Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-12-02
SANTA FE OFFICIALS HERE
To TALK FREIGHT RATES
Will Discuss Tariffs With Albuquerque Business Men at Meet
ing in the Commercial Club Tonight; Heads of Freight
Department to Make Thorough Investigation of Protests
Against High Rates to Albuquerque.

Every business man in Albuquerque
who is interested in the question OF
lower freight rates-and this includes
practically every business interest in
the city--should arrange to attend a
meeting which will be held in the
Commercial club tonight at 8 O'Clock
when the heads of the freight depart
ment of the Santa Fe railroad win be
present to hear what Albuquerque
shippers have to say about rates into
this city and to look more closely into
the vigorous complaints which have
been made for some time past CON
cerning these rates.
The question of lower freight rates
for Albuquerque has been discussed
among business men for a long time.
Not until recently, however. did the
agitation take any definite form. A
short time ago a meeting was held in
the Commercial club for consideration
of the question, and at this meeting a
committee was appointed to commun-
icate with Santa Fe officials and ask
them to come here for careful consid-
Grafton of the protests of local ship
pers, The meeting tonight is the re-
suit of this invitation, which was eX
tended some time ago by the COM
mittee.
George r. Nicholson, first vice
president of the Santa Fe; J. e. Cor
man, freight traffic manager; F. b.
Houghton, assistant to Mr.. German:
j. n. Kountz general freight agent,
and Division Freight Agent w r.
Brown, of Ell Paso, arrived in Albu
querque yesterday and Will remain
here for two days considering the
several questions which have arisen !
since the protest against existing rates /
became general
The New Mexico Wholesale Grocers |
association is holding a meeting here /
especially for a conference with the |
Santa Fe officials, representatives of |
all the wholesale grocery houses in the /
territory being present.
The freight rate question is one
which is of vital interest to almost
every business man, and it is prOba Bile
that the meeting in the club tonight
will be well attended Every man who
has an interest in the freight charges
to this point should arrange to be |
present.
Rates ON Live Stock Go Up.
The attention of the Santa ne Of /
icers viii be called TO another rate
protest which has come up quite re-
Gently in connection with recent in
creases in rates on live stock to Albu
querque. Shippers of live stock here.
chiefly the shippers of butchers stuff.
are vigorously demanding that the old
rates be put back in force, holding
that rates established from western
Kansas points. from Magdalena and
other nearer live stock shipping
points to Albuquerque, are under the
new arrangement, eXOrbitant, 1t is set
forth that there has been no increase
in the through rates. one of the larg-
est shippers of live stock into AlbU-
querque said yesterday that he believ-
a IL, -, ~ OF TNly
rate serious injustice and that Wig
Orous effort would be made to reach
a better basis while the Santa Fe
freight managers are here.
Wholesale Men TO Attend Meeting.
Officers and members of the New
Mexico Wholesale Grocers association
from all over the territory are in the
city, and will participate in the con-
ference between the shippers and the
Santa Fe freight department to be
held at the Commercial club tonight.
The primary object in organizing the
association was to secure a readjust-
ment of freight rates in New Mexico,
and the grocers have been al work for
some time collecting data and obtain |
ing other information which tends to
prove that number of points in the
territory are being unintentionally dis
eliminated against in rates, TO the det-
riment of the grocery business.
We are sure that the Santa Fe Of ;
ficials will recognize the fact that
readjustment of rates is necessary, |
said one of the wholesale men last :
night, 'and we do not anticipate any I,
trouble in convincing them that the
readjustment should be made immedi-
ately The reduction in rates. in the
event they are granted, Will mean a
great deal to the people of Albuquer- :
Que and other parts of the TERRITORY
The Wholesale men viii be able to
bring goods to Albuquerque much
cheaper than they are bringing them
now, and this will result In corre-
spending decrease in the price or FOOD
Stuffs to the people in general Inc
decrease per article to the consumer l.
may not amount to more than two or
three cents but two or three cents or a
possibly more. saved on every article
viii soon amount to dollars
Among the wholesale grocers who
are in the CITY to attend the confer <
ence are NJ w. Browne, of the u
Browne -Manzanares company. of Las {
Vegas; Harry w Kelly. of the Gross /,
Kelly company of Las Vegas: c. NJ
Remsberg of the Remsberg Mercan- e
tile company. Of Ration; c. y. Cotton,
OF the c. y. Cotton company, of Gal q
lup: c. f. Jones. Of the Jones-Downes
NJ Mercantile company, OF silver CITY.
~. b. Cartwright OF Cartwright q Co,
Of Santa Fe; George Arnot OF the
iross-Kelly company. of Albuquerquc. j.
and Robert Putney, Of l.. b. Putney' y
of Albuquerque. C