The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1892-12-20
THE RAILROADS..
Important Action in ST. Louis of
the Southwestern Lines.

managers of the southwestern line
took place yesterday morning at thu
Southern hotel in st. Louis. All tn,
leading interests in the southwest, in
Guiding the Gould-AtchinSon-Hunt
ington and Missouri, Kansas an,
Texas lines were fully represented an6
Vice President Waldo of the Missouri
Kansas and Texas, presided. Score
tarv Jewett, Of the Southwestern
Railway and Steamship Rate Com
mittee, acting IA secretary. General
Manager Doddridge, of the Cotton
Belt, st. Louis Southwestern and AZ
sistant Gepeaal Manager G.. {. Smith
of the Missouri Pacitic-Iron Mountain
were present with the freight traffic
managers of those lines, Mr.. {. \.
Parker of the latter, and Mr.. 4. :.
Dodge of the former. The officials OF
the Texas lines have been in the city
for several days adjusting rate mat
tiers. The meeting yesterday had
special reference tn the general situa-
ton in the southwest and provision
for equitable adjustment in
the future. \ committee was
appointed to act in concert with the
interstate commerce commission and
other railroad committees appointed
for the like purpose tn confer with
the national congress looking To an
amendment of section ) of the inter-
state commerce act, for the purpose Of
authorizing and legalizing contracts
between competing common carriers
as affecting rates of carriage. An
other committee wa appointed 10 in
vestigate the rate situation, ana a. far
rs possible restore rate, To a just and
reasonable basis and 80 maintain them
until action l. taken Nv congress.
The committee Oh amendment of
the law Is composed of the following
gentlemen: Vice President Waldo, of
the Missouri. Kansas and Texas; Vice
President Springer, of the Atchison-
Frisco: General Solicitor Cochran. of
the Gould Southwestern lines, and
Vice President Stubb>, of the South
ern Pacific. The committee on re>tor-
>toration and maintenance of rates Is
composed of freight traffic officers a.
follows: w. Il. Bid,lle. OF the Santa
i'e: {. iiaiie. ., the Missouri, Na.,s.,s
and Texas; Daniel Ripley. of the
Houston and Texas Central: {. \.
Parker. of the Missouri Pac;iic-Iron
Mountain. and {. W. Bcin. of the
Southern Pacific.
II was determined 10 continue in
uee the machinery of the Southwest
ern Railway and Steamship I,are COM
mitiee ior the maintenance at tariff.
al interim, with headquarters in II.
Louis.
THE ALTON COME EAcK.
CHICAGO, Dec l4.-Consent has
been given BY the Chicago and Alton
company t" resume its membership in
the Western Passenger A..o, ialivn. /
Such was the outcome of the meeting
nf managers to-,lay.
All the roads interested i'm the terri |
ritory covered by the association. with |
the single exception of the Kansas
'itv. Fort Scott and Memphis. were
III the meeting. Ii was
in advance that the Alton
was willing 10 become member, pro-
ri,iel it WAS not held accountable for
my past indictments, ana in the in
erest of harmony and stability of rates
{ was unanimously decided to let by
zones he bygone> and commence
new.
Al the morning session. after a
horough canyas> OF the situation, a
committee of FIVE was appointed to
uhmit recommendations. and at the
liternoon session the committee re-
'orted the following for adoption:
Whereas. The Western Passenger
association has been shorn of most of
Is usefulness by the fac, that the Chi
ago and Alton company AMI other
Dads have not recently been members
1ereo1. ana
Whereas, Other companies have
lgniiied AN intention of Withdrawing
rom said association. thereby render I
ng it OF still more doubtful utility:
nd,
Whereas, 1t is obvious that an or {
of some kind is essential I
therefore,, G
Your committee recommends that, i
egardless of the merits of the former e
,ntroversy between the association Il
nd the Alton company which resulted ii
the withdrawal Of the latter. and a
lthout any expression of opinion P
lereon. the Chicago and Alton Rail- c
'ad be henceforth considered men, S
ar af tho dissertation, nnJa. 81. 1890. N