St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-01-11
QUITE HARMONIOUS.
The Advisory Board Of the
Railway Conference Ad-
journs.
Text Of the Western Traffic
Associations Final Agree
ment.
A Movement to Stop the Pay
ment of Commissions to
Ticket Sellers.
Atchison. Topeka & Santa Fe
Giye Notice Of Appeal From
Decisions.

NEW YORK, Jan. 10.-The conference
of the railroad presidents was resumed
at the Windsor hotel at $3.50 this morn
ing. The subcommittee to discuss the
question of territorial division met at
9:S0. A few moments later they went
into the meeting of the advisory board,
where the reports of the general and
subcommittee were presented. The
meeting of the full advisory board of
the railroad presidents conference con-
tinued in session all the afternoon at
the Windsor hotel. At 5 o'clock the
meeting was adjourned until 10 O'Clock
Monday morning. Chairman Miller
then announced that the advis-
Dry board had decided upon
an agreement for the association
and had also elected the officers for one
year. The officers are: President, Ros-
well Miller; finance committee, Messrs.
uughtt, Gould, Cable. Cakes and Man
vel. Mr.. Miller said that at Mondays
meeting the five commissioners who
will compose the arbitration board will
be selected. Everything done at the
meeting was unanimous, and many of
the presidents at the close of the after
noon session expressed their satisfac
ton at the way the business Of the con-
ference had been put through. The
agreement adopted by the Western
traffic association is final. Here is is in
part.
The Agreement.
A new association shall be formed be-
tween the several companies whose
lines are situated west of Chicago and
st. Louis, or such of them as may now
become or may hereafter be admitted
as members thereof. The affairs of this
association shall be under the manage
ment and direction of an advisory
board. to consist of the president and
one member of the board of directors of
each company. The advisory board so
constituted shall have power to estab-
fish and maintain uniform rates be-
tween competitive points, and to decide
all questions of common interest be-
tween the members of the association.
1t snail also have entire charge, through
properly constituted representatives, of
all outside agencies for the securing of
traffic at competitive points. The rates
established and the policy adopted by
the adyi DRY board at any time shall
all companies comprising the asSocia-
ton until altered by subsequent action
of the board. A vote of at least four
lifthS of the members of the ASSOCIATION
shall be required to make its action
binding upon all. No company shall
withdraw from the association except
after ninety days written notice by
resolution of the board of directors to
every other member of the association
with the proviSO, however, that the as
ISOLATION shall continue for at least SIX
months from Jan. l, 1891. Under ex-
listing conditions it is eXpedient for each
company to set i'll operation the policy
and plan Indicated in the foregoing as
early as practicable. The name of the
association shall be the
Western Traffic Association,
and the Office Of chairman of its com
missioners shall be in the city of Chi
cagO. Except as hereinafter specially
provided, the business to be covered
shall be all the state and interstate
traffic, both freight and passenger,
which is competitive between any two
or more of the members of this aSsocia-
ton having origin or destination in
Illinois. Minnesota, Wisconsin and the
Peninsula of Michigan. or any state or
territory west of the Mississippi river,
except business passing between points
north of the Ohio river and points south
thereof. both of which are east of the
Mississippi river. The business to or
from the Republic Of Mexico, via Rio
Grande Crossings, shall be included.
Provided, that business to and from
trans-Pacifie ports is excluded. the asso-
citation having control of the routing of
the same east of the Missouri river.
The advisory board shall meetqaarterly
on the second Tuesday of January,
April, July and October each year, the
January and July meetings shall be
held in the city of New York and the
April and October meetings in the city
of Chicago. In order to meet competi-
ton OF lines outside of the association
the commissioners shall, on the appli-
cation of any member, make such i'm
mediate temporary change in the rates,
divisions, rules or regulations affect
ing any one or more of the
interested lines as the commits
sl0ners may deem necessary and
expedient. first notifying the parties,
and they shall at once convene the rate
committee Of the interested lines for
further consideration of and action in
the matter