc1,t- betoru ths business has been
lN6lct.:,'A resolution was ton introduced
tay s .agrssd .q 9 a1 aTa S
ths amounts pald through t'la commissioner. e.;
sA,niotiun wns ninde to place tirssrclass emil:
Commissioner winner. THIS motion aroused
au;anlnlated discussion, md It %as IMPLY;
defeated, ,bcchuse ths commissioner nay
ken pponseMa d fss e 5pssG and prGs9 erra
business, md the matter was foreign TO The
business, for tho transaction OF which the
meeting had been Called,
Regarding the formation OF. q pool no fur
thor nc.lnt Was had, excrpt to agree 70 fur
nisil tho Commissioner With such statistics
as were necessary to bnso q pool unon. -
IA Attsr s oeeFs 5qSs e o oeE @
regarding their position taken at TIC meet
, Ing. They said that their ROAD was compar.
atively II new one to kansas City, oMt was
that point. Based on tho figures OF 1877, the
Kock Island would got bi.t small per
centagc III n pool, as then tlioy had really 70
KauSas ey n9 vaS IpsgM a." ~ M qeY s # Seq iSq
as 1t wns practically not in the flcl!t for more
than six months, as It took some time to: :es
tabl!sh tug linz: In basinK THO percentage q
tss Wsa 2eS ads 5s'fn@ RSS ss se .
the business as It was now entitled to-, They
were perfectly willing to tolnM Mn II n!e he. forMa ma
ten Of POOL provided ~ hel5 ioad ,'';t1 wa'
tho nt1or lines. Tho older lines, however,