Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-01-20
PACIFIC SLOPE.
FIFTH TRIAL OF A MAN FOR
KILLING A CHINAMAN.
Robbery and Murder in Oakland
Suicide in Yuba County
Items from Salt Lake.
ESPECIAL DISPATCHES TO TIE RECoRD-UNloN.l
PACIFIC SLOPE.
ESPECIAL DISPATCHES To THE REConD-USloN.l
CALIFORNIA.

The Trans-continental Association.
SAN FRANCISCO, January 10Th. The
Trans-continental Association resumed its
secret session to-day. OF the proceedings
this forenoon, which opened at II o'clock,
none of the attendants had anything 10
slv at the noon recess. Resolutions were
passed and discussions occurred. Beyond
this nothing could be learned by inquiry.
Representatives of Eastern roads fail to
learn anything, and are as much III the
dark as others. The general fact is under
stood that the figuring of percentages with,
of course, the incidental question of terri
tory, continues. The only outsider in at
tendance is page who is too young to
understand the discussion occurring in his
presence. 1t is said that the Southern
roads have agreed to pay per cent. of their
gross earnings on through business to their
Northern lines, the latter to pay like per
centage of their gross earnings on through
business TO the Southern roads. 1t is also
said that the new arrangement includes the
agreement that the Northern Pacific road
shall not enter California. How accurate
these statements are Commissioner Cannon,
who is the Press Committee, will not say.
He communicates nothing, and for inlor-
nation all inquirers are referred to him.
There is some talk of two pools with one
Commissioner What the railroad men
are doing, however, is matter of con-
lecture only, TO outsiders. 1t is probable
the conference will last some days yet.
Eastern railroad men think that there will
be no final disagreement but that all diiler-
ences will be arranged amicably.
SECOND DIsPATCH.l
SAN FRANCISCO, January 19th.-The rep
resentatives of the Transcontinental Pool
Association finally settled down to hard
business this forenoon. The proposition
before the Convention was the plan to
form two pools, one composed OF
the Atlantic and Pacific, Central Pacific
and Southern Pacific, to be known as the
Western Pool, while the trunk lines in the
Association, east of Ogden, Eel Paso
and Albuquerque, were to form
the Eastern Pool. A short
time after the Convention was called to
order this forenoon the plan was unani-
mously adopted. That this was the best
way to settle the matter is agreed by all the
lines, for the personal difficulties that here
tofore have cropped out between
the Eastern and Western routes
will be abrogated, and all that
the respective pools will now have to do is
to contribute the percentages agreed upon.
1t was finally agreed that the Eastern pool,
which embraces Z greater number of roads
shall contribute 81 per cent. and the
Western lines will be required to
furnish the remaining 10 per cent.
Both pools will be under one Com
missioner, and conformity they viii
have to furnish bonus of 5 per cent. upon
the gross receipts on California business.
which is exacted by the Northern Pacific
road as a sop which will satisfy it to keep
out of the State The question Of the pro
rata that each of the roads in the respective
pools will pay has not been decided upor,
and is a matter for future consideration.
If the roads cannot come to any conclusion
upon the subject, it is agreed that they
shall select an arbitrator who shall fix the
percentage to be paid by each line, and they
further agree that they will abide by his
decision, III the afternoon balloting be-
gun for Commissioner. A large number
of names for the office were
mentioned. among them those of Acting
Commissioner /. p. Cannon; 2. 2. Shelby,
of the Union Pacific; \. J.. Stokes, OF
the Oregon Railway and Navigation
Company; T. II. Goodman, Of the
Central Pacific, and L. p. Ripley. of the
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy. Sixty
one ballots We're cast in the afternoon, and
twenty-four more at the night session,
without an election, the fight resting be-
tween Goodman and Ripley, with Cannon
looming up as compromise. II requires
a unanimous vote TO elect.