Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-09-14
The Sc. PGrl Pool.
Especial Telegram to the Globe.

CHICAGO, Sept, 13.-The general manag
ers of the Northwestern, Milwaukee 81 st.
Paul and Book Island railroads met at the
Grand Pacific for the purpose Of trying to
effect q pool on the business between
Chicago and ST. Paul and Minneapolis,
and thus stop the fight which has been
going on ever since the establishment of
the Albert Lea route to Minneapolis and
St. Paul. It VIII be remembered that at
the meeting held last week for the purpose
Of effecting recognizing Of the Iowa
pool, which became necessary, on account
Of the establishment of Council Bluffs
line by the Milwaukee & st. Paul,
The Milwaukee 6 st. Paul declared its
Willingness to form the Iowa pool on con-
dition that the trouble referring to the
st. Paul and Minneapolis bureau should be
settled first. The general managers of the
Northwestern, Milwaukee & st. Paul and
r. L roads were requested to meet and
try to settle their differences if possible
and accordingly they agreed to meet to
consider the formation Of pool between
their roads. It was generally supposed
standing and that a new ST. Paul and Min
neapolis pool would be organized without
much trouble. Their anticipations how
ever, were not realized by yesterdays pro
ceedings. Previous TO the meeting of the
general managers of the three roads at the
Grand Pacific hotel, the general
managers of the Northwestern and Mil
waukee & st. Paul, who have been hand
ling the st. Paul business for some years
past, met at the Northwestern Office TO
agree upon the propositions to be made
to the Rock Island. After long discus
sion they came to an understanding, and
agreed to allow the Rock Island Is per
cent. of the Minneapolis business and 10
per cent. OF the st. Paul business. After
this had been settled the general and traffic
managers of these roads repaired to the
Grand Pacific hotel, where they met the
officers Of the Rock Island. There were
present atEthis meeting S. s. Merrill, j. T.
CLARK and w. G. Swan, Of the Mil
waulzee & ST. Paul; Marvin Hughitt
and Il. G. Wicker, of the Northwestern,
and 3. r. Gable, of the Rock Island.
Mr. Gable, Of the Rock Island. was in
formed that the Northwestern and Milwau-
kee & st. Paul had agreed to admit his
road into the st. Paul and Minneapolis
pool, and that they had decided to allow
his road Is per cent. Of the Minneapolis
business and 10 per cent. Of the st. Paul
business. Mr.. Gable seemed to be sur
prised TO recei7et such an offer and indig-
nantly asserted that he would never accept
such q pittance of the business, no matter
what the consequence might be. The
Milwaukee & st. Paul and Northwestern
people thought that they had made very
liberal proposition, and declared that they
could not well see how the Rock Island
could refuse to accept such an offer. Mr..
Cable said that he had as good a line
as any of them TO Minneapolis, and
could under fair cnnoection secure
as much business from that point as any
of them, and he would certainly not accept
less than one-third Of the business, SO *
per cent. He admitted that ne had not as
good line as the others to st. Paul, but
still he had agood line to that point also,
and would be able to divert considerable
business from the other roads. He thought
he was entitled to considerable more ST.
Paul business than the other roads pro-
posed to let MIN have, and he would not
be satisfied to accept less than 90 per cent.
If the roads, ne said, were willing to give
him this percentage, he would join the
pool; otherwise he would not. Both sides
refused to make concessions, and the meet
ing finally adjourned without
having made any further progress.
This meeting was to try &, bring about a
reorganization of the Iowa pool, and get
the Milwaukee & st. Paul to join. At TO-
days meeting it was agreed that rates
should be restored between Chicago and
st. Paul and Minneapolis. That COM
missioner should be appointed to see that
the agreement was carried out. No pool
was formed, but the Northwestern and st.
Paul would continue their former pooling
arrangement, and the Rock Island could
obtain all it can without cutting rates. The
st. Paul road was to-day admitted to the
Iowa pool, thus settling a controversy
which promised to result in disastrous cut
ting OF rates.