Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-10-20
TRANSPORTATION NOqES.
The Honsas ctta !Meetinq.

agents at Kansas City this week resulted
in nothing being done. The difficulties
they encountered met them at the first
opening of the meeting and they found
them altogether too big to be handled by
them. They met on the 18th and on mo-
ton of Mr.. Barnes of the Northern IA
cifc.a committee was appointed to prepare
recommendations for the meeting the
next day. The committee consisted OF
Messrs. Barnes, Northern Pacific; Mr..
ThralI, P. S. Eutis, Burlington & Missouri
River in Nebraska; Mr.. @. S. Stebbins OF
of the Union Pacific; Mr.. Francis Chand
Ter, Missouri Pacific; Mr.. VIM. T. White,
Arizona, Texas & Santa Fe; Mr.. Percival
Lowell of the Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy; and Mr.. Teasdale of the Chicago,
St. Paul, Minneapolis d Omaha.
The committee worked all night
and the next morning was unable to make
a report that amounted tosanything. and
the members found themselves without
anything to go to work on. This Kansas
City Times of the 18th gives the following
statement:
The afternoon session passed
without bringing the agents any
nearer conclusion. It was evil
dent that the questions involved
in the readiustment of rates and proper
tions were too complicated to be settled IN
q day. Every plan that was proposed
was confronted by iunumerable obstacles,
and both the western and eastern represen-
tative5 finally agreed that it was next to
impossible to reach any safe conclusions
hampered as they were By the small latl-
tude which had been allowed them by the
Transcontinsntal association at the recent
San Francisco meeting.
It was expected that che representatives.
of the Northern Pacific and Central and
Southern Pacific would show their teeth,
but Times reporter was assured that
Everything was lovely" It was reported
in railroad circles that Mr. John Muir, traf-
fc manager of the Northern Pacific, had
declared at the morning session that his
line would compete for San Francisco
business out of New Orleans, taking it by
way of Memphis, st. Louis and Chicago
and thence to st. Paul; and that Mr.. Good
man in turn declared If the Northern Pa
cifc invaded his Territory the South ern Pa
cifc would compete for the Chicago bust
ness, taking it by way of New Orleans. 1t
was denied that any such colloquy oc-
Cured. It Was suggested in the meeting,
however, that these complications might
arise.
The Northern Pacific, it is understood
will make an aggressive fight, giving
S98 rate, the same as that of the Southern
Pacific, from New Orleans, and taking the
passenger right through st. Louis with
a 500 rate, Chicago with at $107.50 rate,
and st. Paul with $95 rate. The COM
plications which will ensue upon this ar
raugement may be seen at a glance.
At o'clock yesterday afternoon the ses-
sion of the general passenger and ticket
agents was brought to q close, an adjourn
ment being taken until October 80, when
the meeting will re- convene at Chicago.
1t was impossible for some of the repre-
sentatives to remain here longer, and it
Was, furthermore, deemed expedient to
meet in Chicago the Both inst, because on
the 31st thu members of the Transcontin-
entail association will hold q meeting there.
This association is composed of the gen
eral managers of the Pacific coast lines
and the general passenger and ticket
agents will appeal to their superior OF
fcers to show them some way out of their
present difficulty.
Immediately after the adjournment of
the joint committee meeting of the rep
resentatives of the eastern lines was held
and resolution to maintain the present
rates until some agreement was reached
was adopted. No further business was
transacted.
In railroad circles the meeting OF the
passenger officials was the absorbing theme
of conversation.
"There will probably be a war;" re-
marked member of the Slow joints" as
ISOLATION.
"How will il be brought about?"
sit seems to me that is what the North
ern Pacific people are after. 1t will ad-
vertise them, and then, you know, cold
weather is coming on and the Northern
Pacific won't get much passenger business
unless rates come down. For my part
don't much care if they do have war. The
Central Pacific has been sitting back on its
launches and grinning at the eastern lines
when they were in the midst Of conflict
and now I'd like to see the Central Pacific
taking dose of the same medicine. Al
though they have reaped the benefit of our
wars, they have never stood any of the ex-
pense, and now believe the eastern lines
will have chance to get even"
ga rate war among the Pacific lines would
make travel haavy?"
'Yes, and thereby help our lines"
(which of the Pacific coast lines will do
tho bulk of the passenger business?"
"The Atlantic and Pacific. 1t is a bran
new line now, and it may require some
time for it to get introduced, but ultimate
ly the Atlantic and Pacific will be the popu-
lar route"