Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1884-08-14
The Railroad Conference.

CHICAGO, August The committee OF
nine appointed to consider and report some
line of action for the guidance of the
Western and Southwestern trunk lines, did
not 90 into session until after ii o'clock
this forenoon. The general situation re-
mains as indicated in the Associated Press
dispatches yesterday. 1t is declared that
continuance of the tripartite agreement will
be discussed and possibly decision reached
to-day. As nearly as can be ascertained
the Rock Island is now the only road Op-
posed to the abandonment of that cOmbi-
nation. If it maintains its present attitude
the future is uncertain and the meeting
may adjourn without action. The officials
generally take the view that decisive
vote on the question will be taken to-day.
The conference adjourned at 1:3O o'clock,
having demonstrated that it was impOssi-
BILE to reconcile all the differences at a gen.
eral conference. The entire subject of the
maintenance OF the Colorado rates and the
further existence of the tripartite agree
ment was referred to committee of five,
composed of Gen1 Managers Hughitt, Pot
ter, Cable, Robinson and Kimball, who
were instructed to report on or before Sep
tember %. In the meantime the present
rates are to be rigidly maintained.
CHICAGO, August 7.-Therepresentatives
of the roads interested in traffic between
Chicago and Omaha, that is the st. Paul,
Northwestern, Rock Island, Wabash and
Burlington, met this afternoon after an
adjournment of the committee of nine and
agreed to. restore all rates between the
points named. A committee consisting of
Ripley, of the Rock Island road and Com
missioner Vining, of the Western Trunk
Line Association, were appointed to
arrange details The representatives ofthe
lines in the Central Iowa Traffic AssOci-
alton continued in session to-day. 1t was
agreed to advance the rates between
Chicago and Des Moines to the basis of rs
cents per hundred for first-class lumber.
They adjourned until tomorrow.
Charles Frances Adams and party left
for New York this evening.
The Representatives Of the lines in the
Utah pool met this afternoon. In view of
the notice of withdrawal by the AtchisOn,
Topeka & Santa Fe Express on August
oath it was resolved to maintain the pres
ent rates till September 23d, when the
committee on the transaction Of the
Missouri business will report.
a mcttluS VI Tue SulCdSO anu OU. LOulS
pool lines was held to-day to consider the
notice of the withdrawal of the Illinois
Central, which expires on the 18th of
August Pending further negotiations for
a settlement of existing difficulties, an ex-
tension of the notice to September 18th
was consented to.
A meeting of the Transcontinental
Association is called to assemble at Sara
toga September I'd, the day before the
notice of withdrawal by the Atlantic &
Pacific Express expires.
The arbitrators of the trunk line pool
to-day continued the consideration of the
question of percentages, referred to them
by Commissioner Fink The chief matter
is the claim by the Grand Trunk for an
increased percentage. The arbitrators
made their award and forwarded it to the
commissioner. The character of the award
was not made known.