St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-01-09
Advisory Board Will Report
a New Code of Laws for
Government.
The Meeting Described as in
Every Way Entirely
Harmonious.
The Most Important Subject
Considered Is That Of
Rates.

| the Windsor hotel this morning OF the
representatives of Western railroads,
who, at the recent larger meeting at the
house of J. Pierpont Morgan in this
| city, were named to assemble at this
time for the purpose of organizing an
advisory board, whose object shall be
to equaiize and maintain rates over the
| lines of the respective associated roads.
| Present at this meeting were the fol-
| lowing gentlemen:
Jay Gould and S. III. III. Clark. of the Mis-
| souri, Pacific; Allen Marvel, of the Santa
| Fe; G. p. Huntington and j. G. Stubbs of
the Southern Pacific; Henry VilIard, OF the
the Union Pacific; Marvin Hugh
lit, of the Chicago & Northwestern;
/ r. r. Cable and Benjamin Brew.
| ster. of the Rock Island; David H. Moffat of
| the Denver a. Rio Grande: Roswell Miller, of
the Chicago Milwaukee q St Paul; o. d.
| Ashley of the Wabash; Russell Sage. of the
| Iowa Central; Stuyvesant Fish. OF the ILL
nois Central; Charles 4. Perkins, of the Chi
cago, Burlington d Quincy.
| Northern Not i'm 1t.
The Great Northern railroad, which
adopted the presidents resolution passed
| at Mr.. Morgan's house, and is heartily
in sympathy with the objects proposed
| at to-day's meeting, was unrepresented
| on account of the unavoidable detention
! in the Northwest of its president, James
| j. Hill. Other unrepresented roads
| whose cooperation had been desired,
| are the Chicago q Alton and
| the Chicago. st. Paul & Kansas
City. They were unrepresented
because they are iii sympathy with the
| movement. Upon going into session
| in Room % the representatives
| of the roads barricaded themselves
against intrusion from the press Or
others, positive instructions having
! been issued to the hotel clerks on no ac-
count to send any cards to the meeting
room; and man was stationed at the
door TO prevent any violation OF the
order. Even railroad men not specially
named to be present at the meeting
were excluded, including Col. j. j.
McCook, who has done as much as any
body to further the scheme, George
Gould, and others. Upon the adjourn
ment of the conference at 1915 O'Clock
for luncheon, the following statement
was given to the press:
Routine Work.
The advisory board appointed COM
mittee. consisting of one representative
from each company, members OF the as
report to an adjourned meeting of the
board at 10 o'clock Friday morning the
bylaws which, in their Judgment, are
necessary for carrying out the purposes
of the association. All action taken was
unanimous. The meeting of the COM
mittee was called for 2 O'Clock to-day.
III. K. Enos, representing the Missouri,
Kansas q Texas, was Unexpectedly
present, and accepted an invitation to
participate in the conference. The
meeting was called to order by Ros-
well Miller, president of the Chi
cago, Milwaukee d st. Paul RAILROAD.
The committee appointed by the adj
visorv board (Which was really COM
mittee of preSidents) met at 2 O'clock
and remained in executive session till
half-past S. They refused to make pub
lie the results of their deliberations be-
yond the statement that the meeting
was harmonious. Jay Gould said after
wards that four members of the COM
| mittee would be appointed commits
sion to regulate the tonnage question
and distribute freight more equally OH
all the roads in the combination. APP
pealS taken from the decisions of these
commissioners would, of course, be set
tied by the advisory board. The COM
mittee will meet again tomorrow MORN
ing.
Topics Considered.
The Evening Post learns from Col. j.
j. McCook the titles of the subjects to
be considered by the meeting, and states
the first and most impostant to be that
of rates, the rules for the regulation Of
which have already been drafted, but
will probably be discussed at conSidera-
bic length, and perhaps not a little
amended before being adopted. The
second subject is that Of the apportion-
ment Of traffic among the constituent
rOadS-anOther matter of supreme i'm
portance, and likely to engage pro-
Ionged consideration. The third sub.
iect is joint agencies which from all
indications is more likely to produce
diSSensions than any other matter to
be considered. Mr.. Gould for the Mis-
souri, Pacific. Mr.. Dillon for the Union
Pacific, and MeSsrS. Marvel and Mag.
oun for the Atchison, Topeka IL Santa
Fe railroad. are heartily in favor of the
total abolition of individual agencies
and the consolidation of all existing
agencies at various points into one joint
however, is opposed by the representa-
tiyes of some of
The Other Roads,
and stiff debate is expected to take
place under this head of the proceed
ings. 1t seems likely, nevertheless,
that Mr.. Gould and his associates will
carry their point. The fourth topic re-
CARDS appeals from the decisions of the
executive body of the organization.
This. of course, is of the highest i'm
poltance, being, as is said, the safety
valve which is to prevent a possible ex-
MIR of 10 rf. ,f
the wel-welded machinery of the Or
ganlzation. The conditions under
which appeals may be made
and the constitution of the
appellate body will be most care
fully considered and determined. The
fifth head under which the proceedings
will arrange themselves is the subject
of prohibitions. What the roads shall
not do is held to be of Importance sec
ond only to that which they may do.
Prohibitiye restrictions therefore form
very essential part OF what is being
enacted at to-day's conference. The
sixth and final topic is that of commit
tees--what committees shall be created,
what their duties and powers shall be,
and, finally, who shall compose them.
Last of all, all the preceding subjects
having been considered and agreement
in regard to them reached, the conclu-
Sions arrived ut will be summed up and
embodied in constitution which will
govern all the subsequent action of the
association, but being subject, OF course,
TO amendment. In addition to the coll
stitution there will also be. it is expect
ed, a body of supplementary bylaws.
Jay Gould tonight made the follow
ing statement:
We have decided 10 call this association of
railroad presidents the Western Traffic asso-
citation. The board also decided to form
tonnage pool, to be divided among the roads
of the association. Any complaints which
any road may wish to make will be referred
to an arbitration board. consisting of four
commissioners and president, who will be
chosen at to-morrows meeting. The pool
will be divided into four divisions, each
commissioner to have charge of division
If this arbitration board does not settle the
matter satisfactorily, the complaint viii be
taken before the general board.
A meeting of the full advisory board
will be held at 8 O'Clock tomorrow
morning at the Windsor, and it is ex-
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