, 1881-10-16

. Kansas City local agents, instead OF maxim
their decisions under the agreement rs 1t Is, ha.
decided under the agreement US they thought /
ought to be-. III support Of this Insertion, Mr.
Il Charlton drew attention to the fAct that tdt
Kunsas City agents, Ut the time they renderet
cago s. Alton had aspertect right to do VIII
they had doue, Cor. immediately after they
bud i'nposcd the fine, they asked me AEon rep
which would cover the punt Ut Mayors order
In such way as would reader future and sim.
Charlton said c.,uid NOT 6e found guilty, even ii
the other side were prepared to charge that the
eoSsc aaSoa Of ko tae os % e
Respecting tho case ot the Chcaeo s. Alton
agatEst tho Rock lslnnd. several OF those pres
! eut admitted tuut the decision of tho knnsils
| City agents had been unfair, but It was very ev-
ident That If they took any notce VI TINS cnse
| they would also have. to recognize tue right 0f
| appea! in the cnst ng,isnst the Chtcngo T. Aiton.
Ii was therefore decided that tho General Pass-
the ,uatter. The principal objection tn give the
case bearlng wns because tho knnsa5 City
aEents OF tne roads Other M tn"n NJ tne a. Alton M
lection by saying that he WAS not there TO in
sst upon u tinal settlement, but only 10 know K
his company would be- granted an Appeal, and II
would be glad to hayc the settlement postponed
! until meeting: could be held; ut which the op-
10. lu the course of the oroceedlngs Mr.. Charl-
TON read alengthy letter from h;s ks..sas @ c!ty
! agent. which fully SETS tortn the facts IN the
! case from the Alton point Of view, and what
J transpired at the meetingsat Kansas CITY,
As nntters now stand, the Kunsas City agrees
mens is or, and each ruad eau do a. it pseases.
| II is not likely, however, that serious war on
| Kansas City will result. Mr. Charlton says he will
mantuin the present rates-$1 from Kansas
City to Chicago ind IS from Chicu1o TO KAu5as
City-unless suiue other roads should eut the
rates. Al the other rouds also assert that they
already below remuueralive figures.
! 4 TRIBUNE reporter interviewed Mr. Bowes,
| the Kansas City agent Ut tho Alton, regarding
prominent u figure. Sir. Bowes substantially
| inaie the following statement:
I "0n what bus trunspired Hf the meeting this
! afternoon do not feel ut liberty to talk it be-
| Ing It tuectiug OF General Passenger and Ticket
Agents, and to those gentlemen 4 tiusr refer
/ son for the proceedings Ut tbAr meeting. But
can tell you u thing Or rwo about what nefell US
| ut Kansas City, where we deal with matters ac-
! cOrdlng 10 our own sweet wills flor substantia-
tion Ut which fact beg to refer you to the
| General Passenger Agents. who decided this
afternoon that they had no Jurisdiction over us.
Whe1, the churge was ut trsr preferred aeuinse
Us, was informed by my prosecutors that l
could not produce any Mayors orders to cover
the tickets In question. because ehey knew none
had been Issued, and. TO eiinch this charge, they
Ut once called IN the gentleman ut wnuse office
the tickets were purchased by the enssaries ct
Stated that hs hau left orders ut the Alton office
to corer 1he tickets, they modified their first
uearntion. by Stating thar the orders must 1e
fOrEeres. and this second statement had to be
agAjn reconstructed after the Mayor had been
c:.lled In, and had testified 10 the genuneness Of
the orders. They tnen jumped to the conc!u-
siun that; Il we were euilry Of the particular
charges which hau been preferred against US. ic
was simply an error in their specifications, and
theirs was no court of nice distinctions, techni-
cali<ies. appeals, but OF majority. and. ns the
majority had ruled that We were guilty, we
taey pax noed was 8 me- hsar .ce IS
uereetncnr. even ii we had been proven guilty
vi breach Of IL, / iinagine that they made
assessment for each QS4pDUtUIInGnt which
they hud sutfered-viz.: Firsr, for finding that
we had orders OF any kind; second, for tndtng
cause it was becoming quite evident thar the
agreement was not broken Ut ALL
1t seeus to the that our cl,se IS a peculiarly
hard one. L enter INTO an agreement with the
local representatives OF competing lines. 4
casc i brought, In which um charged with q
breach OF the agreement and pronounced
guilty. pay tbe penalty under protest. and
tnen ask my colleagues for Reconsideration. !
