Show Railroad Meeting Chicago 1 The Tribune will print thefolio wing account of the meeting of the Transcontinental association as-sociation Even If the meeting is L enabled to begin deliberations on the contract system and other im I portant questions to be decided it is hardly probable that it will get f hrDugh its work this week and other meetings will have to be held next week The general passenger agents were to have met yesterday I for the purpose of having another conference with the roads east of j the Missouri river regarding the II settlement of the dispute about division of rates but as the general I managers had not yet been able togo to-go to work by that time an adjournment If adjourn-ment was taken until 2 pm today A meeting is to be held in the Pacific hotel It is a general opinion I that the arrangement made at San Francisco by which the same rate to San Francisco is charged by all possible routes is impracticable and it is be lieved that the agreement will be so changed as to make the rate to J San Francisco via Portland higher han by direct routes and the rate to Portland and Oregon and Wash I ton Territory points higher by way of San Francisco i than by the Northern Pacific or Oregon Short Line Such an arrangement l ar-rangement it is believed will find J but little opposition among the roads east of the Missouri river I |