New-York tribune., 1882-04-28
COMMISSIONERS AND POOL ACCOUNTS.

-Four railroad meetings at Commissioner
Finks Office yesterday gave him plenty OF work to do
The Commissioner spent Of his time with the audit
ors OF the five trunk lines discussing plans for establish
ing system OF keeping to secure the cor
rect reporting to the pool Of the actual traffic OF the roads
At every competitive place pool agent receives daily tho
reports OF shipments from the agents OF the different
roads but at present there check upon the nsre
porting Of actual business to the pool agent II is in
tended that any system which may be devised shall
apply TO passenger well freight traffic, and 1t Is
possible that the companies consent to throw open
their books TO the auditing OF the Commissioner.
The general passenger agents of the trunk lines met TO
discuss the provisions OF the penal code Of this State
which takes effect May Under the code the sale of
railroad tickets by any person who does not possess
written authority to agent for the company is
made punishable by Imprisonment of not less than thirty
days than ak mhnhs Punishment
IA also provided for any railroad company when
cOnpives IN such unauthorized sale. Some OF
the trunk line managers declare that they were ignO-
rant OF the existence of these laws until thcr attention
was called to them by the ticket scalpers" The law
II enforced, win be severe blow to the class OF persons
engaged IN scalping in selling tickets over the
Junk lines on commission; The PASSENGER agents yes
teray Issued circular to these outside ticket agents
and brokers reyokng any authority which may nave
been gwen 10 them to sell or issue tickets OF orders over
the respective roads. list Submitted to the commits
sioner Of al the salaed ticket agents winch the trunk
oces eIs5e 70 Of p5nse Contained IN this lat shall be
opened by any road without the consent Z, 8i i bn9
l. the from which trunk line pool takes effect,
tickets have been sold to unofficial agents or broker
except at full The effect Of the penal code
will be TO hasten the abolition Of commissions on paSse-
ger business, which is OF the fundamental condi-
tiOns of the proposed passenger pools. Trunk ne o
cials say that the supply OF tickets from which the
scaipers and brokers now are selling Is " old stock"
TIE treatment practically Of the commission question
is of the knOttiest points which the western rail-
roads have to deal with The protection OF the longer
lines, which now attract business by paying cOulmls-
siOns, wnere they have 10 meet at schedule Rates le
competition of shorter routes, IL one OF the matters
which will before Western passenger agents at
meeting to be held In Chicago on May l. The western
passenger pooling agreement accepted and signed
yesterday by Western passenger officers III session at
Mr. Fink's Office =,
Another meeting of the committee Of the Chicago rail
roads held to endeavor to agree upon the per cent
ages the Chicago east bound freight pool No settle
men however, was reached 1t understood that the
roads offered abide by the Commissioners award or
percentages but he declined take responsibility OF
arbitratng. Fureerehort at agreement will be made
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