Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-30
THE TRANs-MIssoURI CALL.
The Bush ess to Come Before the Associa
ton at Tuesdays Meeting.


rrans-M Missouri freight ASSOCIATION will b.
leld next Tuesday at the meeting rooms il
he Keith & Perry building, saws the Kan
,as City Star. The Colorado call has been
issued and bears many subjects of i'm
portance to be considered at the coming
meeting. One of the most important sub
ects is the proposition that when COM
plants are made before the inter
state commerce commission against one or
more lines, the defense be made in the
name of all companies in the association
and managed by the chairman with the as
sistance of such attorneys as the chairman
may cal upon. The roads have pools on
all kinds of business and, according to the
Western traffic association, are banded to-
gether for protection in almost any case
that can arise. It is proper, in the opinion
of some of the railroad men, that they
should have the same protection before the
interstate commerce commission. In other
words, although the law forbids pooling in
any form and the commission is supposed
TO enforce the law, it is the proposition of
some one that the roads pool under the nose
of the legal body and plead all cases, not
as individual roads, but as lines combined
to fight each others battles.
Another matter to be considered is the
grain transit privileges at Kansas City. The
report of the concurrence of the other three
associations will be made and the action
rdtluSu. UC cOElll1lIIte OF lOlll conference
appointed TO consider the question of grain
taken from elevators and afterwards
stopped to be milled will report. The ques-
ton of making provision for rates to be APP
piled on reconsigned grain, upon which
rates have changed while held in storage,
will be discussed.
A question of Importance to fruit men is
the proposition to accept destination
weights in preference to weights SHOWN at
point of origin upon shipments of perish
able freight from New Orleans and other
Southern points.
Hard coal rates will also be considered,
and proposition will be made to reduce
the rate, but it is not thought that it will
carry The rate on hard coal has ALWAYS
been made lower to the actual shippers
than the published rates, and there is rea-
son to believe that the same state of affairs
exists this year.
In addition to the subjects outlined above
the following will be considered:
Division of rates east and west of the
Mississippi river on business from Atlantic
seaboard to Colorado and Utah common
points. Ordered docketed pending report
from W. F. A.
Proposed agreement with lime shippers
IN regard to the weight of barrel of lime
Report of joint committee.
Proposed revision of rates on commodl-
ties between Missouri river points and Col
orado common points. Report of COM
mittee.
Proposed advance in rates on sugar from
Missouri river, Mississippi river and Chi
cago to Colorado common points. Concur
renee of New Orleans traffic association and
Southwestern association.
Question of authorized rates and basis
for divisions on traffic between Texas COM
mon points and Colorado and Utah common
points.
Application to and from Randolph, Mo-,
of Kansas City rates.
Request of IranScontinental association
that this association cancel its rule cover
ing stoppage of live poultry in transit to
load and unload, as per article Sc, circular
letter 322-A.
Minimum weight to govern on livestock
shipments in cars of various lenghths, also
percentages of standard car rates.
Rates on poultry transported in palace
poultry cars.
Proposed readjustment of percentages
on freish t traffic between Mississippi river,
etc, and Colorado common points with a
view TO the observance of locals east
and west of the Missouri river as maximum
proportions.
Feeding in transit basis requested by
Union Pacific.
Questions of rates and minimum weights
to be applied on shipments of calves in
double deck cars.
Revision of rates and regulations cover
ing shipments to and from the Worlds Co.
lumbar exposition.
Proposed exemption from the jurisdiction
of the association of soft coal traffic from
Colorado and Wyoming on the one hand to
points in Colorado, Wyoming and South
Dakota on the other.
Proposition to establish a uniform rule
for freight returned account refusal by con-
signee, and damaged articles returned for
repairs; on the understanding that they
are to be returned to point of origin at full
tariff rates; also basis of forwarding and
return Of tents, ETC., to be used at conven-
tons.
Question of proper weight to be charged
for on shipments of flour from mills, refer
ence being had to the use of the estimated
weights authorized by the association, and
called to the lack of and provision
for verifying under the present arrange
ment the weights at which such flour is
billed.
Proposition to restrict the application of
scrap iron rate on shipment of old cable, c.
L., TO pieces not to exceed fifty feet in
length. Report of kansas-Nebraska rate
committee.
Basis of rates applicable to Peoria on
of livestock from Transmissouri
association territory. Report from W. +.
A. association.