New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-05-11
SOME ONES HEAD MUST DROP
CHARGES AGAINST c.. b. AND Q. SUSTAINED.
IF THE WESTERN TRAFFIC ASSOCIATIONS RULES
ARE OBSERVED, THE OFFENDING

IF THE WESTERN TRAFFIC ASSOCIATIONS RULES
ARE OBSERVED, THE OFFENDING
OFFICIAL MUST GO.
The advisory board Of the Western Traffic Assoca-
ion. which met ut the Windsor Hotel yesterday re-
fused to the decision of the commissioners t'
the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy had been guilty
Of cutting rates on wool The agreement on WHICH
the association is based provides that in case any o
the constituent roads Is proved guilty OF cutting t'
schedule rates. the offending official OF that road Sha'
he i>mlsscd from its service. Tie Burlington sce'
therefore TO be In position that will force II 10 coo
between the discharge Of valuable ofhcsi anu "'o
deliberate VIOLATION u the agreement What liS ooo
will be is yet to be President Perkins III" n"'
attend the meeting yesterday, possibly In anucpa'io"
OF such verdict. The duty OF pointing ouV TIC
offender and Of rhicng tho penalty will devoive upo"
him. Tho general freight agent OF the company Is
Thomas Miller.
The removal last year Of General Tafff Manager
J. $ Leeds of the Missouri Pacific naturally looked
on "a precedent in Of this kind. ID sn'h III
extent did Jay Gould Insist upon strict regau lo'
this precedent that In January last he came near oS
rupiing the organization because the advisory boau
postponed action on the charges that he ana other
Missouri Pacific officials made against the bur
lingon, the Atchison Topeka and santa fe' inc
Atlantic and Pacific aud the southern i"'nh'
When Mt previous meeting tie Missouri racine
had been arraigncd on similar charge, Mr.. Leeds ap
peared as the scapegoat and PLEADED guhU hci''c
tho DAYS session was over Mr. Leeds's Official mead
was rolling about the corridors OF tho Whosor ho'e''
where Mr.. Gould sat and sulked. while othet
Of the board tried in vain to soothe his feeunes Mr.
Gould did not return from the West aatcnd the meet
Ing Yesterday and he made especfal effort to have
the rate cutting charges pressed.
The cases OF the Missouri Paci6r and the Burlington
differed principally in the fact that, whereas MI
Leeds made no attempt at defence, other 'hah 10
plead the cxigcncy Of the situation, the burlington
officials fought their case to the end. 'iem"hcy 10
them As one OF the members Of the board inumat'n
last night could scarcely be expected now In lght OF
the summary punishment that was inflicted on Mr
Leeds.
As regards the "joint sugar tariff charges against
the Achi-on the Atlantic and Pacific and the south
ern Pacific, there hind of mutual bacRdo"h'
]. G. Stubs. Of the southern P'sihc, read an sex
PLANTATION and Justification" prepared by President
G. r. Huntington. This consisted mainly 81 the
statement previously given that sugar tariff for
that route had been established. and the roads had
been compelled to make their own. Mr.. luntng'on.s
statement was unanimously accepted rs satisfactory
and conclusive" for all three roads.
The Atchi,on's appeal from the report Of the com
nssioncrs refusing that road permission to reduce
rates on second class passenger business from MIS-
souri, River points to the Pacific slope from s33 to
sI4 30 diSrcgaricd, ana the actlph oi tue oom
.nlssiOners sustained.
Texas Arkansas, Indian Territory ana Mexico uahc
was declared to be excepted from western frame ~
ISOLATION jurisdiction
The board will meet again this morning. Those
present Yesterday were Roswell Miller and samuel
spencer Of the Chicago. Milwaukee and ST. Paul ,
J. ~ A. Grssod. of the Chicago. burlington AMI
Quincy Marvin Iiughltt and Albert Keep, ule M
rnro and Northeastern: Il. r. Cable ana benjamin
brewster the Chicago. Rock Island md Pacihc r.
r. Jeffrey and George Coppcll. the Denver ana no
f,r,nde. : V. Y. CrIgcr. the Illinois Central, Russell
sage and e. II. Ackert. the Iowa Central George j.
Gould the Missouri Pacific r. F. oake,. the Northern
pacinc. D. C. Dodge md !. r. Peabody. the RIO
.,rande: j. C. stubbs. the Southern Pacific; o. ID
Ashley aud Charles VI. Hays. the wabash j. H.
springer. the MchiSon. Topeka ana santa Re-