The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-06-15
RAILROAD MEN
END SESSIONS
Passenger Agents Complete
Work Before Time Limit of
Programme.
WILL GO TO YELLOWSTONE
PARK IN SPECIAL TRAIN
Rates Discussed and Referred
to Special Committees; Sight
seeing and Banquet Today.

With grips hacked papers, files. re-
ports and the Ike ready for transporta-
tion back to Chicago. the members OF
the Transcontinental Passenger associa-
tlon completed their work In two short
sessions held Wednesday and the work
OF the convention Is over. The visiting
passenger men their families and
seeing. Early Friday morning they will
leave Salt Lake on trip 10 Yellowstone
park guests OF the Oregon Short Line
So well did the general committee accom-
plish its work that only few hours in
session were necessary for the assocta-
tion p dispose of all business matters
that had been dockcted sincet he last
meeting. Practically all the business be-
fore the association concerning rates
from the cast to the coast and the coast
to tho east
Among the big meetings asking for
rates the associa ton considered the
eleventh biennial session OF the Cen
eral Federation of Women's Clubs; to
meet at San Francisco June 12-lS, lal2;
the National Commercial Teachers Fed
Grafton, Spokane. July, 1912; national
convention of the Womcn's Christian
weeks in October, 1912: national encamp
menJ OF the G 4. r.. Los Angeles some
time in 1919: National Electric Light as.
sociation. Seattle. juno. 1912: second
Worlds Christian Citizenship conference.
somewhere on the coast in 1912: national
convention of Letter Carriers associs-
d.
ninteenth National Irrigation congress.
Chicago. December So, 1911: general con
ference of the Methodist Episcopal
church. MINNEAPOLIS. Nav 1912. annual
Miners. Butte. july II. 1911 and the Ma
uonal Association OF Life Underwriters.
Chicago. October 9-l2. 1911. These mat
ters were referred To special commit
tees: which in turn are 10 report Ia the
head office and the report promulgated
by letters 10 the varions passenger
nF fl.a a.. .,yf,,
attention was discussed at any length by
the members Of the association. as con-
sideration had been given them before !
the meeting Wednesday.
Keep Record Docket
In considering all problems the gem
order In which they are placed on the
docket. In The time between meetinGs
docket Is kept and as questions are
submitted by tho different railroads and
from outside sources ihov are placed on
record and the membership advised. In
this way the general committee and the
association are informed before the date |
or the conventions. Three meetings are
held each year. The next meeting will
be held in the headquarters of the asso
clation at Chicago SeptcDber % next
Requests were made OF the association
In the way OF more liberal stopovers in
Utah. but as far as could he learned !
no definite action was taken. The Same
was true of the requests made by Idaho
interests. Riley Atkinson. secretary OF
the Southern Idaho League OF CONNER |
cial clubs addressed the association rela- |
tive 10 rates for holncseekcrs in Idaho !
and concerning the special train TO be
taken enst this fall by the Western De-
veopDcnt league. Both matters were |
referred 10 special committees and VIII !
como before the meeting next Septem- !
Der or be settled by correspondence.
Round Trip Rates.
The question OF round "trip fares from !
SALT Lake and Ogden To Los Angeles and !
san Francisco going direct and return |
Ing via Portland and Butte. also east |
bound fares by the same route was re- |
ferred to the association by the general
committee. but no action was taken.
number OF subjects on the docket |
for discussion were Cancelled by the gen
eral committee and did not come up for
discussion before the association. Among |
these WAS the matter OF a reduction o!
clergy fares from Memphis TO California
and common points on basis applying
10 New Orleans. and matters relative to
baggage. transporting dead bodies. |
passes 10 employees and the like. A con-
siderable part of the work of the conven-
ton WAS the disposal OF internal ques-
tilons affecting only the roads and not
the public.
When the members Of the general com
mittce realized that the amount OF bust
ness 10 come before the association
would require the one days session the
announcement was made that the mem
bers would leave the city Friday morning
instead OF Saturday morning and the or
ment o. the visitors were advised to
change their plans accordingly Late
Tuesday afternoon members Of the Com
mercia club were advised that the ban
nuet In honor Of the passenger men
would be held Thursday night instead OF
Friday night This neccssitatcd the
and the abandonment of the trip to Bing-
ham and Garfield While many OF tho
visitors had come prepared 10 stay until
Saturday morning. the change in the
accented
Sightseeing Today.
Thursdays programme includes a tour
of the city starting ct $3.50 a. IN. from
the Hotel Utah. Al the conclusion OF this
trip n special train will take the passen
ger men To Saltair where they will en-
iov dip IN the Great Salt lake. The
banquet at the Commercial club at 7.30
o'clock Will end the stay OF the passenger
men as far as public entertainment is
concerned.
In honor of the women in the party of
visitors some OF the. wives OF members
the hotel to be distributed TO all the
rooms occupied ny passenger agents.
Generous words of appreciation were
heard from the visiting women for the
courtesy.
Probably one Of the most important
actions taken by the association was the
rule that longtime tickets from the east
10 the coast and from the coast east
may be validated at any point the
trip by any agent. providing the holder
which the ticket is sold This permits
persons travelling these tickets TO
spend as much or all The time in the
Limitation Of the tickets at any place
desirable. and does not require visiting
the terminal point on the ticket The
nine months tourist tickets were In
dorsed by the association. although few
VI arS changes were made In the rates.
which amount TO about a fare and
one-third.
Who Are Here.
Passenger agents and representatives
and the. roads they represent attending
the session Wednesday. included the fol-
lowing James Horsburgh. Jr.. +. S.
Howard Arizona Eastern: John G. Byne
and a. p. Morrison. Santa Fe: Charles
Benjamin, Canadian Pacific; James
Charlton. Chicago & Alton: c. A Cairns.
Chicago & Northwestern; w. A. Labor.
Chicago. Burlington Quincy; F. A.
Starkwcather. Chicago Great Western;
James Charlton. Chicago. Milwaukee, &
81. Paul; T. F. Fisher. Colorado & South
crn; C.. II. Speers. Colorado Midland; !;
s. * Hooper and W. W. Haitian. Den
yer & Rio Grande: T, w. .Feakns EI
Paso &. Southwestern system T, r..
Fisher Fort Worth e. Denver CITY,