St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-11-25
Local Passenger Agents Agree to Restore
Through Rates to Tariff and
Maintain Them.
An Arbitrator to Be Appointed to Settle
All Disputes and Impose Fines
on the Roads.
A Remodeling of the Milwaukee's
Freight Delivery System-Its
Time Schedule.
Atlantic Sc Pacific Land Grant Case
Erie Roads Annual-A New
Road-Other Matters.
Formed n New Agreement.

An important meeting OF the genera
passenger agents of the Chicago roads was
held at the Office of the traffic manager OF
the Omaha road yesterday. The meeting
was called for a discussion OF the local
passenger situation, rates having been very
weak for some time past. Those present
were f. 3. Clarke. general traffic manager,
and T. W. Teasdale, general passenger
agent of the Omaha road; W. II. Dixon,
assistant general passenger agent of the
Milwaukee IL st. Paul; Vice President
Truesdale and General Passenger Agent
BOYD of the Minneapolis IL st. Louis, and
General Passenger Agent Littell of the
Minnesota & Northwestern road. 1t will be
remembered that last June the agreement
which was in effect previous to that time
was then broken. This was on account OF
the Manitoba company shutting out the
Minneapolis & ST. Louis road from St.
Paul. When this road was shut out 1t did
not consider itself a st. Paul road any
more, and gave the necessary thirty days
notice of withdrawal from the agreement
When it did this rates began to weaken.
Though for long time they were not cut
openly, they We're imposed upon to such
an extent that ticket could be bought to
Chicago at from 81 to 81 less than when
the agreement was in effect. Agents after
a short time could not sell tickets in legit-
innate manner, always calling Ill scalper
to aid them in selling through tickets.
Things have continued in this manner ever
since, and have during the past month been
growing much worse, until the passenger
agents have seen fit to do something that
viii prevent a continuance of such a demon
aliZing way of doing business.
h,. vic on
the part of all the passenger agents to re-
form and adopt new agreement for the
maintenance of rates, if possible. The
session was long one, lasting from 2 p. m.
until p. M, bnt the time was not lost, for
when the meeting adjourned new agree
ment was drawn up and signed by all the
roads. The agreement is an iron-clad one
and the passenger agents will. no donbt
strictly maintain it, as they are all tired of
the condition things have been in. 1t is
practically the same as the one
which was in effect last spring
which makes the rate S14 for frst-class I'M
limited to Chicago; SIP first-class limited
and SO second-cla 1t will be unlawful
after Dec. 1, when the agreement goes into
effect, for agents to call scalpers into the
office to sell tickets for them. Agents will
pay commission to brokers of 81 ticket.
1t will be allowable for general passenger
agents of the road to test the sales of an
other by sending some one into an office for
ticket, and after the purchase is made the
agent may go to the other passenger agent
and have the money paid for the ticket re-
funded. An arbitrator will be appointed to
settle disputes and other matters that may
spring up between the competing lines that
require adjustment. Assistant General
Manager Tucker of the Milwaukee 81 St.
Paul road was arbitrator of the old paSSen-
ger agent agreement, but he was not then
connected with the Milwaukee & st. Paul
road. The arbitrator will be selected from st.
Paul or Minneapolis, as disputes will be set
tied much quicker than if he were in Chicago,
There was some doubt whether the Mime
apolis & st. Louis would sign the agree
nent before it had entrance to st. Paul, but
it was as anxious as any OF the lines for a
settlement of the ruinouS manner in which
business has been carried on. There will
be meeting in st. Paul again some time in
January over the ST. Paul & Northern
Pacific road. and then the agreement will
be as favorable to it as TO any of the other
lines signing it. For violation of the con-
tract the penalty is 500, which is $500 less
than the 1884 arrangement. Some reported
this sum much too small. as the roads would
not be as careful and guarded when they
only have to pay 500 as they would if the
fine were $500. But all the passenger agents
were pleased to make any agreement, and
felt much relieved when the paper was
signed which closed the ruinous rate war.