Omaha daily bee., 1882-09-25
THE WAR OVER
Settlement of the Pool Line Trouble
The Car Painters.

The trouble between the Iowa poo
lines has been the uppermost topic in
railroad circles for some time past,
but it is now believed that a settle.
ment of difficulties has heen arrived
at. The Chicago Tribune of Sept. %
says:
"The dark clouds which havo been
gathering for the last few days on the
horizon Of the northwestern roads and
threatening TO bring on a storm OF
unusua, severity looked less alarming
Yesterday, and hopes are now enter.
tanned that they will break today.
After the adjournment of Wednes-
DAYS meeting, when almost every
body felt confident that nothing could
avert a most disastrous war among
the western and northwestern
lines, Mr.. Potter, the gen.
eral manager of the Burlington,
heroicallysaecame to the front
and opened fresh negotiations to se-
cure a compromise agreement on the
northwestern passenger traffic. de
labored personally with the officials of
the various roads and urged them to
make concessions in order to prevent
a war that would necessarily inflict
heavy damage upon oil the roads He
could not See why any of them should
refuse to meet the others half way
when there was 80 much at stake. he
showed them that they could better
afford to make some sacrifices on the
passenger business than create havoc
among freight and passenger rates,
and bring on a war the result of which
might prove disastrous to most of
them. The general passenger agents
of the various roads were finally got
ten together, and they labored long
and hard to compromise their
differences and effect an agree
ment that would be salts
factory to all concerned. They
finally succeeded in setting the points
at issue, and the agreement was sub
mitted to tho general managers Of the
various roads. L. met with the APP
proval Of those of the Northwestern,
Rock Island, and Burlington, and
they appended their signatures. Gen
erai Manager Merrill, Of the Milwau-
kee n St. Paul was in Milwaukee,
and could not be personally consulted.
The points Of the now agreement
were telegraphed to him. An answer
was received from him that as he
could see from the points submitted
the agreement would be satisfactory
to him also, and that he would be in
the city this morning to meet the gen
eral managers of the other roads,"
II CAR PAINTERS.
The convention of master car painters
of the United States continued it's
session yesterday at the Palmer house,
Chicago.
The first topic discussed was: "When
the paint on a panel is in condition to
blister, why does it not blister all
over, in place of being limited TO a
few spots, which is the usual casel'
The discussion was opened by George
Forby, of st. Louis, and William
Sharp, of Adrian, Mich, and was
participated in by Messrs. McKeon,
Will, Hennesy, Fetch, Shines, and
others. The conclusion arrived at was
that dampuess, heated air, foreign
matter in the color, was responsible
for the local clustering.
AS essay OH "Surfaco Painting
was next read by G. f.. Felch, of
Sutton, Quebec. The essay was criti-
cised by Messrs. Cooley, Emerson and
Ball.
The next topic wal ''What Advan-
tage is There if Any in Stripping,
Lettering and Decorating ON Bare
Color Instead of Giving it a Coat of
Varnish Previously" M. W. Slime,
of Dayton, o., opened with a paper,
and the subject was thoroughly dis
cussed by Messrs. Ball, Condor, Will,
Phillips, McKeon, Cooley, Billings,
Davis, Lewis and others. The sense
of the meeting wal that there were
decided advantages in working on bare
color.
"What Are the Benefits Resulting
from the Use of Ready Mixed or Pre-
pared Ground Colors in the Railway
Paint Shopsl" was tho subject treated
next, in a paper by j. Ii. Will, OF
MorriHania, New York. Tho opinion
of the convention was about equally
divided on this question.
The report OF tho committee ap.
pointed to consider the advisability
of formulating a standard System of
a and locomotive painting, and of
the creating of an advisory committee,
was heard and laid on the table for ac-
tion ut tho next meeting.
I~uorsdihla.