Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-05-16
HAp THINos BOWS FINn.

Nothing Il more convincing Of the eri,-
tencc Of pool OF eight trunk line rail-.
roads than figures showing the actual
operations during the past few mouths
says the Now York Herald. There j. IN
existence a clearinghouse arraugcmept
for the pool, something similar 10 that
In vogue In the stock exchange. and "
the adjustment II not on q money basis
Il seems a good deal like H. The opera
lions Of the passenger pool have been
successfully carried on up 10 certain
point hut now trouble II ahead unless
certain foes settle "halaucns' or what
ever Il may be- termed The passenger
pool has been In operation Tor more ihan
two years. but 1t was practically dead
letter until the preNdents Of the trunk
lines aud Central Traffic associations
last November, decided 10 pool all com
petitiye traffic. both freight aud pnsscn
ger between New York aud Chicago aud
81 Louis and appointed Mr.. Aldhce IT,,
Walker rs arbitrator To settle questions
Of dispute pertaining to the equal dlyis-
ion Of trnilic.
The pool established the percentage OF
the first aud seooud class competitive
passenger trRihc TO polut, beyond Blf-
fno and piptsburg that each Of tue eight
railroads Is entitled 10. The New lurk
Central should carry more per cont In
any one month there Is no practical way
OF Its diycfting this business Ia rs neigh
bors. a. Va the case Of immigrants, who
are banded by dhe railroads ~ easily ~
livestock
The way they adjust the iirs, and sec
and class traffic and keep the divisions
agreed upon il 10y the diversion Of I'm
migrants The adjustment Il made once
a month. The New YORK GENITAL, for tx.
ample, up 10 April ! last mad carried
about ib.UOO more than It's allotted share.
That Vs. IL had carried nearly. ~ per
cent Instead Of 30 per cent To even
up with the other lines the commissioners
should divert that many immigrant pas
Hengrrs The West Shore carried less
than 100 more chan It. share, so that
there was very little OF its eniigrant bus
Incss TO he diverted. But the Delaware,
Iackawanna and Western, Baltimore aud
Ohio aud othcts failed 10 get ~ much
frs, aud serond-clnss passengers As they
were entitled 10. Obviously they wanted
abe cmigrant traffic that was diverted
but this u q question that has been
under dispute Tor over two years. A lot
Of Immigrants are ruuiei over the New
York Central aud CANADIAN Pacific. which
the Central refuses To- divert claiming
that IL has nothing TO do with these pps
sengcrs and they should upi be- rcekunrt
In is allowance onc-eighUh VI thu
immigrnnt business. II " claimed thai
without the diversion Of s0inc Of thea'
ao-cnllcd "eatr' immigrants the Contra
l. still ahead " its percentage inns II
one Of the matters that needs to he ad
justcd sooner or Inter
In the SECOND place, the New York
Lake Ontario and Western, which wa
formerly bohind on drsi aud second elias
traffic. has Kicked up wonderfully. nn'
lately u las run ahead Of It's proportion
u n claimed 10y competitors that
should divert nearly thousand seroud
class passengers or make good the adjust
mcnt 10 the clearing-h house schcmc. inns
nuch ms the diversion OF Immigrant hns
ness l. not sufficient 10 even up things,
Through immigrants are reckoncd a
SiS each The conclusion which compct
tors reached was that thvr waS due thet
for distribution certain amount of rev,
nue. To this the reply was that Il mn.
stand to the credit OF tile ruad Ia cxcosi
nnd things may adjust Themselves
time. This IL taken 10 mean that ther
will he deunud for a new allotment d
perccnlngc, IN which the Ontario M
Westeru will demand q larger share ,
first and secoud-cluss passenger train,
because II has demonstrated liz ahilt
To ct the business Hut the fact r,
nihins that certain roads are nhcad
their allotment and the precise amour
has been figured out In revenues