New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-29
A SPLIT OVER RATES.
NO AGREEMENT AS TO CHARGES FOR
FREIGHT TO THE SOUTH.
MEETING OF THE SOUTHERN RAILWAY AND
srrAMs1Ip ASSOCIATION BREAKS UP IN DIS
oRDER-ACTION POSTPONED UNTIL

MEETING OF THE SOUTHERN FAih"Ni ~
STEAMSHIP ASSOCIATION BREAKS UP IN DIS
oRpER--AcTIoN POSTPONED UNTIL
OCTOBER Is.
=, Looks az ~ the Southern Railway and Steam
sh,p Association would not perfect its plans oi e
organization and maintain rates on freight SOUTH
IN, ro.o,ino NJ the committee representing the
various roads and steamship companies inter
,.a ,,h,o, was called at the Hotel Waldorf
ve.ter1ay afternoon. broke Up In CONFUSION a"
q, those who attended It were retcent In speak
ing OF the matter and all the facts couiu no' oe
attained Great hopes were built upon TINS meet
,ny nv the lines interested. and II was thoush'
that the long-drawn-out war among the rNa'
connanies carving freight South Nid pee" "u
3usted. oo,
meeting was first called In August TO con-
,,der the trouble between the Merchants anu
Miners Transportation Company ana 'he ooe""
Nteamship Company the FORMER sa"e
baltimore and the latter from phi'aoe'phi".
- -. ,,es c,ashed over the division OF ter
80, 1, SECURING traffic fight resulted. ana
4, WAS the desire Of all that the mauei NC a
tusted and territory and rates be SATISFACTORILY
divided From what was given out a''ef TIC
meeting in August, 1t was understood tna' an
agreement had been arrived at, ana 'ha' al
.hot remained was for the lines Hlah"'s '"e
ayresment TO send representatives. 10 sign Wv
.rt,cles For this reason meeting was '"
Friday. II adjourned over until yes'eiu"'' 40
a,readv announced, this meeting prohe up III
confusion and was hastily adjourned nn'h oe-
tober Is. when the committee IS 10 I'ee' ~ WY
Same Mace to settle the matter rhaiS'
TIL. nroceedings at the meeting yesterday "ere
uvelv even II not harmonious. Inc hee''ne was
hold behind closed doors, and there WAS d no' 'e
hate when the new agreement was o'ous
Cor signatures. The story as told ~ '"a' '"e ~
resentative OF the Georgia ana ooo'nt
Railroad felt that his road vas not 'e0ee
nroner share OF the traffic and refused ~ sign ,''
agreement All persuasion faieo, a', srtb S busi
,eture was essential. OF course an Lur,i ,h ars,
To-. uos Hocked Accordingly. after nucn al 81
n,ent II was decided TO adjourn "n.i Ea nffared
when It ia thought the Objection '""' "
CON he met and overcome. 49,. ...o, 90
can Tb new agreement affects the freight rases ,b 0
s,,rost every railroad in the South az VIZ .onas
steamship companies ms ue,up ,, H stahl
Tho election Of successors 10 ConiiiSs'osn.' hin
80 of the Southern Railroad anu Hteai . -.
Company, and to solomon Haa< as,,,a~ The
President Spencer OF the Southe,n, 49,, p oil
estSnn Of reorgan!zng the old southern No, a
80. nd Steamship Association is also po@,po -.
The disagreement is heartily deploreui, tho, a
the men who attended the meeting sa M Gtabi-
anal settlement seemed now douotlu'; , w. hut
an might succeed himself as commissloheeII, nu
q was hard to say who would get MI Lev we're
place as II was good one ara many ~
Ambitious for the appointment
ERIE REORGANIZATION sOCCf19'' ne Oh
Mr. Gordon. of the house OF J. S Morgan Co
Tendon saws according to wan street -
x.s,erday. that the Erie reorganization pan no
heen "a great success" all ths Pr,9r zen s, % n
reference to the Harvey FISK K Sons 'i''V'"" ~