The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-07-04
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS
ADJUSTING r. IL. RATES.

Chicago, 3.-From the official report
Of the proceedings of the Iowa trunk line
association held ct Commissioner Mid
geIy's Office last week, it appears that
quite an important acton besides that re-
| gsrdirg the division of rates on the Psc-
iic Coast through business was taken,
which was not given out for publication
ct the time. The most important was re.
gerding the divisions on business origin
sting at o. destined to points on theUn MON
Pacific railway esst Of Plum Creek. One
of the general managers present pointed
out that q revision of the existing ar
rangement with the Union Pacific rail-
way and the substitution therefore of re-
lstions like these which existed between
the southwestern association Of the At
Gibson, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad,
was the important question now con-
fronting the roads east of the Missouri.
The following resolution was then un-
auinously passed; 'Reaolved, that q
committee consisting Of Messrs.
H1ghitt, Miller and Cable, be appoint d
&c confer with the management of the
Union Pacific Railroad with the view of
arranging for more equitable division
Of through rates between stations on the
Union Pacific Railroad and points east Of
the Missouri river; the SAID committee to
have full power 20 act for ell railroads 10
interest and their unanimous action to be
binding upon ali pArties thereto" In
quiry was made as to whether the Union
Pacific bad consented to the route ofship-
ments of wool and bullion as reQueslep
by the association. The committee
stated that the Union Pacific had agreed
to deliver wool as requested by
the association, but declined to make
similar divisions of bullion. They in.
sist,d on delivering that as it WAS con-
signed. This obliged the association to
divert bullion on receipt IS occasion re.
CURED. The commission also stated
that when the Northern Pacific was
about to open to and from Montana, the
association had expressed the opinion that
the rates between Chicago and Council
Bluffs should be approximately the Same
per ton per mile for 500 miles as we're
the rates between Chicago and st. Paul
for 40 miles. Afterwards both the I'm
ion Pacific and Northern Pa.iic Rail-
way assured the commissioner tn It the
rates were the same between Omaha and
Montana as between st. Paul aud Mon
tans, whereup0n the association adopted
the rates current between Chicago and
81. Paul, thus equalisiDg though raes.
1t has since been represented that the
contract between the Pacific roads al
lowed the Union Pacific to make rates
ss much lower between Omaha and
Montana as the rates between Chicago and
Council Bluffs we're higher than between
Chicago and St. Paul. To ascertain these
facts the commissioner had written Messrs,
Vlnlng and HRnnaford. The former
replied that the agreement between the
TIVE companies contemplated tbs estsb-
HsbmeRt of st. Paul and Council Bluffs
as common points. The Union Pacific
had not asked the privilege of mskinP
lower rates from Council Bluffs than
from st. Paul, nor would they exercise
it II they had it while the distance from
chicago to Council Bluffs exceeded the |
distance from Chicago to S., Paul. It
was also true that the distance from
Chicago to Council Bluff constituted 60 |
greater proportion Of the entire distance
from Chicago to Montana VtG Omaha, |
than the distance from Chicago to st. |
Paul constituted of the entire distance
from Chicago to Montana ViG st. Paul. |
Mr.. Hannaford replied that @hen the |
agreement was made Mr.. Vining bkd |
claimed the privilege Of reducing the |
rates from Council Bluffs provided the |
ates from Chicago to Council Bluffs ex-
'sed those from Chicago to st. Pau, and
lis right to do so bad been conceded. No 1
immediate change in the situation on the
BART OF the association was deemed ad-
'isable.