The morning call., 1894-10-20
CHECKS FREE TRAVEL
Agreement of Southwestern and
Western Roads.
Passes Not to Be Given to Shippers
as an InduCement for
Trade.

ST. LOUIS, Oct. 19. - The agreement
reached by the executive board of the
Western and Southwestern railroads re-
garding the restriction of free transporta-
ton for The year 1895 covers the territory
within the jurisdiction Of the Western
Freight Association and the Western
Trunk-lne Committee, and probably be-
fore it becomes effective the Utah and all
the Texas Southwestern lines will cooper
ate. so that all roads west and south west
of the Mississ ppi will be united in strong
effort to cut down the pass limits for the
coming year. The Southern Pacific issalso
party to the agreement.
The intent Of the agreement is to limit
the issuance of free trah sportation, annual,
time and trip passes, mileage tickets and
all forms of free or reduced transportation
as far as possible. M free or reduced
Transportation Is to be issued to influence
business in either the freight or passenger
departments. In general the policy will
be to decline to issue annual or time passes
to agents or conductors of connecting lines
or members or their families Except upon
the request of the president. vice-presi-
dent. general manager or general superin.
tendept Of the lines parties to the agree
menO, to representatives of street or cable
lines, representatives of foreign lines, coal
sales agents, coal agents or other COM
mercial representatives.. refrigerator, tank
and all other private car lines not owned
or controlled by the lines subject to the
agreement.
The exchange Of annual passes shall u OF
be made to apply TO lines of less than
twenty-five miles in length, unless d.
rectly connected with membership lines,
and for lines less than 100 miles in length
only three passes shall be issued. Busi-
ness men or shippers. or those in a posi-
ton to influence business. shall not be
furnished with free transportation as
bondsmen in local or auxiliary COM
panies. nor snail shippers of any kind be
placed on the payrolls for the purpose of
furnishing transportation. An executive
committee has been formed. OF which
Commissioner Midgley is chairman, and
the membership composed of two man.
aging officers of lines at each of the fol-
lowing terminal points: Chicago, St.
Louis. Kansas City. Omaha, st. Paul and
Denver.
The members at each terminal point
will act as subcommittee to pass upon
all applications for spasses originating in
the respective territories, and daily re-
port shall be made of all applications, and
the disposition Of each application to the
chairman. A managing officer. however,
will have authority TO issue a pass on
duly notifying the chairman that he has
done so. The sentiment of some of the
members of the committee was decidedly
in favor of wipng out Tree transportation
entirely, but no minority report was rem
dered, as it was known that the foregoing
modified report would receive unanimous
support. 1t was drawn up much on the
lines of the anti-pass agreement of 1894,
which died before the snow was off the
ground from an aggravated attack of bad
faith. The new agreement will become
effective January 1, 1895.