The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-23
RAILROAD MEN
COME TOGETHER
TO ORGANIZE
Speculate on How to
Increase Traffic.

A meeting was held in Wells Fargo &
Co.'S building yesterday morning, which
was attended by all the local representa-
tiVeS of the transcontinental passenger
lines. The object of the gathering was to
form local organization of railroad pas
senger agents for the purpose of protect
ing facilitating and furthering the rail-
road interests of the State. Such organi-
cations have for a long time been estab-
liShed in all the leading railroad centers
of the South and East and have resulted
in much good, not only to the railroad
representatives who compose them. but
for the people at large, who derive much
benefit in various ways from the business
brought by the increased travel which is
the natural consequence of such united
action.
The meeting yesterday was attended by
over twenty-five local representatives of
different transcontinental roads, who
gathered together in response to a call
from E. O. Mccormick, passenger traf-
fic manager of the Southern Pacific Mr..
Mccormick called the meeting to order.
after which F. A. Countiss, representative
of the Transcontinental Freight Bureau,
was chosen chairman. Mr.. Mccormick adj
dressed the meeting, setting forth the ne
cessity of some such an organization,
which would systematic the passenger
business do away with rate cutting and
kindred evils, protect the agents and the
people of the Coast generally and bring
through legitimate business methods the
proportion Of traffic to ca. california whicn
After Mr.. Mccormick had concluded a
committee of seven was appointed TO
draft regulations and bylaws for the gov
eminent of the association. after which
came g. little informal discussion on mat
tiers of general interest, concluding with
an adjournment until III CLOCK next
The following roads are represented on
the committee: Union PACIFIC. Southern
Pacific. Santa Fee. Rio Grande Western,
burlington. Texas and Pacific and Ore
gon Railway and Navigation company,
Some time ago telegram was received
in this city which stated that tn n,t oni On
roads had notified their. Eastern connec-
| tons that they would refuse to honor Ma
tional Educational Association tickets
where the issuing line failed to add the
additional S. via the Ogden route, where
the passenger elected to come out VIA
Ogden and Los Angeles, returning TO ms
home by way of Shasta and Portland
Mr.. Mccormick when seen in regard to
this telegram branded it as false in every
particular.
will honor these tickets wherever and
whenever they are presented. AS far as
the five-dolar matter is concerned, we
think the Eastern roads s;,; shopid absorb II
that may be. the matter is one which is
strictly between the railroad companies
and in which the passenger VIII not ngure
| Ia any way. When he buys his ticket he
need have no fear of being asked for an
! additional S. or 5 cents"
1.-The Southern Pacific and Santa Fe
have made a one-way fare of s62 80 from
Chicago to Los Angeles, and the only ad-
dition to that will be the 81 collected for
the Educate Association fund and
which will go not to the railroads peck
| cts, but to defray the expenses of the
association in paying it's lecturers. etc
You can say that the Southern Pacific
and Santa F'e are trying their best not
| only to do what is right by the people
| of this State in the matter of the Edu-
| cational Association, but are also doing
all in their power to secure the next Ep-
worth League convention for this coast
| and will guarantee reduced rates right
! through from Chicago to Pacific tide
water, no matter what action the other
/ roads NAV take"