New-York tribune., 1890-04-03
RAILROAD INTERESTS.
FOR REORGANIZING AN ASSOCIATION.
A PROPOSED AGREEMENT READ AT A MEETING
OF THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE RAIL



WAY ASSOCIATION.
Chicago. April (spccaD.-Thc meeting for the re
organization Of the Interstate Commerce Railroad AS
ISOLATION was held to-day. There were present wee
President Goddard and Passenger Iraihc Manager
White Of the Atchison; Vce-President McMullin ana
General Manager Chappel, OF the Alton; vice Pres
dent stone OF the Burlington and MISSOURI RIVER; Il;
General Manager Ripley Of the burlington and ST.
oui Keo,ul and Northwestern Vice President Harris
and General Freight Agent Hambin, OF the Burlington
and Northern President Hughitt and Assistant Gen
eral Manager Tucker Of the st. Paul General Manager
St john OF the Rock Island; General Manager Egan
Of the Chicago. st. Paul and Kansas 'i'y ;
General Manager Winter. OF the Nm'ago
ST. Paul. Minneapolis and 'maha' "c"c'a
Freight Agent Hooper, Of the Denver and Rio Grande
General Manager Merrill, Of the iiahhiDai anu o''
Joseph: President Fish, Of the Illinois central "eh'
craI Nanage Ackcrt Of the Iowa Central; keceivcr
Trrlcsdale OF the Minneapolis and ST. LOUIS wee
President Howe and General Manager lays OF inc
Wabash
The important lines unrcpcScncd were the Union
Pacific Missouri Pacific, ~. Louis ana san fraosco'
Rio Grandc Western Kansas city, Fort o'o'' anu
Nemphis and Wisconsin Central. All these except
thc Wisconsin Central and the Rio Hrandc western
conf ,,tcr onprovng the movement tacitly by Offering
excuses for their non Representations 'hairmah
walker read the proposed agreement ana the report
Of The committee.
The proposed agreement is in part as iono" :
The association shall be known as the western 40
sociatcd Railways. II Is recOh'uu'"o" y. '"'
present agreements OF the Interstate Commerce. west
ern Freight and Trans Missouri Freight ana Passenger
associations Present rates shall not he ui''drDeu
bv any construction Of the agreement. but no sectoh
shall be construed as preventing an ADVANCE ia
rates Tho agreement shall become effective Wien
signed by all members OF AL as
.oriatlon, in tie territory between
Chicago and the Rocky Mountains, ana 'ah"da
and the t,uf or by unanimous consent IL can Oeco"o
binding on the members signing the agreement Any
member can withdraw thirty days notice, ana the
agreement can be amended by unanimous vote ai'ef
ten days notice.
The busne>, subject 10 the agreement y d." '"o
freight and passenger traffic Of all members cxcep,
Pacific Coa,. traffic Of the lranscontlnenth As'o'id
ton and local traffic in Colorado, now under the
jurisdiction Of the Southwestern Colorado ana western
Colorado Associations, three Territorial A''o'la'r'h''
the southwestern Western and Nortl"estern' ana
Tlan-- ,o Freight issocaton,,arr to be organized,
the principal officer of each being Commissioners
For the purpose Of facilitating the work Of III, Pas
scnccr Associations IL shall be divided into tile North
western western, southwestern Central and Trans
Missouri committees. The western a-soclacd rail-
WAY, are 10 be governed by an Executive C1mml'tee
consisting Of a chairman and the Cominl, ,-loners m
The FREIGHT and Passenger departments. Either the
Executive Board special board snail alpltrdt'
ca.e-. The majority report Wa, signed by chairman
NaRer ana Chairmcn Eatlorn aud tlnl y.
, minority report by Chairman Mdcler. was also
read. lie recommended. instead of an anna gainatio
Of the a>>o,iaflon- >cpaIaton al least - i-dFutu
the Western Ere ght and Trans Missouri y % ~ os
None of The officials attending the meeting carcd 10
express opinion on the proposed agreement