Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-15
THE ADVISORY BOARD
OF the Western Traffic Association Again
q. in Session.

Special 10 the Gazette.
NEW YORK. July 1.-THE ad visOry board
of the Western railroad traffic association
met today and many Western roads were
represented. There were present also
Aldace y Walker. president OF the board
of commissioners Of the Western traffic as
sociation and Commissioner Widgeley of
the same board. Gould arrived a quarter
of an hour before the meeting was called.
He said: Il am satisfied that the outlook
west of the Mississippi river could not pos
Sibly be better. Wheat has been threshed
out and is now moving rapidly eastward.
The railroads have plenty of. business. and
the net earnings are bound to be improved.
since the organization of the Western
traffic association the roads have been ac
cumulating net earnings and making econo
mics, which placed them in good position.
This meeting may last over ten days. / hope
10 see the Joint agency plan adopted. The
railroads are greatly benefited by the asso-
citation
President Gable of the Rock Island hear
ing rumor that Gould would ask for the
reinstatement of Leeds. because others
were guilty of the same practices. says he
would like TO see Gould prefer charges
against anybody cutting rates. The asSo-
citation would make short worl. Of them,
lust as they did Leeds. Gable says the as
social ion has done the roads great good
Guilty with the Alton will not disrupt the
association. The roads viii soon have ii
very large tonnage. II will be u question
OF rails If they do not pay. The rates on
an average are a small per cent higher than
last year.
BY Associated Press.
New YoHN .Iuly 1.-THE advisory board
of the Western traffic association met at
the Windsor hotel III II o'clock to-day. The
following rNuGS were rpOraSputta1
Southern Pacific. K. :. Turf; Missouri
Pacific Jay Gould: Great Northern, j. X
Todd; Union Pacific. Sidney Dillon; Chicago
and Northwestern. Marvin Hughitt: Chi
cago, Milwaukee and st. Paul Roswell
Miller: Chicago. Burlington and Quincy,
c. Z. Perkins; Atchison. Topeka! and Santa
Fe. Allen Marvel: Chicago, Rock Island
and Pacific. II. Il. Gable; Illinois Central,
StuyveSaut Fish: Iowa Central, Russell
Sage; Denver and Rio Grande Western,
George CASTLE; Wabash, o. Dashley
Jay Gould speaking of the gathing said
that his opinion was that the railroad men
would be III session for three days Still
there WIS 4 bare possibility that the bust
ness nigh b. finished tomorrow.
The first matter for discussion and con-
sideration. Gould thought, would be the
adjustment OF individual agencies for the
establishment OF joint agencies. The
record of al the roads represented was
good. owing TO the economic methods
adopted.
The board took recess for one hour at
O'Clock. II was officially stated that the
subject of joint agencies had been discussed
at considerable length and it was finally
decided 10 postpone action in the premises
until the October meeting.
The board directed the commissioners TO
confer with all the roads. both in and out
OF the association, ana endcavor 10 get them
N > on Of mi
frigerator cars. 1t was the general sense
of the meeting that such mileage should be
reduced.
Appeal of the Missouri Pacific from the
order of the commissioners directing di-
vision Of the salt business from Hutchinson
Kan, was considered and the commission
ers were directed 10 rehear the case.