The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-14
'ocference of Officials of the Two
Roads
ON TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS
HE SALE OF TIE UTAH CEN
TRIAL ROAD.
! Has Been Postponed Until May 8
The Joint Traffic Association
Central Pacific Directors Re
Elected-Latest by Wire-Local
Notes.

For the next three days the manage.
rnent Of the Oregon Short Line and the
Union Pacific will be in session to-
gether. unless business progresses faster
than on yesterday.
AS announced in The Herald, General
Manager Dickinson, General Traffic Man
ager Munroe, General Passenger Agent
Lomax and other officials of the Union
Pacific, met with the management of the
Short Line yesterday. The session was
quite lengthy lasting all the afternoon,
and was held in the private ONCE VI
General Passenger Agent Burnley. Moth
ing was done which will interest the
public. In fact so far as can be ascer-
tained nothing was done at all besides
talking over the situation.
we have done nothing which would
interest the public" said General Man
ager Dickinson last evening, at the close
of the meeting land l do not presume
that any business which we will transact
will be OF interest to the people here. we
ara Just trying to make some traffic ar
rangements with the Short Line folks
and they with us. All the ground which
has 10 be gone over has to be discussed
and as every bit of business is being con-
sidered the discussion must OF necessity
be a long one.
no CHANGE IN RATES.
General Passenger Agent Lomax con
firmed the remarks of Mr.. Dickinson.
be changed or disturbed replied in the
negative.
1T is not our Intention to make any
changes in the rates as they exist he
said ''either in passenger or freight. We
viii leave them alone so far as our -oad
is concerned The management of the
Short Line have asked for conference
and it is being held. There is so much
TO talk about that il will take some time;
perhaps two or three days. Everything
is harmonious and we are getting along
as fast as we can be expected to get
along. The Short Line people recognize
that we have the best outlet TO the
east and in all probability the future of
the two lines will be closely identified,
so far as the question of rates goes.
We of the Union Pacific have no desire
to make any changes We could not
lower them very we'll and continue the
good service which we are giving. We
nave no desire to raise rates either, but
want TO give Utah and this city as good
a chance as we possibly can:
But you will understand that two sYS-
TENS like this. doing business in the
manner in which they will have to do it,
will of necessity nave to come to an
exact understandings And there are so
many things to be considered that it
will take lots of time, lots of time to
talk il all over"
From one of the lesser officials who is
in position to know what is going on
it was gathered that at yesterdays meet
ing the question of proportion of rates on
through freight from points in Idaho and
Montana and the river. and from the
river to these points, was discussed with
out any agreement being reached. al
though there were no divisions of senti-
ment amounting to anything, the MEM
bers being very desirious of reaching an
agreement. At today's meeting the two
traffic managers will submit plan which
VIII be talked over. When this is done
the subject of rates from Utah, points
will be gone over and this viii be fol-
lowed by a discussion of passenger mat
tiers which will be left almost entirely
to Messrs. LomaX and Burley. they be
Ing more familiar with the business.