Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-12-08
S'I.PAUL NEWS.
TRANSPORTATION NOTES.

LFUtJY 20 Ab6StFtS tfSC NOH'OtSWttoN'
The Southwestern Railway ASSOCIATION
will meet in Chicago on The 14th Of this
month. It is given out that this meeting
is to ba held for the purpose of ascertain
ing if it is necessary to make any changes
in the present agreement, and to elect &
new executive committee, but it is strongly
suspected that the gathering is for pur-
pose quite different from anything that
appears on the surface. The Chicago
Tribune makes the following statement in
regard 10 the meeting:
The fact that it takes place just one day
after the meeting OF the Iowa pool, which
is to take final action regarding the notice
of withdrawal from the pool given by the
Milwaukee & st. Paul, Nov. 16, indicates
that, in case it is found impossible to re
organize the Iowa pool, the Southwestern
association will be placed in such a posi-
ton as to make its future existence exceed
ingly doubtful, and prompt and energetic
action will be necessary to prevent it from
going to pieces at the same time the Iowa
pool does. Whether the Iowa pool will
be reorganized or not before the Mil
waukee & st. Paurs notice of withdrawal
expires depends upon what action
40 AAoi1y idhCA ECSdiAAAS WIG
alleged tripartite agreement between the
Union Pacific, Milwaukee q St. Paul, and
Rock Island. If the agreement is con-
summated and carried into effect all efforts
for the reorganization of the Iowa pool
will have to be abandoned, and there will
be no use for the meeting Dec. Is. The
contamination of the tripartite agreement
would be tantamount to a declaration Of
war.
The most strenuous Efforts are being
made by prominent railway officials to
prevent the tripartite agreement from be-
ing approved by the directors of the roads
parties to it. 1t is again rumored that
Vice President Marvin Hughitt, of the
Northwestern, left Thursday evening for
New York, where he is to have another con-
ference with the general managers of the
Union Pacific, Milwaukee & st. Paul,
and Rock Island, who are all n New York
at present. 1t is claimed thst at his con-
ference with General Managers Clarke,
Cable and Merrill in this city last Satur-
day Mr.. Hughitt made no arrangement for
bringing the Northwestern into the COM
bination, although that subject was under
consideration. Mr.. Hughitt is said to be
strongly opposed to the co2summation of
thO IopOrIcu dSIcouiout, UciuR COuFluCcU
that it would result in doing serious injury
to the railroad interests not only in the
west, but throughout the country. 1t is
understood that Mr.. Hughitt's mission is
not for the purpose of securing the ad
mission of the Northwestern into the COM
bination, but to prevent the combination
from being formed.
General Manager Potter, of the Burling-
ton, is still in the gest, but is expected to
return to-day. He was interviewed rea
garding this matter while at Des Moines
day or two ago. He said he knew very
little of the designs of the Union Pacific
and its allies, but it was his understanding
that the Union Pacific, Milwaukee g. St.
Paul and Rock Island had formed COM
bination, as reported, by which all bust
ness over the three combined roads was to
be delivered to each other. In reply to
the question whether that meant fight for
the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, he said
his company was always ready to fight
when forced to.