Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-11-30
The IoaU0 Pool.
Especial Telegram to the Globe. !


CHICAGO, Nov. 29.-The general man
ayers and general freight agents of the
roads in the Iowa trunk line association
met yesterday at Commissioner M1dgley's
Office, for the purpose of discussing the
Iowa pool complications and to see if the
threatened disruption Of the pool could
not be averted. There were present T. j.
Potter and z. P. Ripley, Burlington; Mar
win Hughitt and II. G. Wicker, Chicago &
Northwestern; Ii. R. Gable and W. M.
Sage, Rock Island; S. S. Merrill, Roswell
Miller and A. G. Bird, Milwaukee d
st. Panl; A. S. Hayes and Geo. Olds, Mis-
souri, Pacific & Wabash; Commissioner
Midgely and Arbitrator Geo II. Bogue.
! In regard to the complaint of tie Chicago.
Milwaukee q st. Paul, that the Burlington
| was getting more than its share of the
Nebraska BUSINESSMAN that because it had
its lines in Nebraska it was not entitled to
as much of the Council Bluffs business as
the other roads. Mr.. Pottsr stated that no
one would deny he had as good line from
Council Bluffs as any of the iother
lines, and there was therefore no good
reason why his road thould get less than
the others at that point. The Milwaukee &
st. Paul has hitherto made no public state
ment of its position in regard to the ques-
tions which have lately disturbed the Iowa
Trunk Line association, not being willing,
as its officials claim, to enter
into newspaper controversy in
the matter Notwithstanding the various
eXParte statements of its position
which have been published. The GLOBE il
now able to state its position correctly. 1t
10 hrraA v &NIl a.
| drawal from the association had no rela-
ton to the live stock matter. Its claim in
regard to the live stock question was
simply this: That the object of the asso-
| citation was as stated in the agreement:
10 distribute tonnage and revenue" and
the commissioner was charged with the
duty OF 30 distributing the tonnage as
would approximate to the percentage of
revenue to which each party was entitled.
By the combination of stock shippers,
formed for the purpose OF breaking the
rates, large part of the shipments was
over the Milwaukee d st. Paul. The COM
missioners lost the power to divert, and as
is claimed the pool became imperative as
to this business, through no fault of tn @
| Milwaukee q st. Paul. 1t was manifestly
unjust, therefore, to compel the Milwaukee
|
business to tie other roads. The st. Paul
offered to pay over the net revenue, but
the other roads refused to accept less than
the entire revenue. Inasmuch as the
Milwaukee & ST. Paul was dissatisfied
with the terms of the pool as respects
dead freight, and proposed to avail itself
of the method provided by the agreement
for securing relief from certain ineuuit-
4 n nj q nd hind
ferred to pay over the excess of earnings
on live stock, unjustly insisted on,
rather than give the slightest
grounds for belittling the real issues by
charge by other members of the pool that
1t withdrew to avoid this payment. The
reasons for withdrawal are claimed to be-
First-The refusal to admit the st. Paul
road into the passenger pool as distinctly
! agreed when it came into the freight pool
The Burlington and Chicago & Northwest
ern admit that it was agreed that the ST.
Paul should come into the passenger pool
on the same terms as the other members
when it put Oh two trains between
Council Bluffs and Chicago and had it's
line in compile q working order. The two
| roads are row willing to admit the ST.
Paul as agreed, but the Rock Island re-
\ A-7So 40 SOhoChb' IL was dl5O 88f6Su ldSC
summer that the lines to Council Bluffs
should alternate in running a Sunday
train and in waiting for the Union Pacific
connection when late. In this arrange
ment the ST. Paul YVES included
although not in the pool. Within,
week after this agreement .had
been made the other roads referred.<t6 al
ternate with the st. Paul, apparently for
the purpose and with the efs6 of need
lessly subiectiDg it to all possible incon-
venieDces and expense
Another important point which
led to the notice of withdrawal of
the st. Paul is that the Bur
lington and Northwestern have lines west
of the Missouri river the traffic of which is
controlled By them.