The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-01-19
CONSOLIDATION
OF ALL RAILROADS
Agreement A to Pool All
Passenger Traffic.
CHANGES INVOLVED
Are Enormous and Will Affect More
Than so, Men.
FAST PASSENGER TRAINS
FAST PASSENGER TRAINS

Arc in Many Instances to be Aban-
doned as Well as All Fast Freishts.
All Roads Eastiof Chicago arc
Already in the Combination
and it May Extend to
the Pacific.
CHICAGO Jan. 1s-The Tribune to-
morrow will say:
.ln order to cary out their anti-com-
bination agreement. it is proposed to COM
i,ine all the railroads in the country in a
big passenger pool anA operate it in such
{. way that each road will get an agreed
percentage of the earnings. BY such
action no possible profit can accrue 20
any of the roads from ignoring the agree
ment. Each road is to be allowed to
carry all the passengers 1t can secure
but any road that should manage TO get
more than it's allotted proportion would
have its labor for its pains, as the prohts
would so to the competing roads which
have failed to carry their proportion Oh
the business.
EASTERN ROADS FAVOR IT.
:The eastern roads have all voted III
favor of this scheme, and committee
of Western railroad executive officers
is now at work to get all OF the western
lines into the combination.
The railroad magnatcs Go not admit
that the formation and maintenance OF
passenger pool would constitute Vio-
l:rt.ion OF the law. 1t has been always
the contention of the railroads that the
section of the Interstate commerce act
relates only to freight traffic and does
not affect passenger business in any way.
and it now seems to be their determination
to act and fight it out on this pre-
SUMPTION
GREAT CHANGES.
The Chronicle tomorrow will say:
AS a 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 and the Atlantic Seaboard is
to be reorganiZed, involving the following
changes:
The abandonment Of the city ticket
Offices Of all OF the roads in the syndicate
in Chicago. New York. Philadelphia. Bos-
ton, Buffalo. Baltimore, Washington.
PittsburS, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Detroit.
Indianapolis, Peoria, and St. Louis, and
the substitution of joint offices in each
city
The discharge of all city, general. trav-
eling ard district freight and passenger
agents and solicitors of the eastern roads
in all parts of the United States, Canada
and Europe. This will affect nearly fifty
thousand men.
The abolition of all forms of commits
sions heretofore paid for the y,le of tick
cts over these roads. This will affect the
incomes Of ten thousand agents and elm
mate the scalpers.
TIE, establishnlet in Chicago and New
York Of joint auditing agencies. that will
Y Ia, oh
centase of the total competitive business.
The discharge of all Supertiuous assist
ants 10 the heads of departments of the
individual roads. Later the heads OF
these departments may be abolished and
the work done by clerks, who Will report
to the joint agencies
BOARD OF CONTROL.
The establishment in New York CT q
Board of Control, made up OF persons
representing the Vanderbilt. Pernsyl-
vania Morgan and Hartman properties,
the rulings of this board on all ques-
tions TO be final.
The abandonment of a number of
through fast passenger trains put in SER
vice during the past few years, as the
result OF sharp competition.
The establishment OF common schedules
for passenger trains between Chicago and
New York, ard between all Of the prnci-
, pal terminals of the combination roads
in the territory east of this city and aSt.
Louis
The abandonment of all fast freight
trains and the liking Of common time
for those trains between competitive ter
UinalS.
Following are the roads now in the
combination. New York Central: Penn
sylvania, Boston and Albany; Boston and
Maine; Eitchburg: New York, New
Haven and Hartford: Erie: LehiSh
Valley; LacEawanna: West Shore. New
York Ontario and Western: Rome. Water
town ard OS,lenshurG: Lake Shore; Michi-
gan Central: Nickel Plate; Baltimore and
OHIO; Wabash; Big Four: Chesapeake and
Chic: Lake Erie and Western: Monon ana
all lines of these systems.
MAY REACH PACIFIC.
When all details of the future manage
1neut Of thcs,oads in the Eastern conbtntt-
ton have been perfected the. leaders IN the
consolidation Increment will turn their
attention to the territory west of. GnscaSo
and attempt to bottle up the Chicago my
Louis. and Rocky Mountain country TN
like manner.
The combination may extend Ultimately
to the Pacific coast
The Harriman-Fanderbit syndicate
owns and controls the Illinois Central,
Union Pacific. Northwestern. Oregon
Short Line, ard Kansas City. Pittsburss
and Gulf All the big competitors of these
systems are in with the combining move
mant antl stand ready to go into what
will maintain staple rates and reduce
expenses.
the failing Of Congress to legalize pool
ing is given .ts the cause of the consoll-
dation, as the owners are determined TO
pool if the purchase of every railway in
the country is necessary TO OBTAIN that