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Show The Kail road Asreeiueut. Indianapolis. 5. The secretary of the recent meeting of railroad men at Saratoga, says the meeting was called to secure cooperative action for the interest of railroads. Following is the substance of the resolutions adopted adopt-ed : 1st. Any Western load may keep agenU in any Eastern icity, provided such agent shall not bo a building or contracting agent, and that he be under tho supervision of trunk line commissioners in respect to the maintenance main-tenance of rates. 2nd. ltates on freight between common com-mon competitive points, East bound, are to be established by oommission-ers, oommission-ers, and rates both ways shll be divided di-vided botween lines oanvfag trade onHiich basis as they mar ( ree upon. up-on. 3rd. Questions ariwDff .- .of rates for freights carried by mi and on lakes, are to be determined by Eastern East-ern and Western commissioners, jointly, on a plan to be agreed upon by a majority of each, the commissioners commis-sioners recognizing the obligations under un-der existing contracts betweon the trunk lines and other organized steamboat steam-boat connection cn (be Jakes, but giving the best rrr.f i''j? protection to all rail lines. 4th. The co ui: ii-. I the &ev' eral Vesern rait:.. I ..i.fc:s are toj be nominated by toe rcspectue conx-i peting lines, but to bo approved by ; all parties to agreement. Commis-1 sioners will be locateel in Cleveland, Cincinnati, ludianajwlis, Louisville, St. Louis, Chicago, Detroit, and at such"pointa as Western lines may hereinafter choose. The commissioners commission-ers for Cleveland and Toledo aro to be appointed by tho lines neutering at those points. An agreement is being drawn up. It is to be designed i by Western roads in thsir interest, with the exception of specific matters, passed upon above the present contract con-tract between the Xew York Central and Pennsylvania Central rail-iroaels, rail-iroaels, will from the basis of the agreement. : , |