The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1904-03-15
A lie NAILED.
Laokawanna R. R. Refutes
the Charge That 1t Was
Wanting In Courtesy
In the Matter of
Passes.

An article which first appeared in
Philadelphia paper and later in a Buffalo
publication, misrepresents the attitude of
the Lackawanna with respect to issuing
annual exchange passes, making it ap-
pear that the Lackawanna is the only
trunk line which refuses to issue annual
passes to travelling and other representa-
tives of connecting roads. In speaking
of the matter an official of a line con-
Meeting with the Lackawanna, said
''The individual who inspired the pub
Hcation of that article either belongs to
the Ananias family or is so far behind
current events as to be on party with
the backwoodsmen who are still voting
for Andrew jackson. The Lackawanna
was one of the first of the trunk lines
to exceed to the officials and travelling
representatives of its connections the
courtesy of annual passes for the current
year. 1t did the same last year, although
some of the other trunk lines declined to
do so. A good deal of history connected
with the so called anti-pass agreement of
1t is we'll known, however, that a great
effort was made at that time to place un-
due onus ON the Lackawanna for that
agreement, although those who were
posted were well aware that it became
a party to it out of Difference to the gen
eral desire of other and larger interests.
1T can be said of it's officials, how
ever, that they never attempted to eyade
scriber to that agreement, in which re-
spect they were quite different from
some of the other companies nor did they
show the white feather when. in mani
fest unfairness, an effort was made to
single out the Lackawa as being re-
sponsible for forcing the anti-pass agree
ment ON the other roads.
'sThe rank and file of the railroad
world refused to believe notwithstanding
their recognition of its forcefulness of
the management of the Lacka wanna,
that its officials even if disposed to do
so, could persuade the executives of other
trunk lines against their will to enter in
to such an agreement.
cat the expiration of the agreement
of two years ago, however, the Lacka-
wanna, when urged to join in renewal of
the anti-pass agreement, refused, to do
so, and last year as well as this, issued
its ANIMALS to the officials of other roads
with which it interchanged traffic. 1t
may not have been as prodigal as some
of the other and larger roads, but it
followed a enservative course, which is
the one moset likely to contribute to a
continuance of reasonable and proper
basis of exchange of ANIMALS between
railroad companies, while the extreme to
which some of its competitors appear to
be going, ostensibly to overcome the al
legged disadvantage of refusing to issue
any passes the previous year, is likely to
result, and may have that purpose, in
bringing again the whole system of issu-
ing exchange passes under the BAN
Apropos of this, good story is going
the rounds, illustrating the extreme to
which some of the companies which have
not issued any ANNALS for the last two
years are going in their issuance for the
current year. A prominent representa-
tive in the East of one of the western
roads was in receipt of complimentary
annual over one of the largest trunk lines
which, he said, considering the fact that
he had not been possessor of such
transportation for several years, was
highly appreciated. A day or two later
he learned that like transportation had
been issued in similar manner to every
member of his office force, except the col
ored porter, whereupon he remarked that
he did not think as much of the favor
first extended to himself.
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