St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-09-30

| senger association which is puzzling to
! them and to Chairman Caldwell also.
! Notice was given today that the road
I was no longer a member of the local
| passenger association at st. Paul and
| Chicago. Under the Western Passenger
| ASSOCIATION agreement, to which the
Wisconsin Central was party. no line
J can withdraw from the local passenger
! agreements without seyering all con-
| nectioD with the parent organization.
Membership in one means membership
with all, and as the requisite ten days
| notice of withdrawal from the associa-
tions has not yet been received by
Chairman Caldwell, the majority of the
lines are disposed to consider the Wis
consin Central as still in the >associa-
ton. On the other hand the Wisconsin
Central officials claim that the line as it
existed heretofore is dead. 1t died by a
| decree Of court on Sept. 25 when Judge
Jenkins severed its connection with
THE NORTHERN PACIFIC.
As dead corporation can issue no
notice, they declare that they are alb
solved from the necessity of declaring
any intention of quitting an organiZa-
ton when they were already removed
from that organization by legal de-
mise. AS support to this position they
point to the fact that the corporate
name of the concern was formerly the
Wisconsin Central lines, lessee. 1t is
now the Wisconsin Central Railroad
company. The substance of their claim
is that the death of the Wisconsin Cen
trail lines, lessee, has absolved the Wis
consin Central Railroad company from
all its association obligations. Some of
the lines are apprehensive that this at
titude may mean trouble, as the road
could simply have given the usual ten
days notice of withdrawal, and nobody
would have cared under what name it
withdrew. Under the receivership the
road is asked to make nothing more
than operating expenses. and the North
western lines are looking for trouble IN
the future. Chairman Caldwell will
probably be informed tomorrow that
the road, under any name and all names.
is no longer member OF the Western
Passenger association.
SIOUX CITY NORTHERN.
The Sioux City IL Northern, which
some time ago was boycotted by the
Western Passenger association because
of its propensity for rate cutting, is
making vigorous threats of carrying the
question Oh the LEGALITY Oh the UOycOIC
into the federal courts. 1t has sent
some tart letters to Chairman Caldwell,
the net result being that it has received
worse and more of it, the boycott be-
ing extended to cover the Pacific Short
line. This latter boycott, however,
will not be enforced until after con-
ference between the officials OF the
Sioux City IL Northern and Chairman
Caldwell. 1t is more than probable
that the entire matter will be amlcably
adjusted, as the offending line has
agreed to abide by all the ass ociatiOn
rules if the boycott is removed, and
that is all that was ever asked of it.
REPORT OF THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL.
The forty-third annual report of the
directors to the stockholders of the Illi-
nois Central road has been published.
The gross sum received by the company
from 2,2SS miles OF railway during the
fiscal year ending June 80. was $685.
1G0. During 1892 it received from four
miles less of track $40, 291, 760. an i'll
crease of 1903, $50. Operating expenses
and taxes were S14.2S3. 1874, an increase
of S213,914 over 1892. The earnings
fro III traffic were $5,S11, 256. an increase
of 1859, 515, and the total income from
all sources 81, 1868, 0S2. From this there
has been paid s., 500, 0SS for interest on
funded debt and bonds, S2,500.0O0 has
been paid in per cent dividends, and
1858, 9S3 has gone forward to the surplus
dividend fund.