, 1881-07-24
No Abatement in the Trunk
Line Passenger-Rate
War.
The "Scalpers Steal March on the
Pennsylvania Company.
Another Decline in the Volume Of East.
Bound Frelghts.
a Break Imminent in Passenger Rates
to the Seaboard Cities,
Railroad Building. in Tho United States During
the lear 1850.

Special Dtspateh to The Chitaoo Tribune.
| NEW YORK, July 25.-The mir was thick with
| rumors To-day concerning tho west bound pas
| senger rates war. 1t WIS said that the General
Passenger Agents had agreed to return to the
| regular tariff rutes. but up to evening the cut
rutes were yet in force in nil the Of
fees, and tho General Passenger Agents
! maintained the same mysterious manner which
bus characterized them since the beginning OF
the wnr. They assumed to know nothing Of any
attempt at compromise, ami to NIL appearance
| were just rs closely Watching each other
| rs ever. The onslaught Of tho Pennsyl-
| vnnll Company uuou the brokers stirred up
| those Viglant, and untiring people, and while
Mr. Samuel Carpenter, the General Eastern Pas
senger Agent of tho Pennsylvania. was jubilant
| and contcntcd In bis office over the situation,
the brokers, who all thin and active
mcn, tried to smile as broadly as he
did, and were equally as merry.
Dir. Carpenter felt thar he had struck terror
into the camp Of the brokers, and thut meeting
their rates at every turn would CAUSE Il
Stampede TINT would work great disaster
to them. lie said that tho Pennsyl-
vnnia's object in cutting WAS for
tie solo purpose of driving the brokers
Into the ditch. and he fancied, no doubt, that
he SAW them alreAdy flying. The Pennsylvania
Company has adopted what is called n con-
tinuous-train ticket IN tho hope Of cutting
of the retreat OF the brokers
and compelling them to surrender. This
ticket has printed on the margin ut
its top the time OF tho departure Of the several
trains. The purchaser is nskcd which train on
tho day Ut purchase he Intends to take and
When he selects the train the agent punches out
the time Of that train. and the ticket is
passenger is compelled to trlyel Without stop
puges other than those for breakfast, dinner,
or lunch; a. to his destination: As an Instnnee, t41
sends to 90 no further thaa ' Fittsburx:
Of bis agents in tie depot ut Pittsbure: This
agent secures tho ticket from the holder upon
his arrival there ut reasonable rate and sells it
to customer who wishes to travc! to Chicago
from that point. The first holder, in disposing
Of his ticket. finds that his trip to PitIsburE
has cost hin next 70 nothing. Inc second puE-
chaser Of the ticket travels from Pttsburg to
Chicago tor less thAn the reguinr rates, and the
broker, who perhaps failed TO make anything By
Pennsylvania Railroad, finds that he secures
his profits ut Pittsburg. OF course these trans-
actions nc the lnttcr named point must be ac-
compltshed in y short space Of time. in not more
than twenty minutes perhaps. Thus the broker
laughs to scorn the attempts Of the Pennsylvania
Company tn run him to the will. This plan of the
brokers seldom, ii ever, niscarries, Rs they
III constant tc!cgrapaic communication With
their agents in rittsburg and other points. and
t. peos
further West, When the pennsylvania Com
pany cur their rates to to 50 to ChicaRo tAe
more Ohio Railroads ut once met them. but the
New York Central j. Hudson river Railroad
Company refused 70 make the reduction, and this
afternoon were selling at <l0 for Chicago, or $40
less than the regular tariff rates. Mr.: James $.
buckley. General Passenger Agent Of the New
lors. Lake Erie western Ktroad; SUD That
the action Of tho Pennsylvania people. The
Erie would always sell q a. low rates as
No. 3l5 broadway. General Eastern Passenger
Agent OF the Baltimore s. Ohio Railroad, said
his roud would continue ut all times to sell Mt
road might make. at Lanstngs ticket Office,
! march had 3D. been stole stolen ,us upon xo,,, the
ticRets to chcaso for s Or 8 cents less thaii
the Pennsylvania, sl.50 less than the New York
ps ts ena aa f !sa LID 's e ss ssaa Fesf ssand
Tnoy as we're ef ssii,us as ekets St. IoSs
to Buffalo for IS. Other brokers were asking 81
Tor tickets to Chicago, and were thus
:scps xsca rr IL aaS linz aIttofe W}h sae pen5sy 06a
Harry Frank said he was selling at 20 to Chi
cngo. business was good. in tact rushing, and
were purchasing Vt once, fearing that the rates
vii! go higher before they 80 lower. At all
II 9e cees 2ssi for fss ss VEST Al AZ cd
said that the brokers OF ''sctlpers 1nny well 10
with heir la1 as they have ends IL
the Eric anu ljAitlIuOIE toHGaIlte3 "AU
will help them while helping theln-
selves In tho fight being waged between
the New York Central and Pennsylvania KuudS.
EAST-BOUND FREIGHT B USISESS.
Although the present east bound freight ratcs
{basis Of Is cents grain from Chicago to New
York; are generally admitted to be low enough
to compete against the lakeland there is no
prospect that rates will go any lower SO that it
cannot be said that shippers are holding back in
anticipation Of better terms,-yct last weeks
shipments have still further decreased. For the
week ending July q the east-bouud shipments
by ruil from this city were 4t,97l tons, against
5,)Ss, tons for tho week previous, decrease OF
5,s6l tous. 1t will be generally admitted that
with so low rates 44,97l tons Is not very large
amount Of business In one week by our trunk
lines. The two Vanderbilt roads alone would be
able to tuke that al1loun: from this city III one
week without taxing their facilities to any great
extent. The light shipments ut Present show
thut The TKIHuSE was right when tt insisted n!l
aiuug that no matter how low tho rates would |
20 r,iil shipments would not Increase pcrrep-
1ily because tnerc is but little business in tho
cuuntry to go forward The prospects are that
business will not improve until tho crops |
come forward. And ls the crup prospects for
fl,{s season urt. not very ntterf the roads will