St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-16
NOT HARWONIZINc.
WESTERN PASSENGER AGENTS
UNABLE TO AGREE ON ANY
THING.
I
ORGANIZATION ABANDONED.
ALL DESIRE 1T, BUT SOME CON-
DITIONS ARE UNSURMOUNT-
4 ABLE.
HARVEST EXCURSION TALK.
The Subject Dropped Because NO
Understanding Could Be
Reached.
ORGANIZATION ABANDONED.
HARVEST EXCURSION TAI

CHICAGO. Aug. 15.-The meeting OF
the Western lines adjourned this AFTER
noon without reaching any CONCLUSION
on the matter of running harvest eHcur-
sions. Some of the lines objected
strongly to the plan proposed by the
committee report on the RESTRICTIONS
to be placed around the excursions,
and when it was seen that no agree
ment could be reached the whole thing
was dropped The Illinois Central has
the privilege of running its excursion
on the giving of ten days
notice to all interested lines,
but for some reason of its own
it did not give the notice this after
noon. saying that it was not ready to
give it at this time There is no doubt,
however. that it Will run all its excur-
sions as announced. After the excur-
sion business had been placed on the
shelf the question of calling a general
meeting for the purpose of reorganiz-
ing the association was taken up. Inc
first proposition considered in this con-
nection was the formation of an agree
ment that should cover the territory
of the association between the eastern
gateway and Colorado common points.
On the roll call all lines We're agreed
that the formation of such an agree
ment was a thing greatly to be de-
sired, but several Of the lines declared
that their action in signing such an
agreement would have to be contin-
gent on the action of some other line,
OF which the Missouri, Kansas & Tex
as, Kansas City, Fort Scott & Mem
phis and Kansas City, Pittsburg &
Gulf We're the principal ones men
toned. AS the exact attitude of these
lines could not be obtained at once,
and the feeling is general that the
Missouri, Kansas Ss Texas will not
join this form of an agreement was
dropped from consideration.
FLOORED AGAIN.
Then the roads took up the question
of forming agreements in the territory
between Chicago and the Missouri
river and in the mississippi ter
ritory. The same trouble that had
fioored in the first instance laid them
out on both propositions, and the
lines came to the mournfuI conclusion
that there was nothing that they could
do except adjourn, which they prompt
ly decided to do. Before the adjourn
ment, however, Chairman Caldwell
was instructed to inform the executive
officers of all interested lines that the
passenger officials could not reach an
agreement, and had decided to leave
the matter for their final adjustment.
The talk Of cut rates on anthracite
coal from Chicago to the Missouri
river points still keeps up, but it is
hard to see what reason there is for
its existence. No heavy shipments are
being made and no further reductions
are being quoted. The railroad Off
Gals declare fatty that they know
nothing of any reduced rates, and say
that the whole business originated in
the brain of some coal dealer who is
anxious to break the market tariff on
coal in order to allow him to get a
low rate west from Chicago. There
will be no trouble over the thing as
far as the roads are concerned. as
they say the entire amount of the bust
ness is not enough to warrant them in
pothering about cutting rates to pro-
cure it.