The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-05-09
RAILROAD PRESIDENTS MEET.
The Advisory Board of the West
ern Traffic Association
Offend Gould.
The WIZARD WARM IN THE COLLAR.
The Board Forces Leeds oi the Mis-
souri, Pacific Ont of the
Association.
Gould Nervous but Promises to get
Even With Other Members
Of the Board.
Leeds Of the Missouri paciIic Expelled
from the Association.

NEw YORK. May : 1t was some.
what jaded looking set Of railroad presi
dents that filed out Of room ~ Of the
Windsor hotel this evening, where the
meeting Of the advisory board Of the
Western Traffic association came to an
end. They looked like men who had
passed. through crisis. Each, however,
stoutly rcassertcd his ALLEGIANCE to peace
and harmony, with capital letters, and
his undyIng devotion 20 the cause Of the
association. The meeting was not with
out result. In the first place solid
working quorum was secured and that
is u good deal in the light of the heart
hurnIngs that followed the famous Chi
CagO failure.
The more significant and in manner
more picturesque was Goulds rCpudia
tinn of the Missouri Pacitic's sugar tariff
with AN incidental offer to resign the
presidency Of that rOid if any charges
could be made and proved against him
self.
General Traffic Manager Leeds was
found guilty and started to ST. I,Ouis to
night to turn over the control of his dC
partmrnt to s. H. H. Clarke manager Of
tn" Missouri Pacific. What will he done
with Leeds or what will he done with his
Successor il is as vet too early To tell.
Important almost as the diaCipjning Of
the Missouri Pacific were the points Of
the resolution adopted by the board.
They were;
First That the life of the association be
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made , vnrh.7 ryuI,nnti,n. Lnwr,rr, and
thnn rntirnd frnr, fine room The hoard
rnund him ouil,y Of a violation Of the
n,rnnunrt IF Ja,,ory o nnnouncino
thr v,rlirt inst before fine noon recess
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o~rrrmrut distinctly nroyidcs for the
dismissal Of INV officer guilty of violating
its nrnvisinne After a short interview
w;th his eunnr;or Leeds said he would
Start immndintcIv and wn,IId turn over
his ntiirn to thr mannocr of the road. He
know of ,tbrr nroy;sinns that had bccn
made for him. he said, and especially
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,nnnt hv ,yhi,h hr sbould hccomn gru.
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tar;G ,n NV own rcsnons;h;l;ty for rra.
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