Show i IN RAILWAY OIECLES I TIE ACTION OF THE WESTERN I PASSENGER ASSOCIATION I I An English Lord a Visitor Colonel Dodge Goes East Florence and Cripple Creek Railway Otlier Matters I I Matters continue to have a stormy aspect pect In passenger deles and unless Chairman I Chair-man Caldwell of the Western Passenger association shows a more farreaching desire and ability to cope with matters I than he has evinced within tHe past several sev-eral months the Santa Fes open method will result in bringing him up with a I good round turn I is a pretty well known fact that the Union Pacific contracted con-tracted to haul the homeopathists at a 515 rate and announced the same afterwards And the Santa Fe openly charges the Union Pacific and Alton with offering to haul the hotel men at tariff rates with a rebate off As there was no means of ascertaining just what that rebate would be the Santa Fe made a rate that would no more than meet the cost of hauling them and hauled tem In an open and fairly aggressive communication to Chairman Chair-man Caldwell General Passenger Agent Nicholson of the Santa Fe defines that roads position In the future and at the same time tartly rebukes him for things that have happenad in the past directly under his hand He is plainly reminded that after the Santa Fe gave notice of withdrawal he signed the suggestion for a conference Prior to the suggestion the Santa Fe had advised the association I that it would put in a rate to meet competition com-petition wherever found All this shows for itself and makes the Santa Fes action both tenable and comprehensive as nstte the action of the association Chairman Caldwell has announced a one I andonethird rate for thirtyone societies within Western association territory all to be hauled within the next eight weeks I The Santa Fe being In the hands of receivers re-ceivers cannot name a rate without filing notice of the same with the interstate commissioners I It they have done naming a single fare for the round trip for the following parties League of American Wheelmen Denver annual convention con-vention National Republican league Denver Den-ver Christian Endeavor annual meeting Cleveland JJaptlst Young Peoples meeting meet-ing Toronto Grand Army reunion Pitts burg annual conference of Dunkard church Myvjrsdale Pa National Educational tional association Ashbury Park N J and the Knights of Pythas encampment at Washington To all these is made a single standard fare for the round trip added to rates tendered them by connecting lines All this in direct alignment with the Heralds forecast made weeks ago when the Western Passenger association through Chairman Caldwell refused to make a ruling on the Santa FeSouthern Pacific matter Indications now are that the Santa Fe will continue on In its chosen path and the Western Passenger association will be glad to take a reef in its present methods In the near future |