The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-07-09
TRAFFIC MEN
ARE IN SESSION
Trans. Missouri Freight Bur ca
Meets in This City.
ROUTINE WORK YESTERDAY
.1erToRs BEING ENTERTAINED
BY COMMERCIAL CLUB.

nOZEN MEN. representing the
4 brains Of the traffic department
y NJ western railroad systems met
-.sr5av at the Knutsford hotel. II
the first session in this city OF
-. trans Missouri freight bureau, The
,.,stfnrs are held on the first Tuesday
=, every month in Kansas City, ex-
ls,-ing during June. July and August,
nom they are held in Denver. How
.~sr the session this time was held
a. salt Lake City upon the invitation
If the commercial club and the rail-
-,sd lines of Utah. w. A. Poteet was
Asirmau. ant F. p. Barnett secre-
,srv of yesterdays meetings.
sessions we're held morning and aft
srDoou beginning at $3.50 and continu-
ing until 30. The meeting yesterday
-ss devoted to the transaction of rou-
tre business. Much of this business
teqrs upon the classification of freight
and the equalization OF rates. The
bp-eau expects TO finish it's work to-
r-orrow afternoon. There is a large
ref1me Of business to dispose of. and
the representatives. expect to have lit
he leisure. although several events
club for the entertainment of its
guests.
The bureau viii be waited upon to-
5av by a committee on railways and
transportation from the Commercial
club The committee held a meeting
Yesterday afternoon TO fix upon the
time. which was arranged for this aft
ernoon at 800 o'clock. The nature of
The business 10 be brought before the
bureau has not been made public, but
Il is believed to relate to the rates of
transportation for miners supplies.
Il is an open secret that the present
rates are not satisfactory, and the
natter has been the subject of con-
Siderable discussion. The Commercial
club has had the matter under con-
sideration, and has taken this time to
bring several questions of local inter-
est TO the attention of the bureau.
At o'clock last evening the visit
OTs were escorted to the tabernacle.
where an organ recital had been ar
ranged by Fisher Harris, secretary of
The club. Mr.. Goddard sang The
Holy city and Mr.. Mcclellan played
several selections. tending to bring out
the fine qualities of the organ. The
visitors expressed themselves highly
pleased with the performance.
Those present at the sessions here
are r. G. Merrick of the Atchison, To-
peka q Santa Fe; f. Montmorency of
the Kansas City, st. Joseph & Council
Bluffs; F. J. Shubert of the Chicago.
Rock Island d Pacific: II +. Lambert
Of the Colorado Midland and the Colo
rado Southern: 5. V. Derrah of the
Denver & Rio Grande and Rio Grande
Western. \. II. Merchant of the f. E.
NJ v. W. Is. knight of tho Missouri
Pacific; II. A. Weaver of the Kansas
City southern: Elmer II. Adod of the
Union Pacific; +. p. Barnett: w. A.
Poteet Of Kansas City. and d. Roth
child.
4 meeting of the Commercial club
vas held last evening, and further
lldns Tor the entertainment Of. the
guests were discussed. A luncheon
will be given some time during the
Visit OF the strangers. Last evening
the visitors enjoyed a trolley ride
ABOUT the city. A special train has
also been provided for the trip to the
lake at $50 o'clock this evening.