The morning call., 1892-04-12
HUNTINGTON And GOULD.
Will They Form Traffic Pool
of Western Railroads
Why the State Board of Railway Commits
sioners Did Not Meet Yesterdey-N.
Branch Lines in the South.

The Western Traffic Association is on its
last legs, and Coils Z. Huntington is glad.
Gould is glad also. for the great combine did
not come into existence under his sanction,
though it las received his unwilling support
during its brief and rather stormy life.
The little wizard is now in all proba-
bility laughing at his sh0rt-sighted assO-
ciates, and comforting himself with that
consoiing Il told you So" A meeting of
this organization called for Wednesday,
April 13, has been postponed indefinitely,
and as result the regular quarterly session
OF the Iranscontinental Association, which
was to have taken place at Chicago six days
later, Will not come off. Several important
issues were to have been considered at this
meeting, the Pacific Mail subsidy and Cana
dian Pacific competition being among the
questions to come up for discussion, A
general reorganization Of all traffic aSsOcia-
lions west OF the Missouri River is now
looked Tor. A new scheme for the main
tenanea OF rates and the division of traffic
is to arise from the Western Traffic Asso-
cation tangle. This combination was or
gan!Zed In December. 1890, being composed
u1 all roads west OF Chicago and 81. Paul,
with the ostenSible object Of maintaining
rates. 1t was not a pet scheme with Jay
LIQUID as often stated. On the contrary he
objected to its contamination, but finally
gave way to the claims Of others inter-
ested.
POOL OF WESTERN ROADS.
1he Idea was to form pool Of Western
roads Tor the division of traffic Oh a basis
much more comprehensive than the one
adopted. Huntington was in favor Of this,
TOO, ana IL ls now possible that III the pros
pective reorganization OF Western territory
the great pool favored for years by the two
magnaies will be effected.
A member OF the Traffic Association re-
quests that the names OF the executive COM
mlttee be published in order that the in
terror people may understand what resp9n-
sloie men are behind the movement for
reduction OF local rates. That many county
Shippers are being deceived as to the real
OBJECTS OF the association by elaborate argu-
ments emanating nom F0nlth and Towns
end streets there can be no doubt. The
members or the executive committee are as
follows:
+. l.. Castle of Castle Bros, J. c. Sieg-
fried ct Sirgfried d Brandenstein. f. W.
Van Sicklen of Dodge, Sweeney IL Co.,
Robert Watt of Langley and NJ CHI els Com
pany, Is r. Durham of Durham, Carrigan
Hayden Company, Isaac Upham of Fay0t,
Upham 81 Co., Isidor Jacobs of A. LusG &
Co., Eugene Il. Beck Of ID. l.. Beck Il Sons,
A. W. Porter of Porter Bros, J. A. Wise of
Chrsty x Wise, A. J. Marcus Of Ii. Frank
Co. a. B Hallidie If the California Wire
works, Barry BALDWIN of Giryin, Baldwin
* Eyre, j. Il. StetsOn of Holbrook, Merrill
" StetSon, y. ). Griffith of Fresno; c. T.
Settle, president of the Farmers Union,
San jose; Alvinza Hayward, w. Ii. Wood
oil w. Ii. Wood u Co. OF Sacramento. Charles
Yates.
It is not probable that another meeting
OF the Railway Commissioners will be held
until after the return Of Mr.. Beckman, who
is now in Washington, ID. Z. The other TWO
Commissioners are not at all united as to
methods OF defense, in fact LiIchfeld has
objected TO every step taken by the San
Jose Commissioned. When Rea filed his
celebrated admission" OF a few weeks
since, Litchfeld refused TO sign It, thus de-
nylng the potent truth of the old saw that
confession is good for the SOUL"
DIVIDED BY wRASGLISG.
Rea and Litchfield, divided by petty
wrangllng, harboring 4 personal feud born
OF political jealousy, swapping to-day at
one another, and tomorrow at the lash that
IS driving them 10 duty-this unhappy pair
would be easy game for Traffic Manager
Leeds, with his keen ANALYSIS and subtle
logic. They know 1t, for Mr. Beckman ex-
plainec the situation before he went away.
The Chicago and Northwestern has put
another day train on the run between Chi
cago and st. Paul. 1t is called the North
western limited, and in the matter of time
IS something of "A ter.
The Southern Pacific Company has COM
menced grading work on two important
branch lines IN Southern California. Both
are standard-gauge roads. One will run
from Bakersfield 10 the as phaltum and oil de-
posits in the Coast Range foothills, and The
other to ArmOna in rulare County, the pres
ent southern terminus of the WeStside
branch, For distance of - miles through
the heart of the Kern River delta one track
will be used for both branches
1t is reported that Gould has ordered a
resumption Of work on the delayed Phoebe
extension of the Union Pacific, and that
construction from Milford will commence
In a few days. The proposed line is 125
miles long.
President J. b. Stetson OF the Traffic As
ISOLATION is In Southern California.
The Northern Pacific trains AT Seattle Will
hereafter run into the Northern Pacific
depot.
The Northern Pacific extension to Aber-
deem was opened yesterday.
MI. Stlllman, who represents the Searles
interest in the Southern Pacific Company,
Will leave for New York to-day.