St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-10-04
TO BOOM FAITHORN.
Special Meeting Of the Trans
Missouri Association to
Pe Held.
Faithorn's Friends Trying to
Get Him Chosen as
Chairman.
Other Members Do Not Want
a Chairman Selected
Now.
Immense Business From
Southwestern Missouri
River Points.

CHICAGO, Oct. ga special meeting
of the Trans-Missouri association will be
held in this city Friday. The call was
issued today by Secretary McFadden at
the request OF five members of the asso-
citation. There is no doubt that the
principal object of the meeting is to
elect chairman, and that strong eff
fort will be made to put John n. Fait-
horn in that position. Mr.. Faithorn'S
retirement from the Southwestern Rail-
way and Steamship association took eff
feet Sept. 80.
A number of the members of the
Trans Missouri association have only
been waiting for that event in order to
boom him for the Craftsmanship Of their
own organization. 1t was understood as
long ago as last spring that this was to
be the ultimate disposition of Mr.. Fait-
horn. He was reelected commissioner
OF the Eastern Traffic association IN the
face of the fact that the Southwestern
Railway and Steamship association, of
which he was chairman. had practically
severed its connection with that BODY.
At the same time Chairman Smith was
released from the Trans Missouri assO-
citation, which has struggled along with
out chairman from that time to this.
apparently waiting until Mr.. Faithorn
should be free to accept the place.
Will Not BE Easy.
But the indications are that it will not
be SO easy matter to elect Mr.. Faithorn
now as it might have deem several
months ago. Not that anybody objects
to Mr.. Faithorn. lie is conceded to be
one OF the aDleSt freight commissioners
in the West, and his popularity has not
waned since he presided over the traffic
affairs of the Western and Northwest
ern lines.
But the question has risen whether it
would not be wise to wipe out the
Trans-Missouri association altogether,
and extend the territory of the Western
Freight association as far west as Colo
RADIO and Utah. This movement is adj
vocated by certain roads that have lines
west of the Missouri river, and have
votes in the Trans Missouri association.
They will probably refuse to vote to
make Mr.. Fathorn or anybody else
chairman OF the Trans Missouri associ-
alton, since that would be to defeat their
own plans. A chairman can only be
chosen by unanimous approval, and one
negative vote would be sufficient to kill
Mr.. FaithOrn'S chances.
Something may depend OH the out
come of the managers meeting to he
held tomorrow. The managers consti-
tute a committee appointed by the
Western Freight association to formu-
late new agreement, and at the same
time to consider the proposition to
amalgamate with the Trans Missouri.
The decay of the Western Traffic asso-
citation makes it advisable in the opin-
ion of many to strengthen and enlarge
the only freight association that has
proved to be of any value. The opinion
prevails, however. that the managers
will take no definite action tomorrow,
but will merely talk the matter over
and adjourn until after the meeting of
presidents in New York Oct. IL.