, 1881-07-14
Annual Meeting Of the Directors Of
the Baltimore & Ohio
=. - Railway.
r,obart Garrett Elected to Fiji
Vicc-Prcsit1cnt Kcyser's
'1'lncC.
Reorganization Of the Philadelphia,
Wilmington d Baltimore
Company, -; :.

tho Lakeside Building yesterday morning Ut
10 o'clock, Is not yet through with lta work,
and. although nothing OF II decisive nature
has yet been accomplished, mitch better
heatwny llns becn nndc. ant: tho proceed
inrs were mucl, 1uDru harmonious than wns
GENERALLY anticipated. While It. Is not by
eny means curtain that the Missouri River
nool will be rcorgauizeA, ar MI Arrallge-
nIent mem perfected by, which Il getl-
eral war ;. OH Missouri ntvor freight
rates cnn be avoided the prospects
iost evening we're quito Gatterinx t1At truce
Of some kind would 10 reached before tho
meeting adlourns. The feeling which pre-
WALLER, was much more harmonious than was
anticipated, thu General Managers Of the Sa.
Concessions than 1t any Of the previous con.
ferences held: fur tile sumo pur),ose. They
fuIiy comprehend the danger Of the sittt'l-
ion, and know that II this meeting adlolirns
wltot Paying Az GENE 20 R;yns sGe ars
disastrous wnr viii be the Inevitable result.
About a year ago. when the pool troubles
{(rst became SERIOUS, such = war Wouiu navo
Bit little affected the various Missouri Rlyer
tysSs: bgsyy. md and Consequently, the ron.is
wonu'id not have found it necessary
to nlnke any serious cuts i! rntes. But since
then the boUn has ceased and business !!ns
stny ae y s Of % o I sry aas iS nv ss steay y
decreased SINCE last JANUARY. and q LAD
break III tic rates now would prove !llaas.
tr0,s to some OF the weaker lines and iiiiltet
great tlaMage upon the stronger 1t1Gs. II IS
Of :I,o Missouri River rUntls are no longer rs
belligerent rs they were. afid they are nov
putting forth their best efforts to prevent q
collapse Ut tie pt,ol At this time. There were
M n IT Rim nnuI1 and ,3ntnnH Smith, CliicN-
Paul Mortoit, Burlington; II: I. Cable and
]. T. Sanford, Rnck Island; j: u. Carson ana
Y. Il. McDoel Manntbat Y y: JoH; i: l:,s =:
r. S. uayes, 4. A. TalmadEe, and J. a, LII,
Missouri Paclhc; John G. Gault and a: G,
Bird, Wnbasn. After the meeting Ind been
chilled to order and !{s object statsd tho coa'- ~
strllcted ut tho last slcet!n2 to preparS
western troubles went Into sesslon,, Wltl.
Irr. j. b.. CARSON, Of the Hannibal s.
s.s5 81 &c. oows IL taS ii Sh''f Viii &seu{s s usns4 ts
Managers Df tho vnrfous roads fully set forth
Their idens Regarding the vexcd coMpllca.
tions. Or cnAise oysrX one" llntl a different M
remarks were more tetnpeTate thnn nsnal, and
10 sllctl acrimonious spirit was eylnce1 rs
at previous .n,eetiags. After alf Ind thcfr
kay, Mr. Eable, Of tho ltock Island, announced
that ne !ltta neeM Mspirea Will Y tn W;'tGfn III
roads lie moved tl,at three Commissioners
should BE- appointed. OF which tho Commits.
siuuer of. tAe Association. Mr. Mttgley, shall
he one, to decide wllat. blIslllcss shall la
the association shall be divided; what roads
sali comprise each division; tho percentage
to be allotted to each utvlStUni tic perchft-
age to bo allotted to each ling In tho various
divisions It being provided that ai,y business @ IS
gassng To- or tfom cqn si, pot'hf h s', ne,,1a oG
BY any; the tr9tllc passing to Or from M cotll.
moli paint s!,al! 70 tfeatea 0llke ny wnatevfer
Sntte eafFsa o useas'g ~, . ~ tiaas a,, ~
5lon snall ne olnnlis a!t. Saaou!a guvStn n1,a
IN roatt tinl!s the Arrangement unsatistae- { u.
tory, II shal! he teqnlfea 70 ,glye ,;ioIty.nVe
thls plan to include oil freight traffic except
'o!3psai Tpe notion It was decided to take up the
rc$ollltlon section by section. ,.a.
Each sectton blialteu c0nslacfa1le uebate,
out ~ MeIe annal'n,Itsy 1aupa pa VIII hnt tha @
Gsn 11 ses wsh usr sea s @
tho Association should be divided. Thls WIS
solcA uoWn severn! O. tne ilnes op1ecLine y
lntr4st tho C1nnltastnn with stGIl power. u
Of the Assnc!Gtipn 2 plan wns s.ion!ttedi
which provided tlat tne AssocIatlon should
coltslst OF but tw9 divisions, the Chicago ai.tl
Me y. LOUIS. l1e Aasoc!ntoH ~ plesotnt
y: Louis. md the Hannt6al. or c1nrso The
.Hannlha! u st. Jos and ttS Immediate con-
nent and contendea that Zig divisions t should
s1 aat,, n a Hivta!3y, ~
territory had Iliuvh to do with the failure Of
ne last meeting u. co!lte to MI lltlaFstnndt
tMe tlani,ibal " -; Jne aha tne toaNs 9hGk,