The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-01-19
BIG TRUNK
LINE CHANGES
Important Eastern Lines Arrange
to Cut Operating Expenses.
Joint Agencies to Replace the Pres
ent Ticket, Freight and Passen-
ger Agents in Big Cities.
wanna IncIu Perhaps ROcka-
way ValIey.-DivisiOn of BuIIer's
Forces.

Chicago, Jan. 19-It is stated that as
result of the recent consultations and
agreements among the owners of the
great trunk railways east of Chicago the
entire transportation system between the
Mississippi river and the Atlantic sea-
board is to be reorganized, involving nu-
merous important changes.
The reported scheme contemplates the
abandonment of the city ticket offices of
all the roads in the syndicate in Chicago,
New York, Philadelphia Boston, Buffalo,
Baltimore, Washington. Pittsburg. Gin
cinnati. Cleveland, Detroit, Indianapolis
| Peoria and st. Louis and the substitution
Of joint Offices in each city In Chicago
| there will, it is said. be Joint office In
the down town district, one on the west
side and a third on the north side at
which tickets will be sold for all the roads
in the pact
Another expected result will be the dis
charge of all city, general travelling and
district freight and passenger agents and
solicitors Of the eastern roads in all parts
of the United States, Canada and Eu-
rope This would affect nearly 10000
men. The abolition of all forms of com
missions heretofore paid for the sale of
| This would affect the incomes of 10000
agents and eliminate the scalpers
There will be established. il is said. in
| Chicago and New York joint auditing
agencies that will apportion to each road
an agreed percentage of the total com
petitive business The discharge of all
superfiuous assistants to the heads of de-
partments would follow Later the heads
| nf ,ts 10,
the work done by clerks. who will report
to the two joint agencies.
| Board of Control.
| Among other changes said to be dccid-
ed upon are the following:
The establishment in New York of a
board of control. made up of persons rep
resenting the Vanderbilt, PENNSYLVANIA
Morgan and Hartman properties. the
rulings of this board on all questions to
! be final
| The abandonment of number of
| through fast passenger trains put in serv-
ice during the past few years us the re-
suit of sharp competition.
The establishment of common sched-
ules for passenger trains between Chica-
go and New York and between all of the
principal terminals of the combination's S
roads in the territory east of this city
and st. Louis.
The abandonment of all fast freight
trains and the fixing of common time for
these trains between competitive termi,
mails.
Following are the names of the roads
SAID to be in the combination: New York
Central. PENNSYLVANIA, Boston and Al
bany, Boston and Maine. Fitchburg. New
York, New Haven and Hartford. Erie
Lehigh Valley, Lackawanna. West
Shore. New York, Ontario and West
ern, Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg,
Lake Shore Michigan Central. Nickel
Plate, Baltimore and Ohio, Wabash, Big
-Four, Chesapeake and Ohio. Lake Erie
and Western and Monon and all aux
iliary lines of these systems
When all details for the future man
agement of the roads in the eastern com
bination have been perfected, the lead
ers in the consolidation movement will. it
is said, turn their attention to the terri
tory west of Chicago and attempt to dead
with the Chicago-St Louis Rocky Noun
tain country in like manner. The com
bining process may extend ultimately to
the Pacific coast