The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-03-29

arteries of trade and carriers of com
MERGE, which is the effect and result
of the association and combination here
matter complained of.
Tenth That these said eight defendant:
end the Shreveport and Houston Railwa
company, the St. Louis and San Francisc
railway, the Memphis and Little Roc
railroad, the AtchIson, Topeka and SAINT
Fe railroad, the Southern Kansas Railwa
company, the St. Louis, Iron Mountain
and Southern railroad, the Kansas City
Springfield and Memphis Railroad com
pauy, and the Kansas City, Fort Scot
and Gulf Railroad company, all foreign
corpor atoms, owning, controlling and op
Grating railway lines out of Texa
through other states and terri
tories to and into Texas. compose, be
long to, and are governed by the Texa
Traffic association, the principal Office ant
headquarters OF which are at Houston il
this said state.
That said Texas Traffic asso ,iation sub
sists by virtue of combination, con
spiraoy, contract and copsrtnership by
ard between said defendants and tn,
aforesaid foreign railway companies. ca
copy of said contract and amended ar.i-
cles of agreement and rules ofGoverpmen'
of SAID association is hereto attached
marked Exhibit "a" and referred to anG
made part hereof.l
EXHIBIT GA"
Amended Articles of Agreement and Rules Of
Government of the Texas Traffic Association.
For the purpose of preventing sudden
N nyf Ht1nf
alike injurious to the public and trans.
portation companies, and to provide
means for the adjustment of differences
between the parties hereto, and to facili-
tate the transaction and interchange OF
business, one with another, and with other
transportation lines, it is hereby agreed
by the following lines, namely:
The Atchison, Toeeka and Santa Fe
railroad, and the Southern Kansas Railway
company.
The Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Rail
way company.
The receivers of the Houston and Texas
Central railway.
The receiver of Houston, East and West
Texas railroad.
The Missouri Pacific Railway company
The Memphis and Little Rock Railroad
company.
The st. Louis, Arkansas and Texas rail
way.
The st. Louis and San Francisco Rail
way company.
The St. Louis, Iron Mountain and South.
ern Railroad company.
The Shreveport and Houston Railway
company.
The receivers of Texas and Pacific rail-
way.
The receivers of Texas Central railroad
parties hereto, and such other trans
portation lines as may hereafter be ad-
establish and maintain an association
which shall be known as
THE TEXAS TRAFFIC ASSOCIATION,
and shall be subject to stipulations, con
ditiOns and Limitations hereinafter named
ARTIoLE1.
The traffic subject to this agreement
shall be all freight and passenger bust
ness Except express and msil) car
rled by lines parties hereto
which has origin or destination
within the state of Texas, other than bust
ness to or from Ell Paso, Eagle Pass anc
Laredo proper.
ARTICLE 2-ExECUTIvE COMMITTEE.
Section 1.-The affairs of the associa.
ton shall be supervised by an executive
committee, composed of one member
from each party to this agreement.
Section 2-The executive committee
shall, under the rules and agreements oil
this association, have authority to direct
and control the commissioner.
Section 3-The official action of the ex
ecutive committee shall be unanimous
except as otherwise provided in thi:
agreement.
Section 4-Meetings of the executive
committee shall be called upon request OF
three members, addressed to the commits
sioner, or when deemed necessary by him
the subjects for consideration to bt
stated in the call. Two-thirds of the
members shall constitute a quorum fol
the transaction of business.
Section 5-In the event of the absence
of member, or his authorized proxy
proxies must be in writing) from meet
ing, after due notice uuder the rules, the
commissioner shall act for him, and such
action shall bind such member in all re-
specis as though present and acting fol-
himself, that is, upon subjects named il
the cali; provided that there be at
least two-thirds of the members present
and that not less than ter
days notice be given each member
Section 1.-THE executive committee
shall agree upon the classitications anG
rates covering ths traffic subject to thi:
agreement No member shall, directly OIL
indirectly, reduce the rates by rebate
draw ,ck, special rate, under billing, OF
any other device, and no commission OIL
its equivalent shall be paid by either party
hereto, on any freight traffic secured fol-
or carried to any party hereto, nor shall
any names be carried upon pay-rolls OIL
salary vouchers except those of bona tidt
employees.
Section I'm case any violation of thi;
agreement is believed to have been com
mitted, report thereof shall be made
promptly to the commissioner, whose
duty it shall be to investigate in any man
ner he may elect, and check the ir,
regularity if he can, and in cas'
he cannot he shall convene
the executive committee to deal with thu
offender and take the measures necessar!
to protect other members.
Section 8.-Unanimous vote of all mem
bers interested shall be requisite to thu
adoption of any proposition involving
revenue, except as hereinafter provided
Tn auh committee n majority vote will