New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-08-05
RAILROAD INTERESTS.
AND PASSENGER RATES.

NO ACTION on THE vANDALIA'5 CUT ON OhAlN
PASSENGER DECENTRALIZATION.
The Eyscutlyc Committee Of the Trunk Line Asso-
ciauon d,d not rneet Yesterday TO take action Oh
the Vandalia's cut on grain rates mee'lhg M"
been called but Commissioner TOddard ss'o '""' Nv
found II impossible 10 get the committee toBe'ne'
now All the roads have informally agreed to re-
store rates on grain and Its products ana IL Only
rrouires a meeting OF the Executive Committee TO
make tho agreement binding. to such extent az least
a. ratio agreements are wont to bind II Is shrewdiy
spspeeted that the roads which followed IN the Van
dallas wake are not ready TO restore the scheouie
and that the Executive Committee finds IL convenient
not to meet.
The trouble Is confued 10 syth-cass freight On
this the schedule adopted last March hxed INC 'u'e
90 cents over the all rail lines and Is cents over the
lake and rail lnes Ut all articles EXCEPT grain ana ts
products on which the tuiiG p cents arail ana
20 cents hike and rnil. time after the opening
OF navigation the rate grain was reduced TO - J..
cents with dfcrential rate Of II 12 cents. Recent
action OF the vsndala line reduced the dlherential
rate 10 Is cents. and general reduction followed
TIE perpexitcs Of the passenger department OF the
Trunk Line Association continue increase. In com
mon with those Of all the associations let II would
seem that the Increasing complications bother the
association officials far lass than they would II rate
cutting were not 50 extended. The situation has
one unusual element OF simplicity all the roads are
implicated hence complaints are few though the war
wages merriy. II will be fully six weeks yet before
The Trunk Line and Central Traffic Association re-
covers from the effects OF the wholesale Strengthening
INDUCED IN at the time OF the Christian Endeavor Con-
veution In this city. Tickets then sold were placed
on the market absolutely without restrictions, and
railroad men say that more people took advantage
OF those rates than had been the at any other
gathering ever assembled In this country.
Ticket brokers' offices stocked with those tickets
but the Trunk Line officials assert that the business
thus diverted from the ordinary channels for the rest
OF the :cason Will not amount TO per cent OF the
total The great majority Of people will not pur
cbase them. principally because Of the lack Of con-
veniences and assurance Of quick transit. For in
stance II Is asserted that passenger using one OF the
cut rate, Nickel Plate tickets which are SO plentiful,
cannot get from Buffalo 10 Chicago In one day.
Eastern business rs not detrimentally affected By
the hroatcutng pastime In which the Western roads
have recently INDUCED under the provocaton afforded
BY the Atchisons nte Of So from Chicago TO Denver
during the Knights Tcmplar conclave. That rate h
OF applicable here, the through ratio being
fare for the round trip 10 Chicago Ia Trunk Line ter
ritory, plus the trans Mississippi 3l2 rate.
More serious disturbance OF passenger rates IS ex
pccted from the g.. a. II. encampm"nt at Washington
One route has already removed all restrictions oh
tickets, and other lines will be compelled TO follow suit