Show Differential Fares CHHHGO April 28A meeting of the general gen-eral passenger and ticket agents of the lines in the Western States Passenger Association has been held here Petitions were received from several of their Eastern connections asking that the differential fares now in effect ef-fect over s nch eastern lines be adopted by the western lines as a basis of rates making through fares to the East from the Territory west of Chicago St Louis Peoria Bloomington Bloom-ington etc the eastern lines communicating communicat-ing assurances that they would not ask nor expect that the revenues of their western connections should be in any way reduced inconsequence in-consequence thereof and agreeing that the Western lines should be entitled to receive as their proportion of such through fares both eastbound and westbound over the differential fare lines not loss than the amount that would occur to them on tickets sold over the stronger lines at higher through fares Under these conditions the Western lines unanimously agreed to recognize rec-ognize and adopt the eastern differential fares as a basis of the rates from May 1st The balance of the day was devoted to discussing dis-cussing the applications for excursion rates for religious and other gatherings Today the meeting will be continued I |