Show RAILROAD FUMBLES big roads establish a new rule regarding commissions Dom missions the following circular has been isred to all the western ticket agents joint committee office of the chairman broadway new york january 22 1891 tu all agents and ticket sellers in the united states and the dominion of canada at a meeting held at new york on the ath instant of lines in the territory of the joint committee it was agreed that on and after february 1 1891 cheso lines vill not pay share or allow ny form of salary cut or other consideration in connection ft ith the sale of tickets on tho issue 01 other companies or bermit the tickets ot these lines to be sold at any point on you are therefore notified that nc payments or allowances will be made contrary to ahm agreement after ary 1 1891 managing of the limity assent to the foregoing and authorize the undersigner undersigned under signed to tah notice valley baltimore and ohio baltimore and duio sou ih western auf falo pittsburg Pitta burg of new derae lake C e speake and olno chicago and laitem la item illinois chicago and grind brunk chicago and veat michigan cincinnati armilton Ad milton ana daton cincinnati wa bash and michigan cleveland akron and columbua cleveland and couton cleveland cincinnati chicago and bt louia cleeland Cle elaud and wheeling Cl yoland asid maneita coluin bus hooking valley and toledo cai shaft uee and hockinjr Hockin ir atri Dt ri and cleveland steam navigation company and anal urn pany delaware lackawanna ano veaters Vea tern detroit grand haven am milwaukee detroit Lansin yand north ern evansville and Terre haute grand rapids and inglina Ind Lina grand trunk via niagara frontier indiana illinois and erie alliance and southern lake shore and southern lehigh valley louisville evansville and st louis louisville new albany and chicago michigan central now york central and hudson iziver new york chicago and st louia new york lake ero and including chicago and erie and new york pennsylvania aud ohio division new york ontario Onta iio and western ohio and api penn sylvania company pennsylvania poughkeepsie and boston pittsburg Pitta burg cincinnati and at louia peoria decatur and evansville anaville Ev philadelphia and beading pittsburg Pitta burg and lake erie pittsburg marion and chicago pittsburg shenango She and lake krie pittsburg Pit and western pontiac oxford and northern toledo and ohio central toledo and ohio central extension toledo st louis and kansas city valley vandalia western new york and pennsylvania west shore J F chairman G R blanchand BLANc nAnD aice chairman the public may not clearly understand ita meaning hut every ticket agent will for it means a cut down in their incomes anat will be felt la addition to the salaries they receive from the roads br which they are employed certain east ern lines give a commission on all through ticket sold over their linen thus if a man wanted to go to new york and the ticket agent could induce him to buy his ticket by way of the erie the ticket agent would get a handsome commission on the sale the new york business principally goes to the new york central and hudson eiver and the pennsylvania companies compan iea and the other lines have to offar inducements to get the agents to sll through tickets any other way chis move wan made no doubt because of a threat of the stronger aine to cut the rate unless thia form of manipulation was stopped |