Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-08-06
PASSING OF THE
PASS SYSTEM.
Fine Italian Hand of ], C. Stubs
Beginning to Appear.
MEET IN DENVER TOMORROW
Important Gathering of Utah-Colora'
do Railroad officials I'm the
Queen City Of Plains.

Tomorrow there viii be a meeting
held in Denver for the consideration
of hard and fast agreement amonl
the Utah and Colorado lines for th'
maintenance Of railroad rates. Amonl
those who viii be present viii be the
traffic officials Of the Denver q Rlc
Grande. Rio Grande Western, Colorado
Midland and Union Pacific.
Assistant Traffic Manager Babcock
and Assistant General Freight Agent
Reeves. Of the Rio Grande Western and
oregon Short Line. respectively lett
last evening for the Queen city Of the
Plains, where they win meet with J. G..
Stubs, Freight Traffic Manager j. A..
Munroe Of the Union Pacific. aud tho
other officials.
II Is stated that the meeting VIII be
for the purpose OF cementing the COM
pact entered into recently under the
Community Of interests, and set forth
in the circular issued TO all agents
July %.
1t goes without saying that the
shipper al large viii not look with thc
kindliest eye upon the innovation.
Hencef0rth the tariff rate VIII be main
tained and any semblance OF shaving
the schedule on the part OF those agents
who may be so inclined will have the
effect Of generating unpleasant conse-
quences for the backsllder. Those Job
bers and merchants also who are rest
ing In apparent security from the fact
that they have contracts In their safes
allowing them certain privileges over
certain lines will also receive rude
shock, because on and after the first OF
this month no such contracts Will be
hon0red All must pay the published
scheduled rate. The matter does not
end there however, and there viii be
weeping and waiilng and crashing Of
teeth when the buyer proceeds 10 go
back East at the end OF this month TO
purchase his Christmas goods. Free
transportation to shippers and buyers
Is also one Of the things that have
received notice, Hereafter II a man
wants to 60 out Of town he VIII have
TO pay his fare or stay home II is said
that these Items mentioned, In addition
10 other traffic matters, viii take up the
attention or the trafiic men at their |
meeting tomorrow Ere they adjourn
all viii undertake to make this an IRON
clad agreement
In addition to the shutting down on
passes for the layman the Spokane
Spokesman Review 90 hand this morn
ing states that the matter win be car
ried into the ranks Of the railroadmen,
under the jurisdiction OF J. G. Stubs.
1t says;
According to the opinion OF a local
railroad man. the next step In the con.
solidatien OF railroad interests win
eliminate passes to railway employees
except when on official business for the
companies they represent
III is well known fact that Director
Stubs was the originator and advocate
OF this rule on the Southern Pacific
system. When an employe OF ths
Southern Pacific or a member of his
family desired TO take a trip over the
road he was furnished ticket at the
rate OF one cent a mile. This system
has been IN vogue on number OF east
ern roads, however, for several years,
hut II did not preclude the Issuing OF
passes 10 employees as does the South
crn Pacific regulations"