St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-31
COURSE TO FOLLOW,
HOW THE CHICAGO GREAT WEST.
ERN PROCEEDS IN THE G. A.
II. NATTER.
SUCH CASES ARE COVERED.
OTHER LINES HAVE THE OPTION
OF MEETING THE SAME
RATES,
SUCH CASES ARE COVERED.
WITHOUT BREAKING AGREEMENT.
Yesterdays DEVELOPMENTS Strength
en- the Belief That the Encamp-
ment Will Be Held Here.

Developments day by day certainly
seem to indicate that the statement.
reported several times recently in the
u b e, that the G. A. r. encamp-
ment would be held in this city ac-
cording to the original plan, is in every
sense accurate. There is one phase Of
the matter which has not been thor
oughly understood, and concerning
which wrong impression may have
gained currency, and that Is that the
action Of the Chicago Great Western
railway in agreeing to grant a twenty
day limit on its tickets for the en-
campment would result in the disrup-
ton Of the Western Passenger asso-
citation. This is not the case Local
members Of the association have been
forced to smile at some of the state
ments made by some of the papers.
There is a portion of the Western
Passenger association agreement pre-
pared expressly to cover such cases as
that which has arisen, and so far from
having rudely broken out without hon
or, the statement Is made that the
Chicago Great Western acted quite in
accordance with the provisions of the
agreement made and provided, and
that all the other members were duly
advised that on Tuesday last this road
formally appealed to Chairman Cald-
mentioned in the dispatches. The
whole matter is as simple as posi-
BILE
Section l of Article of the Western Pas
senger association agreement reads as fol-
lows: All rates of fare and of commissions
of a competitive character as defined by the
agreement shall be subject to unanimous
agreement of lines directly interested. In
the event of a disagreement any interested
line may appeal to the chairman for author
1ty to take the desired action and should
the chairman fail to satisfy the appealing
line or lines within five days from receipt of
the appeal, they may make effective the &C
ton proposed upon giving ten days written
notice to the chairman.
Now, then. The chairman has until
Monday to act one way or the other
on this appeal If he rules that the
Chicago Great Western is entitled to
relief, then that road may issue its
tickets with a twenty-day limit upon
them, and every other road in the
association is free if it likes to follow
the same course. 1t is probable how
ever, that the chairman will rule
against the Chicago Great Western, in
which case the road, after the written
ten days notice, may issue the tickets
anyway, and without in anyway vio-
lating the agreement. If the road does
this, so may the other lines, but that
they will is considered doubtful in rail-
road circles, as they voted against it
when the matter came up at the meet
ing on Tuesday
1t must be remembered, however,
that the strong lines will not sit quiet
ly by and watch the weaker lines get
ting all the business, so the view taken
is that the other lines will fall in with
the plan giving the additional time
limit. Some of the far-seeing passen-
ger men see a rate war on the horizon
and mean at this time to take every
step to prevent it from becoming
fact. The Grand Army men are criti-
cised by some of the railroad men as
being high and mighty, and not con-
Quoting their negotiations in a way cal
culated to engender the wish to salts
factorily adjust the matter The fol-
lowing letter has been sent Chairman
Caldwell by the st. Paul committee in
Chicago:
Chicago Jan. 49, 1896.
Mr. B. D. Caldwell, Chairman Western Pas
ssenger Association Chicago, ILL.,:
My Dear Sir: After due consideration we
have come to the conclusion to suggest to
your association the fact that we feel as
sured that our committee and the people of
st. Paul would be satisfied with limit I'D
to and including Sept. 15 provided that a
further extension to Sept. 30 could be made
with the understanding that on the latter
the cent-a-mile rate and the half-fare rate
Let me add that l have strong reasons for
believing that we can convince the COM
mander-in-chief and the executive committee
of the council Of administration of the G. A.
r. that they should accept this as satsfac-
tory.
1t is very important for us that action be
taken by your association before the proposed
call for the meeting of the council of ad-
ministration is issued. which call. as / now
understand it. cannot be delayed longer than
Feb. l. 1896.
We therefore. in behalf of our committee,
request that your association will reconsider
the matter in the light of the above, advis-
ing us by telegraph at st. Paul early as pos
sible. Respectfully,
(Signed by st. Paul committee.)