St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-04-01
WALKERS DECISIONS,
One More Batch Of Railway
Rulings Handed Down by
the Chairman.
One Of Them Involves the
Rate on Machinery From
Sc. Paul to Chicago.
Several Minor Concessions
Granted to the st. Paul
Road.
The Canadian Pacific Cutting
Rates on Minnesota Bust
ness.

CHICAGO, March 81. - Chairman
Walker, of the board of commissioners
OF the Western Traffic association, issued
another batch of decisions to-day. The
most important is in compliance with a
request of the Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy that the through tariffs of the
Rock Island and the Atchison, Topeka
d Santa Fe roads in connection with the
Chicago, st. Louis & PittSburg railway,
from Chicago to points on and west of
the Mississippi river. be cancelled. A
number of the important industries of
Chicago are adjacent to the Pan Handle
tracks, which form Semi-circle around
the southern division of the cityin gain
ing an entrance to the union depot. In
order to secure the weSt-bound business
from these factories, the Atchison and
the Rock Island have made through rate
arrangements with the Pan Handle,
whereby the latter road, by receiving
the shipments and turning them over
TO these lines at their crossings, is al
lowed Is per cent of the through rate
to the Missouri river. This is consid-
erably more than the Pan Handle would
receive if only switching charges were
allowed, and its interest lies, therefore,
III turning over all such business to the
Atchison and RockIsland when destined
to points reached by their lines. OF
course this operates to the disadvantage
OF the Burlington, the Northwestern
and the Chicago, Milwaukee d. st. Paul,
who have no through rate arrangements
with the Pan Handle on such business,
fIn
article twelve of the bylaws
of the association that these
joint tariffs be Cancelled. The commits
slonerS find that under the agreement a
privilege cannot be conceded to one or
two members of the association and de-
MED to others under substantially sim
liar circumstances and conditions. Con-
sequeptly, after fully setting forth their
reasons for so doing they decide that
the tariffs complained of should be can
celed not later than April 80, 1891, and
that The practice of applying the regu-
lar Chicago rates from the depot of the
Chicago, ST. Louis & Pittsburg railway,
or other Eastern railroads, to points
within the territory of the Western
traffic association be then discontinued.
1t Is feared that this ruling will not
settle the matter. Predictions are
freely made that the Atchi-
son will refuse to abide bv
the decision, at least until after it has
been confirmed by the advisory board.
Another decision is Oh the application
of the Chicago. Burlington & Northern
road for permission to establish a rate
of 20 cents per 100 pounds on harvesting
machines from Minneapolis and ST.
Paul to Chicago. The board concludes
that the desired change is inexpedient
and should not be made, since it appears
that such reduction would disturb the
established conditions throughout a
wide area far beyond the needs or
claims of the Minneapolis Harvester
works, in the interest Of which the
application was made. The commits
sioners grant the application of the Chi
cago, Milwaukee & st. Paul road to
establish the same rates Oh stone from
Parker, S. d., to Chicago, Milwaukee
and Missouri river points as are in effect
from Sioux Falls.