The evening world., 1891-05-06
RAILWAY ADVISORY BOARD.
Great Gathering of Trunk Line
Magnates at the Windsor.
Prospect OF an Ail-Day Session
Gould and Sage Are There.

The lone-taIkssl-of msetlog Of the ADVISORY
Boird of the Western Trafle Association Vas
convened tAs morning at the windsor Hotel
The Bosrd ,ried TO hold q meeting ia caieaRo
asoat three weeks aga bot % JAJ Goaid cid
not attend Il vas DECIDED tas, there uas no
quorum. and the gathering sstdeniy ADJ
tourned.
Since thai tune there has been great deal Of
10 about var and ,he breaking up OF the A.
soSiAiion. 20 ihai the general Impression
so; abroad tsA; the meeting to-day
would partake OF the character OF Q var
dance ra;aer thAn love feast. in spite Of the
fac, that Nr. Gsaid has smpaAtieaIly denieI
tsst any bad fesliuE existed, and had predicted
tAai everything vooid eOns out all rigat
TIE nsgaaies begaa 10 gather IN the broad
corridor OF the windsoE a. early ~ q 20 this
mo:Eiag.
Oae Of tae nrst TO arrive Was Mr.. Goaid sin-
self, and along with him came Russeil Sage.
Tas TWO took posseSsioa OF . sofa In :ns eor-
ner o. tae corridor. and sooa formed the nu-
eIeus Of quite q group OF railroad presidents an q
directors. Who s:rasRlsd in sinaiy and in pairs
until the full eempiement OF tae Bnard vas
represented
NJ. Goald Wa there for the Missouri
PAonc, and with him p. Il u. Clarke.
Of tae Board Of Director. Pres,deni
J. J. HIu represented tae Great Sorthern:
PRESIDENT TSonas Y. Oakes ana Director DAVID
s wegg. the Northera Paeine: PresideEt SD
ney Dllon. tAs Union Pacne: President
Marvin Hughiu and CaAruIn AbeT'
Keep. tEe Chicago and Northwestern;
Directors samnei spencer and Z p. Ripley,
tAe Chicago. Milwaukee and 81 Paul; Director
J. Y. Y. GrisuoIJ, the Chicago. BuriaElor
and QutneJ; President Ailea NAnvel and
Chairman George {. M4goun, II.
Aiehhon, Topeka and santa Fe;
President r r Cable and Director
r r Brewster, the CaIeaso and Roel
Island: Director s. V. r Crager. the nn,L
Cenral: Rassell Sage and Director Ietert, ihc
Iowa Central: CoAirman George coDpelL iss
beaver ans Rio Gr.ude, and Presiden; o. d.
ASHLEY And Director e. H. Hays. tse Wabash.
AL the rozds OsiOogisg 10 the AssociaiioE
we're Represented except two TGese are ih'
soathern PAei1e and the R!o GEAnde Western
| TIE absence of President c. r. Huntington,
Of TIE ioC ner. vas remarked and ;ae fact taA
not even yiee-Presaent s,ubbs. uso vas ex
pectsd to Oe present, was in a;'enparee led u
the runor that there miEat be uoE5.e oreutnJ
In faat quarIsr.
wale the railroad presisents were talkini
over matters In the corridor. PresicecI Dspeu
OF tne New YORK ceatral, came in with Jos<pl
a. CAOAis and joined tie group.
Tnere was . q airy Of handshAking, and Dr.
Depeu's toyiAl voice EAs beard among the gen
esh chatter tssi greeted the arrival OF the tu'
Distinguished New Togterh Aftsr . shor
chat the visitors Withdrew.
II Wns only little social call. and had n
sizuineanee, oae Of the memosrs OF the Boar
SAID
ASI0 O'Clock. promptly, the Board went Int
session IN the norSa pATiors on TIE groun
foor Of tAe hotel. the rooms whieh the railroa
nen nsaaily oecupy.
"we sre II for an al-day session, sur
pose. said one of tie members. aad II v
accomplish all that has bern is,d cot for u y
may be busy for vuo daJkr
Jay Goald and Russell Sage. arm In arm
led the distts Guisaesi procession up The eorri
der and oat thrOuga the ss6e hallway.
Isers we're no indieasioss p,eyio1s 70 n
assembling Of tas nASnaies taaI s,EEzin
nstee was on the programme, and sverybod
Seened TO BE in Good spirits.
President HuSniit Ia presiding in iae ahsene
4 1VED41 VA EEt1loG1s A-o9 A-lA4CIs Va bAC y
Paul road, Who . The Chairman Of the AdVlsog
Board
Gen AldAes =. Walker. the caief Commit.
SIoAer for the Western Trame Assoe:Aiion, "a
oa hsnd 10 preseni h8 report 10 TIE Board
watch Il supposed TO tneiuds detailed pls
for the Management Of tas AssoeiaIion and II
anairA
TEs he and his associates were ins;rueie
to prepare a. the rrsE meeting held Ia
January.
Trane Manager LeedA OF the kissosi
Pacific, whose reeent acton In eattnZ dow
the rates in ise sngAr sessdals has beea II
subjeeS of 90 muea heated dsseussion, va ais
present 10 make Q statsrnsat II tse Adviso:
Board ssoald request r.
IL Il said saat he may be disciplined. snd Nj
Goaid, his superiar on1eer. 10 reported to nay
lsft him 10 hh fa;e-
Al O'Clock . recess wo tlkea for N hour
IL Was sad 'he1 TAI tns OILY L9s nrks tran,
acted a. tse mcrring ssssIon vls the eonsidei
AlSoa Of pforosed changes 10 rules acd regull
tiooS reoomnsncSd by q committee. OF whie
Gea- A. y. Walker . ea aairnAn-
No information eoGld be obtained a. 10 a
proposed eaan es- Half an noug befOre n
cess Rok8el Sage and Co. Cr1ger left -
meesinE-