Omaha daily bee., 1901-03-22
PLAN FOR new ASSOCIATION
Railtad Hcn Meet in Thu City to Discus,
Isseng'r Reorganization.
OMAHA ROADS ARE REPRESENTED
Proposed Branch of the Ncster, Nov
Assumes Tangible shap.-Impor-
tant Questions Under Cons,d-
Grafton at This Meeting.

representatives OF ten railroads operating
In the territory tributary to Omaha are In
session IN omaha arranging the details for
the new passenger association which is de.
signed TO include fourteen railroads In this
territory. The men here are the representa-
tives OF the auditors and they are planning
tor the handling OF the Joint accounts which
Will arise with the establishment Of the as
ISOLATION.
Inc talk Of this association has been cur
rent for severel years. but nothing has yet
piossomed out as a result OF the talk The
movement has now reached the stage where
II is UP to the chairman OF the Western
Passenger association to say whether that
association will accept the new one as
branch. II that answer comes in the mega
tive, and some response is anticipated
within few days. 1t will be passed along
TO the Southwestern association. the head
quarters OF which are in st. Louis, the op-
portunity being given for that association
10 accept the new one. whose headqua rters
are to be in Omaha, as a branch. II that
association refuses, the next application
Will be TO the Transcontinental, the head
quarters OF which are in Denver.
Nay Act Independently.
That Will be the last resort for the estab-
lishment OF branch association and IL the
negative answer comes from the Transcon-
tinental. high railroad Official said an in.
dependent association will be established In
this city.
There are some reasons why a negative
answer Is expected from all OF these asso-
Citations Ons OF these Is because OF the
plan which the general passenger agents
interested have evolved for the mileage in
the new association. They dislike the in
tprchaDUea b1a t,,tiaago 4
pocketbooks which cost 81. which are in use
by the Western and the Southwestern Pas
senger associations.
The proposed plan for the new associa-
tion is that books OF script shall be issued
and sold for $50, the face value OF the
script equalling that amount. The script
is to be printed so that each line on n
page OF the book Is counted | cent This
paper Is TO be exchangeable at any ticket
once OF the roads in the association for
tickets. the agent tearing out the script
for the value OF the ticket
When the books are used UP the associa-
tlon VIII refund to the purchaser such
amounts as may be coming to him from
travel on the roads. For mileage in Mon
tana. South Dakota, Wyoming, Colorado
and New Mexico the rate under the asso-
clation Will be cents mile the regular
rate IN those states ranging between and
cents In Nebraska, Kansas, Indian Ter
ritory' Oklahoma, Texas. Arkansas, Louis.
lana and Mississippi the rate will be 2Is
cents, a cut from the regular rate OF 3
cents.
IL is the demand for this reduction to the
men who travel extensively that has
Drought forward the talk of the new asso-
ciaton. The roads in the Western and
southwestern Passenger associations gave
The rate by mileage strips and now by the
interchangeable mileage books The peo-
pie OF travel in the territory west of the
hissosrar river and on, roads not in the
southwestern association have been asking
thst they be given the same advantages.
The general passenger agents have taken
'ne matter up. have evolved the plans for
tne association and the establishment OF
either a branch or an Independent asso-
citation awaits the answers from the three
associations