The herald., 1896-01-26
RATES TO THE ASSEMBLY
Will Determine the Meeting Place OF
the Pythians
The Panama Steamship Company Will I'M
load the Steamer Washtenaw and
Then Go Out of Business

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 25.-A local paper
says there is reason to believe that James
j. Hill, president of the Great Northern
railroad, is behind the scheme to consoli-
date the North Pacific coast and the San
Francisco and North Pacific roads. The
object is said to be to obtain competing
transcontinental road by way of San
Francisco. 1t is said that Hill has been
secretly buying rights of way through
counties lying along the north coast of
California for the clear way for Railroad
before making public announcement of his
project to connect his Great Northern sys-
tenn with San Francisco.
ASSEMBLY RATES
CINCINNATI, Jan. 25.--The assembly or
council of officers of the supreme lodge,
Knights of Pythias, met here today with
all officers present and unanimously
adopted the following:
Resolved, That it is the unanimous sense
OF this assembly that no encampment of
the uniformed rank should be held during
1896 unless guaranteed rate of l cent
| per mile by the shortest practicable route,
! with limit of twenty days, can be secured.
Resolved. That unless such guarantees,
| to the absolute satisfaction of the supreme
chancellor, be in his hands by February
the members of the assembly of the fact,
whereupon the members of the assembly
shall convene in Cincinnati, February 22d,
to change the place of the convention of
the supreme lodge.
The officers are very indignant because
of their inability to secure satisfactory
rates for Minneapolis.
Chicago, St. Louis, Cincinnati and Indi-
annapolis are already in the field to secure
the convention, with the odds apparently
in favor of Indianapolis, in the event that
satisfactory rates cannot be secured for
Minneapolis.
The Western Traffic association will
meet in Chicago next Tuesday to consider
rates for the G. A. r. encampment at
st. Paul, and it is thought that the ques-
ton of rates for the Knights of Pythias
will be reconsidered at the same time.
GOING OUT OF BUSINESS
SAN Francisco. Jan. 25.-When the
steamer Washtenaw, due to arrive here to-
morrow, shall have discharged her cargo,
the Panama Steamship company will go
out of business.
In point of fact all that has been done by
the employees of The company since the
! 9TH of last month has been in the direc-
ton of winding up it's affairs in prepara-
ton for closing them finally. No new
business has been sought or arranged for
since that date.
Certain freight, for the transportation of
which to this coast contracts have been
made, however, remained to be delivered,
and it is this which constitutes the cargo
the Washtenaw is now bringing into port.
When it has been delivered the engage
ment of the vessel with the Pacific Steam
ship company will be at an end.
Agent Hinton is very earnest in declar-
ing that the doing away with the Panama
steamship line of vessels does not in any
sense indicate that the company which he
represents is retiring from the position of
an independent traffic carrier between At
lantc and Pacific ports. The interest
which the Panama Railroad company has
obtained in the Pacific Mail, however,
coupled with the arrangements which have
been made for thorough and regular sea
communication by means of the latter
company's vessels, is considered to render
the maintenance of the 'extra" line I'M
necessary.
SLEEPING CAR CONTRACT
CHICAGO, Jan. 25.-The report from
Kansas City, that the Atchison road is
about to sever it's relations with the Pullman
company and to make contract for the
use of the Wagner Sleepers, is pronounced
untrue by the officials of the road. They
affirm that no negotiations are under way,
nor have any been under way ocking to
deal with the Wagner people. The con-
tract with the Pullman company, which
was Cancelled when the road was re-
organized sometime ago, was renewed
ternpOrarily