St. Paul daily globe., 1893-01-28
AGREEO ON A BASIS.
Report Of the Committee on
Commissions on Immi-
grant Traffic.
Northwestern Business to Be
Divided Equally Between
the Lines.
The Wisconsin Central Thinks
It Should Be Awarded
More.
Chairman Caldwell Grants a
Request Of the Chicago
Great Western.

CHICAGO. Jan. 27.-A report has been
prepared by the committee of the West
ern Passenger association to which was
referred the question of commissions on
immigrant traffic. After a conference
with the Eastern immigrant agents and
representative Of the Canadian Pacific
railway a majority of the com mittee
adopted resolutions recommending that
the commission Gil immigrant traffic by
way of st. Louis and Chicago to COM
mon Western territory be as follows:
To st. Paul and Minneapolis and west
thereof, $3.50; to Conncil Bluffs, Omaha,
Sioux City, Leavenworth, st. Joseph,
Kansas City and points beyond, $3.50;
to points west of Chicago and st.
Louis and short of the above
destinations, 30 per cent of the revenue
accrung to these lines, not exceeding in
any cases $3.50; to points OH the 500
line north thereof in Michigan and Wis
consin, from Chicago, % per cent of the
revenue, not to exceed $3.50.
1t was further resolved that the above
commissions be maintained by the
roads in the Western Passenger asso-
citation, regardless of any other lines or
any complications in the situation for
he year 1898, with the understanding
hat if at any time during 1898 it shall be
Ound practicable and feasible to reduce
the figures specified an effort shall be
made to accomplish that end. In this
connection it was decided that the East
,ern representatives of the various i'm
migrant agencies
Should Expressly Agree
for themselves that they will work ex-
clusively with the members OF the West
ern Passenger association and the Can
adan Pacific railway in the handling of
the immigrant business for the present
year and that they shall divide the i'm
migrant business among the lines par
tlcipating in this agreement on the
following basis: From Chicago to all
Western and Northwestern points,
equally; from Eastern gateways of the
association to Missouri river points and
beyond, equally.
1t is recommended that weekly reports
shall be made by the immigrant agents
to the chairman of the Western Passen-
ger association, who shall be afforded
the necessary means of verifying the
reports, and who shalt issue from time
" tihC chSL lHoII 0S UIdS NC
necessary to carry out the agreement,
which it is proposed to put into effect
March l. Such is the majority report,
signed by the representatives of the
Rock Island, the Chicago Great West
ern, AtchiSon, and the Chicago, Mil
waukee q st. Paul. There will be
minority report from the fifth member
OF the committee, the Wisconsin Cen.
trail. The latter road is in favor of the
plan, except that it claims to be entitled
to larger snare Of the traffic than the
other Northwestern roads, because it
has made a specially of the immigrant
business and is forced to depend very
largely upon it for its revenue. Both
reports will be considered at a special
meeting OF the Western Passenger asso-
citation next Tuesday. The immigrant
agents who were present at the confer
ence agreed to the recoinm endationS OF
the malOritV