The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-09
AFFORD A GREAT DEAL OF ANNOY
ANCE Ne VISITING RAILROAD
MAGNATES.
TRUNK LINERS MEET HERE.
ST. PAUL THE SCENE OF yJc0R
Gus DIsdssssioN AS re
RAEasS,
Was the FEATURE Of the Day On the
DOcks-Nesvsoo Traffick-
sesrs


The Western trunk line committee
met yesterday in STU Paul for the first
time in several years. The first days
session was not prolific Of any great
results, although the docket was prae-
tically cleared. Several important mat
ers will come UP for settlement today.
The members of the committee say
they wonder why they have not met
in st, Paul more often. They find their
surroundings very pleasant. Last even
ing the visitors took spin around the
city on their wheels. There are in the
party J. H. Hiland, general freight
agent of the Chicago, Milwaukee & ST
Paul; General Freight Agent P c.
Stohr and Assistant General Freight
Agent S. o Brooks, of the Chicago
Great Western; General Traffic Man.
ager J. T. Clarke, OF the Omaha; w. r.
Basconl, assistant general freight agent
Of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas; E.
G. Palmer general freight agent of the
Iowa Central, J. M. Johnson, traffic
manager of the Rock Island: Marvin
Hughitt Jr., general freight agent of
the Chicago & Northwestern; Tom Mil
Ter, general freight agent of the Chi
cago, Burlington & Quincy; General
Freight Agent Lyman, of the Burling-
ton; General Freight Agent Hopkins.
Of the Minneapolis & ST Louis; As
sistant General Freight Agent Gray.
Of the Hannibal & st. Joe: A. D. I,und
assistant general freight agent of the
Wabash; w. B. Middleton, of the st.
Louis & San Francisco; Assistant Traf-
fic Manager w. F. Bissell, of the Santa
Fe route, and w. H. Hosmer, secretary
Of the Western Joint Traffic bureau.
One of the most important matters
considered yesterday was that Of rates
on packing house produce from st. Paul
to the Ohio river. The situation is any
thing but satisfactory to the commit
tee. 1t appears that the existing rate
from South ST. Paul to Ohio river points
is % cents per 100 pounds, while the
rate from Omaha to the same points is
% cents. The Oman packers and ship
pers have demanded that the ST. Paul
rates be placed upon a common basis
with those from Omaha. There is some
question a. to the correct rates from
Omaha, and action on the matter was
postponed -at
The committee decided to abolish the
NO-AAA-AON~SJ
cagO to St. Paul and MINNEAPOLIS. The
cut made by the Chicago Great West
ern on lumber of cents to Missouri
river points was also up for discus
sion. The matter was again referred
to special committee for further in
Vestigation
The matter of greatest Importance
before the committee was the east
NIIT ctfI
OF the rate situation still continues
very rotten, to use the words of q
freight official to a reporter for the
q o b e. There has been no. improve
ment during the past week and. in
Iact, matters have been getting worse
Ihe lines to the head of the lakes have
been getting most of the business dur
Ing the past three weeks. More than
the usual quantity of flour and mill
stuffs for export are going the way of
the lakes to the great discontinue of
the all rail lines. It is generally ex-
pected that at this time of the year
there Will be marked falling off in all
ran shipments. but this year the fall
ing Off is more severe than ever. Nor
NAL rates on flour for export are 22h
cents. 1t is generally understood on
all SIDES that for the past week the
rates have dropped as low as sixteen
and fourteen cents. There is not only
a hght on between the all rail and the
lake and rail lines. but between the
| lines to the head of the lakes as we'll
The st. Paul & Duluth, the 500 and
Inc eastern Minnesota are after the
business hot and fast. These are the
roads which are supposed to have of
fered the sixteen and fourteen-cent
rates to the Minneapolis millers. Dur
ing the first five days of June there
We're shipped from the MINNEAPOLIS
mills to the Atlantic seaboard for ex-
port 1924 cars. OF these the lake lines
secured SS1 cars. The table for the
five days is as follows: