The morning call., 1890-10-01
INTERSTATE TRAFFIC.
Agreement Between The Southwestern Steam
ship and Railway Association.

ST. LOUIS, .Sent. 30.-Following is the
substance CT the articles OF agreement re-
Gently formed between the Southwestern
Steamship and Railway Association. The
signers are Jar Gould. President of the
Texas Pacific; Hs II. Clark; General Man
ager of the Missouri Pacific and the Iron
Mountain Company; c. 2. Huntington,
President of the Southern Pacific; A.
Marvel, President of the Atcliison, Topeka
and Santa Fe Company; J. Waldo, General
Traffic Manager of the Missouri, Kansas
and Texas; Robert Mallory, President of
the New York and Texas Steamship Com
pany; S. II. Seaman, President OF the Cr0m-
well Steamship Company; w. S. Doddridga,
General Manager OF the 81. Louis, Arkansas
and Texas; George II. Nettleton, President
of the Kansas City, Fort Scott and Mem
phis.
The agreement provides that the associa-
ton shall cover all interstate traffic having
its origin or destination ut points where the
competition between the members does not
cover or relate to any traffic which begins.
OF ends within the limits of a State di>con-
nectrd from continuous transportation
through or into other States. This para
graph, it is believed, will fully comply with
the Texas anti Trust law. All action of the
Rate Committee is subject to review and
approval by the Executive Committee, and
no change in the rules Will be published till
thus approved 1t is a Fundamental prIn-
ciple of the agreement that the Receiver,
President, ice-President, or General Man.
ayers, whose lameS are affixed will assume
the resp0nsil ty as executive officers of
their rtSrectif companies for the main eu-
ance of the prDt isions of this agreement by
all the of1icerAnd agents OF their respective
companies " TRANSPORTATION lines with
which they hive traffic arrangements.
Article Vlfl provides the agreement shall
take effect september l, 1890, aud continue
thereafter, subject to ninety days written
notice to tllA Chairman OF desire of any
member TO withdraw therefrom. The
strength of tie agreement lies in Section
of Article ". Hsre we have tie rate
making an,k ra.e5eh5snging power taken TAX =;
hs6tst hh 6EzsSd Scs [ saisps p9iaf aefestsd S ts
Freight-traHic manatS2Biay make rates in
snd the di ;hir enc sos up and az c"2
which is to feFiew and approve the same
before they raa be published. When once
published tYey cannot be changed except
by the uaant ntlllus vote of the Board Of Con-
trol or by giving z ninety days notice OF
withdrawal fIom the association. Tle agree
ment is bel4ve to be one of the shortest and
strongest documents Of the kind ever formr-
lated.
coAsP BUILDING SPECULATION.
New YoRK, Sept. 30-The Pacific Coast
railroad situation starts new crop. Of sto-
ries and interviews daily. Gould announces
himself a Ia &c holder in Atehison, aid is
consequently friendly. Writ of railroad
news in tine daily and financial papers say
the Atchisoh's move will place it on terms
Of equality Vita The Union Pacific as re-
CARDS an entrafee into San Francisco. The
Times says the agreement between the
Southern and Union Pacfc lines can be
easily set aside. All such talk is coupled
with renewed IspecuIationS concerning tho
probability of - 5pendent building to the
Coast
MOR DENIED ...'--
DENVER, 3O-General Manager
Dodd Of the r ande Western denies EN-
phatically that Atchison has au option
on the Eoad (; says no such proposition
would l'e eater ed. The Denver and Rio
Grande people not alarmed over the cur
rent Tumor " II there should be a
2haA.skn As,1 Aes,1I2 kmsat s2,,eq{ n \ NJ !
&ouE ~ parable Grand nction to
P0lM B0S CLUB.