New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-04-10
RAILROAD INTERESTS.
CONTRACTS WORRY PRESIDENTS.
THE pREss-BEEF CONTROVERSY LEFT UNSET
TILED = FURTHER NEGOTIATIONS
M nv MADE


tiled = FURTHER NEGOTIATIONS
TO BE MADE.
rss trunk line presidents assembled IN fun force
At CommIssloper Fnk's Office yesterday ana hope was
generally entertained that the result OF tner uo
inn,rat,ons would BIO favorable. The meeting proven
m Ia sappointment, for there we're develoPeo oo
many elements Of discOrd. Commissioner flnA "e
,Auotant to tell what had been accomplished eNoh ID
a formal or routine way although no pIeaheo "o~rF
ness as an excuse for his reticence Inc members
~ thu conference showed no consideration Tor Mr.
I-trk hacauss thew threw upon him the task OF ex-
nIainIne what he did not feel In proprey aoie 70
do namely the divergent views Of the railroad ohieiS
who were at his ONCE.
FORMAL action was taken. A recommendation was
adopted in the form Of resolution FOR an ahVan0o III
live stock rates and reduction In the eho"@eo W
shippers on refrigerator which carry oesseo oo
The recommendation goes TO the western roads, winch
~ cha ones thai have the privilege Of making rates
and regulations ON eastbound traffic. IL carries the
weight OF tbe approval Of tho trunk line presidents
and then 1t is determined upon BY the vaHea interests
OF the connecting Western roads. There is lte
10 the minds Of railroad men that the uuhh hn0S
can control their Western connexions Dut u mas
often proved advantageous not 70 eAeroiS' '"~'
troll ngdly. , a.,
u was fo,nd after the real meat Of yesterdays dis
ep.s,on Was reached that the Improvement OF ne
dressed beef and live stock situation oo9o NOT %
effected because of four existing contracts "nlon
Rpeethed time and rate In some contracts u was
discovered that the manipulation OF charges ior re-
figerator cars played important part ana the ex
traordnary term Of Ave years was declared 70 DC the
limit of contract on the part Of the Baltimore ana
Ohio Railroad Tangled IN the mesh OF oontrac~ the
trunk line presidents could make no progress ana
hoy cut their way out by adopting resolutions that
| n executed, must result In positive action by tho
Western roads.
Railroad men admit, in confidence, however, that
the meeting Of the presidents accomplished nothng'
except that It paved way for invoking the Inter-
| state law 10 bring about reform. Before the or
sarizsuon of the roads had been completed In har-
mony with the Interstate law the dispute over the
dressed beef situation would have resulted In gen.
oraI war OF rates. The present situation holds out
| the hope that by means Of subsequent negouauonS
The contracts that impede a settlement OF the
dressed. livestock situation may be nulned 10
this end there is little doubt that the AID OF the
Federal law discriminating shippers who enjoy llegal
advantages Of sort In the making OF rates or inc
| carriage OF goods will be invoked.
The general passenger agents OF The trunk lines aso
held meeting consider the establishment OF Clear
Ing House regulations, but they did not roach state
| Of progress which enabled them TO dispense with
| another conference to-day.
Tho trunk line presidents adjourned without day