The morning call., 1891-01-09
RAILROAD INTERESTS.
Trunk Line Presidents Engaged in Form
Ing New Association.

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dent Cable came from the conference-room.
He said only routine business had been
transacted so far, and that friendly feeling
was manifested by all those present. The
following took part in the conference: Jay
Gould and S. 81. Il. Clark OF the Missouri
Pacific, Allen Marvel OF the Santa Fe, G.. p.
Huntington and j. c. Stubbs of the South
ern Pacific, Henry Willard of the Northern
Pacific, Sidney Dillon of the Union Pacific,
Marvin Hughitt of the Chicago and North
western, R. r. Cable and Benjamin Brew
ster OF the Rock Island, David Ii. Moffat of
the Denver aud Rio Grande, Roswell Miller
bash, Russell Sage of the Iowa Central,
Stuyvesant Fish of the Illinois Central and
Charles E. Perkins of the Burlington.
SATISFACTORY PROGRESS.
Jay Gould said this afternoon: :" We have
accomplished great deal OF good to-day
and laid the, foundation of an association
the like OF which has never lived. | feel
very horeful, and believe the association
will warrant the stand l have taken"
Russell Sage and Sidney Dillon spoke in a
similar vein. G. p. Huntington said: Its
all right; we've accomplished a great deal
to-day" Gable, Of the Rock Island. said:
So The result Is exactly what had antici-
pated. An association viii be formed"
President Ashley, of the Wabash, was
equally sanguine. The delegates, as whole,
OF an association.
MANNER OF ARBITRAIIoN
Jay Gould tonight made the following
statement. He said 1--WE have decided to
call this association of railroad Presidents
The Western Traffic Associate ion.' The
board also decided to form tonnage pool,
to be divided among the roads of the assO-
citation. Any complaints which any road
may wish to make Will be referred to an
Arbitration Board, consisting of four COM
10 De-. rrrfI
chosen at tO-morr0w's meeting. The pool
will be divided in four divisions each Com
missioner to have charge of one division.
If this Arbitration Board does not settle the
matter satisfactorily the complaints will be
taken before the General Beard"
a meeting of the full Advisory Board will
be held tomorrow, and il Is expected that
some very important steps will be taken.
FRIENDLY RELATIONS.
George Gould declares that there is no truth
in the report that the Santa Fe and Missouri
Pacific are about to be consolidated under
jay Gould's management, though, he says,
the relations between the roads are very
friendly.
Tonight George Gould was asked about
the report that Jay Gould had secured the
would consolidate it with the Missouri
with his father. be said: You may
say as coming from me, that l
LulnK there Is much III lLS SlOTy. Ills UldU-
ner gave the impression that there was
something in it. In substantiatiOn cable
gram was received to-day by a well-known
railway president, stating that big block
| OF Atchison stock held By the Barings had
| been sold to big railroad operator In New
| York City. Russell Sage, when interviewed
tonight on the matter, replied evasively.
OREGON IMPROVEMENT.
The Dow-Jones Agency has issued the
following: 1--WE are told that the Oregon
hn
privilege of subscribing to the new bonds by
contributing cash payment to the reoTgani-
Zation in progress.
1t is learned tonight that q plan was dis
cussed to merge the Transcontinental,
Southwestern Railway and Steamship,
Western and Southwestern aud Trans
Missouri associations, under the name Of the
| Western Traffic Association.
| SUBJECTS FOR CONSIDERATION
| The Post learns from Colonel McCook
| the titles of the subjects to be considered by
| the meeting, and states the first and most
important 10 be that of rates. The second
| is the apportionment Of traffic among con-
| Stituent roadS-a matter of supreme i'm
| portance. The third is joint agencies,
| which, from all indications, is more likely
| 10 produce dissensions than any other mat
| ter. Gould, Dillon, Marvel and Magoun
| are heartily in favor of the total abolition
of individual agencies and the consollda-
| ton of all existing agencies at various
] pOlllS lltO Out JOlub dBcllCy Ill 6dCu place.
| This proposition, however, is opposed by
the representatives OF some of the other
roads. The fourth topic regards appeals
from decisions of the executive body of the
organization. This, OF course, Is of the
| highest Importance. The fifth is the sub
| jet of prohi ibitions. What the roads shall
not do is held to be of Importance, second
only to tnat which they may do. The sixth
and final topic is that OF committees. the
| last Of all, all the preceding subjects having
I Low Il in 1r
to them reached, the conclusions arrived at
will be summed up and embodied in the
| constitution.
THROUGH BUSINESS.
CHICAGO, Jan. S-The Western Passeu-
ger Association this morning passed a reso-
! luton calling on trunk lines for a full report
| from January 1st on all business from the
seabord to the West. This resolution was
| brought out by the feeling on the rart OF the
Western lines that they have not been re-
ceiying their full share OF the through rates
| from the Eastern seabOard.
WAR ON TIE sCALPER.
The Western Passenger Association to-
| day authorized Chairman Finley to take I'M
| mediate steps looking to the prosecution OF
| Chicago ticket OrOckerS under the illinois
! State law. This action is in line with gen.
eral tendency of late to bring about reforms
in the conduct of railroad competition. in
| the West. 1t is understood prosecution.
will be commenced in week or two, and as
Chairman Finley Is q hghter good results arr
expected. Apparently the ticket-broker is
in more danger OF being exterminated thar
ever before. Besides the proposed prosecu-
tions in this State there is movement OF
the part of all associated roads east enc
west to drive him out of business. II th'
scheme to abolish unlimited tickets is car
ried out it will do more TO cripple the scalp
ers' trade than anything yet Accomplished
Another scheme calculated 10 hurt the
scalper is the proposition to discontinue the
| payment of commissions on the sale OF tick
cts, which is now being considered, with 9
! likelihood OF adoption.
A WAGE PETITION.
The wages of one hundred agents an(
telegraph operators of the Chicago, Milwau
kee and st. Paul road were recently reduce,
about Is per cent. The five hundred men il
that class on the entire system signed pc
ttion asking that the wages be restored
The company demgnded the withdrawal o
the mems names from the petition or thei
designations. The operators and agents sa.
they are thoroughly organized, and that un
less their committee, which will come (
Chicago to confer with the officials, suecee
in getting the wages restored they viii re