The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-14
|OvERTURES MADE.
Railroad Attorneys Trying to Agree
with the Commission.
THEY WILL SUBMIT SPECIAL RATES
f'r Approval at Meeting to Be Held
Today.
HE COMMISSIONERS PROMISE NOTHING
the Railroad. Agree Not 10 Use the
Granting of the Rates in the In
junction Case Pending.

sust'n' Texas. December 1S--The follow :
ins railroad attorneys and traffic man are
mere today for the Purpose OF conferrinu
With the railroad commission wish v;a,y
%, II possible, coming to an understanding
over some plan whereby the complications
arising frem the sudden return to the rates
OF the spring of 1894 can be avoided: f..
u. kruttschnit, attorney for the bondho,l-
ers; IT, 5. Bovett. attorney for the South
ern Pacific lines: j. w. Terry, attorney
for the Santa Fe; a. w. Houston. attorney
Tor the Arkansas Pass; n. A. Stedman, al
torney for the International; f. b. Perkins,
attorney for the Cotton Belt: T. j. Free.
man. attorney for tine Texas and Pacific:
i. ). Miller attorney for the Katy; G. w.
Bein, traffic manager for the Southern
Pacific; p II. Goodwin, general freight
agent for the Santa Fe; G. II. Turner.
general freight agent for the international:
A. e. Farrell, general freight agent for the
Cotton Belt; r. D. Yoakum, general freight
agent for the Houston East and West
Texas; ]. w. Allen, genensl freight agent
fer the Katy; Assistant General Freight
Agent Mangum Of the Arkansas Pass; Traf-
fic Manager C. Halle of the Missouri. Kan
sas and Texas.
The attorneys met in executive session
at the Driskill this morning to decide upon
how they should approach the commission |
as well as to formulate a proposition that |
would not prejudice their side OF the in
case pending in the Federal court. |
The conclusion was reached that 1t would |
be best to ask the commission to approve |
l number of special rates with the under
Standing that the railroads would enter in
70 o written agreement that what might |
DC done in the premises should not be in
7oked by compliments in the future prog
'ess of the Injunction suits to prejudice
he commissions case,
In the meantime, the traffic men are
engaged in arranging complaints from
'oal men, Ignite men. meat packers. brick
men. oil mill men and others. against
he rates promulgated since the granting
II the temporary restraining order by
udge Mccormick and formulating rates
or their relief to be submitted to the
commission.
This afternoon Mesars. Terry Lovett
nd Perkins called ON the commission to
nd out whether the railroads would be ;
card in the matter. After a brief consul t
ltion, 1t was decided to grant them audi G
nee and Attorney General Crane was
stied In to participate in the confersnce. !
hch was held behind closed doors. n
Considerable discussion was INDUCED In I
10 commissioners making it plain that ;
ey above all things, desired the pending s.
ses pushed to final trial before the SUI 81
eme court and the attorney general indi- =
ting Theoretically, that he was ayerse Is
coming to any understanding with the Il
iroads unless they surrendered and
thdrew their application for an iniunc- +,
IN. Finally it was decided to allow the
ilroad representatives to submit the
ties they desire to put In pending q de-
rmination OF the Injunction suits, which !"
omission will be made tomorrow; but :"
Q commission did not commit itself TO y. ~,
y particular line of action. W
Tonight the attorneys and traffic mea 81
Va another exclusive meeting and de-
ted their time to preparing their appli-
ions for authority TO carry number ds
special rates to relieve the situation wi
ated by the return to the rates of 1894.
clanor for which has been universal. W.
70 suggestion OF n desire to compromise
aped from either side at this after Sc
ms conference, and II the commission tol
;das N authorIze amy NJ The rotes nra trf
ed for it, 1t will be because they are ,
their face reasonable and necessary, to de
Nv the traffic to move which is in many gia
es impossible under tn epresent sched- ",
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