St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-10-14
AFRAID TO SPEAK.
Railroad Magnates Meet Secretly
and Keep Mum.

oho AANSP Ah htH'
A secret meeting was held yesterday
in the private office of President J. J.
Hill. at the general offices of the Great
Northern, between President Marvin
Hughitt, Vice President W. H. New
man. of the North Western; E. p. Rip
ley, of the Milwaukee & st. Paul; Mr..
Winter, of the Omaha; j. NJ. Hanna
ford, }. w. Kendrick. of the Northern
Pacific; j. j. Hill, w. p. Clough, and
other officials of the Great Northern.
The session lasted nearly all day, and
at its close Hughitt. Newman and Rip
ley went East over the North-W eStern.
Various gentlemen who took part in
the meeting were asked as to the bust
ness of the occasion, and replied eva
Sively, giving conflicting hints of " hat
was done. Mr.. Hannaford said frankly
that he was not at liberty to state the
object and transactions of the meeting,
but, when pressed closely, intimated
that 1t concerned matters of rates. j.
j. Hill, seen afterward, and not in the
presence of Mr.. Hannaford, intimated
that the meeting concerned only the
speed of trains. And no information
obtained was more satisfactory than
this.
But notwithstanding the effort to con-
ceal the object of the meeting, a hint
came to the surface from a certain
source that the railway officials were
discussing the proceedings Of eX-Sena-
tor SteenerSon to compel the railways,
particularly the Great Northern. to re-
duce the wheat rates from the Red
river valley to Minneapolis and Duluth.
II the mandamus test case against the
Great Northern to compel the road to
obey the order of the railroad and ware
house commission results adversely to
the railway, all the other lines carrying
grain across the state will be affected.
Another matter which may have been
subject of discussion is the action of
the 500 line in making cut on grain
and flour rates. a month ago the 500
advanced its rates on grain in sacks,
flour and millstutfs from the Twin
Cities to the Atlantic seven and one
half cents. Shortly afterward the 500
announced reduction on these rates of
five cents hundred pounds. The re-
duction went into effect yesterday, and
the rates in detail are now as follows:
Boston and Boston points, via AL
bany, p cents hundred pounds:
Northern New York and Northern New
England, via Buffalo and Syracuse, 81
cents; New York. p cents; Boston for
export, % cents; Philadelphia, % cents;
Albany and Troy. p cents; Syracuse,
% cents; Corning. "A cents; Rochester,
% cents; Buffalo. 20 cents.
General Freight Agent Clark. of the
Omaha, announced yesterday that the
Omaha would meet the cut, beginning
Oct. IL. In the meantime the Omaha
will notify the interstate commerce
commission so other interested lines
may have an opportunity to act. Mr.
Clark says there will be no rate war
over the matter. The 500 is now,in
position to make it interes ting for
| purely American lines.
So far as could be learned at the gen.
eral offices of the Great Northern rail-
way yesterday the annual meeting of
the stockholders was adjourned to this
forenoon. 1t was stated by one OF the
| officials that the meeting of the officials
of the Great Northern, Northern Pacific,
| Northwestern and Milwaukee roads
had taken up so much time that it was
found necessary to delay the stockhold-
| ers' meetings.