The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-23
RAILWAY MEMS.

CHICAGO, July 22.-A meeting OF Seu-
eral passenger agents of western and
southwestern lines was held today to de-
eide what action should be taken to meet
that of the Chicago and Alton in making
a round trip rate of SO between Kansas
City and Chicago on account OF the Grand
Army meeting at Detroit. The Omaha
lines decided to take no action whatever,
but those reaching Kansas City were
authorized to meet the Atoms rate.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, July 22.-Mr. Hilton,
general passenger agent of the local Alton
office, has received a message from Cen
eral Passenger and Ticket Agent Charlton,
authorizing an extension of the return
coupons on Grand Army tickets from
Aug IS to Sept. 30 upon application OF
the ticket holder on the through train
from Kansas City to Detroit. He also an
nounced the following reductions of es-
tablished rates authorized during the en-
campment period: Kansas City to St
Louis and return, Sc. 80, and Kansas City
TO Cincinnati and return by the Ohio and
Mississippi from st. Louis, Sl7 1t is not
probable that cut of the Grand Army
rate of Sl775 will be authorized. Mr..
Hilton stated that II the Detroit rate Is
cut the Alton will welcome the opportu-
nifty to furnish the Grand Army with a
lower rate.
NEW YORK, July 22-Mr. Jay Gould.
who has started west with his daughter
and physician to visit Hot Springs, Ariz.,
for the benefit of his health, has replied to
certain statements growing out of the
failure of the advisory board of the West
ern Traffic association TO adopt the joint
agency plan at the recent meeting in this
city. 1t has been publicly stated that Mr..
jay Gould was disgusted with his railroad
associates for not adopting the joint
agency plan; that he absented himself
from the subsequent sessions of the board
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at the first session the plain intimation
that he was trying to use the association
for his own ends, and that the other lines
proposed to have an equal chance or dis
Tupt the association; that President Cable,
of the Rock Islapd railroad, was credited
with having led the opposition to Mr.
Gould at the meeting. etc.
These statements having been shown to
Mr.. Gould, be said: "There is no truth
whatever in these statements. Our action
in regard TO the joint agency plan was
unanimous. The temporary disposition
made of the matter had my entire concur
renee. The ground on which the adoption
of the plan was postponed was regarded by
me as proper and judicious. 1t was and
is very desirable to include outside roads
in the association before putting such a
plan in operation. My opinion is that the
roads Will be glad to join the association
if the commissioners should be empowered
10 declare that all traffic east from st.
Louis will be routed only over the roads
belonging to the association. Unquestion-
ably it is for the advantage of all the roads
aud to the disadvantage of none for these
outside roads to join. So far from there
being lack of harmony at the meeting
there was the greatest concord, based on,
among other things, the thorough Satisfac-
tion felt by all in the workings and success
of the association up to this time.
Certainly the western railroads have
never been in so good condition since the
interstate commerce law was forced upon
them. That measure was detrimental on
account of its breaking up many of the
customs of the roads, and especially on
account of its preventing them from com
bining to make and maintain proper rates
Since the passage of the act traffic has
never been controlled and distributed sc
hdvantageously for all the roads concerned
and rates never were SO justly fixed and
well preserved as now.
The question of the transportation OF
Hutchinson salt, which was considered by
the board, was practically decided in favor
of the Missouri Pacific. OF course ! did
not absent myself from the boards session
because was dissatisfied with the boards
action. My absence was due entirely tC
the fact that | was not feeling very well
and at that time was suffering from an
attack of the neuralgia. As there was nc
controversies and no hoStllities at the
meeting 1T necessarily is not true that Mr..
Cable led an opposition tome Mr. Gable
and voted together on the questions com.
ing before us and | certainly observed
nothing indicating that he was in anyway
opposed TO the Joint agencyplau, or to any
other interest of the association