St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-01
Northwestern Roads Come TO An agree
ment at Last On Commercial
Tickets 10 Chicago.
The Chicago Bast-Bound Freight Com
mittee Decides TO Restore Rates
to the april Tariff.
Rstes Governing Live stock ship
nents Advance IN
Flour Rates.
ST. Paul and Minneapolis Passenger
Rate sheet Revised--Rail-
way Earnings.
Freight aud Passenger Meeting

AA anu EeAaeeAtE IAettaN9a
AS announced in yesterdays GLOBE. a
meeting OF the representatives Of the Chi
cage ~ Northwestern, Milwaukee * ST.
Paul, Omaha and the Minneapolis & St.
Louis roads, was held in the office of
Traffic Manager Clarke of the Omaha YES
ta-d1y. There were two sessions during
the day. the one IN the morning being oI
rhe freight and passenger agents, and the
one in the afternoon was q meeting Uf
freight agents exclusively.
The morning session was the most imDOr-
ISN'T, as 90 it the proposed adoption OF the
commercial ticket 5y the Milwaukee d St
Paul and Omaha roads was discussed.
Those present no this meeting were. Cen
er3l Freight Agent Bird Northwestern
Freight Agent Boyden, Assistant General
PIsSeIge Agent Dixon and Division
Freight Agent L0ughley, representing ,he
Milwaukee * s.. Paul; General Traffic
Manager Wicker, General Passenger Agent
Hair, Assistant General Freight Agent
Knapp Oi the Chicago a Northwestern.
Vice President Truesdale Northwestern
Freight Agent Kimbau. Ticket agent Whit
IaNcr of the Minneapolis q ~. Louis. and
Traffic Manager Clarke OF the Omaha
road.
GLOBE the thought was generally enter
tanned that the Minneapolis & St Louis has
been since the managers accommodating
commercial tickets go most any one who
called for them. while tine agreement pro-
siOed that these tickets should be only sold
by that company Co commercial houses
The Milwaukee A. 81. Pau and Omaha roads
brought the matter before the meeting Tor
discussion. 1but thew had
NOT A VERY STRONG CASE,
for they failed g. show where the Albert
Lea had violated the agreement. There
was only one instance that was shown
where the company hal sold 10 "a party lot
entitled 90 tine commercial rate and that
was dome through Misrepresentation ON the
part IF The purchaser. The freight
agents were present aJ this meeting
uo see how the passenger agents
LlJ been using these tickets They cauuOt
be sold hy the ticket agent IT tine Ninnea-
rolls * St. Louis without q written order
from the freight agent. The Omaha and
Milwaukee roads sell mileage tickets go
cents per mile. which the Albert Lea
claimed was equal 20 the $500 rate charged
by 70 Tor commercial tickets 20 Chicago. and
Jngt 10 could not use a joint ticket. as COM
merci1l men cOull not Use il direct 20 Chi
caso. and iJ would take nearly life time u
use "a thousaud-mile ticket up. The Albert
Lea people showed that they had main
tanned al the stipuiatiOns Of tie managers
agreement, ant the Milwaukee g. -. Paul
and Omaha acknowledged they had made
mistake and that the Albert Lea had been
selling leEitimatcly and holding To- the
agreement IL was agreed then by the roads
doing the accusing not 10 put on for sale the
commercial tickets, and the Minneapolis
consented 20 sell these tickets 90 Chicago 90
S10.25, with q rebate OF sos. or S21.5g
f1r The round trip with rebate of $40.
Tie meeting lasted about two hours and a.
halt aud then adjourned. The meeting OF
the freight agents in the afternoon was q
prOTacted one. they bong IN session from
noon until $50 O'Clock Tic business dis
cUssed related 10 rates 20 and from interior
points. and was oi no special interest only
u the freight agents themselves.