The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-09-13
IRUNK LIVE MEETING.


Call for Conference Issued by Com
missioner Goddard-The New Agreement
Provision Made for the Formation of a
Powerful Organization.
New York. Sept. 12.-Trunk Line Com
missioner Il, F. Goddard has issued the
call for an Important meeting of the
Trunk line presidents and the executive
officers of the principal western connect
ing roads to be held in this city on Sep
TENDER 20.
The, call was issued at the request of
President NJ e. Ingalls, of the Chesa-
peake and Ohio who is the acting chair
man of the subcommittee of presidents
lappointed at the meeting held June 27 to
formulate an ironclad agreement for the
maintenance of both passenger and
freight rates.
President Chauncey M. Depew Of the
New York Central, who is the chairman
of the subcommittee, is now on his way
back from Europe on the steamship
Paris, which is expected to reach this
port tomorrow. At meetings held by
the subcommittee an agreement was
formulated which the full board Of
trunk line presidents has yet to ratify.
1t is believed that it will do so at the
coming meeting. The details of the
agreement have been kept secret, but
some of them are believed to have leak
ed out.
1t is reported that the agreement pro-
vides for the formation of new and
powerful organization, to be known as
the Union Traffic association. 1t is said
that the work of the Trunk line and
Central Traffic associations Ghe latter
taking in the western connections of
the Trunk line railroads) will be reduced
merely to attending to routine business.
They willtboth be subject to the Union
Traffic association. and that body, it is
predicted, will be one of the most pow
lerful railroad organizations ever form
| ed. Its management will be in the
hands of a board of control, consisting
of nine members, made up of Trunk line
| presidents.
| In case these officers fail to agree on
any subject the matter will then go to
a board of arbitration made up of three
other persons. The power of these
! twelve persons will be absolute. The
associated roads, it is said, will practi-
cally turn over to the board of control
the absolute authority to dictate the
management of their property.
! Chicago advices received in this city
say that the Canadian Pacific railroad,
which is not a member of the Trunk
| line or Central Traffic associations, will
be represented in the board Of control of
| the new association. This is considered
as very important, as for very long
time the fact that the Canadian Pacific
was outside the breastworks has been
looked upon as a peculiarly irritating
feature of the rate situation. No con-
frmation of the Chicago advices could
be obtained in this city this morning.
| The confirmatory notice OF the meet
ling of September 20 has not yet been
sent out by the Trunk Line association
authorities. 1t is believed, however
that a sufficient number of presidents
will respond favorably in regard to their
Ibeing able to be present on the 10th as
to necessftate no change in the date.
/ On the same steamship that bears
President Depew to these shores-the
Paris-is another president, HI. B. Led
yard of the Michigan Central.