New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-11-15
RAILROAD INTERESTS.
SOUTHERN RAILWAY OWNERS CONFER
ro TRY TO PERFECT THE ORGANIZATION OF
TIE SOUTHERN RAILWAY AND STEAM
SHIP ISOLATION.

TO TRY TO PERFECT THE oKGANi%AiioS We
TIE SOUTHERN RAILWAY AND STEAM
SHIP ASSOCIATION.
An imno-tant meeting OF the owners and CHIEF exec
rt,ve officers of the railroad and steaf'ap my. "
I,ncinc In the southern Railway and steamship NSv
c,ot,on was held yesterday at the Fliof A'e"'e ~
rho meeting was preliminary 70 the regular "eou'e
% tho association which will be called to order az Tue
,,o nlooe at noon today. The southern h"h""y
and steamship Association Is probably the suonso''
a. welt as the largest Of all the h'9ooA'"''
formed for the purpose OF controlling rates. 80,
cudes every railroad and steamship Line III ,"e 49,
tory east OF the Mississippi River ana s'uu" VI 0
Ohio River and Washington City. H. D. o'"''''
is the commissioner. 49,, o
rn. ,rosort at the conference yesterday were'
,os,dos Mr.. stahman II. u. Plant, president ana H.
: Uoines vice president, OF the L ant System" -.
walters, vicc-presldent Of the Atlantic COAST in'o
SAMUEL Thomas and Henry FINK ana " -". -
receivers OF the East Tennessee. Nlrgiha ahu "es
: NJ FELTON,, president Of the Clncihhau oou =,
(Oucen and CresceDt John Rooihsoh pi.S -
tho se,board and Roanoke Air Line and the oa Doni"
~ s,oomshin Company; stuyvesant Fish, president
~ tho Illinois Central; W. p Clyde, F. W. Hudcho~i
and Rcuhen Foster receivers, OF the kichn'"fo aiu
Dan,ille. and Vice. President Andrews ana Ueiie'u
Manager Green, of the same system rro'iur M
hall OF the Norfolk and western; August boiio'o
cho,man NJ H. Smith president ana D IT, h"o.o
ytcc DroSdent, OF the lIOulsNilic anu
"a IIoIlns of the Georgia Central Presideht i""
~ the Western Maryland; G. IL. Phhi"y, vi "''
Georgia Atlanta and West Point, and Generai Aa""s,
wa-d OF the south Carolina Railroad. D. I. Clark
president OF the Mobile and Ohio Is also expected
he present to-day, and II. B. Conner pre'deht anu
receiver OF the Georgia Central, VIII be frrc a'er III
the week. Am)ug the steamship lines Represented
wore the Ocean, Old Dominion, Pant and Clyde com
panies. A.,
The meeting was harmonious and resulted IN inc
oproInmcnt OF conmitte, to consi1er some pracloa
plan for strengthening the association ana placing iS
busIncss more completely In the hands OF the com
missioner one scheme suggested, witch seemed o.
meet with the approval q all present, was the app ANT
mcnt OF nm executive board TO consist Of The PeSi
dents Of the vari1us lines, whose function IL shollo
Inc to ndvise with the commissioner and attend 70 tne
enforcing u his decisions. THIS VIII proDaby DC INC
substance Of the cOmmittec's Recommendation Wien
N reportS 10 the conference this morning.
This meeting was called. not because tere Is any
present trouble decentralization in the asso9atl1
but I'm order d foresia and shut or any futlrr dlS
agreement, and To try t. make the autonomy OF ihe
association more perfect and stop many small LEAFS
As Mr.. Stahman explained II e We want 10 see !,
we cannot make the association strong that IL ana
n I few shIpp,rs can fix ~" rates. The conference
will be continued this morning.