Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-07-26
REDUCING RATES.
ssasas1on at the Meeting of the Trunk
Linss' General Passenger Agents.
Further Developments In the Freight

ooasae1on at the Meeting of the Trunt
Lines General Passenger Agents.
Further Developments In the Freight
War.
Nav YoRK. July 26.-The Times says
The trunk line general passenger agent.
met in regular weekly session yesterday in
the ofice of the association, 346 Broadway.
1t was understood before the meeting was
called that some interesting developments
would take place. and that the Erie, Onta-
rio and West Shore roads had serious COM
plants to make.
The Erie and West Shore failed to make
their grievances known. Mr.. Pierson, pas
senger commissioner. said that even the
Ontario did not make any serious COM
plsint but Others who are placed in q
position to know perfectly well whatever
goes on in the trunk line association, said
different.
J. c. Anderson, general passenger agent
of the New York, Ontario & Western road,
gave official notice that inasmuch as a large
proportion of the business emanating
from Castle Garden is being secured by the
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western road,
the Ontario is not getting the percentage
of the business il is justly entitled TO, 1t
would, commencing to-day, place its own
agents in Castle Garden in order to secure
its own proportion of the business. The
requisite thirty days notice was also given
to the trunk line commission of the formal
withdrawal of the New York, Ontario &
Western road from the joint first and sec
ond class ticket office at Broadway.
This unexpected move on the part Of the
New York, Ontario & Western almost ere
ated panic among the association lines,
and long aud heated discussion took
nt,t II
to yield single point and that road is
now. too. looked upon as practically out
of the association, 50 far as its passenger
business is concerned.
Yesterday was probably the most dis
astrous of the season in the war on freight
rates. The action of the Chicago & Alton
in making its rate 81. 20 and 75 cents per
hundred pounds on dry goods and cotton
piece goods respectively, from New York to
Missouri river points, via all rail, created y
great deal of comment, and early in the
morning it was learned that q dry goods
rate of sl.1S was being made. The Bur-
lington then dropped its rate on that COM
modify to sl.16, and was followed before
evening by the Ontario Dispatch, which
dropped TO $1.12
Tariff rates have been shaded in all
classes Of freights, but only the commodity
rates have been made recently known
The Chicago and Alton officials say they
aud determined to meet any rate that is
made and that If they do not get their share
of the freight business from now on, it will
not be because they have not used every
possible effort to do So
What is perhaps even more decided evil
dence of prolongation in the rate war, is
the fact that tariff rates 70 Salt Lake and all
other common Utah points declined by ali
roads. These rates formerly stood. from
Missouri river points. on first class, s. 35;
second 50; third. $l75; fourth, $l.50; fifth,
$50; sixth $l.25; A, 80 cents; B, 80 cents;
c, 80 cents: ID, 20 cents; but these rates
were suddenly and without warning, re-
duced yesterday as follows: first class,
$50; second, slsO; third, $l55; fourth,
$3.50; fifth, 81 is; sixth, Sl.05; A, 90 cents;
b. 81 cents; {, y cents; c, 81 cents.
Tisis is the first time during the present
freight rate war that rates have been effect
ed further west, than the Missouri river,
except to Colorado points, but it is evident
that the reduction in Utah rates is made in
direct connection with the rates of cutting
lines to Missouri river points from this city
and Chicago. This is regarded as fore
runner OF a reduction in trans-continental
rates TO California and oregan points.
Besides these two heavy and somewhat
reductions, another drop was
made yesterday in rail, lake and canal rates
to Kansas City and other southwestern
Missouri river points from New York, from
IS cents on dry goods to ~ cents, though it
10 known that so cents was being made
right along. The tariff rate on this COM
modify is SO cents. There has been no ap-
parent effort thus far on the part of any
line, to restore rates except TO Colorado
points.