The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-01-25
MAINTENANCE OF TARIFFS
CENTRAL TRAFFIC LINES TAKE UP
THE NATTER IN EARNEST.
4 Committee to BE Created to Con-
slider Violations of Rates, and
Measures to BE Adopted.

An important meeting of the traffic Of
ficials of the Central Freight Association
was held in Chicago on Jan. %, at which
important action was taken looking 10
better maintenance Of rates. The COM
mittee recommended the creation of CEN
trail traffic committee, whose duties shall
be to consider all questions of violation of
tariff rates and the measures which should
be adopted to correct such irregularities,
the issuance of tariffs. etc, and to take
any action tending to the removal of dis
turbing rate conditions and the betterment
of the same. The committee recommends
that the central committee shall fairly and
equitably represent the Central Freight
Association as a whole and shall meet
weekly at the office OF the chairman of the
Central Freight Association at Chicago to
consider complaints; that the findings and
recommendations of the central committee
shall be communicated promptly by the
chairman of the Central Freight Associa-
ton to all parties interested. The central
committee is to consist of the chairman of
the Central Freight Association as an ex
officio member and the following gentle
men: David Brown, r. f. Cost, g. ].
Grammar, Milton knight, D. T. McCabe
A. II.
archie, S. p. Shane, C. S. Wight, f. A
Warne and James Webster. The commit
tee recommended that the classification and
published tariff rates of the individual
roads be strictly maintained; that each
road individually pledge itself that it will
not make effective any rates except by
open published carrier; that the chairman
of all interested committees of the Central
Freight Association be instructed to
promptly call a meeting of all roads that
handle traffic to both central freight and
trunk line association territory for the pur-
pose of examining rates, and that any
rates in conflict with the duly authorized
rate should be withdrawn that after ex-
animation has been made and an under
standing reached the chairmen of the vart-
Gus committees make report 10 the chair
man of the Central Freight Association of
any unauthorized rates in effect which can
not be withdrawn; that any future devia-
tions from tariff be reported to the chair
man of the interested committee. The
chairman is then To make his report to the
chairman of the Central Freight Associa-
ton for submission to the central commit
tee. The chairman of the committee is in
structed TO call a meeting of all those in
tereSted to consider the rate situation, and
ii il is found that there is any contract at
variance with any rates in classification
that cannot be withdrawn regular no
tice it be reported frankly TO the meeting.
The instructions are imperative as to MAIN
tenance of rates. Should a road be salts
fled al any time that its competitor is
making less rates than those duly author
lied ii must be reported at once to the
chairman of the committee. The report,
which was unanimously adopted, provides
that each road will individually extend to
its different connections notice, which shall
be printed and sent on Saturday, Jan. %,
in the following form This is to advise
YOU that, effective at once, this company
will not be a party to any deviation from
duly authorized tariff rates. evasion of
classification manipulation of rates in
any manner whatsoever" The circular,
which was received by local officials yes
terday, shows that every important road
in the Central Traffic Association territory
was represented.