Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1908-12-02
viii Meet Those Who Have
Grievances at CONNER
Cldl Club This
Evening.
WHOLESALERS ARE
IN SESSION TODAY
Santa Fe Official Says That the
Road Is Willing to Meet Any
Reasonable Demand and
Shippers are Invited
70 Attend

Responding to an, invitation from
the New Mexico Wholesale Grocery
association, seven of the head oni-
Gals of the Santa Fe are in Albu-
ouerque today to discuss New Mex
leo freight rates.
In the party are Geo. T. Nichol-
son, vice president, who is In charge
OF the traffic department; ]. Il. Cor
man, freight traffic ma 2nager: f. b.
Houghton, assistant freight traffic
manager; w. e.. Barnweli, general
freight agent on the Santa Fe coast
lines; Paul Hastings general freight
agent on the santa Fe. Prescott &
Phoenix, and w. n. Brown, general
freight and passenger agent for New
Mexico. The nrst four named came
from Chicago, the fifth from Los An
geles and Mr. Hastings came from
Phoenix.
They arrived In the city last night
In private cars and have spent the
greater part OF the day with mem
bers of the Wholesale Grocers' assoc
citation at the Alvarado. The associa-
to-. members held a meeting during
the morning but nothing that took
place inside this mee. ling has been
given to the public. 1t is believed
that well considered demand was
discussed ana prepared Tor psesenta-
tiJn Is the er4isse oiiieiafSs " IL also
believed that the association is san-
gune Of secui ing concessions.
Tonight the traffic generals win
meet members OF the Albuquerque
Retail Merchsnts association at the
Commercial club and discuss Aibu-
querque rates proper. The rates con-
sidered by the wholesale Grocers' as
ISOLATION had to do with every point
In the territory and within the radius
of the trade Vt the various houses
represented by the association.
The meeting tonight will not be ono
OF speechmaking or public talking. A
committee from the association will
meet with the traffic men and dis
cuss freight tariffs with them pri-
Iyateiy. The meeting Is rot called by
the COMMERCIAL club. President MeIs
Ter said this Sfternoon that the ship-
pers had been teSdered ths privileges
1f the club and the traffic officials
had been invited to meet them thero..
anyone Interested in shipping in and
out OF Albuquerque will be welcome
at this meeting.
Assistant Traffic Manager Hough-
ton, who is directly in charge OF
shipping In New Mexico and the
southwest said this morning that the
Santa Fe was ready to make any con-
cessions possible In favor of Albu-
querQue. The Santa Fe has done a
great deal for Albuquerque and wiz
continue to do 50. He said that near
ly all OF the officials here now were
here during the Sixteenth National
Irrigation congress and heard no
from New Mexico shippers.
However. they readily made the trip
again at the request of the Wholesale
Grocers association and would meet
them half way on any reasonable de-
mand. People all over the country
think that freight rates are high and
the railroads think that they are low
There are always two sides to the
question. nv. Houshton said that he
had received no communication from
The albuquerque Commercial club Or
-he Atou4dli4dc ReLaI Merchants
association, but that he was ready 10
hear any grievance either they or
any one e'se had.
The officials accepted the invitation
o go to the Commercial club tonight
md will be there at o'clock.