The sun., 1892-01-15
COU[D WnLNOT WITHDRAW
so THE PRESIDENTS OF THE WESTERN
y1lFFIC ASSOCIATION SAY

m. missouri Pacinc GIVE No Notice-n
9.ouire. Vote OF tho Board-Mr. Clark
s..ms 10 Have Made nn unintcntsonni
aIvndsr IL Threatening TO Withdraw.
Thore wns little incident at Tuesdays ses-
,,nn Of the Advisory Board OF tho Western
Traf,,c Association at tho Windsor that has
caused more talk among Outsiders thnn u dia
among those present. and II gnve rise to the
,onort that Jay Gould. for tho Missouri Pa
.iac had formally withdrawn from the ascot
.,jon. Such, however. was not tho case anu
AZ nresent there seems no likelihood that sNch
.thlpg will happen. And as for the associa-
tion going to pieces II Is believed that IL Is
.,roncer to-day than evcr before.
The southern Pacific was ono OF the COM
ronies whose traffic manager was accused OF
."t,,np sugar rates. and who. according to the
.snort OF tho Board OF Commissioners. seemed
10 be plniny guilty OF violating both the Inter
state Commerce law and the Western Trnillc
.o-oement. But President c. J.. Huntington
sa,d very frankly yesterday that II after due
inysstication his subordinate was decided 10y
the Advisory Board to be guilty he would have
70 there is no denying that there was s9!no OK.
rom Gsvnae' on .9 Frk Fnk o. Of sr hs
;as M'sce sse ot,enders punished. Traffic ManagerJ;
i Leeds q tie Missouri ihs iag,e' iigst one s wt
90 orndr,n1 sh3, the to Srns M,soq, m
rnseys rasS woS' Si other roads It WASN'T long
lore cases OF cutting sugar rates wore preier-
red to he aga aga'ns5 entnc the woo
rates against the burlington. But when tho
G"mmissioners made their report to the , Aa-
vi SSG,yt Ga,yytoBishmcn Gal% MT The Commit ssioners had
not duly notified them, they said. that there
were charges against them: SO thsy s soad nam nad
men would have done us Mr.. Leeds did II they
had had chance. A.,
Gould remarked that what was medicine for
ono was medicine for another. The hoard
busy I'her thae and no
hurry TO take up the cnses Of rate cutting.
Mr.. Gould did not attend tho second days
sspparentiy with orders as to what to do When
fhc rnte cutting cases were taken up the Atcht.
son iled notice otappeal from II the ., decision de- OF
cussd officials an opportunity to prepare their
defence d According TO the bylaws. the priv
ege Of appeal r IRON tnc t Sy msmber ., e ond
the board was inclined to grant It in this case:
beoause no formal notice OF the offence had
0sfR fRersupSn sssxsS HRSs }hs CLARK
souri, Pacific had an idea that the above
snsnt ssr s S,csSn K Rarns 4s 4.
ton. and Southern, Pacific railroads: He arose
eIcitedly, It is said. and remarked that US the
board was Inclined to punish some offenders
and ignore Others he thereupon gave notice
OF the withdrawal Of the Missouri Pacific from
sested to Mr.. Clark that he had no authority
So do such a thing. as article 8 OF the agree
%snt stated that no company should With Il
rectors. and the Board must give ninety days
notice to every other member OF the associa-
tion Mr.. Clark didn't wait to hear any more.
hut he hurried out Of the room aud the meet
in0 adjourned shortly after.
Since then several OF tho Presidents have
talked with Messrs Gould and Clark and have
tried to convince them that the cases gainst
the Atohison and other roads would be taken
UP at the proper time. and that there was YES ND
the Leeds case was up they said. the Missouri
Pacific might have appealed II. but it didn't
II the Missouri Pacific really intends to with
draw, the Board Of Directors will have to be
called together. as remarked: but several
Western Presidents said yesterday that they
didn't think It would take such step. They
believe that NJ. Gould now looks at the matter
in different light Mr Gould denied that he
against his neiRhbors. He added:
know nothing OF tho charges until they
subpitsd s3d read By thS chHirRan At
nor aided i1 1eir Preparation: The charges
shape OF their nnal decision holding the roads
guilty. and attaching tho illegal tariffs to their
decision. Tho cases were entirely identical
with those brought against Mr.. Leeds Of the
Missouri PeclaG and ios which he was con-