Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-11-30
avoided. All the roads but two

avoided. All the roads but two
were found to be in favor of the PROPOSE
ton, but as unanimous vote was Eeeas--
sary for its adoption, no result could be-
reached. The roads which opposed the
formation of a pool are understood to have,
been the Rock Island and the Alton.
The proposition was then made to sub
nit the matter to an arbitrator and let
him decide what share of the business each
road would be entitled to. Mr.. Thomas L.
Kimball, assistant general manager of the
Union Pacific, and Mr.. j. Abbott, general
passenger agent of the Erie,were proposed.
for arbitrator; neither of the gentlemen.
however, could get the requisite unanimous
vote. One road approved Mr.. kimbalrs--
action and one Or two Mr.. Aobott's. Either
of these gentlemen it is generally conceded
would make an excellent arbitrator, and
| would no doubt be able to devise pIare
for the satisfactory settlement of the
! troubles, and it is generally regretted that
one or the other could not be chosen on
| account of the stubbornness of one or
two OF the roads, who seem to be desirouss
to keep up the present disturbed conditions
| Of Southwestern passenger affairs. TEE
meeting, finding that it could not agree
upon plan for settling the troubles, re-
solved to appoint committee
consisting of the general passenger
agent of each road interested, to
meet at Commissioner Dixon's Office and
try to devise plan for pooling the South
western passenger business, or any other
plan by which harmonious relations be-
tween the various roads could be secured,
and to report to the general meeting.
The committee was in session all the af6--
ernoon, and considered various plans for
the settlement of the trouble regarding the
St. Louis and Kansas City passenger rates,
but was unable to come to any understand
ing, and finally adjourned without taking
any action whatever.
It is conceded that unless the business is
pooled or an arbitrator chosen to
settle the matter, war in st.
Louis and Kansas City passenger
rates cannot be avoided as the Burlington
and Illinois Central will not remain par
ty to the old agreement any longer. A
strong effort will probably be made to-
agree upon Mr.. Kimball as arbitrator, and
let him settle the dispute as ne deems best
after making full investigation of all she>
affairs connected with the matter. Mr..
Kimbalrs acknowledged ability in passen--
| ger affairs, and his wen-known honesty.
and integrity, it is urged, was sufficient
guarantee that ne would perform the work
faithfully and well, and decide the matter
satisfactorily to all the roads interested. ~
| At the conclusion OF the Southwestern
passenger meeting the roads in the Iowa
pool met There were present, T. J. Pot
ter and E. P. Riply, Burlington; S. S.
Merrill and A. J. Mccormick, Milwaukee
& st. Paul; 81. c. Wicker, Chicago & North
western; R. R. Gable and J. 7. Sanford,
Rock Island; H. NJ. Hoxsie and George
Olds, Missouri Pacific; John G Gault and
A. G. Bird, Wabash. The action of Com
missioner Midgety IN refusing to allow the.
Iowa pool lines to become involved in the
rate war was approved, and it was decided
that the regular rates should be maintained
| hereafter, no matter what further compli-
cations might arise among the North
western lines. The cut made by
the Illinois Central and Omaha lines on
| Council Bluffs rates via their Sioux City
route was discussed and it was the general
| opinion that no good could result from
meeting these rates, and that it was best
to ignore thas route altogether on the,
ground that it could not 90 much harm
! anyway.
A committee was appointed, consisting
| of the general freight agent of each road
in the Iowa pool and Commissioner Mid
getty, to meet with the representatives of
| the Eastern trunk lines and the Central
and Union Pacific railroads in New York
Dec. 10th to 18th for the pur-
pose of arranging rates on through
business to San Francisco and Pacific coast
points. The object of the meeting is to
induce the Union and Central Pacific roads,
to do away with the system of giving spe-
cial rates to such shippers as will bind
themselves not to ship any business via.
the Pacific Mail Steamship company's
line. 1t is contended by the trunk lines.
| and the Iowa pool lines that the contract
system by which California shippers, ship
ping exclusively by rail, are given less,
than half rate, does not help the railroads,
, in the least and ought to.
be done away with. The Pa
cifc Mail company, it is argued,
meets the contract rates made by the Pa
cific roads anyway, and therefore the re-
duction is a dead loss to the roads. til
urged that the rates should be made low
enough to induce shippers to ship by rail-
and that all shippers should be treated
alike.
During the afternoon another meet
ing was held. All the roads interested in
the Mississippi river lumber business met
to discuss plan for uniting the various.
lumber pools into one general pool, in
| order to stop the cutting of rates which
has lately been going on, especially
on business from Mississippi river
points. 1t had been agreed at
a previous meeting to mt all th,c bnSinace