The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-10-29

resentatives of the trans-Missouri
lines finally commenced yesterday. The
primary object of the gathering is to
adjust the California-Utah rates that
have been for so long a disturbing ele-
ment, although other matters will
doubtless be brought in.
The meeting was held in parlor A, at
the Knutsford, Secretary Protect, Of
the Trans Missouri association, pre-
siding. When the call was read the
following representatives were found to
be in attendance:
For the Union Pacific. General
Freight Agent Wood, Assistant General
Freight Agent Eccles and General
Agent T. NJ. Schumacher, of San
Francisco.
For the Rio Grande Western, Traffic
Manager Babcock, General Freight
Agent Hahn and Assistant General
Freight Agent Brinker.
For the Southern Pacific, Assistant
General Freight Agent Sproule, of San
Francisco, and General Agent Gray, of
Salt Lake.
For the D. & R. G., General Freight
Agent Wells.
For the Burlington, General Freight
Agent Crosby and General Agent Nc
MILAN.
For the Colorado Midland. General
Freight Agent Tanner.
The forenoon session was brief, last
ing less than an hour, when adjourn
ment was taken until 2 o'clock, but it
was 3 o'clock before the association
got down to business, and then discus
sion prevailed until $50 pm. There
were three truant lines, making a no.
ticeable gap in the workings of the
association. Neither the big Santa Fe.
the great Rock Island, nor the pushing
Missouri Pacific had sent representa.
yves to the meeting. True, the Mis-
souri, Pacific had authorized General
agent hooser, of this city, to attend
the meeting, but he could in no Wav
commit his line to any policy without
taking it up with his people in ST
Louis. But the other two lines did
not authorize their general agents in
Salt Lake to be present. During the
session, however, the Rock Island
wired that its failure to be repres sarT,lJ
was due to the fact that the notice
was not received in time.
MI. curtis, of the California Traffic
association, addressed the meeting and
SET iorth the California jobbers' view
OF the situation, as previously pub
hshed in full in The Herald.
Inc afternoon was spent in discus
sing various phases of the situation hut
hothlng tangible was arrived at. 1t is
UNDERSTOOD that one or two propositions
We're advanced, but were not enter
tanned.
A resolution was offered by Traffic
Manager Babcock that the Utah iob-
pefS' committee be invited to come he
lore the meeting, and it carried unani-
hlously. They are invited to be present
a Ill a. m today, and will be on hand.
Today may bring about some tangible
deYeiopments. The representatives at
tending are all night traffic men.
skl1led in the art of fencing for points,
ana Whatever lines they are committed
to Will be vigorously urged Mr.
Sproule, of the Southern Pacific. Will
contend that Salt Lake should be nut
on the same basis as Ogden. and that
from san Francisco east the same rate
per mile should govern as is made from
the east. He will explain that if goods
are shipped from the east a distance of
5000 miles to Utah at a rate of 81 neT
hundred pounds, then on goods Skinned
east from California, a distance of saw
l,VOo miles, the Southern Pacific is en-
IItle co 10 make a rate on such distance
OF 81 per hundred pounds. in order ia
cut even. Furthermore, that imports
coming via San Francisco. it being a
port OF entry, are entitled to such rate
protection eastward, as is given such
imports via New York coming west
ward, or via New Orleans on the south.
On the other hand the eastern lines
will advance gilt-edge argument on
the point that if such revolution is in
augurated it would undo methods gov
erning in all the former years.
1t would not be surprising if tbe
meeting adjourned this evening sine
die If not, it will probably hold over
for several days yet.
The traffic officials will go into ses-
sion this morning at $50, and it is an
tcipated that things will then hum
until final adjournment