The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-11-30
a RAILROAD POOL.
y. vanderbilt Have at Last d''
Upon . Plan.
Inns HAVE ALL BEEN ARRANGED E''

|fIl4s HAVE ALL BEEN AsS''''V
81. WIN ne Jo.tlsd for
ss Freight Rates on the
r,r.. pay Of January IS
40 e i,
SIS. November se.-rhe Herald
i0's, hut surel, there has oech
Qa Y =. anauciai giants who con-
y s1aa as' line railroads. a ,t't ne
= ss,,s will be able to get , a.oan
WY nools and yet accomplish
n purposes Of a pool anu "a e "a, -.
Y. ., s profitable rates 70 an o.
2 IN companies. 1t was Tue
w, that this traffic deal ID. - ae ssot
n'us' ,.,o operation and the fsct Nna'
s. III and ohio was TO Dc or. opera Az
49,. .,,ry with Pennsylvania ena tho
ysrs c.atral interests that gave l,,s, a,ss
mort that the first named eo.,pa al,
~ ! made of the report that the
more s,,s and Ohio has been "a, ,'au u, -.
n NV, ., its competitors put :, y the 10
elmer VI No. the manas ement Oh .ns
rcod sa1 ohio has reached an unuer,
more a NV The tnanciers who controi
syn.sscsylyania md the Cen,ra' ana ~,
!. 'As al the traffic impartians d da
e. ~ mt to permit any rate us
WV, n influence them. -,
an's Er,s the Delaware, the Laehs,,
11s' western, the Ontario ana
y snu Readiug, the Lehigh Naile!'
tsin, l ia,ssv Central and the Chesa-
90. sra Ohio are all controlled ~ .n'
=. n Messrs. Morgan ana aheSa !.
"a there is no danger oil uislu. DaN'e
these companies .a. IN ar.
pN s ~ of the big traffic dea'
W ali intents and purposes, is 10
]. y. y af the NEST ironclaa character
poM " -, cot5 lie of iinanciers,
~ traffic officials. 30 ,,, q,
January more than ~ per ecu. y,
' -. common commodity tariffs WIZ
s, M and, in addition, there VIII
W s sieniflcsnt advances in freiSns
II n FIAT date there will also he
.a,stment of the import business.
i riil nut an end to the disturbance
,sssrnstiopal rates and prevent steam
companies from demoralizlng the
had rates. rov,
~ January the percentages no"
ss nv the several trunk lines VIII pf
mn IN more strictly than ever betore
III agents and traffic managers VIII
I'D N strict account for cutting rates
4 rules apply 20 westbound frelgn'
pess and for some time agents nave
working under instruction not to
III from the existing tariffs on any
pun. whatever.
rong the significant advances in rate:
January will be those on sugar anc
u the former OF which constitutes ont
III largest articles of freight shipped
ii New York. For a long time the
n men have been credited with abilit!
sure fayors from the railroads in th'
u Of commodity rates,
be advances on sugar and coffee VII
bnnt to 20 per cent of the present rate
actual change will consist in raisin'
Justification OF these two articles
Illx,h TO ffth class. making the rat
Instead Of Is cents from New York t.
ngo.
showing how far the trunk lint
roads are already engaged in poolin;
bout being disturbed by the authorities
zion may be made of the fact that tn
D traffic coming to Buffalo ant
nsht to the seaboard by the railroad
been pooled for some time past an
Anthracite coal trade is also pooled b
several companies The trunk lin
roads control all of the important line
steamers on the great lakes and th
lines in turn operate canal and lax
J, It is not generally known that tn
Of the westbound canal and lax
ness Is controlled by the lake line
mat during the last season it has bee
ossloe for any Independent boatma
~ rates and make anything out o
business The reason for this i
y an independent boatman reduce
through rate the lake lines with whor
aealt would charge him an exorbitan
WI as their proportion of the haul d
western end.
~, q the ooatmen, rather than sui
70 such dictation, leased their boat
y eanal and lake dispatch lines a
aucn per trip. The result was tina
'snal and lake rate was kept up ,
sasl nsnre than the railroads quote
0uaec'ion with the lake steamer
sa.s Inc railroads the control of I'll
axe traffic. The canal rate VIZ
l, ~ doout 80 cents throughout Il
A. me grain traffic. anthracite COZ
S.n ana canal and lake traffic ,uud,
~ ss OF the trunk lines and vii
= .9ar hnanciers in control OF IL
e. auak line situation, the way
oess ,or regulating all of the freigI
~ u the Eastern railroads.
NJ na VINO have this scheme in har
horitis vs'ioie Efforts on the part of Il
s, y,sh 70 make trouble and to char,
rr ONE violating the ANTITRUST law {
M , NV, OF running a pool.
,h snl De prepared for this in mo
Mia !, one. In the first place, tn,
IL ~ .nat no traffic association exis
autsS,, Trunk lines and they will de
say ths 20 md one hence, tn,
M 'uere is no outward sign of
roy =. sa aeps which have been taken
com Ssus OF pooling are signiticar
lop wh,. ,ee Oh the Join Traffic ass
iinr r ,n had in hand the duty
W theaffalrs of the ASSOCIATE,
III s, ss declared to be Illegal by t
otha supreme court, has III
1s s,s sast steps to extinguish the i
on, Aas organization. Notices we
|ie IN IN IN aays ago that ali OF the ~
Mon we, rooms of the Joint Traffic q
rooms would be sold and the lease
iispossa "aich runs until May i. W
elnpl lea Of. After December 81 all
dI sm,sss OF the association viii ha
id lv' the Trunk Line association I
tbs, y one of the railroads said !,
Ation ana nau ceased to act as an q
Il il no NV handle any traffic matte
tt.e.