Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-11-30


sary for its adoption, no result could be
reached. The roads which opposed the,
formation of 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..
Union Pacific, and Mr.. j. Abbott, ge1sral
passenger agent of the Erie,were proposed
for arbitrator; neither of the gentlemen,
however, could get the requisite unanimous:
vote. One road approved Mr.. Kimballs'
action and one or two Mr.. Abbott's. Either
of these gentlemen it is generally conceded
would make an excellent arbitrator. and
would no doubt be able to devise a plan
| 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 DESTROYS
to keep up the present disturbed condition
of Southwestern passenger affairs. The
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 6evise plan for pooling the South
western passenger business, or any other
plan by which harmonious relations be-
tween the various roads could be secured,
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The committee was in session all the aft
| 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.
1t is conceded that unless the business is
settle the matter, war in St.
Louis and Kansas City passenger
| rates cannot be avoided as the Burlington
and Illinois Central will not remain a 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 he deems best
! after making full investigation of all the
| affairs connected with the matter. Mr..
Kimbalrs acknowledged ability in passen-
ger affairs, and his well-known honesty
and integrity, it is urged, was sufficient
guarantee that he would perform the work
faithfully and well, and decide the matter
satisfactorily to all the roads interested. p
| 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. G. Wicker, Chicago & North
western; R. r. Cable and J. T. Sanford,
Rock Island; 81. 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 that route altogether on the
ground that it could not do 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 10Th for the p1ar-
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
cifc roads anyway, and therefore the re-
duction is dead loss to the roads. It
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
previous meeting to put all this business.
into one general pool, and committee was
appointed to prepare plan for pooling
the business. In the meantime the regu-
lar rates were to be maintained But diff
cultieS arose among the roads Of M;rcis