The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-11-07
The Trunk Line Plan

NEW YORK, November 6.-TLe Times
this morning has full details Of the pro-
| posed contract of the new Trunk line
plan. The plan contempiates praeticaliva
central body which shall have control
OF the administration of the railway
business throughout the United States
| provision being made in committees to
be formed with power to enforce their
DEGREES for representation OF each of
the eight Trunk lines. The presidents
Will constitute committee. with auth
ority to select an arbitrator and conn
missioner. This committee will settle
the broad questions of policy. the de-
tails being left to other committees.
The commissioner, who will be chair
man of the presidents COM
mittee, VII have the naming
of 1.-THE Trunk Line executive committee
which viii consist of viee-presidents.
This joint executive committee will APP
point a freight and passenger commit
zee, which viii be made up of traffic
managers, and the freight and passen
ger agents, commissioned from the sub
committees, will select a chairman. and
TO these be given authority to act as
commissioners, one for the freight bust
ross and the second for the passenger
traffic. No one viii be appointed to a
position either upon the passenger or
freight committee who has not full au-
thority IN his own company over the de
partment which he represents in the
committee. Prompt action is provided
for on any. subject that may be brought
to the atten ton of the COMMITTEES. Com
missioner Fink will probably be selected
as arbitrator and chairman of the
passenger and freight pools. He
will also probably act as arbitra-
tor. Besides acting as chairman
of their respective committees, the arb1-
traitors selected shall devote all their
time to the work OF the commission
and in case of disagreement on the part
OF their respective committees, they are
authorized, upon an agreed statement
OF facts, TO arbitrate at once, their deci
sion remaining in force until reversal bv
the higher committee. Each of the
Trunk lines is made responsible for the !
acts of its western connection. All the |
roads connecting with the Trunk lines I
and their controlled roads are classed as
officiated roads and are entitled to rep
resentation in the joint committee. /
which is made up of representatives of /
these roads and members of the Trunk !
hne executive committee This COM
mittee will have authority over the /
OF goods, the fixing of
through rates, and will appoint COM 4
mittees on certain classes of goods, such /
as cotton, tabacco or any through
freight which is carried over
the long routes, and the number
of lines. When a Joint committee fails
to agree, the appeal shall be to the
executive committee, thus placing the
connecting lines to whom the cutting is
usually traced, entirely at the mercy of
the trunk lines. The contract was
drawn up by Commissioner Fink. The
primary object IS to provide for uniform
and regulated rates in the business pas
sing over the Trunk lines and affiliated
roads. Rebates of any kind, terms,
contracts, special rates, agreements for
gwen amounts of freight and all Subter-
fuges by which the spirit of the union
may be evaded, are forbidden, and the
transfer of cars, the use of through bills
of lading or the making of through rates
with any road refusing 10 be bound by
the Trunk line agreement, are also pro- 1
hibited. The business to be governed
by this contract is First-east-boun
dead freight and live stock coming from,
or beyond the western terminus of Trunk
lines Second-west-bOu freight
from the seabOard cities TO the western /
terminal OF the Trtnk lines. Third
Competitive passenger traffic of the
first and second class and emigrant
traffic. Each party to this contract is
to deposit stated sum with the COM
missioner from which shall be de-
Quoted fines for violations OF the agree
ment