The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-10-16
THEIR QUARTERLY MEETING
The Southwestern Passenger Asso.
citation in Session
IMPORTANT BUSINESS DISPOSED OF
a., III. & $. a. Rates Announcrd-sriss,uri
Kansas aud Texas Omcials
Here To-day.

The Globe Democrat OF Wednesday con
tanned the following relative to the quarter
~ meeting Of the Southwestern passenger
committee at st. Louis which Is of spccial
interest to Texas lines:
The quarterly meeting Of the Southwest,
ern passenger committee, which regulates
passenger traffic 10 and from Texas, was
ho'd here yesterday at the Southern hotel
Chairman Kent presided and the various
Interests we're represented as follows: Mis-
sour Puoitc-lroa Mountain. H. c. Town
send ST. Louis and San Francisco. u.
Wishart, Missouri, Kansas and Texas. Jas.
Barker. w c. Crush and r. Lynch, Rocs
Island, John Sebastian; Atchison, Topeka
and Santa Fc George r. Nicholson; ST.
LOUIS southwestern, Ed lie Beaume and
y o. Warner, Texas and Pacific, Castor
| Meslier' International and Great Northern.
d. j. Price, Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe.
w. 5. Keenan,; San Antonio and hransas
Fass l.. f. Lupton; Southern Pacific, l.. }.
Parks.
The docket Submitted by the chairman
Was ~ riore tran ordinary importance and
great nleres, is manifested in the proceed
lngs. on the question of party u tes TO and
IRON Texas, committee was appointed 10
consider the matter and report at today :
meeting.
1t WAS determined on aud after Novem-
her ] to discontinue the maximum oxcur-
sion rate of 81 for excursions between
points in Texas. The chartered train rates
| for low rate excursions will be aiken up at
a future meeting.
| With reference to ticket contracts for
| interline tcketing business and the de
| STABILITY to establish uniform contracts, a
| committee was appointed To consider the
matter ard the chairman vas d rcctod To
CORRESPOND with the other associations
| looking TO cooperation. The chairman was
| likewise directed to revise aud attpnge
| for a division of dates oil sale on special
| rate business from North aud South Texas
! points
AS to the definition of Continuous pas
| sage" it was held to mean the number of
! days authorized by the Joint rate sheets.
Final return limit means that ne passen-
! ger must reach the last c0rae0ing line
| within the date on which his ticket eX-
| pircs
The matter Of restricting fee traLspor-
| tation issued to land agents wa pos cncd
! for further information. The mater OF
uniform certificates Tor l'.s.ECss col dIcted
ON the certificate plan las postponed and
! the chairman will nct nith &c otlCI usSo-
! Citations looking to rnfo ATTY Of Gction,
| The chairman sugg aStrl t"at whenever n
| Joint agent is appointed TO handle cXeur-
| sion tickets. all assoca'ior tt' linen
should have the fac eir.ile II 'he Joint
| agents signature 20 acilita,e the nj thod
| Of extension of the ,lsi
The question of Immigrant rates from
| Galveston for strictly foreign Immigrant
| traffic was taken up. This subject has
been extensively discussed, ard it VAS an
nounccd that the Galveston terminal lines
have issued tariffs which do not agree, 4
committee was appointed, composed of The
general passenger agents of the ave termi'
nal lines Gulf. Colorado and Santa Fo
| Missouri Kansas and Texas, international
and Great Northern, Southern Pacific an,
| Houston and Texas Central--to revise in,
rates and confer with the cmigrant clear
! ing house committee of the Western lines
and the officials of the Eastern trunk lines
! looking to general REIMBURSEMENT OF 'mInl'
| grant rates There is a loss of Immigrant
| business 10y the transcontinontal railroads
| owing to the establishment of regular linei
of immigrant steamers by the North Ger
! man LLOYD between Bremen and Galveston
and the Hamburg American Packet com
pany between Ha>iburg and Galveston Tht
Two steamship companies, it is understood
have established agencies in all the prin
cipal cities of the West, and route then
immigrants over the roads that offer then
the best rates. The turning of part OF th'
tide of immigration from the old estan'
lishcd channel through New York to th'
Gulf ports and principally to Galveston
means a serious reduction in not only pas
senror bu, in freight business TO the rail
roads entering Chicago and st. Louis IRON
the East ....
1t was determined that no nasStnse e,
hoIdiny second class tickets should be al
lowod 10 occupy iirst-class sleeping cars
Holiday rates from Texas TO me south
o,st nj one fare for the round trip ana
return limit of thirty days, were agree,
npon the tickets to be sold December y
n was decided to establish winter tours
ra,os IN San Antonio, Rockport, Galveston
and El Paso on the same conditions a
prevailed last year