The morning call., 1895-02-10
A TIRESOME WARFARE
Railroads Anxious to Settle
Differences.
AN OBSTACLE In THE WAY.
Mr. Goodman Thinks This Week May
Settle 1t.
THE UNION PACIFIC STANDS ALONE.
If a Settlement Is Effected the Local
Association Will Be R eOrganized
in This City.

L. II. Goodman, general passenger agent
of the Southern Pacific, who has just re-
turned from protracted stay in Chicago,
where he has been attending a meeting of
the officials of various other roads, yester-
day gave brief summary of the principal
points of difference between those roads
which have already signifed their willing
ness to sign the agreement prepared and
those which have not yet come into the
fold.
Everything was going along nicely"
said he, land the Union Pacific had agreed
with the other roads to accept the schedule
rates, but before it would go into any
agreement looking to the formation of an
association it demanded that the boycott
instituted against it by the Burlington,
Rock Island and Rio Grande roads at
Ogden and Denver on the interchange and
exchange of round-trip tickets should be
raised. The roads mentioned agreed to
this provided the Union Pacific would also
declare off its boycott on one-way tickets
at the two points named and on the roads
indicated.
at was here that serious difficulty was
encountered, and it remains to be seen
what the conference which will be held
this week will be able to do in the premises.
another difficulty which cropped out
related to the Northern Pacific. A long
time ago that road was a member of what
was termed the Missouri River Joint rate
sheet. The trouble which ensued between
it and the Union Pacific caused it's with
drawal. The latter line issued circular,
requesting Eastern roads to ticket to Puget
Sound points over the Union Pacific, al
though its line only extends to Portland.
The Northern Pacific then withdrew from
the agreement, but the Union Pacific in
structed the Eastern roads to sell tickets to
sound points over its line and it would pro-
tect the tickets at Portland. In fact, the
Union Pacific brought suit against the
Northern Pacific to compel it to accept the
tickets. The Northern Pacific having with
drawn, it left the opportunity open to the
Union Pacific and its allied lines to put
these rates to Puget Sound in the Missouri
River rate sheet.
''In framing this new agreement the
Northern Pacific becomes a mem Der, but it
cannot allow these Puget Sound rates to
remain in the sheet because by SO doing
it would practically acknowledge the JUS
tice of the Union Pacific's claim in court.
This matter, also, will require adjudication.
"At the conference next week if the
Union Pacific and Rio Grande Western
can settle their differences the former will
become q member of the Western Trunk
Line Passenger Committee. 1t is the only
important line out and when it comes in
the organization will probably be called
in association of some kind.
1.-THE successful completion of these
plans will involve the formation of local
associations at San Francisco and Oakland
for one point and at Los Angeles for an
other in this State. All the roads are anx-
ious to reach some agreement by which
they may be able to save their revenues by
a retrenchment of expenses"