Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-10-28
THE COAST.
Conference of Passenger
Agents.
CHEYENNE INDIAN TROUBLES.
A Sunken SchO0ner-A Railroad
Enterprise-COunty Treas
urers' Settlements.

Spectdt 10 He Hefdtd OytHe 1SS0ctdtcd PreSS.
SAN FRANCISCO, october 27.-Snce the war
of transcontinental rates last spring, moth
ing has occurred to interest passenger agents
as much as the meeting which opened at the
Palace Hotel yesterday. The Pacific Coast
agents OF the various lines were found to-
| Union Ticket Office in different ways. One
version was that such an Office would con
| tain representatives of each of the transcon-
| tinental lines, who would keep continual
surveillance over the acts of each other, and
that this would prevent any rate cutting.
| Also, that no offices would be closed except
the present transcontinental offices, the
| change not affecting the Iowa and Trunk
| lines. Another idea was that the Union
office means that all other offices shall re-
main open, but that tickets shall be sold
only at the Union office, this to be under the
control of an impartial arbitrator of the
committee, who shall recommend no route
but shall see that the schedule rates to east
ern points are maintained. Still another
view was that with Union Office all other
offices would be closed: Among the sugges-
tiops thrown out, while the actions and
probabilities concerning the pending con-
ference are under discussion, is a covert
threat of war in Southern California next
month, when eastern business begins to
move more briskly, provided that no agree
ment shall be reached. n
The railroad passenger agents met again
this afternoon to consider the proposed
basis OF agreement. In addition to others
heretofore present was Ii. B. Smith, repre-.
enting the Texas Pacific. On re-reading
of the agreement an objection was made to
the clause concerning the Union Of
| which was lost. The discussion led
to the agreement being again read, and
again there was an objection made to the
same clause, this time by Mr.. White, of the
4.tchison and Topeka. Tie went over the
old point concerning the rights of the Allan
| tic & Pacific to be considereda a through line.
He dwelt on the large business done by the
| system he represented, and said they could
| not possibly consent to such relinquish-
ment of their rights as was presented by the
| establishment of union ticket office. Mr..
| Ford thought the objections made by Mr..
White not of sufficient weight to interfere
with the successful conclusion of what
| was to all roads a most important
matter. Railroad business i'll San Francisco
cost far more thanin any other city in the
the Union when it should be one of their
| most profitable sources of revenue. He pro-
| po. ed that the agreement again be read,
and on objection being made to any clause
/ that 1t be taken out, If such action did not
nullify the preceding part OF the agree
ment. When the third clause was reached
and Topeka could not be a party to any
agreement in which the Canadian Pacific,
Northern Pacific, Oregon Railway g. Navi-
cation Company, and the Pacific Mail
Companies were not included. A motion
was made to include the Canadian Pacific
and the Pacific Mail. On this proposition
no decisive vote was reached. At the re-
quest OF Mr.. White committee was ap-
pointed to formulate another agreement, to
be placed before the meeting at o'clock
tomorrow. The meeting then adjourned
until to morrow.
In accordance with the proposition made
by Mr.. Davies, the representatives OF the
lines east of the Missouri met and taxed
the matter over and in the event of tina fail
ure of the transcontinents2l lines to come to
an agreement, they will probably form an
association of their own, thus securing i'm
munities from the consequences of a rail
road war. After appointing a committee to
draw up an agreement in case no satisfac-
tory proposal was made by the transcon-
tinontal lines, adjournment W rs taken.
The agents of the transcontinental lines
met again this evening in executive ses-
sion. The prospects for an agreement have
| considerably improved, but it Is learned
that the Atchison and Topeka will not con
sent to the union office.
THE CANADIAN PACIFIC.
The Bulletins New York special says:
Vice President Crocker, of the Southern
Pacific, says; Negotiations for the resump-
ton of the transcontinental agreement are
delayed because the Pacific Mail wants a
larger bonus than the railroads are willing
to give. But il that matter were settled
there would still be an obstacle caused by
the Canadian Pacifc's completion to- the
Pacific coast and Its establishment of agen-
cies at San Francisco to compete for the
transcontineutal business, of which 1t is
taking good deal ON cut rates by way OF
Vancouver Island and Winnepeg to st.
Paul and Chicago. mo transcontinental
pool can now be formed" Crocker says
COR the aurppmant made with the Pacific
Mail without reorganizing the Canadian