Show OCEAN STEAMSHIP CO COMBINE western immigration pool that Um embrace braces the Can canadian adlan pacific and southern pacific new york nov 20 the agreement which has bea ben entered into between the railroad and the atlantic steamship lines tor for the regulation of the immigrant urea fares ie is the most far reaching of all combinations of the kind that were ever organized in this country in the first place it takes in not only all of the transatlantic steamship companies but the lines extending extend iiii as tar far south a as the gulf of mexico and nonh north to halifax thereby rendering it impossible for rates to be demoralized eo so far as the ocean companies are concerned conc erred one of the ticket scalpers chief source of revenue is now cutoff cut off aid and the railroads ads the conaty over agree to turn over 1 fat coneless on of 10 per cent to the eleam a h I 1 p alp ni by ol 01 the tile latter refusing re to have auy any farther dealings with outside ai it means an end to demoralization and a tightening of the acre screws a all along the line tile initiative was wag taken by the western passenger association which baa has been the le adini actor in the struggle the outside agents trunk lines and steamship lines that has been going on for many years for a longtime time the leading ticket neeata were able to influence two or three of the western railroads so that it was wee i to lo mak any ironclad iron clad agreement the trunk li 11 1 rf 11 1 in future w will ill route all immigrant immier ant pas estrere destined for or points beyond tile joint traffic gateway Rat eway according to the im frictions given by th dative ol 01 the western lines the canadian pacific sno an southern athern So pacific which have been the chief disturbing in g factor to previous out cobbins com combinations bins have signed the agreement and they enter heartily into the new agreement |