The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-01-20
THE POOL DEBATE.
Mr.. Bancroft on the San Fran
cisco Convention.
TRANSCONTINENTAL RATES.
All the Roads After Higher Percent
ages-Who Will Secure the
Office of Commissioner!

w. H. Bancroft, receiver OF the Den
yer 81 Rio Grande western, returned
Yesterday from the pool conference now
going on in San Francisco. A HERALD
reporter called on Mr.. Bancroft, at his
office at the depot soon after his arrival,
for the purpose of elicting whatever in
formation of interest to Utah might be
obtained. Mr.. Bancroft was immersed
in papers and calculations, but laid
them aside for few minutes while he
replied to our reporters inqui ries.
''You returned, did you not Mr.. Ban,
croft, before the conference concluded? p
Eyes" was the reply, nothing but
informal talk had been INDUCED in,
though there was a prospect of settling
down to work on Saturday"
'.What is the main object of the
present conferenced"
The main objects, the sole objects, 1
might say, are Encouragement of the
transcontinental pool, which expired
on December 31st and the appointment
of "a new pool commissioner"
How many roads are represented in
the meeting?"
"All who share in the pool; let me see,
there is the Northern Pacific, the
Central Pacific, the Atohison Topeka
81 Santa Fe, the Atlantic & Pacific,
the q. B. 81 O., the U. P, the
D. & R. G., the D. & r. G..
Western and the Oregon R. &
n. Co. There was delay of a few days.
IN waiting for 0aksed of the Northern
Pacific, but they expect to go to work
Saturday and have the thing all settled
on Monday or Tuesday,"
"Who are the principal parties dis
satisfied under the last pool?n
"Well, as far as that goes you might
say they are all dissatisfied; the repres-
entatives Of each road will all strive to
get the highest possible percentage for
themselves
The reporter mentioned that he had
heard the O. 2. would demand a
higher proportion of the whole
II know nothing of that,
said Mr. Bancroft, "they viii all de-
mand it for that matter"
"AYho is most prominently men
toned in connection with the Office of
pool commissioner?
sob, there are a good many applica-
tons l. don't think it viii be a San
Francisco man, unless Mr.. Cannon,
who is at present acting n the Office,
should be appointed
Have you any figures that YOU can
make public as TO the proboble distri-
button OF percentages to the various
roads 2"
No, none; they are running on the
pool which expired December 31st, by
mutual consent. They have made moth
ing public as to probabilities or eX-
pectatious in the new arrangement p
g What is the method of procedure III
these pool meetings? ~
" In San Francisco all were stopping
at the Palace, and the meeting was
daily called to order there. Mr.. Cannon
was chairman, and he called each OF
the meetings at 8 O'Clock in the morn
ing; there would be discussion until
lunch hour, then an 2djourhmentwould
he taken I'LL ? p. NJ, and the meeting
would resume until dinner time.
There IS . good deal OF worb
done, as soon as The members settle
themselves down TO il; all are having n
enjoyable time however, the weather
W do NG4l5 44lAL4, ss4tt tilC Climate wis =
its best"
'Wiil any questions be apt to arise
which are OF interest to Utah?"
None that can think of.
How about the increased tariff OF
ores?"
THAT will not come up as far as
know"
4 The reporter mentioned the petition
OF Utah miners sad to nave been for
warded to the meeting; Mr.. Bar
croft stated that he had hear(
nothing OF it, and did not think tina
that.or any other question pertaining II
/ Utah interests was apt to come UP il
the meeting; it was a difficult task, h,
said, to settle on 4 list OF percentage
where there were so many to be salts
fed, but he had no doubt that the meet
ing would come to an agreement to
day at thel attest. The probability of al
adjournment without understanding
he regarded as'very remote indeed
The statement that the rate on ore I,
all points outside of Utah had been ad
vanced, seems TO have been erroneous
The rate remains $12.40,to Kansas Cit,
and Omaha. just as it was formerly. Al
advance of S. per ton on points in Col
orado, however, has been made.