Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1895-05-16
ANOTHER BIG SURPRISE,
Trunk LINE ASSOCIATION BoyCoTTs
THE CANADIAN PACIFIC.
An Unexpected and Very Brief Notice Re-
ceivcd by the Western Lines s-once
More Rate Matters Are Very
Much Complicated.

Chicago May 15.-The Trunk Line As
ISOLATION has virtually declared boy
oott against the Canadian Pacific road
and has put 1t into effect at once. All
the Western roads this morning re-
Ceived official notice from the Trunk
Line Association that after May II all
rates via the Canadian Pacific men
toned in tariff sheet So would be cam
celed. The notice was remarkably brief,
as some Western lines did not receive
the Trunk Line circular until this morn
ing and the rates were abolished last
| night
Tariff sheet 80" is the sheet which
includes all the differential rates made
on Pacific coast business from Trunk
Line Association territory in favor Of
the Canadian Pacific. These are now en-
tircly wiped out east Of Buffalo and
Pittsburg, and of course the dinerentlal
on emigrant traffic which has been ac-
corded to the Canadian Pacific is done
away with as we'll.
The announcement was like lightning
out of a clear sky to the Western lines,
and as no explanation whatever was
sent with the circular they are entirely
in the dark as to the cause or the hoN-
colt. That it sprung from the fight be-
tween the Canadian Pacific and the
Grand Trunk there is little doubt. and
the opinion is general here that the
Grand Trunk, which is a member of the
Trunk Line Association has induced its
fellow members to make common cause
with It against an outside line.
The transcontinental lines are rather
dismayed over the prospect presented to
them by the action Of the Trunk Line
Association. Either they must allow the
Canadian Pacific all the diferential on
through traffic which ii has been accus-
toned to receive or that line will hardly
| become a member of the new TransCon-
tnental Passenger Association, and the
transcontinental lines are not over anX-
| ious to assume the allowance of the en-
| tire differential. Trouble is ahead of
them every way they turn.
The meeting of the Western Freight
Association lines to-day developed moth
! ing of interest, routine matters of small
! Importance taking up the session The
| meeting adjourned to meet at the Hotel
! Lafayette, at Lake Minnetonka, on the
! second Tuesday in July. After the ad-
! iOurnment of the general meeting of the
| of the Western and Northwest tern lines
was called. It was decided to advance
| the rate on packing house products from
interior packing points in Iowa to the
Mississippi river by ~ cents.
| I'm regard to the through rates, the MIS-;
souri, commissioners have experienced
trouble recently, at least have had num-
| her of complaints, not over the rnilronds
| proper, but on shipments by express. The
| commission in Missouri has jurisdiction
| over express companies In our state that
! is question of greater Importance mp
| to date than the question Of rates-l mean
the circuitous route question. We had
| case that came before us where haul
! from Missouri river point. destined to
Marshall, Tex. had actually gone to New
orleans, and returned 10 Marshall anG
! way point. The reason, suppose, IS very
plain 70 all of YOU; although the statute
| in our state is very clear, now ana then
| some agent or some body else will take adj
| vantage and route an article the longest
| route for the purpose of Keeping it within
| the jurisdiction Of the shipping company
and getting all the revenue therefor That
| they can.
present time in straigh'ening that out.
| The cases that have been before us have
been numerous. 1t has only been recently
| that have had jurisdiction over eN-
| press companies. but a short time ago we
summoned them a.. TO 5, appear before % ,. US
| tiied. would like to hear This subject
! discussed to-day. II is something that the
| Missouri commission is very much inter-
| estcd in
| on the same question CommissionerTIck
| man observed: 81 want TO state that, as a
correction Is made, We DO not have much
| trouble on that line because the railroads
| generally arrange their affairs satisfactor-
| lily. We have frequently, however, these
claims. We have these complaints. but
| we send them right to the railroads, and l
would say forty-ninc times out of fifty they
bTe bIs. located and paid and no further 'ro"-
on the question of demurrage of cars
frrteights, Mr Fiory said; IN our state
! we have demurrage charges approved by
Ihs G9ard Of @ Ear55aI a4I com com
| cities in Missouri and the question of de-
murrage has been somewhat of annoyance
| and believe that there was not a shipper
| present but who admitted on the stand
| that car service charges We're benefit to
simmer. released