The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1892-02-18
STATE AFFAIRS
And Capital City News Of State
Interest.
Compromise Freight Rates.

Compromise Freight Rates.
At the Office of the railroad commits
sioners the traffic men and attorneys of
the railroad companies and representa-
tive wholesale dealers spent a day dis
cussing the late ruling of the commits
sioners, which was intended to wipe out
the Missouri river terminals in the IN
terest of Kansas wholesale trade.
Both railroad men and the Kansas
merchants seemed anxious that an
amicable settlement, satisfactory to both,
should be fonnd.
The Kansas sugar dealers say they are
not complaining Of high rates, but sim
ply discriminating rates. Governor An
thony, it was very evident, expressed
their feeling exactly when he said that,
to be plain, it was the wish Of the board
to sponge out all the Missouri river"
business. He wanted Kansas recog-
nized, he said, as an entity, without pay
ing tribute to that wicked line of
re-rating the muddy Missouri. Mr..
Peck, for the railroads, said that no one
more than the Transmissouri railroads
would like to wipe out the Missouri
river, but as long as it was the terminal
of so many great lines this was i'm
possible, for they make it their basic
point.
The prominent gentlemen present in
terested in the case were: For the rail-
roads John NJ. Thurston, general solic-
itor of the Union Pacific, Omaha; j. A.
Munroe, general traffic agent Union Pa
ci6c railway, Omaha; George r. Peck,
general solicitor Atchison, Topeka &
Santa Fe; A. A. Hurd, law department,
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe; F. G.
Gay, general freight agent, Atchison,
Topeka & Santa Fe; G. r. Hudson, as
sistant general freight agent, Atchison,
Topeka & Santa Fe; G. w. Cole, general
freight agent, st. Louis & San Francis
co, st. Louis; A. L. Williams, general
solicitor Union Pacific; J. G. Lincoln,
assistant general freight agent Missouri
Pacific, st. Louis; Judge Kelso, Mis-
souri, Pacific, Parsons; NJ. A. Low, gen.
eral attorney Chicago, Rock Island &
Pacific; ID. Atwood, general freight
agent Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific;
w. NJ. Sage, traffic manager Chicago,
Rock Island & Pacific.
And the grocers: J. s. George,
Hutchinson; w. H. Davis, Topeka: h.
Boden, Independence; H. d. Lee, Sail
ma; J. F. Greenlee, Hutchinson; G.. E.
Lehman, Wichita; S. T. Alton, Arkan-
sas City; A. Hess, Wichita; T. H. Grit
fifth, Wichita; A. B. Sims, Atchison; J.
E. Howard, Wichita.
Judge F. L. Martin, of Hutchinson,
is the attorney for the grocerymen.
The consultation before the commits
sion adjourned, finally, to give the
traffic men and the merchants time to
A night and most of a day were spent
by them in discussing between them
selves the questions of rates and rights
There was no formal session held until
nearly o'clock in the afternoon. The
men, in small knots, would pro-
pose proposition and would present it
to number of the grocers for consid-
Grafton; then the grocers would tell lthe
men what they wanted, and in
this manner, and in the most friendly
spirit, the representatives of the two
great interests came closer and closer
together, until conclusion was reached
acceptable to both parties.
The ultimatum having been reached,
Governor Anthony called the meeting
to order. F. G. Gay, of the Santa Fe,
the conclusion, arriving at it
in the following words: "After great
deal of figuring back and forth the COM
plainants have made us final PROPOSE
ton, which we have decided to accept.
The proposition is that on all sugar the
to the points in question
shall be Is cents per hundred above
the Missouri river rate; on canned
goods, coffee and beans in carloads, the
shall be to Salina, 22c;
and Wichita, 25c; and Ar
kansas City, Csc"
The ''seventy-five mile limit" clause is
to be extended to suit the jobbers,
which means that it is practically abol-
ished. In view of this settlement of the
between the railroads and
the jobbers, the railroad commissioners
will withdraw their order respecting
rates on fifth-class freight. The ruling
Of the board provided for general re:
duction of the rate on fifth class freight;
the compromise adopted stipulates that
. reduced rate shall be given for car
load lots of the above-named articles
hat come under the head of fifth-class
freight, namely: sugar, canned goods,
,offee and beans.
This arrangement gives the relief
sought by the grocerymen who shin