b. submitted 10 our General Passenger Agents,
n1tO whom had approved OF uur agreement.
and to whom we are directly responsible for all
OF our acts. and they hAtly refuse appeal, |
and then, because the local representatives de- =!
cline nu appeal, the General Ticket Agents say |
Of such steel-trap artunxemenr as that, and /
can sou conceive OF anything By which we can |
get fair play under sucn rut1ngs:. II utt OF tn.se
gentlemen are so sure of our guilt. why .lo'1hey l.
shun furtner Investigation OF the matterf'
EAsT-BOUSD FREIGHT BUSINESS.
Although the back of the corner III xrain has !
been broken. and prices have come down 10
figures that ought to induce large freight ship
ments to the East, yet the railroads are dong
smaller business than formerly. There has been
q falling OFT IN east-bound shipments Of nearly
5,MO tons during the past week. For some !
reason or other must Of the roads nre unable to |
get cars sufficient TO take cure of au the business
that offers. They nrc unMble to unload the
IT Terchandise when 1t gets East, having iusutti- !
rkn
foreign Demand as the prices are still too high
for foreign consumption. Besides, the roads
prefer to use all tho ears khey for the traus-
portaton Of local business, which pays them
much better than tho through business.
Jn :nccoun, OF the inability Of the railroads |
TO take out enough business, md the light
demand in tho East. the elevators arc gradually
dtnx up aud there is but little sturuge-root1 |
left. The Western railroads art. suffering from
This condition Ut atuirs, uud some Of them ure I
now milking arrangements fur the storage OF |
grain III iutprovised warehouses and sheds, |
which Gun be tuken 10 the elevators when rhe
'ur instance, Is reported as contemplating the |
.recdon OF large sheds outside the city. where 1t
~. ;an store a.gs AMOUNTS or grain unt.l the pres
:hnnge In the rairoud war during tho past week.
lud tnere is no PROSPECT Whatever. OF IN early
settlement Of the difficulties All tna roads,
with tho exception Of the Vanderbilt lines, are
'ery anxious to have the rates advanced, bur |
Ar Vanderbilt remnins MS stubborn NJ ever. ana
.AoN9 ~ A>AIAA AA%CeAAA6 ~AAxA@ A3Ao AVI-!eS
iTns:: No o. one Knows What w vandesSit StsGHt
would agree to cease lighting. It is the !
,cnrr,lI opinion thnr he meuns to keep up this
tEhL uutii he has pushed some Of the weaker | ,
lstes to tnt3 wall, when he expects be able to ,
1lctate his own terms. He evidently meaus to t
urce tho baltimore s. Ohio and the Grand
'runk Koads out uf the New York trade altt,-
'ether, nI10 also means to fnsce the PeEnsylyu-
lila out Of Boston. The Eric be evidently lneu,,s
o cripple so badly lis II he able to gubhie up
bis competitor and rnulsumate it With his own
ystem Of roads. Whether he will succeed III I :
MS depends In a great measure upon the {
bflity OF his competitors to hutd out. GArrctt's
.1ter shows that the Baltimore s. Ohio does nut
aean to be driven out of Now York us long us | !
Is able to fight, aud it has certainly plenty Of
itnty yer to Keep up tns contest IN lndesinit I
line. The GRIND Trunk AMI Erie u1so do not ! '
lean to be rurccd to the wall just yer, and they
re now perfecr:nE arrangements to make u t
otter light upon Vanderbilt than ever. | ; :
nese two roads have IutcIy. Joined hands + :
nd they expect soon to have u through line
rom Chicago via Buffalo thar will be able TO ! ),
and:e US much freight ns any one Ut Vunder- ] !
Hts lines. The Eric hns largely increased its I :
:inl1.al facilities at Buffalo. and the ran.a ! =
runk is now laying with steel rails and double
rackuG its aine from Chicago tn Buffalo, Tnis | l
'ork Is expected 10 be done by the middle OF !
ovemher.- when they expect to double their L.
oHnage from this city to New York Tue Cum /
'ercial FAst-FrelgnL Line ia now doing good (
usness win the Grand Trunk ana Erie. but, be-