The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-06-21
RAILkOAD MEETING,
IMPORTANT CONFERENCE IN REFERENCE TO
RATES OF FREIGHT BETWEEN THE WEST
AND SOUTH.

IMPORTANT CONFERENCE IN REFERENCE TO
RATES OF FREIGHT BETWEEN THE WEST
AND SOUTH.
BALrrNoRE, Juno 20, 1878.
largo number Of presidents. supcrinten dents
freight agents and othor officials OF Southern railroads
met ut Barnums Hotel to day tor tho purpose OF con
siderinc freight schedule for roads leading from st.
Louis. Louisville and Chicago to the South. Among
those present Colonel A. Cole president George
II. Knox. general freight agent Of tho Nashville Chat
tanoosa ana ST. Louis Railroad william MacIsac, gen.
erai manager, and X. A. Anderson, general freight
agent OF the Western and Aiisntic Railroad; j. H.
Wilson. receiver and general manager, and G. II.
Crosby general freight agent Of tho st. Louis and
Southern Railroad; W. H. Anthor, General Manager OF
the 81. Louis, Iron Mountain and southern Railroad;
N. II. Smith, General Freight Agent Of the St Louis
Nashville and Great sonthsfn Railroad; j. H. Martin,
President Of the Evansville and Teyre Hauts Railroad
Robert Forsyth, General Freight Agent tho Chicago
and Eastern Illinois Railroad and Great Southern Do
spatoh gseen line); Horace Tucker, General Freight
Agent Illinois Central Railroad; d. b. Morey, General
Freight Agent New Orleans, chicago and ST Louis
Railroad; 4. d. Richardson, General Manager Greco
Line, Chicago; II. $. hanes, General superin-
tendent; John l.. Taylor, General Freight
Agent; G. j. Owens General Agent; John
b. Andrews, Baltimore Agent Atlantic Gulf Railroad;
General H. r. Alexander, President Georgia Railroad
anu Banking Company and Manager OF Western Rail.
road OF Alabama; H. q. Fleming General Superin.
tcndcnt Port Roya Kalirosd q. >. Gadsden General
supsrinloadent Savannah ana Charleston railroad;
Colonel q. j. Forsscrc General Manager Atlantic ana
Charlotte AR Line Kauroad; sol. Haas General
Freight Agent Richmond and Dan vile Railroad: H. II.
Dorsey and J. A. Russell, Ballimor anu ono RAN
road; w. H. Fitzgerald, Atlantic Coast Line; John NJ.
Robinson, Prosiaent; A. J.. Poor. General Freirbt
Agent BALTIMORE Steam Packet Compsny; John
Davis, Agent Merchants Steamship Com
pany; ID. s. Fetch, General Freight Agent
Chesapeake and ONO Railroad; A. L. Huggns ana
William Plummer, Merchants anu Miners Trsnspor.
taton Company; v. U JohnseD, General SuperIn.
Manager Great southern Dispatch Green Line, Uni-
cago; Reuben Foster, General Manager Richmond
ana York River Railroad and steamboat Company anu
Of the BALTIMORE and Wilmington Steamboat Com
pany; Virgil Powers, General Commissioner; John
b. Peck, General Agent; Charles A. Sindai, Secretary
The meeting organized with H. W. Cole, Pres.
dent OF the N.snviie, Chattanooga anu St.
Louis Railroad, as chairman, and Charles A.
small, of the Southern hallway and Stcams hip
Company, as secretary. Ino char stated the
object VI the meeting to be to bring about main.
committee OF fifteen Was appointed to consider and
report tine report and q was taken 10 await
the report On reasscm bling the commits oil fifteen
reported recommending that Virgil Powers Commits.
sioner o tho Southern Railroads. be appointed
Ter win the agents or VI the steamship lines
running from Now York, Pn,iadepnis anu Baltimore
20 southern ports AID ascertain their views in gard
10 freigns snd report to future msoting when was
adopted, and The meeting adjourned 10 meet at tho
81. Nicholas Hotel, IN New YORK, NJ ton O'clock on
Saturday next 70 hear the report o. Mr. Powers as to
the result Of mis- conferences with the steamship lines