The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-19
GONE THE WAY OF OTHERS
The TransmissOuri the Latest Traffic
Association to Give Up the Ghost.
An Effort Will Be Made, However. to Form
New One-QuestiOns That Will Come Before
the Meeting of Passenger Agents.

New One-Questl0nST That Will Come Before
the Meeting of Passenger Agents.
Another traffic association gave MP the
ghost yesterday. This time it was the
Transmlssouri ASSOCIATION. A meeting or
the members was held at Chicago yester-
day and without much preliminary DIS
cussion they adopted q resolution, provid-
ing for the disarmament of the organiza-
tion. to take effect to-day. Secretary Nc
Fadden was instructed to wind mp the af-
fairs of the association as soon thereafter
rs possible aud close mp the headquarters
at Kansas City. A committee OF seven,
composed of the representatives OF the
Fort Scott 81 Memphis, the Rock Island,
the Atchison, the Burlington, the Union
Pacific, tue Missouri Pacific and the Ere
mont, Elkhorn d Missouri Valley roads.
was appointed to prepare q plan for new
organization and submit the same at gen.
eral meeting of the interested lines to be
held Dec. @. This leaves the territory west
tions-the Western freight and the West
ern passenger-and they embrace only
the territory between Chicago ana the
Missouri river. Within few months the
Western Traffic, the TranscOntinental. the
outhwestern hallway and Steamship and
the Transmissourl associations have been
abandoned. Since the retirement OF CHAIR
man Smith last spring the Iransmlseourl
Association has been without any other
head than the secretary, Mr.. McFadden.
The agreement on which it was founded
was drawn up on the same lines that of
the Western Traffic Association, Of which
1t was essentially q part. and Its death 10
the logical consequence of the dissolution
of the parent organization. General Man.
Ager st. John. of the Rock Island road.
who presided at yesterdays meeting,
thinks that a new and independent agree.
ment will be adopted by the transmlssourt
lines In time TO become effective Jan. i.
The Coming Passenger Meeting.
On Monday there will convene at Chicago
. larger gathering of general passenger
agents than ever before in this country.
General passenger and ticket agents from
all parts or the United States. Canada and
Mexico will be in attendance. While the
meeting Is expected to take up and settle
what shall be the rates from all parts OF
the country to the worlds fair, if possible,
other important matters are likely to come
up. among other things the ticketscalping
question. The officers of many of the
strong lines are determined to root out the
scalpers, on the ground that they are the
chief passenger rate demorslizers. 1t is
claimed that If they can be Outgeneraled
on the worlds fair business ii will he long
step toward freezing them out altogether.
IL is believed the meeting will adopt
one-way ticket, carrying out the views
Of the Central Traffic Association. This.
1t Is claimed, would prevent the scalpers
handling the return portion OF the ticket.
The idea of the Central Traffic Association
10 that o man should Duy ticket one WI AZ
and act . full reduction one way; the ticket
IL taken up, and returning he can purchase
hIs ticket In Chicago at a like reduction.
The general passenger agents Will Inquire on
granting the best terms posi- BILE to the pur-
chaser on the above conditions, but to pur.
chase round-trlp ticket regular fare will
be charged The reduction proposed by
she Central Traffic Association IL 20 per
cent. each way, but IL Is likely that at the
meeting next week q plan will DO adopted
90 have the tickets sold according to the
grade of train one travels oD. 1t 10 possible
that meeting aside from this will be
called by some of the stronger lines to take
up the commission question. which is now
being sgitated by the Western Passenger
Association. 1t is stated that this is the
first time in the history of the Western
roads that they have been in humor to
coolly consider the commission question.
Far.seelng general passenger agents are OF
the opinion that should this opportunity
alp by the commission question Will drift
into the hands of the presidents and gen.
eral managers. 1t is said that number of
general passenger agents would favor pay
ing commissions TO ticket agents were not
the practice abused. Could some plan be
devised by which reasonable commission
could be paid. and every road live IN TO Its
agreement in the matter. 10 Is probable
that ticket agents would realize sometbiD x
from this direction, whereas should the
question of paying commissions 90 to the
higher officials it is likely to be iped out
altogether.
No East-Bonnd Pool nc Present.
The agreement of the presidents of the
trunk lines TO establish pool for the divis-
ion of all west-bound freight traffic be-
tween New York and Chicago was to have
been followed by similar action governin q
esst-bound business. For this purpose
there was called a joint meeting of the
trunk-line presidents and the MANAGERS of
the Central Traffic Association at New York
yesterday. The Central Traffic and Trunk
line associations work in harmony, the for
mer regulating IN measure all east-bound
rates originating west of Pittsburg and
Buffalo. and the trunk lines controlling
west-bound traffic. There was hitch.
however. in the programmes. The trunk
line presidents calculated the plan
for pool would remain secret
for some time to come possibly
until the proposed amendments to
the interstate commerce act were eff
fected. The publication of the details of
the new pool for west bound traffic brought
things to q temporary standstill, and the
result was that no agreement has been
signed creating an east-bound pool. 1t Is
thought this does not mean that one will
not be formed. but it will be postponed
until they see how the west-bOund pool is
received, and how IL operates. Ii has
however. been decided TO restore and main
tain east-bound rates, as has been done
with reference to west-b bound rates. 1t is
thought that when the pool for east-bound
traffic is established Mr.. Blanchard will
perform the same relative duties in divid-
Ing business that Commissioner Goddard
does In the proposed west bound pool.
The II. & q. and the Reading.
Arailroad official of this city. who recently
was in company with an official of the Balti
more IL Ohio. heard q con versat,on of the
b. & o. official with a party of railroad
men. He said that while it had been de
MED that there was to be consoli
datIon of the Baltimore ~ Obi % and tn,
Philadelphia N Reading systems, he was
confident things were drifting In that di-
rection. He thought the large blocks OF
the Philadelphia IL Reading which were
changing hands were falling into the hands
of frien ds Of both interests who favored
consolidation. In this connection he men
toned one important fact. The Phila
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