The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-08-08
Railroad Racket.

Chicago, THE COMMITTEES r 81
nine appointed to consider sn s III.
mort SONS line of action lor nd
pnidance of the Western an ot
Sonthwestern Trunk lines, ol9 o., nJ,
oo into session until after II ociGon o
~ III, en forenoon. The general situauon
u .nro "a indtcatedin the Assocla'
red press dispatches yesterday. LIE
tSeciared that the continuance OF INC
tripartite agreement Will DC ,;s Gi
cussed and possibly q oecio e0n
Teached to-day. AS nearly as CAL IL
he ascertained the Rock lslaoa 10
the onI7 road opposed to the ao91G T.
onmept of that combination. II ~
maintains its present attitude ;ne =.
fntnre IL uncertain, and the meeting
may adjourn without seton. -. U =. .
| fcials generally take the we" 1nHt b 9
decisive vote on the question "Aii W
-@ The 70 eonferencs adjourned at 1870
O'Clock, havi g demonstra cd so sne
imn Iihility to reconcile all dlTeF-
ences. At the general conference
the entire aubject Of the malnGsn-
ance of Colorado .ates anu sn y
further existence Of the trlpaftlVe
agreement was referred TO coln,
mittee of five composed of General
Managers Hughitt, Potter, Caoie,
Robjnson ana Kimball, who We're
instructed 10 report on or before
eeptember 23d. In the meantime
current rates are to be rigidly main
tanned. . -
roadS interested in traffic between
Chicago and Omaha-that 1s, 81
Paul, Northwestern, Rock lslanu
Wabash and Burlington-met tnl'
afternoon, after adjournment y
committee of nine, and agreed w Ie
store all rates between ths poim.
named. A committee co4 pao,
: ing of Ripley, of the hocl
Island road, and Commlssione
Vining, Of the Western Trunk line
as.ociaiion were appointed I
j arrange details. representatives. Q
, Iines in Central Iowa Traffic AS
= gociation continued their session 70
: day, It was agreed to advance raUe
j Ietween Chicago AMI Des MONIES
,. a bssis Is cents per 100 orirst clas
The Ium5er rates were discussed gu
/. without reaching q decision.
g Adjourned till TO morrow
+ Charles Francis Adams and part
e left for New York this evening,
: Chicago, 7.-Representatlves -
} lines in the Utah pool met ia
g afternoons; in view of the fact OF n
n rice Of withd laval by the Atchlsoi
b 4 opeka s. Santa Fe expires Augu
1t oath. it was resolved to malnta
rates till September %, when u
committee on Trans-Mlssourl ou'
will report.
4 meeting of the st. Louis al
~ Chicago pool lines was he'd io-os
- to consider the notice OF Wlthara"
1e of the Illinois Central, which {
-, hires August 18th. Pending fuftt
an NEGOTIATIONS for settlement OF eXl
n ing difficulties, an extension
nnISss to the 18th OF Septeml
- - was consented to. A meetl
III OF the Transcontinental ASSOCIATE
!. was called to assemble at Sarato
Is September I'd, the day before
iu' notice of withdrawal by Allan
&C and Pacific express; arbltrators
a., 40 Trunk line pool to-day contlnr
ns the consideration of the question
he per centage referred to them
,s Commissioner Fink, the chief n
% ter being the claim by Grand 1T
i'' FOR increased per centage. Al
traitors made their award and /
wa1ded it to the commissioner !
character OF the award is not m
ICE known.
no Little Rock. Tn the Uni
ost States District Court, to day, ia
nm Caldwell ordered decree ente
rks turning over the Memphis q Ii
en- Rock railroad to r. K. DaW,
the others az trustees for mortg
aid bond~holders. An appeal was ia
ex- to the United States Suprf
pc Court, and the present receiver
ave mains in charge until the cas-
md decided by that tribunal.