The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-01-23
End OF the Passenger War Bot""oh the
Eastern and Western Roads.

Enst.rn and Western Roads.
The war between the Alton IL Rock Is
land and the Eastern trunk lines may De
considered ut an end. Viee-Presdenl Me
MnlIip OF the Alton, who has been IN cor.
respondence with Commissioner FINK and
the general managers Of the trunk lines Tor
several days past with view OF bringing
tho troub TO "a satisfactory conclusion. re-
eeiysd A dispatch from COMMISSIONS FINK
last evening stating substantially that tho
nropo,ition of the Alton & Rock Island OF
January 81, as he understands 1t, virtually
agree, with the trunk line circulsr'lttter
of Decsmber 10th, and ho therefore sees
no reason why tine trunk lines snould
not take steps a. once 10 resume ,heir
former relations with me Alton ROCK
Island.
This. of course means that the sale OF
tickets Mt trunk lins points ria the Alton
and Rock Island will st onco be restored,
and that all troubles arising iron. the late
conflict will cease so lar M the Hank
lines and these two roads are concerned.
A, ,oon az the trunk lines resume the sale
NJ tickets over the Alton and Rock Island,
which will probably be done to-day, the lat
ter will abandon their offices on Broadway,
New York established for the puroose of
selling tickets over the West Shore, LacEs-
wanna and Gfanu Trunk, md also restore
the rstes from Kansas City to eastern
poinlg. ,.,,,
Fink's dispatches refers Is 20 the enect
that the AIton and Rock Island oher TO
nrree TO ppy no commissions 10 parties
who use such commissions 10 cut or sell ro'
duced through rates, aud in case .uch com
missions are used by any party In order 20
cut the through rate the offender shail oe
cut off from receiving commissions. Ihe
nircular letter OF the trunk lines oi Deem
IN "a
from tho western liaes that they Will not
cut rate or pay commissions, rebates or
other remuneration TO agents or BROKERS
which will be used TO cut rates st
difftrential fare points 10 the east on west
bound bueiness. H. Will be seen from TINS
that there was no good reason IN the hfst
plnce TO continue the fight alter the prop
osition OF January had been made. aud
that Assistant Commissioner Pierson eN-
ceeded his authority wben no refused tnat
nroposition and asked additional pledges.
Ia Ia quite certain that IL Commissioner
Fink had taken mold OF the matter in tho
beginning the trouble would have been set
tied long ago ana a. the coHlPlic@'ioHS uiu
anpoyances avoided
While tpe conflict between the eastern
and western lines is virtually at an end,
there NAV vet be considerable trouble
among the western roads themselves IN
consequences OF the late complications.
The Burlington refuses 10 take back its no.
tice of withdrawal from the Kansas Cliy
agreement, as will he seen by lhe ioLlewlng
dispatch sent last evening to II. @. Orr, tbs
npent of It's Hannibal st. Joe line ut
Kansas City:
The five dsy', notice given by this COM
many Of withdrawal from the Kansas City
agreement expires tomorrow, January 10.
AS soon as tho time elapses, you Wlll give
formal notice and withdraw your deposit,
oil lf.fNU h.
hound by the agreement or subject TO It's
fines and penalties. IL the masniime I'M
hi further instruction, you viii msintain
rates aud limits as provided N MISSOURI
river rat e.shcet, and taka no steps that Will
lead to any disturbance in rates.
The reason given by the Burlington
peope for taking this position - thst toe
Rock Island and Al!on continually violate
the agreement whenever they find u TO
their adynntng, to do so. These roads,
they say, violated the Kansas City sgree-
ment when they reduced the rates rom
Kansas CITY and points west thereof with
out consulting the other parties 10 Inc
agreement. The Burlington ala not pro-
pose TO remain party 10 the agreement 10
aid the Alton and Rock Island In their
schemes aud designs.
The impression prevails now, however,
that the Burlington's action is not al
together due to the reason stated soovs,
but because it expects a fight
with the Rock Island and other
trunk lines on account OF the tripsriite
complications, and means to be tree to act
as It pleases At all points when the trouble
begins without being tied up by agreement.
Although the Burlington hss instructed
its agents to strictly maintain the rates,
vet il is hardly probable that the rates can
be maiptai led for any length Of time with.
ont the restoring influences Of an ironclsd
agreement. 1t has heretofore been demon
sirated that whenever there was no agree
ment for maintaining rates ct Kansas City
the rates were badly slaugh tered, and the
came IL sure to be the result this time II
the Burlington does not receds from its
position.