, 1881-06-28
West. Bound Rates ito Be Main.
tanned blythe Trunk
Lines
Some Of the Eastern Roads Refuse to
Report Their y Emigrant
49, Bustness:
Tic Missouri l'aoiqc ::1yitftlraws
-, from tho southwestern =.
:, Pool. -
st.: Louis riokot-scalpers outgeneral
g.; = tho LOCAL Ticket Agents.

~, wTsT-nOUSD RATES.
sTflo so-esle.t broadway nReilts Of tho
Eastern trunk lines l,cld u ,,leellnE ut Coln-
missioner Ffnk's uitic0 III Now York Satur-
day TO consider Irregularities in wcsl-bound
rates. -.
4 circular Just issued BY Commissioner
Fink gives lho following account Of tle pro-
ceedlnEs: w..
."rl,a Commissioner stated that llo lind
called this meeting to consider tic present
condition Of ratcs Oil west-houi,d business,
l,e having received during the last fow tiuSs
reports TINT some Of ulo roads were making
time contracts ut reduced rates. These re.
ports wcro mndc principally agal,lst tho
'1Yhlto Llne,' and came frnnl varioua
sources. Tho Commissioner also siatel tllaf
he had referred tho matter 10 Alessry. 1tuttcr
anil Hayden, Of tho New York Central
Railroad, and tint these gentlemen
Ind sa!tl tlmt they lind not md
would not ,autl,orizo p" the making
Of any time contracts. or my Interference
With ycst-bnun4 ratgs; A telegram wa.
read from Alr. y. i. Skinner, u i,le1Iber OF
tic Wh!to Linr, who atsn stMtett that te llat!
any timo coniracts. While tllerc was d cor
victtun OF the Dnrt Nf s0Ine Of tllr representa-
tiytB present that retlugel F,lttS llnl! been NJ
isrc 1t as dssItivd TINT eas tar Of tho ages
maintenance Of wcstbolll1l ratcs. nl1d tliat
| tic Commissioner Should strictly curry nut
the existing agreement By tlirorttng gil trnt|lc
| TINT wits obtAined by cutting .ratos FROM my
"Thc question Of general reduction Of
wcst-bound rates WIS then coI,si.ergd. :,l 9ta
| Of statistics reveaed tho fnct tllat
tho business during tho Months Ut
Alay atd June, 1881, was lnrgcr
than: T. wns for tha corrSspo,1l1g molits
nut be lkely to lncrc;sc tllo business; but u
1t should be found hereafter that .rAtns Wels
not strictly HaIntatich, they could ,,u ~.
duccd to tho lowest rate inaste by any lines;
TINT rs long rs tic preSettt ngrGtIucnt t'l ~
gard to .west-bounl. freight existed, mud 1t
required three months nGttce 10 tn!,cel tll0nl,
nothing could be gained BY any OF t!e trl'hk
Gs GuttnE rus as 9 Mod % cgrge
tlays to mako up tho deficiencies qf the
other rontls ~, the basis Of full rates.. Under
The present ngrernlents there was l,o llcces.
slty for a!,y cutting of rates rs te to1,11agg ,,
be Increased, mi! tho cutting Of rates could
only result: to the Injury r. the roads
tMlulginE IN II. ~ THIS ,EEsspect.
S irom se'tsa tSe eastbeS %ns oSsnsss os vsr 't'
i|Re exhibits showed tint At prusent,
taking III consideration the California blssl'
hess tho Now York Central Wuru 3Qt3 tDlis
over, tho New, York, Lake ERIC &Wester,l
only 100 tons III deficit Ihe pellnsylvana
Railroad | ,713 tons over and tllo Baltimore j
Ohio Bits tn1ts III ttetlcit.
"Tlio desire WNs expressed by the repre-
scntntfycs TINT rates bD strictly malntnlnct1
on NIL west-bound. business, md ny west
houll1 rates liayo always beGll nttlur the cs1li
troll Of the trunk lines no dtAlenty 3linul.l ht
experienced II tbs trunk lines hfo III earnest
as they profess to be, to accomplish tlat pur
! pos0."