St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-06-24
Wednesdayevening, through the courtesy
of the Minneapolis 81 st. Louis road.

Wednesdaylevening through the courtesy
of the Minneapolis 81 st. Louis road.
REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES.
D.F. Maroney as chairman of the COM
mittee appointed to wait upon the Master
Car Builders association reported that the
plan for marking fast freight line cars was
adopted at the convention of the master
car builders held at Saratoga, while the one
covering the marking of box cars not in fast
freight lines was rejected. The report was
accepted and the committee discharged.
Asa P. Blakslee, chairman Of the COM
mittee appointed to wait on managers OF
fast freight lines, reported that they refused
to take charge of the mileage of the cars on
their respective lines for the purpose OF
showing the earnings of each series of cars
separately. The committee was continued
with instructions to wait upon the general
managers of railroads, and G.. F. Rand was
appointed chairman in place of Asa P.
Blakslee, who declined to serve.
THE NEW ENGLAND CLEARING HOUSE.
c. P. Chesebro made long report for the
committee appointed to visit the managers
of New England lines relative to the move
ments of cars over those lines, in which he
explained the system employed in the New
England clearing house. He reported great
improvements in the loading and handling
of cars in Boston. HolyOke, New Haven,
Springfield and other points looking to
more thorough system of car accounting,
and remarked that New England should no
longer be regarded as section where cars
are held to be used for storage purposes and
retail stores. He mentioned the improper
filling of cars from the West as very COM
mon cause of delay, and recommended
more thorough system of route cardlng.
At the conclusion of the reading OF the re-
port Z. B Hill, manager OF the New En-
gland Clearing House association, was
called upon for remarks. He said that
New England is no worse for OBTAINING
cars than any other section Of the country.
The trouble is that the moment car
crosses the Hudson river it gets into N ew
England, and if a delay occurs it can be
charged with certainty to New England.
But when car crosses the Hudson going
west it cannot be charged with a certainty
to any particular section Of the country,
either North, South, or West. He also
related a number of incidents to show the
efforts made by the New England clearing
house to do what is right by the Western
roads and thus avoid detentions He also
declared his earnest desire to cooperate
for the mutual advantage of all. Mr.. Hills
remarks were received with applause. and
an interesting discussion enSued, which Oc-
cupied the remainder of the morning SEES
sion. President Luce appointed the fol-
lowing:
STANDING COMMITTEES.
On Topics for Discussion-H. N. Eastman
of & T. 0rQy
I. s. P, C. P. Chesebro of the W., St. l.. q F.,
81. H. Lyon of the G. s. A., J. Il. Masten OF
the NJ. C.
On Location and Time of Meeting-W. A.
Moody of the r. s. D., L. ]. Hoyle of the f.
T., v. & g., E. B. Hill of the N. E. clearing
house.
On Constitution and By-Laws-C. F. Rand
Of the NJ L. S. s. W., J. F. Cochrane OF the
c., NJ. & st. P. Robert Toombs Of the NJ. q N,
d. L. Mahoney of the w. c., A. DENIAL Of
the c., st. P, NJ. & o.
THE AFTERNOON SESSION
was delayed somewhat to enable Farr, the
photographer, to ''take'' the party, which
feat was accomplished at the Fifth street
entrance to the West, where the accountants
were arranged in group behind the ladies,
who occupied row of chairs. s-@
At o'clock President Luce called the
convention to order, and the discussion OF
the committee reports was resumed. ~
The committee on record of switched car
failed to report, owing to the absence Of the
chairman, w. Il. Spalding. A new COM
mittee was appointed, consisting of E. G.
Squires of the c., B. & O., E. Yardley OF
the Pennsylvania, and G. II. Weeks of the
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern.
II. G. Sleight, chairman of the committee
On the best means of carding cars, reported
in favor of adopting Cushman's double card
ing rack and system of carding. c. w.
Cushman, the inventor, exhibited model
of the rack. J. W. Durham also exhibited
another carding rack Of his invention.
After considerable discussion the report OF
the committee was adopted.
II. D. Davies, chairman of the committee
on plan for numbering railroads, made
very interesting report, which he prefaced
with some pertinent remarks upon the
necessity for the adoption of some system,
citing the numerous errors which result
from confusion of the initials of the differ
ent roads from a similarity of the letters
used for authorizations. He recommended
that the roads be grouped into systems,
allowing each of the centers Of these sys-
TENS 100 numbers, roads emanating from
main lines to take the same numbers. The
SJSLCu1S w UC IIlCu ulNIuCO SlfCl
berS, as follows: Canada 1 to 80; Boston,
200 to 299; Baltimore, 800 to 800; Atlanta,
400 to 400; Cincinnati, 500 to 500: St. Louis,
600 to 500; Chicago, roo to 1909; Texas,
800 to 500, etc. He then went into the de-
tails giving the boundaries of the different
systems. After considerable discussion the
plan was
CONSIDERED TOO COMPLEX
for hasty action, and, upon motion of d.
W. MOoar, it was decided to have the re-
port printed, with the understanding that
the members should study it carefully and
be prepared to act advisedly upon it at the
next meeting. : or TO suggest something
better.
At this point the committee on location
and time for next convention reported in
favor of Buffalo and the third Tuesday in
May. Some little opposition was developed
to going to Buffalo, not from any dislike for
that particular city. but for the reason that
there will be too much junketing. As one
member said: 1--WE can't resist temptation,
and Buffalo will be too much for u.s." The
Buffalo delegates gave the assurance that
nothing would be done to interfere with the
business of the convention, and, with a
good deal of laughter, the feeble protest
was voted down. The convention then adj
journed.
TO-DAY'S PROGRAM.
The convention will continue throughout
o-day, and will conclude with the after
noon session. At 9:55 a. m. the ladies and
visitors who are not delegates leave over
the st. Paul & Duluth road for White Bear
lake where they will spend the day, return
ing to Minneapolis at p. m. A dinner at
the Chateaugay hotel and boat ride will
be among the attractions of the excursion.
In the evening the entire party will be fur
nished with tickets by the Minneapolis &
st. Louis road for Haverly's minstrels AZ
the Grand Onnra hnuSa