The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-01-27
ALLEGED SECRET COMPACT
The Pacific Nail and the Union Pacific
Said TO Be Working Together.
Questionable Agreement with the Transcon-
tinental Association-New Rules That Af-
feet Immigrant Carrying Roads

The New York Evening Post claims to
have discovered secret contract" under
which, il holds, the Pacific Mail Company
is directed in Its operations by the Missouri
Pacific and other roads of the Transconti-
mental Association. This contract. accord
ing to the Post, is long document signed
By James Smith. on behalf of the Trans
continental Association. and Jay Gould. on
behalf Of the Pacific Mail Company. Its
terms are said to show that the Pacific
Mail Company. while receiving q subsidy
from the government to develop American
maritime commerce. has bound itself to the
Transcontinental Association, to whose in
terest il IS to suppress that commerce.
The whole meaning of the contract is shown
In Section 8, which is quoted in full as fol-
lows:
The understanding and intention of this agree
ment is that the party of the first part 1.-THE
Transcontinental AssocatiOn) shall, through
agents appointed By itself, have entire and ex-
elusive control OF all the through business of the
said steamship company Pacific MaiD between
New York and San francisco each way. and that
no through freight or passengers shall be taken
except at prices to be announced by the party OF
the first part, and by its consent, 1t being under
stood that such control should be exercised
through the established agents OF such steam
snip company. LII the SAID steamship company
shall have room or capacity for more than six
hundred tons, in the event OF Its running two
steamers each way per month. or for more than
four hundred tons, in the event OF It's running
three steamers per month each way, or througn
freight, or any steamer, and the party or the nrst
part shall desire 10 I'll IL, the said party OF the
first part shall be at liberty to do at rates fixed
Jointly by duly authorized representatives OF the
parties hereto. the party of the first part to have
one-half OF the rights on such excess and the
steamship company the other half
Immigrant Commissions.
Orders have been issued at Ellis island.
New York. by Colonel Weber, Com
missioner OF immigration. which will
aterially affect the receipts of the
combination of railroads which here
tofore have had full control of
the transportation of immigrants. There
Is a large number of railroads In the pool.
including eight trunk lines, with en otlce
IN the immigration building at Ellis island.
Up 70 the present time all immigrants
landing here have been compelled to pur-
chase tickets TO other sections of the conn
try from the companies represented at TINS
office. and the price or such tickets mas
been kept ND usually to quite a high rate
because of the practical monopoly
which the system allowed. The pool has
been informed by Colonel Weber. as
well as oil EN- lOyes on the floor OF the i'm
migration building, that immigrants may
secure railroad or steamboat tickets from
Whatever company bney desire Inc EAli-
roads in the pool have all along paid the
steamship companies which carry Immi-
grants o commission OF 10 per cent. tor
transferring the immigrants to their
charge for transport through the country.
The Eastern Traffic Association, however.
q short time ago decided to withdraw this
commission, although it's determination
was never carried out Yesterday the
Western PASSENGER Association, through q
committee, of which John Sebastian was
chairman, declared in favor of reducing
commissions on immigration business to
the normal basis and maintaining them at
the figure agreed upon.
Railroad Meetings.
The freight men who came here on Tues
day to adjust rates. percentages. etc.. on
grain shipped from Illinois and Indiana
points to Southern points on the Atlantic
seaboard are still in session.
Another meeting was held yesterday of
the committee on the relation of Southern
roads to tho Northern lines. This drew
from the other meeting a number of freight
officials. and also brought to the city the
following additional general freight
agents: A. II. Mcleod. OF the Cincinnati
Hamilton * Dayton; X. Nj. Fraser, OF the
Baltimore Il Ohio Southwestern; s. p.
shane. of the Erie: the Pennsylvania lines
were represented by Robert Geiger and H..
Matthews. This committee fixes rates on
freIghts which are interchanged between
Southern roads and roads north of the Ohio
river via Cincinnati Louisville, Evans
vile and CAIRO.
Passenger Rates to he Restored.
At the meeting of representatives of the
Chicago and Ohio river railway lines. held
at Cincinnati yesterday, at which there
were present one or more delegates from oil
the roads concerned, a resolution was
adopted to restore ell rates to q basis of 81
H.w.n fnN hYan xvxrtf
with full power to act. consisting Of Messrs
Walker, Donald and Blanchard. was ap-
pointed to adjust all existing differences
between the railways. An agreement was
the adjustments made by the plenipoten-
tiary for ten months. ending with Dec. 81,
1898.
Personal. Local and General Notes
The Lake Erie 81 Western has gotten M
temporary trestle where q portion OF the
bridge over the Wabash river went down,
and yesterday commenced running trains
as usual.
Fl. r. Dering assistant general passenger
agent of the Pennsylvania lines west of
Pittsburg, has returned from his Florida
trip and is arranging TO take his new field
IN Chicago next week.
II. ID. Marshall. attorney of the Cincin.
covered from his recent injuries from be-
ing thrown out OF sleigh as to attend 60
the duties OF his office.
The strike of the coach painters on the
Chicago * Erie road at Huntington has
resulted IN the management ordering that
all passenger equipment hereafter BIO paint
ed at the shops IN Kent, y.
Theodore Voorhees,. as general superin-
tendent of the New York Central, received
@ salary OF $4,000; in his new position az
vice president of the Philadelphia 81 Read.
ing his salary Is to be So. 600 o year.
}. NJ. Harris. who on Feb will succeed
j. q. Ripple as district passenger agent OF
the Pennsylvania lines. with headquarter:
at Columbus. has for some y ears been agent
OF the Pennsylvania lines at Youngstown
The Louisville. Evansville II ST. Louil
has this week received six new freight and
two new switching engines. 1t is evident
that President Mackey is determined Il
make an important road of the L., Il. *
st. L.
The Louisville. Evansville & Sc. Loui.
management has discovered that earryins
passengers from Louisville to Chicago a
fl.50 Der head was n losing game TO the
road cutting into it's local passen ger bust
ness heavily. Persons along the line, Twins
FiftV Years Settles Il