The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-29
REGULATION OF RAIL RATES.
.o,rut,AsTERN PASSENGER ASsO-
CITATION ORGANIZED.

seabcard Air Line the Only Inn
,rtant Road in the Territory Not
MEMBER II. Walters Elected
resident of the Association and
,oserh Richardson Chosen Chair
on-The Agreement Supposed to
NJ I'm Conformity with the Trans
Missouri Association.
vsshington, April 2s-Representatives
..,be leading railroads of the south met
s.s to-day, and concluded the formation
-, new passenger traffic associa ton, to
:. known as the Southeastern Passenger
association, and elected officers for the
trsuing year.
rha articles of association were tenta-
.sfv formed at recent meeting at At
s,+a subject to the concurrence of four
bsent members. These members were
,resent at The meeting to-day, and after
.ome minor changes in the articles, they
Eere formally adopted.
The roads entering the association are
fine Atlanta, Knoxville and Northern rail-
nav Atlanta and West Point railroad, At
lantic Coast Line. Central Of Georgia rail-
nav Florida Central and Peninsular rail
road Florida East Coast railroad. Geor-
ola and Alabama railroad, Georgia South
orn and Florida railroad, louisville and
nashville railroad, Mobile and Birming-
ham railroad Pennsylvania railroad,
plant system of railways, Richmond,
fredericksburg and Potomac railroad,
Southern railway, Triton and Northeast
ern railroad, Western Railway of Ala
bama
filmed the association.
The election of officers resulted in the
selection of H. Walters of the Atlantic
Coast Line as president, and Joseph Rich
ardson formerly commissioner of the
southern States Passenger Association,
as chairman of the new association.
The articles adopted set forth the object
of the association 10 the following pream-
BILE
For the purpose of publishing authen-
tic information in regard to the tariffs of
the respective parties, members of this
association; for consultation and mutual
action in regard to the reasonableness of
tariffs and the publicity of the same; and
10 aid in fulfilling the purposes of tie
laws of the states and of the initial
States. affecting commerce; especially
with the view of preventing illegal and
unjust discrimination between persons
and localities of kinds of traffic."
of the Ohio and Potomac and east of the
Blississipp rivers.
The articles provide for a conference
committee to whom shall be submitted
all changes in rates, rules or regulations
affecting the traffic within the territory
OF the association. 1t is made the duty of
the chairman to discourage reduction in
rates by rebates, drawbacks, commissions
or by any illegal devices.
At the conclusion of the morning ses-
sion which was behind closed doors, the
officers of the association stated that the
new agreement is designed to come fully
within the requirements of the recent de-
cision of the United States court in the
trans Missouri case 1t is said to be mainly
in the nature of a club arrangement, for
the exchange of information of mutual
benefit, and not for control of rates
within the meaning of the recent decis-
ion.
All of the roads entering the association
we're represented at to-days meeting, eth.
er in person or by proxy. Among the prom
ineut railroad men participa ting Were:W Will
liam Chckley Shaw. president, and G. A.
Mcdonald, general passenger agent of the
Georgia Southern and Florida railroad; w.
w. Finley, second vice president, ]. NJ.
CUP, traffic manager, and w. A. Turk,
general passenger agent of the Southern
railway; Henry Walters, president, and
T. NJ. Emerson, traffic manager of the At
lantic Coast line; B. W. Wrenn, traffic
manager of the Plant SYSTEM ]. c. Halle,
general passenger agent of the Central of
Georgia; c. A. Taylor, traffic manager of
the R. F. and P; c. P. Atmore, general
passenger agent of the Louisville and
Nashville A. O.. Mcdonald, general pas
senger agent of the Florida, Central and
Pennsular; John A. Gill; general passen-
GER agent of the Atlanta and West Point
and Western of Alabama. and Joseph
Richardson former commissioner.
The following executive board will serve
for the ensuing year: II. Waters, presi-
dent Atlantic Coast Line; e. G. Spalding,
vice president A., X. and N. railroad;
George G. Smith, president Atlanta and
West Point railroad; w. w. Finley, vice
president Southern railway; S. r. Knott,
vice president Louisville and Nashville;
i, w. Wrenn, passenger traffic manager
Plant system; N. S. Pennington, traffic
manager, Florida Central and Peninsular
railroad; William Checkley Shaw, vice
president c., S. and F. railroad; j. R. Par
rott, vice president of the florida East
Coast railway; c. A. Taylor, traffic man
ager, r. F. and p. railroad II. FL. Tiff,
president Triton and Northeastern rail-
road; Cecil Gabbett, vice president Geor-
gia and Alabama railroad; John NJ. Egan,
vice president Central of Georgia; c. G.
Bush, president Mobile and Birmingham
railroad; j. r, Woody, general passenger
agent Pennsylvania railroad.
The association concluded its business
tbs afternoon and its members left for
home. number of them accepted an in
Vitation of General Passenger Agent Pan
nil OF the Norfolk, Virginia Beach and
southern railroad to visit Virginia Beach
tomorrow
The Southern Freight Association meets
here tomorrow to conclude am organza-
ton similar to that of to-day on passenger