The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-11-10
TRANsPoRrA rToN FROM THE WEST
Progress Made Toward Establishing East
ern Hound Freight Pool.

A conference Of trunk line and Western
railroad managers which had been in session
in the Windsor Hotel. in this city. for two days.
adjourned yesterday. Tho meeting was deter
mined upon Mt the railroad conference in Sara
toga In August and its object wns to secure
consultation and discussion between the West
ern railroad managers and those OF the trunk
lines relative to the establishment of an cast
bound freight pool. Over thirty railroad ON
cials wore therc. every rond Of importance trib-
uturyto the trunk lines hong reprrs,antcd; Mr.
J. ~ Mccullough Of tho Pittsburgh. Fort Wayne
and Chicago Railroad presided.
In his letter calling tho meeting Commits
sionrr Fink announced:
The object the meeting j. 10 make division Of the
cast bound freight only between The terminal lines
n r Iu, s. e. make hd d,o Seweem RS yr
Gus connections Of each terminal line aud teir conncc
Ills not thought possible to maize tns division by tho
n ni n', ,hs , o n lines wsd and G II hi H.. Inc
intermediate lines have TO actin tiS matter aud ARE
at the same time.
He then called upon the several roads tribu-
tnry to the trunk lines. ~ the Lake shore, the
Michigan Central. aud Ohio and mississippi to
furnish the proportions 81 their respective
traffic given To- the several trunk roads. Re
specting this matter he sud:
The crninai road. may be- able 10 show the dstribu
ton Of their business from oole non- u Destination
pclc possible. anl Tor the LONGEST pcrod Of time.
such extent ~ the Interested parties may specially agree
upon ~ the absence ct amy statement the division
could onli be made arbitrary manner which might
not bc satisfactory.
II had been decided before the conference
met that the points Of division of enst bound
traillc should be- Chicago ~. Louis. Cincinnati.
Louisville. indianapolis ana Peoria. Tho Elst-
crn managers suggested that these points wern
not sufficient and proposed the additions OF
Cairo. Evansville. Lafayette. Toledo Detroit
Milwaukee. Columbus. Port Huron. and Joliet.
These additions were accepted 10y tho CouVen-
ton. as wcrc also Pekin. Logansport and Terrc
Hnute. The unanimous sense Of the Convcn-
ton wis that the first condition Of the establish
ment ~ tho pool must be the appointment OF u
Commissioner. invested with full and absolute
power to sce that every party carried out the
terms OF the agreement. They wanted u pool
that would have an existence in fact and not in
name only. The question Of proportion OF tom
mage was then tnkcn UP and naturally provoked
greater discussion than any other subject
touched upon. Nearly every road wanted "A
greater proportion than 1t had had in the former
pool. Alter the demands of nearly all had been
made II WINS found that the aggregate was 200
per cent.
At length the several roads agreed to furnish
the data asked Of them In Commissioner Fink
letter. Mr.. \. Clifford. formerly Comm missioner
Of the Western roads. was appointed Secretary
OF the Western Association. and Il was agreed
to advance the rate on fourth cass east hound
freight and on grain cents n hundred from
Chicago. The advance made ON this basis will
take effect on the 25th inst.