St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-01-20
RAILROAD CONFERENCE
Between Transcontinental Lines
and the Western Association.

CHICAGO, Jan. ia conference was
held today between the transcontinental
lines and the Eastern committee of the
Western Passenger association for the,
purpose of securing the consent of the
Western roads to the agreement arrived
at among the transcontlnental roads
themselves, by which the Canadian Pa
citic was to have differential of $3.50
first-class and SIS second-class on bust
ness taking the water route from Veto
ria to San Francisco. The transconti-
mental not only asked the Western roads.
to ratify the arrangement but to make
rates of $50 first-class and $3.50 second
class from Chicago to San Francisco
via st. Paul and Victoria rates from
st. Paul to be $50 first class and S35
second class. This would only allow
the Western roads S. from Chicago to
st. Paul on first-class through business,
local rates being $3.50. The Western
roads at once inquired what division
they would receive on such business,
and were told that that would be a
matter for subsequent agreement. They
could not see the force of the argument,
and the conference broke up without
agreement. 1t will be resumed to-
morrow morning, when the Western
roads will be expected to say definitely
what they will do. Subsequent to the
general conference, the Western roads
had meeting of their own, at which it
was agreed that they should ask the
transcOntinental roads to name rates
from ST. Paul and Missouri river, to
Pacific coast points, out OF which they
could construct through rates by adding
| their locals. The sense of the meeting
also seemed to be that the Canadian
| Pacific should not be allowed any higher
dlffereptials than So first class and So so
| second class.
An important decision was made to-
| day by the chairman of the Western
/ Passenger association in regard to the
| local passenger associations throughout
the territory. 1t will have the effect of
| giving them fresh lease of life. The
existence of some of them was threat
ened by the proposed withdrawal of a
| number or their members. The decis-
ion is to the effect that membership In
| the local associations is not optional
| with members of the general asSocia-
| ton. All association roads are bound
by the terms of the general agreement
to observe the requirements of local
| agreements and to be members of local
associations. The fact that roads not
members of the general association
may be members of the locals does not
in any way change the obligations of
association members to the locals;
neither does the fact that some of the
locals are mentioned in the general
agreement and others are not. Support
Oh all locals organized under the terms
! OF the general agreement is incumbent
upon all association members.
Notwithstanding heavy fallings off in
gross earnings, the Chicago & North
western road has, got more money from
five months operations, ending Nov. 80,
to devote to the payment of dividends
than it had from its traffic for the same
period in 1892. This result has been
brought about by economies introduced
i'll the operation of the road. In No
vember the gross receipts decreased
S4SS, S9l, but the balance remaining for
dividends, after all charges of all kinds
were paid, was only S17,655 less than in
1892 Gross earnings for December de-
creased 100000, and net earnings $780,
| GOO.