St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-10
Main Part Of the New West
ern Passenger Agree
ment Approved.
Managers Claim 1t Is the Best
Agreement Ever Writ
ten.
The Old Agreement, With Al
Doubtful Sections, Stpiek-
en- Out.
Novel Plan Proposed by a
Railway Official to Main
tain Rates.

CHICAGO, Feb. 9.-The reorganization
committee of the Western Passenger
association has unanimously approved
the main part of the proposed new
agreement. This approval is accom-
panied by that Of twenty-four present
aud prospective members, among the
latter being the Alton and Jacksonville
Southeastern. No trouble Is ante ipated
over the remaining sections Of
the agreement, and Western roads
are already felicitating themselves
on the practically certain adoption OF
what they claim is the best passenger
agreement ever written. With the old
agreement as a basis. every doubtful or
unnecessary word or section was
stricken out and replaced by others
susceptible of no double meaning.
Every dispute and arbitration under the
old agreement was carefully gone over
and the result embodied in the new
agreement. 1t is the general belief
that no arbitration will ever be held on
| rulings under the agreement. 1t must
| be new matter of extraordinary con-
| duct on the part of the chairman Or as
ISOLATION which can lead to an arbitra
ton. In brief, the new agreement pro-
yideS as follows:
Its Provisions.
The name shall be the Western Pas
senger association. he agree ment
shall cover all competitive business
through the following territory: The
states OF Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin,
the peninsula of Michigan, Illinois on
the west of the Illinois Central from
Chicogo via bingham, and the Vandalia
to st. Louis; Missouri north of the st.
Louis d San Francisco, Vinita line west
| of Springfield; South Dakota, east of
the Missouri; North Dakota, east of
the meridian at which the M issourl
crosses the southern boundary line;
also all the business from and between all
points on the west bank of the Missouri
from Kansas City to the southern
boundary of North Dakota, and bust
ness interchanged between points on
and east of the Mississippi south of st.
Louis and any or ali points named
above. Lines alone Interested III traffic
between particular points may form
themselves into subcommittee, but
shall have no power to suspend or
| amend any article or rule of the aSSocia
ton. Traffic passing between any local
points and a common point. or between
two local points, shall not be considered
competitive, unless the rates made On
such traffic shall reduce the established
rates of other lines.
The Purposes
| of the association are to secure uniform
| ity and equality in the conduct of COM
| petitive passenger business, to protect
any member from unfair competition
from any source, and to secure the OBJ
servation of the interstate commerce
law. A chairman, executive committee
and auditing committee shall be the Of
ficers of the association. The chairman
shall be the executive officer, and shall
be elected by unanimous vote or re-
moved by a tWo-thirds vote. The chair
man shall cOnStrue the agreement, rules
and regulations, ard shall issue such
rulings as may be necessary to preserve
equality. All such rulings shall be
binding until overruled by twothirds
vote or arbitration, except that If such
| ruling involve reduction in rates it
shall not be subject to appeal or arbitra-
| ton, and such reduced rates shall not
be advanced except as rates are made
| by unanimous consent OF all lines di-
| rectly interested.
Reg meetings shall be held on the
! first Tuesday of January, March, May,
July, September and November OF each
year. Members shall file with the chair
man copies of all rate sheets,
Rules and Regulations
! governing passengers or baggage in
which they are interested or may be-
come interested. Each member shall
be responsible for the acts of its con-
nections. If any non-association line is
guilty of acts Oh of pursuing course
inimical to the agreement. rules or reg
ulations, the chairman shall issue an
order OH all association lines suspend
ing passenger relations in such man
ner as long as he sees fit. In
case one association line is fined
for the acts of connection
and the connecting line refuses
to pay the fine the chairman shall take
the same action as above. Any MEM
Der may take Individual action promptly
to protect its interests against the acts
Of another line, but must notify the
chairman, who shall justify or fine the
member for his action. These provisions
shall not apply to mileage ticket rates
ana conditions or to rates of commission.
Should the chairman not decide any ap-
peal within five days from the date of
the appeal, the appellant shall have the
right to appeal to arbitration within ten
days. The same right of appeal shall
lie in case any member feels aggrieved
at any action of the chairman or asSocia-
ton. The balance of the agreement is
yet to be adopted, yet will more nearly
ment.