, 1880-06-27
THE RAILROADS.

THE RAILROADS.
SOUTHWESTERN ASSOCIATION.
|. The meeting of the Southwestern RaliWa.
Association came to an end yesterday with
out having reached a satisfactory concluslo1
regarding the complications about the dlyls
ion Of percentages between the roads in tht
Chicago Division OF the Association. The
same parties that attended the first days
meeting were present yesterday, and Afr
Carson, Of the Hannibal s. St Joe, also made
his appearance.
An effort was made yesterday morning tc
| bring about an arrangement that would be
satisfactory to the Rock Island, which de-
mands higher percentage than that
! awarded to it by the arbitrators March
81. But every proposition made was un-
satisfactory to the managers OF that road.
Mr.. John c. Gault, General Manager
| of the Wabash, took the position that the
| Rock Island course was entirely contrary to
the Southwestern agreement, which provides
that, il the first arbitration would be unsatis-
factory to one or more Of the roads in inter-
est, an appeal should be filed within five
| days after the time Of the PRONUNCIATION Of
| the award by the arbitrators, and that then
| the question should again be submitted to
| arbitration July l, and il the second award
prove unsatisfactory the dissatisfied road can
Withdraw after ninety days notice. Now,
! the Rock Island refused to let the matter
again go to arbitration, and insisted that the
roads themselves should fix up the matter at
once or else it WOuidF cease to ;lct with the
Association. This was all wrong. The Rock
Island had entered Into that agreement, as
was believed, in good faith' and yet itrefused
Mr.. r. r. Cable, Of the Rock Island, claims
that thar part of the agreement was nullitied
when Gould succeeded in forcing. the Wa,
bash aud Alton to withdraw their appeal
without acting according to the agreement.
What was sauce for Gould would be sauce
for the Rock Island, and it was no more than
fair that lie should now insist on being
treated the same as Gould was
The other managers claimed that the st.
Louis matter was passed and had nothing to
DO with the question at issue.
Mr.. T. ]. Potter. General Manager Of
the Burlington, offered resolution that the
question at issue should be submitted IL the
Nlessrs Perkins, Riddle, and Blackstone
but the Rock Island objected also to this
compromise.
It was then proposed that the matter be re-
ferred again to arbitrators, either the three
men that served last, or to three new men.
But the Rock Island remained stubborn, and
would not submit to anything Of the kind
When 1t became apparent that 1t would be
impossible to effect a compromise at this
meeting, it was moved that the further con-
siderati0n Of this matter be postponed until
July Il, and that III the meantime the three
Chicago roads should meet together and try
to effect an a1nicable arrangement. To this
the Rock Island consented, and the motion
was carried.
If between now and July IL the Chicago
roads III the Association are not able
to arrange the difficulty satisfactorily,
that meeting. will no doubt be the
the Rock Island should change its mind and
allow the matter to be submitted to arbitra
tion. None of the roads in the Association
are anxious to engage i'll war on Missouri
yer rates. and +h tey are thereforG very
ranged. The pool OIL this business has been
very profitable to them, and they have since
its reorganization obtained better rates than
ever before. It is for this reason that the
tractable, that It may not be charged with
having caused another disastrous war, and
consent to a compromise after all. 1t Is
general " agreed that the Rock Island should
afge1 roas 1ne e
find way to get at it i'll the proper manner,
and arrange it SO as to make 1t SatiSfac- |
tory to all the roads. The Rock Island has ]
not yet signitied how much more of the bust |
Of it is that it wants as much us the Alton |
gets. The Alton gets, ut present, fraction |
over 70 per cent, and the Rock Island frac-
ton over IS per cent, To give the Rock Isl
take per cent of from the Barlington's per-
centage, which would be unjust 10 that road,
and to which that road will never consent.
The only way in which the matter could be
arranged would be to take off about per
cent from the Burlington and from the Al
ton. This would give the Rock Island as
much as the Alton, and still not affect the
other roads very seriously. There is some
hope that, by the time the next meeting is to
be he the Mab1sa M Sh;a viii haze = effected
tits event an T entirely new division
OF percentages vii! have to be made. and the
roads may then be better able to come to a
noon the. meeting considered general busi-
ness matters. Tie matter of diverting bnsi-
ness from one road to another i'll case OF re-
ported cutting Of rates caused some discus
and the General Agent full
discretion i'll this matter anu allow them to
order business from one road to another il
they find it necessary.
the St. Louis bridge toll, five cents per LOO
pounds, to the regular rates on all business
easto the Mississippi to Missouri
River points oil all routes, whether via Chi
eag0 or otner points. IntS makes m au-
vance Of five cents all around. The salt rate
was advanced five cents per barrel, making
the rate OIL this article Is cents per barrel
from Chicago to Missouri River points. An
adjournment was then had.
EA5T-BOUSD FREIGHT BUSINESS.
Tl@ east-bound freight shipments by rail
For the week ending June 2G show slight
Increase over the week previous, when busi-
less was very heavy. The total amount Of
lour, grain, and provisions shipped during
he past week amounted to 4S,7G2 tons,
against 1909 the week nreviOus-an ill., |