The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-11-29


to Hugh Riddle, president of his company,
at Chicago, Saturday evening
Will YOU inform me if you will restore
rates tomorrow. or at the farthest by
Wednesday, the Goth. in accordance with
this arrangement, and if Wednesday oil
next week will suit your convenience to
hold meeting here, in New York, the
other companies asserting thereto. Please
favor me with your earliest possible reply,
as I wish to telegraph Mr. Riddle.
ALERT KEEP, President.
The following is the second letter Of
President Porter to Albert Keep
tried in my letter to state clearly the
terms upon which, and the time when,
would consent to restore rates. Ii You I'M
derstood your letter of the 25th inst, to
which replied, to embrace the terms up
on which, and the place where, the meeting
should be held and the extent to which the
arbitration should go, if one be necessary,
that are stated in my letter to-day, then
assent to the conclusions stated in yours
Just received. Upon receipt OF an answer
that all the parties have agreed to the
terms and conditions of my letter of this
day. am ready to unite in a restoration
of rates on the 29th instant.
The following is Keeps answer
To Fl. H PORTER, President
/ am in receipt of your letter of this
date, which is in reply to one / wrote this
morning, which was in reply to one re
ceived from you this morning, answering
mine of the 25th inst In my communi
cation of the 25th the following language
was used: That meeting be called at
Chicago, at an early date to settle by
agreement if possible, all the matters in
dispute.
I cannot see that any difference or addi
ton, of their broadcast sense in any way,
makes your proposition any stronger or
more fully covers any of the questions that
can come before the meeting than the Ian
guage | used all points in dispute
therefore conclude that in this respect
there is no difficulty between us. / Ger
tainlv meant, though | do not elaborate
on this in my leftcrzof tire 25th. TINT ali
questions in dispute covered any aues tons
between the two companies, three compa-
MES or four companies interested, The
only exception you took was the place of
holding the meeting. substituting New
York for Chicago This exception I ac-
cepted. The date of the meeting would
have to be determined on after the parties
had agreed to my proposition, and in my
letter to you | have suggested Wednesday,
the sixth day of December, in New York
city. as the time and place As we mutu-
ally understood this matter alike, as soon
as ! am advised of the decision of the Chi
cago Rock Island and Pacific railway com
pany will officially communicate with
You. ALBERT KEEP.
President
The Times has the following letter,
the correspondence thus
New YORK, Nov. %, 1882. -ALBRRT
KEEP, ESQ, President Chicago aud North
western Railway Deer Scr: have re-
ceived your letter of the 27th inst, being in
reply to my note written at an earlier hour
the same day. l note with pleasure that
you put the Interpretation upon my letter
which intended It should receive. The
words all matters in dispute" are certainly
broad enough and include all questions of
territory, limits. and extent, and, as you
also understand, in conference and re
sulting arbitration, to nibrace matters
affecting only two Of the parties. SIS wella
those affecting all four, there would be
nothing in the way of n company uniting
with the Others in the execution plan sug-
gested by you, if the situation, as I under
SJOOu III TO De Wnen writing To You yestef-
day. had remained unchanged. / regret
to say however that by the action of the
st. Paul company, in reference to the pur-
chase of the Chippewa Valley and Superior
if correctly reported by telegraph
to the newspapers, the situation has
been very materially modified. Under
those circumstances l felt it my
duty to decline. for the present.
any further consideration of the psoposed
until ] am more fully advised
of the transaction, just alluded to. I shall,
Of course, change my present purpose, if
advised that the St. Paul
would enter a conference and arbitration,
including this matter and submitting all
questions affecting the road above named.
IS they would have done had no transaction
u reference thereto been had since these
negotiations began. No one can regret the |
present condition of affairs more than my
'elf. can only say that I am not re
'ponsible for the last and most unfortunate
PORTER.
Keep and Hughitt left to night for Chi
ago, and Porter will start for that city in
he morning to be home Thanksgiving |
lay.
The Times also has the following: |
Albert Keep Tuesday arranged a meeting |
# representatives of the roads at the office I
# his company, the Northwestern, which |
,egan at $50 and lasted till 5 p. m. The
Northwestern was represented by Keep, |
President, Marvin Hughitt, Vice President, |
md NJ L. Sykes, Secretary; the Omaha by |
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