New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-01-09

information was jealously guarded, lest by i'll
chance the public or the press should gain some
minute knowledge of the proceedings. sturdy
porter guarded the door Of the room where the
railroad magnatcs were in session At ! O'Clock,
however, the meeting adjourned, and the following
meagre statement was issued by the chairman,
Roswell Miller;
The Advisory Board appointed committee. consist
nc of one representative from each company members
IF the association. 10 take into consideration ana report
20 an adjourned meeting Of the Board 2t 10 O'Clock
Friday morning the by laws which. in their Judgment
are necessary for carrying out the purposes OF the
NI sction taken was unanimous.
The meeting of the committee was called Tor
II. k. Enos. representing the Missouri Kansas ard
Texas Railroad was unexpectedly present. and accepted
an invitation to participate in the conference.
The committee that was appointed consisted Of
the presidents of the roads represented and com
pri5ed. therefore, the following names: MeSsrs.
Hughitt, Cable, Mofat, Palmer, Miller. Ashley,
Sage. Perkins, Could, Marvel Huntington, Oalos
Dillon, Enos and Cruger, the latter serving in
the absence of the president of his company. The
meeting of the committee at p m WIS presided
over by Thomas +. Cakes. president of the
Northern Pacific. II was as jealOuSly guarded as
that of the morning. The members. however, had
not counted on the presence of a pungent, power
full and al-pervading gas, which drove them from
the commttec-roOm and compelled them 10 seek
more habnablc quarters.
The committee meeting lasted until p. m. the
sounds of warm discussion meanwhile emanatng
from the room After adjournment it was said
by almost every member approached that the au-
thorty to make n public statement had been
delegated 10 Mr.. Cakes. No sooner was the meet
ing over however, than he entered a close car
rage and was driven rapidly away. announcing
his intention of leaving the city Mr.. liughltt,
when asked as TO the results of the meeting. be-
trayed immediate symptoms Of dumbIess. Mir.
Cable could only offer consolation by expressing
a regr;t that Mr.. Cakes had gotten away soon.
Others dismissed the matter with a single general
statement, while the stonOgrapher. with the full
notes of the discussions nicely tucked away un-
der his arm, emphatcally declared that no state
ment whatever as to the action of the COM
mittee was to he given ont.
MIR. GOULD WILLING TO TALK.
The new controller of the destnes of the Union
Pacific, however. came to the rescue OF the seek
ers for information. The meeting of the COM
mittee, said Mr.. Gould, was entirely harmonious.
It's decisions reached without the slightest
division. There is not a doubt, ! think, that
the plan proposed will be adopted al the meet
ing of the Advisory Board tomorrow, and the
association be made permanent
Mr. Could seemed in an unusually pleasant
mood, and gave evidence that the results of the
meeting were in substantial accord with BIS
desires. -. %, $780,
What is 10 be the name of the alliance was
asked
THE Western Traffic Association
Were the vital points of It's organization ana
management discussed?
"TRoronghly The plan adopted contemplstcS
the division of the territory covered by me roads
into four districts each To no controlled by a
commissioner. who snail 10 elected by the "A
visoIy Board Each commissioner shall look after
the establishment Of rates and tie app"rt0nmrh'
Of traffic in his district. TIE business j. TO ne
pooled and apportioned by physical DIVISION APP
pcals from the decisions OF the commissioners
shall be made 10 the ADVISORY Board, ny whom
the final decision will bc rendered.
Nh Could also said that the establishment OF
Joint Eastern agencies would undoubtedly be ac-
COmpshod.
FROM ANOTHER POINT or VlEw
Ono Of the railroad men who was present at
the meeting i'm the afternoon in describing tie
PROCEEDINGS said last night that owing 10 the late
hour at which the subcommittee came together
oriy oac branch OF the business before II was
discussed This was the division of the Western
country into districts and the appointment Oh
commissioners. Various informal conferences,
he went on, were helG yesterday AT which plans
10 lie submitted TO the subcommittee OIL pleSi,
dents were drawn up. These plans 1aclhta'cu
anairs greatly. Tor winnie none OF them was adopt
ed outright and without modification, they AeV
gave the meeting something 10 WORK on me
gathering was entirely harmonious, no step Delh6
taken 10 which any ore present objected. The
conclusion arrived al was taat IT wound be best TO
divide the country 10 be covered by the new asso-
citation into four districts. just how Ties, were
10 bc divided was not settled. II Is UNDERSTOOD,
however that the lines of the ASSOCIATIONS east
ing 1T present in the West. snail BE- followed as
much possible. Counting the SUBDIVISIONS
t,elc are at present more than four different as
sorations in the West but the work of lining the
boundaries of the four proposed districts VIII not
The gathering favored the appointment of
commissioner and rate committee IN racn oI
these dist ricts These committees are 10 he couI
posed of the freight and passenger agents OF l!!e
roads having lines in the district. Inc committee
will have original jurisdiction IN questions OF
rates etc and when they cannot agree the
subject will he referred TO tie commissioner An
appeal from his decision may be made to thc
Advisory Board. 49,,
~ No other committees were decided on. The
meeting was merely to draw mp bylaws for the
Advisory Board and other details Of the WORK oi
The new association Will have 10 be arranged III
Tho futurp The questions Of the distribution
of tonnage and The abolition OF agencies III the
East for the soliciting of business ana not come
nm owing TO the shOrtnesS Of the meeting, Dut
will undoubtedly be discussed Tomorrow morning
The question of arbitration was EIlualS STU 'a
in the pan for appeals 10 the Advisory Board,
unless there should be sentiment IN FAVOR OF
an appeal TO somebody outside OF me AdNlsorE
Board. The subcommittee VIII meet again az
o a m tomorrow to continue It's deliberations;
hut will hardly report 10 the full board until
inc afternoon II is doubtful whether the board
will he able 10 finish its laborS tomorrow
President Marvel, OF tho Atchlsol' Topeka anu h
Santa Fe when seen at the Albemarle llotel Dy
Tribune reporter last night, said that the meet
ing of the subcommittee yesterday was entlrey
HARMONIOUS He hoped, but hardly expected, that
the Advisory Board would hnlsh us ouS'iiesS
to-day.
CHANGES IN A SOUTHERN ROAD.
The passenger business Of the Virginia. tennessee
and Georgia Air Line (hehheSa"' Sheuai"od" 'dii's