New-York tribune., 1901-06-16
BURLINGTON DISPOSED OF.
Il. II. HARTMAN MEETS REPRESENTA-
TIVE OF MORGAN-HILL SYNDICATE
AND THEY PARCEL OUT TRAFFIC.
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Chicago. June l5.-Railway men representing
transcOntinental systems took the lnltli steps
to-day toward placing in effect and carrying out
the plan agreed upon when amicable settle
ment was reached regarding the recent Buriing-
ton purchase In course of the day conferences
were held in the Office of President FELTON, of the
Alton attended by the following officials: T. H.
Hartman. Charles NJ. Hays, president Of the
Southern Pacific; J. c Stubbs third vice-presi-
dent and general traffic manager OF the same
road: Horace T. Burt, president Of the Union
Pacific; Darius Miller, second Vice-president OF
the Great Northern: j. ]. Mitchell. president OF
the Illinois Trust and Savings Bank; j. y.
Faithorn. president Of the Chicago Terminal
Transfer Railway Company. and 5. NJ. FELTON,.
president Of the Chicago and Alton. Nice-Presi-
dent Miller represented James J. Hin in the
conferences and spoke for the Great Northern,
the Northern Pacific and the Burlington.
Under the amicable settlement made there will
he no extension of Burlington lines into Union
Pacific territory. and no extension OF Union Pa
rife lines into Northern Pacihc-Great Northern
Burlington territory To preserve harmony and
the community of interests principle, the Burliug-
toms competitive traffic viii be parcelled out
among the transcontinental lines. To work out
the details Of this general plan was the purpose
of the meeting of Mr.. Hartman and his lieu
tenants with the representative Of the Morgan
Hill syndicate.
II is understood that an effort was made 10
settle upon the amount OF the Pacific Coast and
Oriental traffic that win have TO pass through
the various gateways under the settlement 10
satisfy all interests concerned. The Alton, haV-
ing a line 10 Kansas City and being a Harri-
man property. is deeply interested in the result.
and il is understood that in the plan tentatively
agreed upon this line viii get valuable
CessiOns.
When arrangements have been completed II is
understood the exact percentage OF Pacific Coast
business that shall be routed by the way OF the
various gateways viii be determined. Whether
there viii be any material change from the nat
ural course that the traffic would take If no at
tempt was made To divert II is not known 1t
is probable. however, that Mr.. Hill will insist
upon material increase in the amount OF the
Burlington's traffic that goes by the way
OF St Paul and Billings The coast connections
Of none Of the Western lines Will be disturbed
and a liberal proportion Of traffic will be re-
served for the Kansas City, Omaha and Ogden
gateways
The meeting sufficient denial OF the re-
port that the Southern Pacific is TO be turned
over TO the Missouri Pacific representing the
Goulds Southwestern system The road is ap-
parently TO stay in the Hartman fold indef-
nitely. Answer would also seem TO have been
given regarding the rumOr that the Union Pa
cifc had bought in the ST. Paul. The latter
was not represented in the conference, and il it's
interests in the Northwest are to be preserved
there was no indication Of il.