New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-01-23
A RATE WAR POSTPONED.
JAY GOULD WILL HAVE PATIENCE.
PROMISING TO WAIT TILL APRIL FOR coNsID-
EE,IIoN OF RECENT CHARGES.

EEtIION OF RECENT CHARGES.
1t was announced yesterday that the danger which
has recently menaccd the stock market In the shape
Of rae-war the road. comprising the Western
frTinc Association end FOR the present. tle
Gould riads having agreed follow ont the line Of
policy laid down by Chairman Miller. OF the association
The following letter made public late in the alter
noon:
ONCE Chicago Milwaukee and ST Paul Railway Com
pany, New orb. Jan ~. 80.
TO JAY Gould, esq, President Missouri Pacific Railway
Dear Sir: / beg t, acknowledge receipt Of the re
quest Of Your company tut Sail convene m"etlhS
Il the Railway Board to consider AID dispos" oil APP
ptals in The ma'tT of violation Of tn agreements u
aid association Except M the request Of three mem.
berS. the President Is a liberty to convene n special
meeting only when in his judgment It becomes
necessary. The matters f0r which ~ desire special
meeting were before the Board at Its meeting hast
week, aud the Eoayi adjourned with tie understanding
thai they were disposed Of until the next regular
meeting. II Is very doubtful II quorum can be
had for a special meeting ana failure to obtain
such quorum would PC harmful 10 the association.
| believe that the members Of the Advisory Board
accord with YOU I'm the view that these should
not be delayed unduy. and n there shall he quorum
at the next regular mccting ! should consider II my
and place a. viii be key 10 secure quorum In
view OF the constructions trHIt Won VIII not lnIit
matier am -nre that the Association viii te much
strengthened 10y the outcome. ROSWELL MILLER,
President Advisory Board Western Traffic Association
This l. the answer:
'"'e "'''o''' r''! New " YORK. Jan. 3 1902
To Roswell Miller. esq. President Western Irailc Az
Dear sr beg t. acknowledge the receipt d yosr
favor Of this date lh, company. a yon KNOW. mao
no charges against other Mt the recent ectlng o.
| he Advisory Board hut urged prompt heTing N
the presented by the comm ,sioncrs. Ii was only
Dur Board adopted and transmitted b. You. TINS
company SIN feel, That no undue delay should occur IN
Sr H%eI a i" dc an not S 6n in the interest Of s
stability Of the 6caton but H. justice to the Missouri
missing IT, traffic manager In compliance with the
decree Of The a,,0ciat on ..,. j.. .
recognize. however, the force Of the objection, to
special meeting stated hy yol and acqulc9ce III
them particularly In consideration Of your statement
meeting Of the Hdvi.ory hoar YOU VIII consider it
,oug duty to call -rcla mectlgs for me cor, der@
ton of the case, recently postponed. JAY GOULD.
The next regular meeting Of the Western Traho
Association docs not take place until April.
Yesterday c. p. Huntington made the following clear
statement O. tho posil Of the southern Pacific Com
Iany in the controversy:
have noticed IN the press some illusions 10 the
southern Pacific Company not having followed the
ruiz, 81 the Wcstcrn Trafc Association. and that an
early meeting ~ the Advisory Boor IL desired FOX the
purpose or hearing that and other cases. While
,slrl.ug the matter ~ very little Importance, not
vnrr.lntug the immediate rcconveutlon Of the Ad
v-gy Board yet | wish 1t understood that the south
ern Pacific Company t. ready now. at any time. to
appear before tie Advisory Board I'm explanation Of it,
action. 1t has nothing to conceal, AND nothing to
violating no rulr- OF the Western TaiIic Association
tcleye that the COMMITS toners, finding I'm thu
WIS that the breach NJ any clinical only
IN" by law ~ the association which II charged ha,
been d.srceudci rad, follows:
II ANY ofccr o. Z, pr'-cut..tivc of company
shall nuthoiil. o. pr0mly directly or ndiNctly any
variation f'm established tn1N-. lie shall be- discharged
from the -ervlc. with the stated
Now thcrc va, aih mai been no established rate
In the case paIuei of. Their had previously been
no bushes, OF the Kind Irder ord nary circumstances
there b. ~ such business. There never had been
any occasion ~ m" c>tahl snuet ~ the rate and IL
not lnelv hat there eyer viii De- similar occ"-lOn
IN" r7,t" comp ilu.d ~ mai" IN an emergency -
meet pcculiHr conditions. which never before had
arisen. and not narly t. aIis" again The cmcr
gDncy such that. II Il had been necessary. IL would
have been impossible ~ IL" O." ASSOC tOn, methods
for the purpose ~ fixing the rate.
10 was made after conference and bv agreement
between competent Officers Of The mi ~ Pacific Ath
son Topeka and santa T. ana southern Pacific Com
unny All three ~ these c,mpan"r participated In
MAILING tie II: and 81 AIRED the resulting benefits In
doing these companies prIudlced no other member
u the -oca ion. Their act establ .hed and
effective rate diverted busilcSs from connecting
or COMPETING company member of tn Western Traffic
a ton. disturbed tariff. DESTROYED no ,anic.
aud took from no carrier What II then ever had
pDsso sod could obtain, In fact. n" action Of th"
compai ies injured NJ one. tn" c0mpani Joining in
were innocent II any i1crtion to violate the agf -,
mcrt and believed AZ the time that their acthr COuf
hot be- construed n, a volati'n OF that agreement.
81 contend that Their has been n violation Of either
the spirit or th- letter Of agreement and have not
hearing will reach the came conclusion