St. Paul daily globe., 1891-01-10
The Railway Subeomm ittee
In Session at the Windsor,
New York.
President Miller Presi des at
This Most Important Meet
ing.
Report Denied that Jay Gould
Has Sc cured the Atehi-
son.
Satisfaction Felt With the
Agreement on st. Paul
and Seaboard Rates.

NEW YORK, jan 9.-The subcommittee Of
the advisory board of the Western railroads
went into session at the Windsor hotel at
9 80 O'Clock this morning. The work they
Immediately engaged on was the completion
OF the preparation of the bylaws begun by
them yesterday. At 10 o'clock the advisory
board was Informed that the subcommittee
had not yet completed its work. and the
board decided not to hold its intended
meeting until 10 clock tomorrow morning.
Messrs, MeCook and Magoun were early ar
rivals at the Windsor hotel to-day. They
spoke about the so-called new agreement and
said that it was yet no agreement, but
simply a basis on which to form
one. The subcommittee to-day. they say,
would devote its entire time to this subject,
and by the time it got through the form and
style of the agreement, it would probably be
so changed that anybody who saw 1t in its
original shape would not be able to recognize
it. Both gentlemen said that the final form
of the agreement would be completed before
evening and made public. Jay Gould was
among the first of the arrivals at the Windsor
this morning. He seemed in excellent
humor. and chatted pleasantly with his
friends in the hotel corridor. He said that
the work of the meeting was progressing
satisfactorily. Mr.. Miller, who was taken i'll
yesterday. was present this morning and
again assumed the chair at the committee
the preparation of rules and regulations for
the advisory board took a recess at 1 O'Clock,
when it had nearly completed its labors ex-
cepting those regarding territorial condition.
When it adjourns this evening the committee
expects TO be able to make its report to the
advisory board which meets tomorrow at
10 a. m. This mornings discussion was
upon the Pacific roads and the manner in
which the business across the country was to
be divided. The subcommittee wanted to
have the distribution of freight left to them,
and to this there was decided objec.
against any such arrangement de-
claring that the road had many con-
tracts with connecting lines, which they
must carry out and they would be unable to
do so if they left the distribution of freight
with the committee of presidents This
state of affairs brought about a prolonged
discussion, in which the Southern Pacific
was firm in adhering to its position, and it
was said that all of the other members of the
committee were firm in demanding the con-
cess1on. A well-known railroad man, who
had been in the meeting, said that it looked
as If an agreement were far off, and that
great deal of pressure would have to
be brought upon the Southern Pacific
in order to bring the road into line
with the others. He thought that it
could be brought to see, however, that it was
impossible for an exception to be made in
the case of the Southern Pacific, especially
when the other Pacific roads were willing to
submit to the action of the presidents COM
mittee when the division Of through business
was made. He believed that when the final
draft OF the agreement was made and ac-
cepted by the advisory board, it would be
found that the contsol of the traffic of the
Western roads would be placed entirely in
the hands of committee of the presidents
of the roads, such as was now acting as a
subcommittee to the general advisory board.