The morning times., 1896-09-04
SOUTHERN MEETS THE CUT
Files a Reduction Of Thirty
five Per Cent.
RATE WAR Is ON AGAIN
Traffic Association "A authorized \ Re-
duction OF 85 Per Cent. but the
Southern Did Not Avail Itself Of
the peake Boat Lines
Continue Their Rivalry.

Inc Seaooaru Alr Line mas LIED with
the Interstate Commerce Commission d
schedule OF the reuuceu passenger anu
IrelInt rales under MinAn .aIey ili,end 40
operate their system anu these cut rates
WIN 20 into eiIect On Ine morning OF sep
tefnber b.
Ihe southern Freight Association, at
the meeting held In New YORK yesterday,
authorized The southern road TO make a
reduction of % per cent Ill All iielgnL tiiu
passenger rates, Dutthe company has given
notice u the commission or only a ieunciion
equal 10 that made by The Air line, win.n
ranges from 80 TO Is per cent.
The 80 per cent redncllon on the Sout hern
was only "a threat and the card was never
even iiled with The Interstate Commerce
Commission. The Air line has issued cir
criars TO al It's patrons in.9fing ,he,n ,hein
that another cut may be shortly naue.
BOAT LINES STILL RUNNING.
The Nurroik line OF steamers of the York
River Line, whose INTRODUCTION caused liie
war, are STILL running, III competition With
tile Bay Line, at rates winch cause Il loss
To Doth companies. 1hecondition ON which
the Sea buaru AIR Line Is wlilnE to bring
tile tight To close is tile removal or Tile
new Norfolk steamers Dy the southern, nut
tins ultinia turn hds been utsregaIded Dy
the latter corporation.
Close upon TUE ucafinouncemento OF the COM
ing convention OF ttheu general Ticket gents
Association, at Saratoga, on september 4,
1 3, 10, arrives the news ot tne selection
or MeXico City u s the meeting place Or the
Coupon Ticket Agents Association cOnvcn-
ton. The date will probably be chosen
inside OF a lew days, Dut II Is certain co
be held either in the latter part ef Sep
tember or early in October.
This organizations Includes in Its MEM
bershp the TICKET sellers on al the roais
embers number thousands and It's tDnven-
tiolls are profitable and enJoyab!;. lc the
numerous railroad men who attend Quite
a number OF agents from washington pro
pose to go to the convention.
New York, Sept. 3.-Thc Southern States
Freight Association met ut ~ O'Clock this
morning in The Hotel Marlborough. IM
object OF the gathering was To discuss the
recent action of the courts in dissOlSing an
Injunction restraining the Seaboaru Air Line
from reducing rates.
There had iceiI such a eat in the Seaboard
Air Line rates that the matter was taken
up by the Southern States Freight Associa-
ton. and the result was the issuance OF an
Injunction prohibitingt the Seaboard Air Line
from making a further cut in rates. Now
that the in9unciaun -has been dissolved, al
lowing the Seaboard Air Lire TO make such
freight and isssseeger rates as 1t chooses.
q fierce rate war is expected.
The fre.gnt assOcI.iIion has more patron
age than tine Air Line. and will not suffer
much loss by the dissolution OF the in
junction. However, it will have To make
a cut in rates to compete with the Air
Line, espe cially between Norfolk and
Portsmouth, where freight and passenger
rates have been reduced by the Air Line
to almost nothing. Wien the injunction
was dissolved n subcommittee was ap-
pointed by the executive board OF the
freight association to report on tile action
OF the court. The meeting OF this morn
ing was for the purpose OF discussing the
situation, s.,.,
Superintendent Foster, OF the Baltimore.
Chesapeake and Richmond Steamship Com
pany. said in speaking OF the matter:
I'VE do not want to accept any less than
we are getting al present for carrying pas
senSers and freight. but as the Air Line is
now at liberty to regulate prices as they
please, something must be done. l think
that as we are the iarger association, this
cutting of rates will not materially affect
US, vet we will have to make a reduction
in order to compete with them"
The Southern and Seahoard railroad conf
panies have filed with the Interstate Com
nierce Commission Schedules OF freight and