Show OCEAN STEAMSHIP CO COMBINE western pool that embraces the canadian pacina and southern pacific new york nov 20 the agreement which has ben entered into between the railroad and the atlantic steamship tines for the regulation of the immigrant fares ie the most far reaching of all combinations of the kind tuat ever organized iu this country in the first place it takes in not only all of the atlantia atlan tit steamship companies compan iea but tle lines extending as ar south aa the gulf of mexico and noab to halifax thereby rendering it impossible for latea to be demoralized EO far as the ocean companies are concerned conc erred one of the ticket scalpers chief source of revenue is now cut off and the railroads the connley over agree to turn over a to the steamship companies by victoe of the latter refusing to have any further dealings with outride agents it means an end to demoralization and a tight ning of the screws all along the line the waa taken by the western passenger association which has been the leading factor in the struggle with the outside agents trunk lines and steamship lines that has been going on for many years for long lime the leading ticket agents were able to influence two or three of the western railroads so that it was impossible to make any ironclad iron clad the trunk libee in future will route all immigrant passengers destined for points beyond the pint traffic gateway Rat eway according to lie instructions given by the dative of the western lines the canadian and southern which hare been the chief disturbing factors to previous combinations have signed the agreement and ahey enter heartily inu the new agreement |