Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-01-12
SYNOPSIS OF THE AGREEMENT.
\ scheme to Secure Uniform Rates and
Economy In OpeFatIon

\ scheme to Secure Uniform Rates and
Economy In Operation.
The agreement adonted Is between the
| following roads Atchison, Topeka and
Sante Fe, Chicago and Northwestern,
! Chicago, burlington and Quincy. Chi
cago, Milwaukee and St Paul, Chicago.
Rock Island and Pacific, Denver and
Rio Grande Great Northern, Illinois
Central, Iowa Central, Missouri Pacific.
Northern Pacific, Rio Grande Western,
Southern Pacific, Union Pacific and the
Wabash and such other roads west of
Chicago and st. Louis as may become
members of the association. It's purposes
are declared to be to secure co operation
in management, uniform and stable
rates and economic operation both for
the benefit of the public and to insure
equitable returns upon the capital in
vested
Powers of the Advisory Board
The most important feature of the agree
ment is the creation of an advisory board
To consist OF the president and one member
Of each board Of directors represented;
this board shall establish and maintain
uniform rates, and decide all questions of
common interest; have charge OF all out
side agencies, and the rates established nv
the board shall be in force until altered by
the board. Any officer or agent of any
company represented who shall directly or
Indirectly violate the rates thus established
shall be discharged.
Withdrawals and Changes
IL requires written notice of ninety DAYS
to every member Of the associations before
any company can withdraw, and the as-o.
citation must continue for six months
from .lnn. l, 1891 To make the action Of
the hoard binding a four-fitths vote of the
members OF the association is reguirsd
The board is TO appoint arbitrators. com
missionerS and other representatives. and
the policy and plans herewith indi-
Gated must BE- set in operation as Quickly
a possible.
bylaws of the Combine.
Appended to the foregoing agreement ia
the by laws. The association is named
the Western Traffic association" and its
laws cover generally both state and in.
terstate, freight and passenger traffic,
which Is competitive in any state or terri
tory west Of the Mississippi river. includ-
ing that having origin in Illinois, Mime
sofa, Wisconsin, and the peninsula of
Michigan, except business passing be-
tween points north of the Ohio aud south
thereof. The business to or from Mexico
via Rio Grande crossings is also included.
but business to and from trans Pacific
points is excluded, the association con.
trolling the routing of the same east of the
Missouri river.
Meetings of the Board
The board Is TO meet quarterly, twice
each year in New York and twice in Chi
cago; and special meetings may be called
by the president, in his own discretion or
at the written request OF three membars
of the board, ten days notice being given
of time and place Officers shall lie elect
ell by ballot, requiring four-fifths vote
TO elect. Five members OF the board elect
ing their own chairman, shall be chosen
as finance committee, and among those
elected yearly shall be four or more COM
mlssionerS whose duties shall be TO adopt
such measures as shall carry out the OBJ
Jects of the association.
Pools Are Part of the Plan.
Upon Application in writing by an inter
asted company the commissioners are "a,
MAKE an equfcahIe division of the traffic
between competing points, ana fetarested
INES, after full investigation. They shall
also establish bureau for the collection
anu preservation of such information and
statistics as may lie necessary. y, ensbIe
.heth 10 perform their duties intellioentIv
anu 10 TINS end shall have the RIGHT 10 &c
reports Of traffic, way bills, and the books
accounts, and vouchers of the lines ran-a
I,,i. Niolators of the agreement must
reported To the advisory board
mn District Rate Committees.
trailc manager, general freight
aNShu' general passenger agent or Other
uuiy authorized officer of the resnacriya
IiHpihles, snail constitute, resuectivelv
irelsht rate and passenger rate com.
- Tor the territories or distr;cto
n winch their respective lines are in.
s'eu, but all action of the rate corn.
Shali he reviewed and approved in
"Iltlhg 10y the general MANAGER ~, -
es1 Traffic officers of the Interested ,-.e,n
perS, before becoming operat;va 4,is ,.i
ierences shall be referred tn tha oa .i'. u'l-
des;.aS men change in the rates. etr ia
Tn ta.I n,nety days notice must be ziven
mo- ~s 'errltory Is to be devided into four
$3.50 secOlohs, each under the irnmsd;a.
i'ioh oil commissioner
W, w" companies May Act AIon
neh questions of rates. etc owl,
~ TWO companies they NAV ~ .u
s sio.l' but after appeal the co,asa''
aioi it may decide who are the in ,oaa-tN,
l51i,'es' SUBJECT to another snne,J - ~
'''t;y board. Copies of ali contu .ae
fiaS may Affect or control rates are 70 Is
naaI. "''n the commissioners at once A.
wbict my ~ 3e taken to the adyisorv boars
winch shall have final decis;o, SPY BOARD,