The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-20
First Comes the Fulfilling of the
Purposes of the Interstate
Commerce Act.
NINE MANAGERS 80 CONTROL
Cooperation in Transportation and the
Maintenance of Reasonable Rates
and Fares.

NEW YORK, N. Y, Nov. 19.-The
presidents of the trunk lines and their
Western connections to-day completed the
organization of the joint Traffic Associa-
ton. President George B. Roberts of the
Pennsylvania Railroad was chairman OF
the meeting, which was held in the rooms
of the Trunk Line Ass ociation. The agree
mept, which was unanimously adopted,
reads as follows:
PREAMBLE.
Purposes of this agreement-To aid in fulfill
ing the purposes OF the interstate commerce
act; TO cooperate with each other and adjacent
transportation associations; 10 establish and
maintain reasonable and just rates. fares, rules
and regulations on State and interstate traffic;
to prevent unjust discrimination and to secure
the reduction and concentration OF agencies
and the introduction of economies in
the conduct of the freight and passenger
services. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company, the Baltimore and Ohio Southwest
ern Railroad Company, Central Railroad Com
pany of New Jersey, Chesapeake and Ohio Rail-
road Company, Chicago and Erie Railroad
Company, Chicago and Grand Trunk Railroad
Company, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and
st. Louis Railroad Company, D. L. and W. Rail-
road Company, Detroit, Grand Haven and Mil
waukee Railroad Company, Grand Rapids and
Indiana Railroad Company, Grand Trunk Rail-
way Company of Canada, Lake Shore and
Michigan Southern Railroad Company, Lehigh
Valley Railroad Company, Michigan Central
Railroad Company, New York Central and Hud-
son River Railroad Company, New York, Chi
cago and st. Louis Railroad Company, Erie
Railroad Company, New York, Ontario and
Western Railroad Company, Northern Central
Railroad Company, Pennsylvania Railroad
Company, Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
Company, Philadelphia, Wilmington and
Baltimore Railroad Company, Pittsburg
and Lake Erie Railroad Company, Pittsburg
and Western Railroad Company, Pittsburg.
Cincinnati, Chicago and st. Louis Railroad
Company, Terre Haute and Indianapolis Rail
road Company, Toledo, Peoria and Western
Railroad Company, Wabash Railroad Company
and West Shore Railroad Company, do hereby
constitute the Joint Traffic Association (here-
matter called the assocIauon) and make this
agreement for the purpose of carrying out the
objects above named. Other companies may
become members of the association as provided
in article III.
Article boards OF administra ton: Section
1.-The affairs OF the association shall be admin
istered by three boards, with duties as herein
after specified: A board of control. B-A
board of managers, hereinafter called the man.
ayers. ca board of arbitrators, hereinafter
called the arbitrator, Section 2-Wherever the
term traffic is used herein it means both freight
and passenger traffic
Article 1.-THE traffic subject to the associa.
ton: Section 1.-The association shall have
jurisdiction over all competitive traffic Sub
ject to the exceptions noted in section of
this article) which passes to, from or through
the western termini of the trunk lines, viz:
Toronto, Canada; Suspension Bridge Niagara
Falls, Tonawanda, Black Rock, Buffalo, East
Buffalo, Buffalo Junction, Dunkirk and Sala-
manca, n. Y. Erie, Pittsburg and Allegheny,
Pa, Bellaire, Ohio, Wheeling, Parkersburg,
Charleston and Kenova, W. Va, and Ashland,
KY, and such other points as may hereafter be
designated by the managers as such termini;
also all traffic which may pass through other
functions of the companies party hereto which
is included in passage through any OF the
termini or functions above or hereafter speei-
fed, and such other traffic as may by common
consent of the parties hereafter be in
cluded herein. Sec. 2-The following shall
not be included: A-Coal, COKE iron ore,
mill cinder, limestone and petroleum, crude
or refined. B-Traffic destined to or coming
from Florida, Georgia, North and South Caro-
lima, Virginia and West Virginia, south of the
south line of the Chesapeake and Ohio Rail-
way
Article III-The board of control: Section l.
The presidents of the companies forming the
association and of such other companies as
may become parties hereto shall constitute the
board of control, which shall meet on the
written request of any pitts members. Sec. 2
In case of the absence of any member of the
board of control from q meeting the next
ranking officer in such company having juris-
diction over traffic will have authority to act
in his place and stead Sec. each member
of the board of control shall be entitled to
one vote, except that no system as designated
in article " shall have more than three
votes In the aggregate. 1t shall require
three-fourths OF the entire number of au-
thorized votes to adopt any PROPOSE
ton coming before the board of control.
Sec. 1.-The board of control shall fix the
salaries OF any commissioners appointed by
the managers. The salaries of other officers
and employees of the association shall be SUBJ
ject to its review and approval. The board
of control shall select the arbitrators and fix
their compensation and term of service.
Sec. 5-The board OF control shall appoint an
auditing committee, who shall examine and
report TO it upon the accounts of the assoeia-
ton. Sec. 6-The board of control shall pre-
scribe the conditions and rules under which
additional railway systems or companies shall
become parties hereto and be represented
upon the board of managers. Sec. 7-Only the
board of control shall consider appeals from
the action of the managers on all questions as
to rates or fares, except differentials. Sec s.
Pending decisions by the board of control the
decision and orders of the managers shall
prevail.
Article IV-The Board of Managers: Section
1.-The board of managers shall consist of not
less than nine bers, of which each of the
following nine systems shall designate one
Baltimore and Ohio system, now comprising
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad line from
Philadelphia to Parkersburg, and from Phila,
delphia to Chicago via Wheeling and via Pitts
burg and Connellsville; Baltimore and Ohio
Southwestern; Cleveland Terminal and Valley
and the Pittsburg and Western Railroad com
panies, and ali their leased, controlled OF
operated lines; Chesapeake and Ohio system
now comprising the Chesapeake and Ohio
Cleveland Cincinnati. Chicago and st. Louis
and lines composing that system, Kankakee
and Seneca and the Peoria and Eastern Rail
road companies, and all their leased, con
trolled or operated lines; Erie system, now
comprising the Erie Railroad Company and
the Chicago and Erie Railroad Company. and
all their leased, controlled or operated lines
Grand Trunk system, now comprising the
Grand Trunk Railroad Company of Canada
and its affiliations west of the st. Clair River
viz: The Chicago and Grand Trunk; Cincin-
natl Saginaw and Mackinaw; Detroit, Grand
nd filwaIlyaa. MiohipaD Air line q nd